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Motorists face 'pollution' tax [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's 40 million motorists face a new 'green' stealth tax that will send petrol prices soaring
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Sellers rush to beat delayed home packs [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners continued to rush to put their property on the market in June to avoid home information packs, despite the delay to their launch
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Market report: Monday latest [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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13:00:Shares in United Utilities ticked higher today as fresh takeover talk helped it buck the downward trend seen elsewhere in the water sector
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DIY firm Focus sold for £1 [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Retailer and DIY favourite Focus - the firm which grew out of Do It All - was sold for £1 today to private equity firm Cerberus
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ICI shares soar on bid talk [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shares in ICI soared to an eight-year high today as the City today bet big on a takeover battle breaking out over the Dulux paints group
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Equity tycoons ready to surrender [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Analysis: Private equity bosses paying less tax than their cleaners will this week concede that they should hand over more of their massive earnings
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Virgin in premium rate row [06/18/2007 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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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Middle Britain hit harder by rising inflation [06/18/2007 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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MPs to take on equity bosses [06/18/2007 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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New £4bn pension 'stealth tax' [06/18/2007 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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Colleges plan to become seats of earning [06/18/2007 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 [06/18/2007 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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Bank charges claims must improve [06/18/2007 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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Hetherington: M&S in a spin over 0% money offer [06/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he take M&S to task over a sign advertising interest free deals
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A noble idea beset by spin and delays... [06/18/2007 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 [06/18/2007 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 [06/18/2007 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 [06/18/2007 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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