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Negative equity stalks buyers [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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The grim spectre of negative equity is rearing its ugly head again as thousands of borrowers take out new, bigger loans
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Patientline in survival fight [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Patientline, the firm behind controversial hospital phone and entertainment services, is seeking crunch survival talks with its bankers
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Market report: Friday close [06/24/2007 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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Brown to double private equity tax [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown plans to double tax rates for private equity multimillionaires - but not just yet
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [06/24/2007 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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Family firms fear Brown [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Entrepreneurs and family companies are increasingly looking at selling their businesses, fearful of a clampdown on capital gains tax relief
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Watchdog slaps ban on Pacific [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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The most controversial stockbroker in Britain has been banned from taking on any new business
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Massive probe into £20bn housebuilders [06/24/2007 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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Banks in 'card fraud cover-up' [06/24/2007 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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Water giant fined £8.5m [06/24/2007 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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£129 flights to New York [06/24/2007 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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New shock over home packs [06/24/2007 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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Bank chief warns on easy credit boom [06/24/2007 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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Postal workers to strike over pay [06/24/2007 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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Super-rich paying no income tax [06/24/2007 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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Jessops closes 1 in 4 shops [06/24/2007 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 [06/24/2007 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 [06/24/2007 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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Buy-to-let bubble 'will burst' [06/24/2007 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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Midas: Focus pays off for Spectris [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's top stock-picker says Spectis is getting things right while Great Portland has cut itself a useful niche
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Be careful who you punish in a witch-hunt [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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All it needed was a procession and conclusion at hangman's point and the Treasury Select Committee's work would have been complete
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Homebuyers at mercy of twist of the screw... [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgages offering a mouth-wateringly low rate followed by a compulsory period of standard-rate borrowing can be catastrophic for householders
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Paying for Brown boredom [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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For someone routinely accused of lacking understanding of the English middle class, Gordon Brown has shown a firm grasp of one yearning throughout our suburbs
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Hetherington: From Big Brother to shady share tipping [06/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he waves goodbye to Pacific Continental but examines their latest spin-off
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