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WH Smith to post office rescue

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WH Smith post office rescue - WH Smith is rescue dozens of Britain's loss-making main post offices - bringing together two of worst-performing names High Street. British Gas offers green scheme - Britain's biggest household energy supplier said today is launching 'New Energy' service aimed at winning back environmentally-conscious customers



WH Smith to post office rescue  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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.
British Gas offers green scheme  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest household energy supplier said today it is launching a 'New Energy' service aimed at winning back environmentally-conscious customers
Market report: Thursday latest  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Morgan Stanley imposes card fee  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Morgan Stanley has hit customers of its Black cashback credit card with a £20 annual fee
Pension scheme axed 1 hour after takeover  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Union leaders were outraged today after the final-salary pension scheme of hundreds of workers was closed an hour after a £2bn takeover
China boom fears hit shares  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Sainsbury to ban plastic bags - for a day  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Sainsbury's supermarkets will replace disposable plastic carrier bags with 100% recycled bags later this month .... for a day
Woman 'stole IDs of 200 expats'  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Pensions rescue vote fails  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Labour MPs surrendered to Government pressure and rejected a rescue plan to help thousands of people whose pensions have collapsed
EBay profits soar on world reach  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Profits at online giant eBay have surged 52%, thanks to its increasingly global reach and a good performance from its payment system PayPal
Pound reaches new dollar high  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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
United Utilities faces £8.5m fine  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The water regulator Ofwat today threatened United Utilities with an £8.5m fine for uncompetitive trading practices
Wolfowitz panned in staff's satire mag  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Red-faced bosses at the World Bank are facing fresh embarrassment today with the emergence of a satirical magazine written by their own secretaries
Bank was clear on holding rates in April  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Packaging adds 20% to cost of fruit  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Food packaging adds more than 20% to the cost of buying fruit at a leading supermarket, an Evening Standard investigation reveals today
Barclays launches anti-fraud card readers  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Half a million Barclays customers will be issued with debit card readers which will revolutionise online transfers by allowing customers to use their Pin
After the gain comes the pain  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Tesco rings up £4,800 a minute  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Tesco announced profits of more than £2.5bn today, as it also unveiled plans to expand its non-grocery lines
Offshore tax amnesty could net £5bn  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The Government could boost its coffers by as much as £5bn through its purge on savers who don't declare interest from offshore accounts
Rates to rise as inflation surges  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Interest rates look certain to rise next month after the rate of UK consumer inflation jumped to 3.1% in March
Keyboard that recognises typing 'will cut ID theft'  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
First there was the password, then the fingerprint. Now computer experts have revealed the latest in banking security - software that monitors how you type
£8m Lottery mum: I've never been abroad  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Jackpot winner Jennifer Southall doesn't own a passport and has never drunk champagne. Now she has pledged to make up for lost time
Veterans in pension protest march  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of military veterans marched on Parliament today to demand full service pension rights for personnel who retired before 1975
£36,000 bank charges victory  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
One of Britain's biggest banks has paid out almost £36,000 to a businessman after he successfully challenged 'rip-off' charges
Banks talk double Dutch  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
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
30 second guide to bonus effect on earnings  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team examine why the massive bonuses dished-out in the City are putting upward pressure on inflation
Justice for pensioners  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Today we might finally see justice for the 125,000-plus hard-working Britons who have been denied a comfortable retirement by this government
Midas: EU rule changes good for Worthington  [04/19/2007 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail's shares expert Joanne Hart casts an eye over Worthington Nicholls and Scottish Power