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Full probe into Sky's ITV stake

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Full probe into Sky's ITV stake - An official Competition Commission inquiry was ordered today into archrival BSkyB's daring purchase of £1bn stake broadcaster ITV Strike threat over Network Rail bonuses - Network Rail was threatened with strike today after hundreds of workers had bonuses deferred cut while bosses received huge payouts



Full probe into Sky's ITV stake  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
An official Competition Commission inquiry was ordered today into archrival BSkyB's daring purchase of a £1bn stake in broadcaster ITV
Strike threat over Network Rail bonuses  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Network Rail was threatened with a strike today after hundreds of workers had their bonuses deferred or cut while bosses received huge payouts
Market report: Thursday latest  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
10.00:Unilever's global detergents operation, which includes Surf and Radiant, could soon be up for sale with a price tag of €3bn (£2bn)
Judges back record divorce pay-out  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
The ex-wife of an insurance magnate can keep the £48m she was awarded in the biggest divorce payment in British legal history
Two more rate rises on cards 'by August'  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners have been warned to brace themselves for two more hikes in interest rates before the summer is over
MPs want McJob taken out of dictionary  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
A campaign to have the word 'McJob' taken out of dictionaries has won the support of MPs claiming it is symptomatic of the lack of respect for service sector workers
Ashley bids for Newcastle  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Sports Direct billionaire Mike Ashley has launched a £133m offer for beleagured Premier League football club Newcastle United
Smart meters in every home  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Every home in Britain should be fitted with a 'smart meter' that will help to cut greenhouse gases, the Government said in its Energy White Paper
Barclaycard to charge £20 fee  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
The UK's biggest credit card company, Barclaycard, is to impose a £20 fee on customers who don't use their card frequently
Google outlines data collection plans  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Google plans to collect so much personal information on its users it will be able to advise them on jobs to apply for and what to do on days off
Bank customer wins 'harassment' fight  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
A woman subjected to a stream of letters and phone calls from the Halifax after she went overdrawn has won compensation after launching a landmark legal claim
Overseas mobile costs slashed  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
The cost of using a mobile phone abroad should be slashed by mid-August after a landmark deal on roaming charges was approved
Asda dumps singles for £7.97 album  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Asda is ditching the CD single as music buyers desert the format and will fill its shelves with £7.97 CD albums in a move that may spark a price war
Road pricing gets green light  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Drivers face paying up to £1.50 a mile after the Government decided to ignore 1.8m protests against it on an official online petition
The £65 cut-price online divorce  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Adverts for cut-price divorce services are to be screened on television for the first time, with the price of getting unhitched just £65, plus VAT
Sunshine pushes up price of fruit and veg  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
The price of some vegetables has risen by more than a third because of last summer's heatwave| How to profit from rising food prices
Home packs launch postponed  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
The Government has bowed to months of pressure from the property industry and delayed the introduction of controversial home information packs
The supermarkets that cheat sell-by dates  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
A litany of food safety breaches has been exposed in a BBC investigation at two of Britain's biggest supermarket chains
Older people boosting Britain  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
People in their sixties and seventies are providing a huge boost to the UK economy as they stay healthy and active in old age, a major study reveals
Pension victims deserve a little credit  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
The Government has argued that it cannot afford to compensate victims of the pension wind-up scandal. So how can it write-off £5bn of tax credit mistakes?
GSK prepares its defences  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
Now that the initial market shock over Avandia has been absorbed, GlaxoSmith-Kline shares have started to bounce back
Hetherington: Bank's charges to pensioner  [05/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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