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Saga and AA in shock £6bn deal [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Saga and the AA announced surprise merger plans today in a move creating a motoring and insurance giant worth £6bn
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Call for Brown to close pay gap [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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The new prime minister faced an early challenge today as a leading women's campaign group called for new measures to close the gender pay gap
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Market report: Monday latest [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Pub operators may be worried about the smoking ban that begins in less than a week, but there are those in the City who still think pubs make attractive investments
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Two City tycoons to pocket £1bn [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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The wealthy founders of hedge fund GLG Partners will boost their personal fortunes when the business floats in New York
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Radio stations go in £170m deal [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Radio stations including Heart and Galaxy were sold for £170m today in a deal returning former ITV chief executive Charles Allen to the limelight
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Financial fraud of the middle classes [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Two thirds of the middle classes admit to offences such as tax evasion or hiking up insurance claims, a survey suggests
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Waitrose's new 'milk bags' to cut plastic [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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A major supermarket is to sell milk in bags to reduce the mountain of plastic bottles thrown away every week
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Persimmon says rate rises put brakes on [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Builder Persimmon today warned that rising interest rates have put the brakes on the housing market as mortgages become less affordable
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Patientline regrets phone costs rise [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Struggling hospital telephones provider Patientline today admitted its decision to raise the price patients pay for calls was a mistake
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday| Sunday newspaper share tips
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Negative equity stalks buyers [06/25/2007 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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Brown to double private equity tax [06/25/2007 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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Family firms fear Brown [06/25/2007 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 [06/25/2007 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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Quiz broadcasters to face tough questions [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Broadcasters ITV and Five are to be summoned for questioning by the Gambling Commission following a report out this week that will say it regards some TV quiz shows to be lotteries
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Postal closures threat as strike looms [06/25/2007 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail will permanently close sorting offices and delivery centres if industrial action, due to start on Friday, begins to bite, sources told Financial Mail
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Banks in 'card fraud cover-up' [06/25/2007 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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New shock over home packs [06/25/2007 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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Be careful who you punish in a witch-hunt [06/25/2007 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... [06/25/2007 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 [06/25/2007 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 [06/25/2007 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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