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Homes 'earning' £280 per day [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Property asking prices are rising by nearly £280 a day - with typical homes said to be 'earning' five times more than their owners
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Natwest card fees abroad up 66% [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banking giant Natwest will push charges for using debit cards abroad up by two thirds - just in time for the summer holiday season
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Market report: Monday latest [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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0.8.45:The London stock market extended last week's bullish run with shares hitting a six-and-half year high at the start of trading
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Pressure on World Bank chief to go [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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The president of the World Bank was severely reprimanded last night over his involvement in a pay-and-promotion deal for his British girlfriend
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Hargreaves float worth £70m to owners [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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The flotation of Hargreaves Lansdown - one of the country's biggest private investor firms - will make fortunes for its founders and owners
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Branson in US air fare battle [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sir Richard Branson is planning to take on Ryanair in a cut-price air war on the lucrative transatlantic routes
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Security fears over energy inspectors [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Energy inspectors brought in for the new property sales packs will not be regulated with criminal record checks
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More chances to win on Premium Bonds [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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National Savings and Investments will award an extra three £1m prizes in June - but you must buy the bonds before the end of April to be eligible
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [04/16/2007 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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Phone scam victims still owed cash [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Channel 4 has failed to pay a single penny to viewers ripped off in the Richard And Judy phone quiz scam, despite being promised their money back
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Wind turbines 'not reliable' [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Suppliers of electricity from wind turbines are highly erratic and cast doubts on their reliability as a source of power, official figures reveal
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Tesco to unveil record profits [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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As Sainsbury's feels the pressure, Tesco will this week confirm its dominance in the sector with record profits of about £2.5bn
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Sainsbury's bid collapse costs [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Analysis:The Sainsbury's board has been left to fume as the family blocks the £10bn takeover and scuppers a massive pay day
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Sunday newspaper share tips [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Each week, we round up the main share tips from the Sunday newspapers. This week the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times
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Need a cheap plumber? Don't ring a Pole [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Polish plumbers and builders have hiked their prices - allowing British tradesmen to win back business
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Blow to inheritance tax loophole [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands more families could be pushed into paying inheritance tax following a new legal ruling
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Google launches PayPal rival in UK [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Internet giant Google today launched a UK verison of its Checkout payment system, which aims to simplify online shopping and offer a rival to eBay's PayPal.
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Mortgage that's 9 times salary [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fears of a looming debt crisis have been fuelled by the revelation that some buyers are taking out homeloans worth nine times their salary
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Pay dips for million-pound plumber [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's richest plumber, Charlie Mullins, took a 27% pay cut last year to help lift his company back into the black
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Key workers can't buy in most towns [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than two-thirds of UK towns are unaffordable for key public sector workers, according to a report out today
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HSBC makes a branch 'rich only' [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest bank has banned poorer customers from one of its branches: those who earn less than £75,000 will no longer be served there
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RBS plans ABN bid hijack [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Barclays is facing a multi-billion pound challenge from RBS to its planned takeover of ABN Amro, with calls to open up the bidding
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Virgin sues Sky over fees hike [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin Media is taking arch-rival BSkyB to court, turning the bitter spat over Sky's hike in the fees it charges for its content into a head-on clash
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World Bank boss in row over girlfriend [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, faces demands to resign after after admitting he helped secure a promotion and a big pay rise for his girlfriend
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Midas: EU rule changes good for Worthington [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week the Financial Mail's shares expert Joanne Hart casts an eye over Worthington Nicholls and Scottish Power
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A positive vibration from IMF [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Bob Marley may no longer be with us, but his spirit appears to live on at the International Monetary Fund
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Banks want to divide and rule [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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HSBC's decision to concentrate on premium customers at its Canford Cliffs branch could set a worrying trend for customers
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Hetherington: A fake Canadian shares company [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week the ace investigator looks at WR Bainbridge - a company offering to buy shares at vastly inflated prices
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