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WH Smith to post office rescue [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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WH Smith is to rescue dozens of Britain's loss-making main post offices - bringing together two of the worst-performing names on the High Street.
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British Gas offers green scheme [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest household energy supplier said today it is launching a 'New Energy' service aimed at winning back environmentally-conscious customers
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Market report: Thursday latest [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:A two-way pull between brokers has developed in shares of former bid target ITV, with one broker valuing shares of the independent TV broadcaster at just 80p
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Morgan Stanley imposes card fee [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Morgan Stanley has hit customers of its Black cashback credit card with a £20 annual fee
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Pension scheme axed 1 hour after takeover [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Union leaders were outraged today after the final-salary pension scheme of hundreds of workers was closed an hour after a £2bn takeover
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China boom fears hit shares [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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London and Asian markets dived into the red today as exceptional economic growth figures from China raised fears that it could tun into a boom-bust cycle
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Sainsbury to ban plastic bags - for a day [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sainsbury's supermarkets will replace disposable plastic carrier bags with 100% recycled bags later this month .... for a day
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Woman 'stole IDs of 200 expats' [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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A pensioner spent 13 years ' hijacking' the identities of those who had emigrated, as part of a multi-million pound benefit scam, a court heard
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Pensions rescue vote fails [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Labour MPs surrendered to Government pressure and rejected a rescue plan to help thousands of people whose pensions have collapsed
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EBay profits soar on world reach [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Profits at online giant eBay have surged 52%, thanks to its increasingly global reach and a good performance from its payment system PayPal
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Pound reaches new dollar high [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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The pound raced further above two dollars today after a hawkish update by the Bank of England and rapid wage growth made interest rate increases ever more likely
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United Utilities faces £8.5m fine [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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The water regulator Ofwat today threatened United Utilities with an £8.5m fine for uncompetitive trading practices
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Wolfowitz panned in staff's satire mag [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Red-faced bosses at the World Bank are facing fresh embarrassment today with the emergence of a satirical magazine written by their own secretaries
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Bank was clear on holding rates in April [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England voted by a clear majority to keep interest rates on hold this month, despite fears over the volatility of the UK's rate of inflation, it emerged today
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Packaging adds 20% to cost of fruit [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Food packaging adds more than 20% to the cost of buying fruit at a leading supermarket, an Evening Standard investigation reveals today
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Barclays launches anti-fraud card readers [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Half a million Barclays customers will be issued with debit card readers which will revolutionise online transfers by allowing customers to use their Pin
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After the gain comes the pain [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Comment: Mervyn King's explanation of the shock inflation figures makes clear that the monetary policy committee has not done its job, says the Daily Mail City Editor
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Tesco rings up £4,800 a minute [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tesco announced profits of more than £2.5bn today, as it also unveiled plans to expand its non-grocery lines
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Offshore tax amnesty could net £5bn [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government could boost its coffers by as much as £5bn through its purge on savers who don't declare interest from offshore accounts
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Rates to rise as inflation surges [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Interest rates look certain to rise next month after the rate of UK consumer inflation jumped to 3.1% in March
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Keyboard that recognises typing 'will cut ID theft' [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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First there was the password, then the fingerprint. Now computer experts have revealed the latest in banking security - software that monitors how you type
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£8m Lottery mum: I've never been abroad [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Jackpot winner Jennifer Southall doesn't own a passport and has never drunk champagne. Now she has pledged to make up for lost time
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Veterans in pension protest march [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of military veterans marched on Parliament today to demand full service pension rights for personnel who retired before 1975
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£36,000 bank charges victory [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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One of Britain's biggest banks has paid out almost £36,000 to a businessman after he successfully challenged 'rip-off' charges
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Banks talk double Dutch [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Regulators at the Dutch Central Bank need a dose of valium. The hought that ABN Amro could be torn apart by the three musketeers has them in a tiz-woz
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30 second guide to bonus effect on earnings [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team examine why the massive bonuses dished-out in the City are putting upward pressure on inflation
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Justice for pensioners [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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Today we might finally see justice for the 125,000-plus hard-working Britons who have been denied a comfortable retirement by this government
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Midas: EU rule changes good for Worthington [04/19/2007 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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