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HSBC bombards mobile users [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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HSBC has secretly launched a futuristic scheme that bombards mobile phone users passing branches with adverts - but shoppers say it is no better than spam
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M&S poach Tesco fashion boss [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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In a breathtaking High Street coup, Marks & Spencer has poached Terry Green, head of clothing at Tesco, to head its increasingly successful fashion business
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Market report: Friday close [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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17.00:Share prices traded within a narrow range as big City institutions took a look back at what has been a volatile few weeks
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£10bn bid for Sainsbury's imminent [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sainsbury's is expected to receive a £10bn-plus private equity takeover bid by the end of this week
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No-win no-fee crackdown [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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No win-no-fee accident management companies face a clampdown when a new regulator for the sector takes charge this month
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Peace at Easter for Virgin and Sky? [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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The bitter battle between Virgin Media and BSkyB is set to reach the courts next week - although there are hopes an Easter solution can be found
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BT to put betting in your TV [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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BT Vision, the fledgling pay-TV service, is on the brink of signing a deal with betting firm Ladbrokes to allow subscribers to place bets during televised sports events
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Biggest-ever credit card theft [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plastic card details of millions of British and US shoppers have been stolen in the world's biggest-ever attack by credit card criminals
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Glitch wrecks 400,000 paydays [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Some 400,000 workers will not get paid as usual today because of problems with the banking system that handles salary payments
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Boots bid raised to £10bn [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Alliance Boots deputy chairman and his private equity backers have unleashed an improved £10bn offer for the High Street giant
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'Real' anti-ageing cream sold out [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sales of a £17 Boots anti-ageing cream have rocketed after a study for a BBC TV science programme showed it reduces wrinkles
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Air passengers get more rights [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Air passengers are in line to get beefed up rights to compensation when their flights are cancelled, amid claims airlines are wriggling out of payments
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Card victims told 'don't call police' [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Victims of debit and credit card fraud are being told not to bother reporting the crime to police, in a move that has stunned security experts
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Live football on BBC virtually at an end [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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The BBC's live football coverage was in crisis today after ITV won the rights to screen FA Cup matches
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Premiership footballer goes bust [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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£50,000-a-week footballer John Arne Riise has been declared bankrupt by the courts for an unpaid debt of around £100,000
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Gatwick bid war looms as BAA faces break-up [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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The prospect of a fierce £3bn bidding war for Gatwick Airport moved closer after the Competition Commission was brought in to investigate the potential break-up of BAA
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Brown says US woes will not hit home [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Chancellor Gordon Brown has shrugged off the dangers to the UK posed by the US economic slowdown and property slump
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OFT delays bank charge decision [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Consumers will have to wait until the end of the year to find out what the Office of Fair Trading considers is a fair default charge on a current account
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Rate rise sparks remortgage rush [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners looking to beat rising interest rates helped push up the number of mortgages taken out in February
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Hetherington: Holiday watchdog letdown [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week the Financial Mail's readers' champion Tony Hetherington ivnestigates your problems.
This week he takes on a poor holiday deal and mobile giant Vodafone
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Silent boss who scorns shareholders [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shareholders are angry at the Sports Direct flotation but perhaps investors should worry more about the corporate structure at firms where one man wields power
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Portman and Nationwide need scrutiny [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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There is less than a month to go before the agm vote on the Portman and Nationwide merger but windfalls should not deter close scrutiny
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Midas: York Pharma's winning run [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's stockpicker looks at a cream for common ailment athlete's foot could boost York Pharma and updates on environmental consultancy RPS
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