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Secret British Gas nuclear plans [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Centrica, parent company of British Gas, has opened secret talks with French energy giants EDF and Areva about building nuclear power stations in Britain
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'Green' Tesco's Swiss tax dodge [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hidden away in Burglen, a tiny hamlet in Switzerland, is the new hub of Tesco's multi-million pound tax-dodging operation
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Market report: Friday close [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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17.00:Investors were digging deep for mining giant Rio Tinto as talk of a hostile £50bn bid from rival BHP flared up again
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ITV admits new phone-in blunder [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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ITV has confessed to yet another quiz show gaffe after allegedly cheating hundreds of callers to a show broadcast on Freeview, the free-to-air digital broadcast system
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Post chief in £1.2bn threat [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail is threatening to freeze £1.2bn in crucial investments if its employees vote next month for a national strike
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Thousands switch in broadband price war [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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A broadband price war is driving huge numbers of internet customers to switch providers. The price of a standard broadband line has halved in the past year say industry experts
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Rush for vote on regional casinos [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government is working on a two-pronged plan to revive its supercasinos strategy, despite Las Vegasstyle gambling halls being thrown out by the Lords in March
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Struggling borrowers targeted [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Debt management firms are targeting borrowers struggling with debt by paying large commissions to lenders to pass on their details
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Estate agent complaints soar [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rapidly rising house prices have been joined by an equally rapid rise in estate agents' unpopularity
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Inflation risk from private pay deals [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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New figures today show that some private sector pay deals are booming in response to rising price inflation
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House price leap raises rate pressure [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The influential Halifax index today showed that house prices are still growing annually at almost 11% as a shortgage of properties for sale persists
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HSBC insurance union with Norwich [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banking giant HSBC said today it had teamed up with Norwich Union in an attempt to improve its lacklustre performance in the insurance sector
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Interest rates hiked to 5.5% [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England has raised the cost of borrowing to its highest level since early 2001>> Has your savings rate risen?
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Buy-to-let on landlord's salary [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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High house prices and falling rents are leading buy-to-let lenders to offer mortgages based on landlords' salaries rather than letting value
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Sugar safe as firm loses £5m [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sir Alan Sugar keeps his job as profits in the Apprentice star's holding company drop almost £5m
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Barclays to axe 1,100 jobs [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Barclays stunned its workforce today with news that 1100 workers are to lose their jobs at the clearing bank's processing and IT office in Poole
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How long will savers have to wait? [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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It will be June before many savers see the benefits of today's decision to raise interest rates, and some may get nothing at all
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MPs in attack on water profits [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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MPs have condemned the water industry regulator Ofwat as 'limp' and 'lacklustre' for allowing firms to fail customers despite a massive hike in charges
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Two in three are unhappy at work [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Seventeen million of us would happily give up wealth to escape city life, find a more fulfilling career or start afresh overseas
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Only a turkey would rebuff Royal London [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Although there was no white smoke coming from the chimney I trust Royal Liver delegates gathered to decide their mutual's fate realised that a takeover by Royal London is the only option
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Branson should forget planes to man the phone [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fortunately for Sir Richard Branson, he does not seem prone to the negative. Because he runs two businesses particularly prone to customer dissatisfaction: an airline and a train company
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Renold in shape to boost margins [05/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's influential stock-picker says that chain maker Reynold can be successfully turned around
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