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Interest rates held at 5.5% [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England has given borrowers and homeowners breathing space by keeping interest rates on hold
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Homes rise by just £500 in May [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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House prices rose by just £500 in May as homebuyers tightened their belts, according Britains biggest mortgage lender
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Market report: Thursday latest [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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12:25:City traders had little time to discuss anything but interest rates today, with most assuming that borrowing levels of 6% are a near certainty
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House prices at 10 times salary [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Home ownership could be come an impossible dream for millions of young people within a few years, an independent housing body has warned
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EasyJet continues price vow [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Budget airline easyJet today pledged to keep up the low-cost carrier price war throughout the peak summer season
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Customers feel the overdraft squeeze [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Greedy banks have increased their overdraft interest rates well above Bank of England base rate rises over the past year
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Shepherd sells Newcastle stake [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has agreed to sell his shares in the Barclays Premier League club to billionaire Mike Ashley
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Lords back pension rescue boost [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Peers have voted in favour of a 'lifeboat fund' to help 125,000 workers who lost their final-salary pensions when their companies went bust
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Vodafone to rebuff cashback call [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Vodafone today called an emergency board meeting to reject dramatic proposals from activist investors
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Thousand-point crash warning for Footsie [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Investors should brace themselves for a stock market correction to rival the dot-com crash at the turn of the millennium, a top investment bank warned today
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Organic store is problem for supermarkets [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sales of organic products are predicted to soar by 50% in a boom triggered by the arrival of an American eco-supermarket in the UK
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Barclays flouts rules on loan insurance [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Measures designed to give fairer refunds on loan protection insurance are failing, with banks continuing to offer paltry refunds on cancellation
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Time to tame the private-equity monster [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Comment:They are locusts who feed on the favourable tax regime set up by Labour. Gordon Brown must act to expose their activities
>> Private equity Q&A
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Woolworths' demise predicted [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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City analysts today predicted the demise of Woolworths as a High Street presence just as the struggling outfit is poised to drop out of the FTSE 250
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Private equity chiefs face tax crackdown [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown today promised to crack down on private equity firms from abusing Britain's generous tax regime
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Dunstone: broadband TV is 'nuts' [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Carphone Warehouse boss Charles Dunstone is flying in the face of his rivals who are jostling to pipe sound and pictures into homes down highspeed Internet connections
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Card giants hike cost of withdrawing cash [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Credit card companies are boosting their profits by increasing the cost of using a card to withdraw cash
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End the pension bias [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Money Mail editor says the pensions system needs to be overhauled to make it fairer for women who contribute unpaid labour to the economy
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GSK goes to Washington [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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When most firms make an error they normally pay the fine and and get on with the job. Because big pharma is a matter of life and death it is far more sensitive to regulation
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30 second guide toVulture funds [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City desk examine the financiers that buy the debt of impoverished countries with the intention of extracting as much in interest as they can
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Midas: Standard enjoys hotspots growth [06/07/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's stockpicker Midas says that sentiment towards Standard Chartered has changed dramatically
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