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New £4bn pension 'stealth tax' [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown was accused last night of imposing a new pensions 'stealth tax' on hard-pressed Middle England families saving for retirement
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Virgin in premium rate row [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin Media is to start charging customers 25p a minute to ring a helpline for its broadband internet service, in a move that has been branded a PR disaster for the firm
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Market report: Friday close [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Close:The FTSE 100 index smashed through the 6700 barrier today, for the first time in almost seven years
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Colleges plan to become seats of earning [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Property investors may soon be offered one of the classiest pieces of real estate imaginable - the ivory tower of academia
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Warner in £2.5bn challenge for EMI [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Warner Music is preparing to trump private equity group Terra Firma's recommended offer for Britain's biggest music group EMI with a £2.5bn bid
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Coach delivers a big boost for BAA [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Luxury accessories brand Coach will open its first European store in Heathrow's heavily criticised new Terminal 5, owned by BAA
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MPs to take on equity bosses [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Private equity firms will this week attempt a robust defence of the way they are allowed to pay low rates of tax on some of their profits
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Middle Britain hit harder by rising inflation [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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The real inflation rate in Middle Britain is 16% higher than the official figure, researchers say, with only the best paid experiencing inflation close to the official level
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Share push shame of top lawyer [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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A top solicitor has resigned after confessing to pocketing £250,000 in secret under-thecounter payments from unlicensed 'boiler room' share pushers exposed by Financial Mail
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New delay in Bovey's flotation plans [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millionaire property developer Grant Bovey has postponed the flotation of his buy-to-let management company, Imagine Homes, until at least summer 2008
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Daily Mail 2006 tips: More gain than pain [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fleet Street share-picking veteran Brian O'Connor's Investment Extra. This week, he examines his recommendations from last year...
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Sainsbury family losing control [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Sainsbury family today lost effective control of Britain's third-biggest supermarkets chain, making a sale appear inevitable
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FTSE hits a seven-year high [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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The FTSE 100 hit a seven-year high today as investors gorged themselves on takeover speculation involving Sainsbury's
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Bank charges claims must improve [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Bank charges claimants have been warned to ensure their cases are watertight after signs that judges are becoming exasperated with the volume of claims and lack of a precedent
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EDF and Scottish Power finally cut bills [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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EDF and Scottish Power customers will finally see their gas and electricity bills fall with cheaper prices kicking in today
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The great garden grab [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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One-third of new houses in some parts of Britain are being built on gardens as developers take advantage of new planning rules
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How to turn 25p into £12m [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Four executives with links to City bank Goldman Sachs are set to make millions when a company they bought for £1 is floated
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A noble idea beset by spin and delays... [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Labour has at last rubberstamped the creation of a national pension for low earners. But it has been a long time coming and will be even longer before it gets off the ground
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Midas: Profits fly but Burren is ignored [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's top stock-picker says Burren is being unfairly punshied by the stock market when profit growth has been exemplary and there is a lot more to come
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Leaky SFO has got one foot in the grave [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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If the BAE case cannot be tried in court, it will be tried in the media. The Serious Fraud Office could be in serious trouble.
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The future's here, and it's red [06/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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While many experts credit globalisation for allowing us to maintain economic growth, 30 years of free trade and free capital markets have not done the trick for Britain
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