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Mega-mortgages 'turning us into slaves' [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Spiralling house prices mean Britain could become a 'grossly divided' society as massive mortgages turn young buyers into wage slaves
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Shanghai slump as China cools markets [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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A move by the Chinese government today to cool its raging stock market sparked a massive fall in shares in Shanghai, sending a shiver through global markets
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Market report: Wednesday latest [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.15:Share prices fell sharply in London today after investors learnt that the Chinese government had effectively doubled stamp duty on share trading in its overheated stock markets
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Green label plan for everything [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Big retailers are working with the Government on plans to fix 'carbon footprint' labels to everything we buy to tell us how 'green' the product is
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New head of World Bank named [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Robert Zoellick, former US trade representative and number two official at the State Department, has been nominated to replace Paul Wolfowitz
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Is this the end of cheap online CDs? [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The sale of cheap CDs through online music stores has been dealt a hammer blow by a landmark legal case brought by record industry bosses
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House prices leads to London exodus [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The number of London home owners trying to move to the countryside has doubled in the past year
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Lenders accused on rate hikes [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The UK's biggest mortgage lenders have raised their interest rates by more than the Bank of England's latest increase
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Electricity giant unveils £600m gas station [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Electricity giant RWE npower is to build a £600m gas power station, it announced today
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Why prices are rising faster in Britain [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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British consumers are suffering the biggest increases in food prices and energy bills of any major economy
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Premium Bond sales rocket £6bn [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Savers have invested billions of pounds in new Premium Bonds in the hope of scooping one of five £1m jackpot prizes next month. Watch the video
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Trouble-hit Kwik Save shuts stores [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The struggling economy supermarket chain Kwik Save is closing 79 stores today in an attempt to save the business, it has announced
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Taxman to swoop on buy-to-let [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The taxman is planning to clamp down on thousands of landlords with buy-to-let properties who may not have paid enough tax
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Lloyds wins second reclaim case [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Consumers reclaiming their bank charges are urged to make sure their paperwork is up to scratch after a judge threw out a second case against Lloyds TSB
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Property slowdown will not halt rate hikes [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Even a sharp slowdown in the housing market will not stop the Bank of England from increasing borrowing costs further
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RBS shares slide as ABN bid revealed [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland slumped today after it offered more cash than expected in its £49bn bid for ABN Amro
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New law to kill off scams [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than 30 types of unfair practices will be made illegal as part of a blitz on scams, rogue traders and aggressive sales methods
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MG assembly line runs again at Longbridge [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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MG Rover's historic Longbridge factory in Birmingham reopens today under Chinese ownership, though doubts remain about its long-term viability
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Rain dampens retailers' sales [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank Holiday wash-out has taken its toll on High Street chains already under pressure from a slowdown in consumer spending
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30 second guide to...impairment charges [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team looks at impairment charges which occur when companies realise they've done a duff deal
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Small cap share tips: APC, Carluccio's, Plethora [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report rates APC and Plethora as 'speculative buys'
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Midas: Vector checks in first hotels Reit [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's stockpicker Midas runs the rule over hotel group Vector and NeatraHealth, a company in the growing food science market
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It was Sorrell's fight, not shareholders [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's deputy editor says WPP's decision to pick up the £1m bill for Sir Martin Sorrell's libel battle was wrong
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Bring down the curtain on Equitable saga [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Jeff Prestridge says that the Equitable saga has dragged on for too long and that the with-profits business should be sold
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Hetherington: I'm cautious, but was sold risky shares [05/30/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he tackles a stockbroker that sold shares in high-risk company
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