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Energy firms profiteering on cheaper gas [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Energy giants have been criticised for failing to cut their prices despite a sharp drop in the cost of wholesale gas, with at least 23m households seeing no drop in bills
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New homes are getting smaller [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tiny, packed together in even greater numbers and still too expensive for young adults - the official picture of the property landscape today
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Market report: Wednesday latest [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.45:The joint founder and former chief executive of Kazakhmys is severing his connections with Borat's favourite company by cashing in his remaining £252m of chips
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Debt firms rapped for inflated claims [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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A crackdown on misleading advertising saw three providers of IVAs censured today for making exaggerated claims over the amount of debt customers can write off
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The building society pension fat cats [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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At least six building society bosses have accumulated pension pots in excess of £3m, a survey of the latest society accounts shows
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London luxury homes average £5m [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Foreign millionaires and City workers with big bonus cheques drove the price of London's luxury homes to a new record last month
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First-time buyers at two-year low [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The number of first-time buyers entering the property market fell in February to the lowest level for nearly two years said the Council of Mortgage Lenders
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Postmen bowed by HSBC's 3lb report [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Postmen are staggering under a blockbuster annual report from banking giant HSBC, a 454-page volume that weighs no less than 3lb
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Sainsbury bid close to collapse [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The takeover bid for J Sainsbury was crumbling rapidly today as two of the three private-equity firms funding the deal quit in the face of the founding family's opposition
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Accident Group boss killed in car crash [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The former boss of a Manchester-based accident claims company who sacked his 2,500 staff by text message has died in a car crash in Spain, the Foreign Office said today
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Sub-prime mortgage lenders face probe [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The country's leading financial watchdog today said it will investigate the market in sub-prime mortgages to make sure borrowers are being treated fairly
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The £1.6bn cost of throwing that 'sickie' [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Workers took an astonishing 2m undeserved days off 'sick' last year costing the economy £1.6bn last year, a report reveals today
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Cold kills City chief on mountain pilgrimage [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The millionaire chief of a City investment fund has died after becoming trapped in a snowstorm in the Pyrenees
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Two days a month wasted surfing net [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Computer users waste up to two days a month surfing in cyberspace for things they don't need, a survey claims
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China slams US piracy complaints [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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China today denounced a US decision to take it to the World Trade Organisation over complaints of widespread piracy and counterfeiting of US goods
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Average family's wealth shrinks £1,500 [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Big mortgages and lack of savings mean many people in the UK do not have a penny in 'disposable wealth'
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Jobless youngsters costs billions [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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A 'lost generation' of unemployed youngsters is costing the economy billions of pounds a year in benefits
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A £12 bank charge for changing address [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks are to charge customers £12 for failing to tell them of a change of address
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Britain's a nation of part-timers [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain is fast turning into one of the world's part-time nations, with a quarter of the workforce spending less than 30 hours a week at work
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Offshore tax amnesty disaster [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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A Revenue purge on offshore accounts could mean chaos, experts say. Investors have just weeks to declare unpaid tax and interest
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Heaven is in Devon for the great escapists [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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A four-bedroom country cottage in the South West is the favourite prospect in a survey of those seeking an alternative life
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Home seller pack chaos [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government's new property sales pack scheme is heading for crisis - with potentially momentous consequences for the housing market
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [04/11/2007 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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CVC passes sell-by date [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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It is good to see that private equity executives can be just as cackhanded as their public sector counterparts
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30 second guide to systemic crisis [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team examine the domino-effect financial disasters that keep industry watchdogs awake at night
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Small cap share tips: Mission Marketing and Hexagon [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week, Mission Marketing is rated a 'strong buy'
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Hetherington: Money down a Slovakian drain [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week readers' champion Tony Hetherington investigates your problems - This week he examines a fraudster offering worthless warrants and an update on a vanishing adviser
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The customers champion loses points [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Nationwide Building Society may hold the high moral ground over the banks but it is not immune from occasional criticism
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