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Axe falls on 2,500 post offices [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Around 2,500 post offices are to close under plans to put the network on a sustainable footing for the 'email age', the Government confirmed today
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Energy firms raking in 'outrageous' profits [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Three of Britain's biggest energy suppliers have come under fire after revealing 'outrageous' increases in profits and sales
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Market report: Thursday latest [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Shares of British Airways levelled out back above 500p today with the help of Goldman Sachs, which is pushing the flag carrier as the next big takeover target
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Home pack plans in chaos [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plans for home information packs are in chaos, with just half of energy assessors trained and the fine for not having a pack lower than their average cost
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Complaints soar over water bills [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Complaints about water companies to the official customer watchdog are at their highest level since 1994
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Nationwide confident as housing booms [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Interest rates are likely to rise again but house-price inflation will continue to outstrip borrowing costs, the chief of Britain's biggest building society said today
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Dealers' services three times dearer [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Official car dealers are charging three times more for routine servicing than 'fast-fit' centres do, a survey reveals today
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BT investors in line for £2.5bn [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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BT will buy back £2.5bn of its shares over the next two years in one of the largest returns to investors by a British company
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900 jobs go as building societies merge [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Up to 900 jobs will be cut across Nationwide and Portman after the two building societies merge later this summer, it was disclosed today
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Dealers' services three times dearer [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Official car dealers are charging three times more for routine servicing than 'fast-fit' centres do, a survey reveals today
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Penalty points won't drive up premiums [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Drivers with penalty points will no longer suffer higher premiums after insurers said speeding fines no longer signify that a motorist is a greater risk on the roads
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Call for banks to reveal more costs [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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High Street banks should be made to lay out clearly the amount of interest customers lose out on when they are in credit, an MP declared today
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Bank warns on rates [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Another rise in interest rates is needed if inflation is to hit the Government's 2% target, the Bank of England suggested today
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Angry ING savers pull £3bn [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Customers at ING Direct removed a massive £3bn from the savings giant after it failed to pass on base rate increases, figures showed today
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Stamp duty scrap 'not if, when' [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Clara Furse, head of the London Stock Exchange, today said it was a case of 'not if but when' for investors who hope that stamp duty on share transactions would be scrapped
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Banks forced to come clean [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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A move to force banks to come clean on their charges and warn consumers that they are about to be charged has been launched by the Competition Commission
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Millionaire spending on middle income [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain has become a nation of wannabes, chasing a millionaire's lifestyle on a middle-class income
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Bolton issues shares warning [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Legendary fund manager Anthony Bolton has re-iterated his belief that the stock market's four-year bull run is coming to an end
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Legal battle to halt home packs [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government is facing a legal challenge from surveyors over plans to introduce compulsory home information packs by 1 June
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Sainsbury's profits soar [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Supermarket giant Sainsbury's said today that its three-year recovery was ahead of plan as its underlying profits jumped 42%
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More banks launch home Pin machines [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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In a bid to cut fraud millions of bank customers will be sent hand-held chip and pin card readers over the next six months to use when they do their online banking
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Reuters backs £8.7bn Thomson takeover [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Canadian publishing giant Thomson Corporation today agreed the formal £8.7bn takeover of Reuters, the London-based news and financial agency
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Good life for bid survivors [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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In a week when weak-kneed directors at Reuters and Hanson submit to offers with barely a whimper, J Sainsbury and the LSE have shown that resolve can pay off for investors
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30 second guide toBook value [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team look at the trend for unlocking the value of desirable property and land assets within companies
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Midas: Renold in shape to boost margins [05/17/2007 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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Hetherington: Get some answers before buying [05/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week readers' champion Tony Hetherington investigates your problems - this week a dodgy financial advice firm and some carelessness from Abbey
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