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Martha Lane Fox joins M&S [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Dotcom millionaire Martha Lane Fox is to join the board of Marks & Spencer in a high-profile return to public life after the car crash that almost killed her
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The supermarkets that cheat sell-by dates [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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A litany of food safety breaches has been exposed in a BBC investigation at two of Britain's biggest supermarket chains
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Market report: Tuesday latest [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:EMI today added a further 2p to 273p as investors waited to see if a higher offer would knock Guy Hands' £2.4bn bid off the table
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Older people boosting Britain [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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People in their sixties and seventies are providing a huge boost to the UK economy as they stay healthy and active in old age
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£5bn tax credits write-off looms [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's 'shambolic' tax credits scheme has cost the taxpayer more than £5bn, new figures will show today
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Home packs face Lords delay [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Ministers are facing a defeat in the Lords today over home information packs, as it is revealed that London has just one trained and registered energy assessor
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Bank charge and PPI disputes on the rise [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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The number of complaints to the Ombudsman about payment protection insurance and bank charges increased last year, despite fewer complaints overall
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UK energy firms 'set to go in mega-deals' [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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The future of Britain's last remaining independent power and gas suppliers Centrica and Scottish and Southern Energy is bleak
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Buyout king's £2.4bn bid for EMI [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financier Guy Hands is bracing himself for a bid battle to win control of struggling EMI after wrong-footing rivals to win board support for a surprise £2.4bn cash bid
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Bank charge victim back in court [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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A court reserved judgment today in Tom Brennan's bid for damages over the 'unfair' penalty fees he says he was charged by NatWest
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Cross border lending moves closer [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Borrowers will soon be able to search overseas for the best loan rates after European ministers agreed to open up the market
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M&S to charge for plastic bags [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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M&S is to start charging for plastic bags as part of a £200m scheme to encourage shoppers to go green
>> ALSO TODAY: M&S closes in on $1bn profit
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Mortgages slip back from £1bn a day [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage lending slipped back in April from the £1bn a day lent in March but homeowners still borrowed almost 20% more than a year earlier
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Foxtons sold for £390m [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Foxtons was today sold to private equity firm BC Partners for £390m, bagging Foxtons founder Jon Hunt a £370m windfall
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Planning shake-up to begin [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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The biggest planning shake-up for 20 years will see red tape slashed for home improvements
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M&S profits nudge £1bn [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer will this week confirm its resurgence with profits close to £1bn for the first time since 1998 - a big jump on last year's £750m
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Energy giants cash £1bn overpayments [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Utility companies are holding up to £1bn belonging to customers in a growing overpayment scandal
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Government's £6m phone rip-off [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government agencies are still raking in millions of pounds from premium-rate 0870 phone numbers despite being told more than two years ago to switch to standard charges
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MPs attack Tesco VAT loophole [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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MPS are joining forces to try to close a tax loophole allowing Britain's biggest companies to avoid paying VAT on items such as DVDs and CDs
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every weekend we bring you our review of the top stories in the Sunday newspapers
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Interview: Fidelity's Sanjeev Shah [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sanjeev Shah has been unveiled as the heir to Anthony Bolton, probably the most successful UK fund manager ever. Jeff Prestridge interviews the man with some big shoes to step into
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When the music stopped [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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The sale of EMI to Guy Hands' Terra Firma is a fitting postscript to the Blair era. The brightest hope of Cool Britannia ends up in the hands of a private equity group
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30 second guide to mortgage statistics [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails city team look at the figures on the housing market which can show the strength of banks and the fortunes of the housing market
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Hetherington: Bank's charges to pensioner [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he tackles a bank which imposed heavy charges on a pensioner for a small mistake and a boiler room scam
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A Chancellor...why bother? [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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It seems a shame to distract Gordon Brown from the thrill of his Brezhnev-style one person 'election' campaign, but there is a large loose end dangling at the Treasury
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Midas: Quarry operator has big plans [05/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's stockpicker Midas runs the rule over quarry group Ennstone and software company with a difference, Coda
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