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New shock over home packs [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plans for the introduction of controversial home information packs could be revised yet again, with Hips required for three-bedroom homes in just over a month
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Massive probe into £20bn housebuilders [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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As new figures show home sales at record levels, the Office of Fair Trading has announced a major inquiry into the UK's £20bn-a-year housebuilding sector
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Market report: Friday close [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Takeover target ICI may be switching from defence to attack by launching a bid of its own for Akzo Nobel, which is attempting to buy the UK chemicals giant
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Graduates hit by new bank fees [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of new graduates will be hit by bank charges this summer when HSBC ends their free overdraft facility
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£129 flights to New York [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A transatlantic air fares battle started yesterday as a budget airline began flights to New York from as little as £129
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Postal workers to strike over pay [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Post Office workers will hold their first national strike in more than a decade in a bitter row over pay and conditions
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Water giant fined £8.5m [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Water company United Utilities has been handed a £8.5m fine by Ofwat for breaching strict rules governing monopoly utilities
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Buy-to-let bubble 'will burst' [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A leading City commentator has warned of massive potential problems because many people have invested huge amounts of their total wealth in buy-to-let
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Banks in 'card fraud cover-up' [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Many plastic card crimes are not being reported to the police following a change in the rules affecting victims of fraud, it is claimed
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Super-rich paying no income tax [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Only a fraction of Britain's super-rich are paying income tax, with 400 UK-based individuals making more than £10m per year but just 65 paying their dues
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GM rules to 'hike organic food prices' [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The price of organic food could increase because of new rules about GM content, campaigners warned today
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Wealth divide 'may cause riots' [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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As private equity bosses are savaged by MPs, a Gordon Brown adviser warns that rioting could break out on Britain's streets
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Bank chief warns on easy credit boom [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Growing reckless bank lending to private equity and hedge funds risks triggering a financial meltdown, Mervyn King has warned
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DVLA makes £9m from drivers' phoneline [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Motorists have spent £9m ringing the DVLA on a premium-rate telephone number, new figures reveal
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Bank struggles to hand out £5 notes [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England is struggling to find ways to distribute £5 notes with ATM providers reluctant to hold them
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Jessops closes 1 in 4 shops [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Struggling camera chain Jessops is to axe almost 81 stores across the country at a loss of 550 jobs in a bid to return the company back to profit
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1.4m loan repayments missed [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England's series of rate rises have started to bite borrowers, with over 7,700 loan repayments being missed each day
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Google eyes the individual [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Google has seen the future - and it's personal. Eric Schmidt, boss of the £80bn internet giant, proclaims 'personal search is the next phenomenon'
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Online calculator helps families go green [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Families can work out how their lifestyle affects the environment by using a new online eco-calculator launched by the Government today
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30 second guide to Investment grade [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team examine the ratings given to companies to denote their financial footing and their ability to repay debt
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A snapshot of bad buyout [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The private equity bigwigs explained MPs why we should all be grateful for their contribution to job creation, the national wellbeing, not to mention their personal wealth
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Annuities cause retirement pickle [06/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Those coming up to retirement face an uncomfortable dilemma: should they take a larger income now and fix it for life, or take a much lower initial income that will rise with inflation
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