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A Budget boost for Isa investors [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Savers will get an instant boost from Gordon Brown's last Budget with an increase in the limit that can be invested in tax-free Isa accounts each year
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Barclays spurred by ABN link-up talks [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shares in Barclays rose in early trading as investors warmed to its £80bn merger talks with Dutch bank ABN Amro, despite its refusal to confirm the approach
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Market report: Monday 12.15 [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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A move by the LSE today to pare back the spread on seven blue-chip companies raised a few eyebrows among market-makers, but the index posted early rises
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Green measures tipped for Budget [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Road tax for gas-guzzling cars could double under plans being considered by Gordon Brown for the Budget, it emerged today
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Google working on plans for mobile phone [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Online search giant Google is understood to be developing its own mobile phone, thought to be a BlackBerry-like device
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Green taxes fly in the face of reason [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:The theory that if you increase taxes, fewer people will travel doesn't work, says BA's chief executive
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500m eggs in free-range fraud [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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A scam in which battery eggs from mainland Europe were passed off in Britain as free-range is far bigger than first thought, says the Government
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Over-55s get richer as young suffer [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Older people have seen their wealth treble in the past ten years while young adults have become poorer, says the Bank of England
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Property asking prices climb £110 a day [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Asking prices for houses shot up at an inflation-busting £110 a day over the last month, new research shows
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Budget 2007: News, advice and analysis [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Special round-up: See all the latest predictions for the 2007 Budget plus advice and analysis from experts
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£41m raid on credit card withdrawals [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks have dramatically pushed up the interest charged on credit card cash withdrawals, a study reveals today
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Ofcom to act over TV quizzes [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Media watchdog Ofcom has called a crisis meeting this weekend over TV quiz shows, pledging imminent action against broadcasters
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Marlboro Man to bid for Imperial [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Imperial Tobacco shares are expected to soar tomorrow on speculation that Marlboro Man is poised to launch a takeover bid for Britain's biggest cigarette manufacturer
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Leeson's jacket up for auction [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Nick Leeson's distinctive blue and yellow striped jacket, which identified him as a Barings' trader, is being sold by the bank's liquidator
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Snag over Equitable transfer [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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A potential legal stumbling block could delay or thwart the transfer of Equitable Life's £1.8bn with-profits annuity business to Prudential
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Mothercare considers ELC bid [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mothercare is considering a multi-million pound bid for Early Learning Centre after the fast-expanding infant and toddler toy store was put up for sale
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Brown dumps his council tax review [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown has 'dumped' a landmark council tax review for fear of antagonising millions of middle-class voters
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BT ad blitz for video-on-demand service [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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BT is poised to launch an advertising blitz, featuring the star of its general campaign Kris Marshall, for its Vision video-on-demand service
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Town that will start digital TV revolution [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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The process of switching off the analogue television signal is to start in the autumn - and a small town in Cumbria will lead the way
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Huge rise in care-at-home fees [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Frail old people are facing huge increases in the fees they pay for care that enables them to stay in their own homes
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Energy giants cause poor 'instant misery' [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Three of the 'Big Six' energy suppliers have plunged pre-payment customers into 'overnight-debt' by back-charging when prices go up, according to MPs
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Brown's 'Budget for business' [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Chancellor Gordon Brown hinted today that business can expect a few sweeteners when he presents his final Budget next week
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DTI gets tough on energy sites [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Whitehall plans to introduce tough new laws to force councils to take into account national energy security when they decide planning applications
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Brown deaf to Bevan's warning [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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We should make the most of this Budget - the Chancellor's pending promotion means that before long the sepia tint of nostalgia will colour our memories of Brown's time in No 11
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Shame on us for poor price of family silver [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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What a terrible shame it would be if the markets again failed to place sufficient value on Cabdury Schweppes and allow it to slip into overseas control
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Midas: A secure future for Lok'n'Store [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's stockpicker says that the UK's property boom is good news for investors in Lok'n'Store
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Thomson's pay must be cut to be equitable [03/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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It's to be hoped that Equitable chief executive Charles Thomson's bulging pay packet will be slimmed down to reflect the shrinking empire he presides over
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