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US private equity swoops for Virgin Media [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin Media shares were set to jump more than 20% today after news of £5.5bn US private equity bid from Carlyle Group emerged at the weekend
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Elderly face soaring home-help charges [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of thousands of elderly people are facing steep charges for homehelp, a report will say this week
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Market report: Monday latest [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.15:Sports Direct billionaire Mike Ashley will be hoping he has landed a knockout blow on shareholders of boxing gloves maker Everlast
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The latest £1m Bond winners [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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One of the £1m winners of July's Premium Bond draw has had a rapid return on his investment after only purchasing the Bond late last year
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Half-price Harry Potters hurt small shops [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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An MP has called for an urgent inquiry into the prices supermarkets will charge for the new Harry Potter book
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Property 'has peaked' as prices slow [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Claims that the property market has peaked have been supported by new figures showing house price growth slowed dramatically in June
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Property magnate buys landmark skyscraper [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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London's landmark Citigroup tower in Canary Wharf was today sold for around £1bn to a consortium of investors led by Irish property magnate and Savoy Hotel owner Derek Quinlan
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Blunder puts 15 extra years on mortgages [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of homeowners face years of additional mortgage payments after Abbey failed to tell them about changes to their repayments
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Hedge fund boss gives record £230m to charity [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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A City financier has given £230m to a charity linked to his multi-billion-pound hedge fund.
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Eurostar joins alliance to battle airlines [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Europe's leading high-speed train operators are banding together in an attempt to prise even more passengers off the airlines
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Falling profits may be headache for Darling [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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New chancellor Alistair Darling will be tested sooner than he thought as a series of interest rate rises around the world are expected to hit profits
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Pound stays above $2 with rate rise expected [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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An almost-certain rise in UK interest rates this week has seen sterling hold on to its jump above $2
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Japanese cars streets ahead on reliability [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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European cars have work to do to overtake Japanese models for reliability, an owner satisfaction survey from Which? Car magazine revealed today
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Vodafone 'buys' new customers [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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In a 'desperate' sales plan to force up UK subscriber numbers, Vodafone is handing out free mobile phones and call minutes
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A-Z of the Sunday Newspapers [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our weekly round-up of some of the biggest news stories from the financial world this SundaySHARE TIPS: Sunday newspaper round-up
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Kwik Save staff grasp for a lifeline [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Staff at the stricken Kwik Save supermarket chain face an agonising wait as management struggles to secure a lastditch rescue this week
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Interest rates to rise to 6% [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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New Chancellor Alistair Darling faces his first big test this week with the Bank of England almost certain to raise interest rates
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BA complains of Heathrow 'threat' [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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It has now become a gateway of shame for Britain ... so why is a Spanish billionaire demanding more money to run it?
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Instant repeats from Channel 4 [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Channel 4 is poised to become the first major broadcaster to show its main output an hour later on a digital channel
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Call centre for whistleblowers [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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The City is to set up a dedicated call centre for whistleblowers in an attempt to flush out fraudsters in the financial services industry
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Small cap share tips: ACM, Debt Free Direct [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week ACM and Debt Free Direct are both 'buy's
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Midas: Synergy poised for boost from NHS [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's top stock-picker says Synergy is set to benefit from a new NHS hygiene code
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Hetherington: Last hope for endowment victims; Pacific Continental sinks [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he looks at an endowment mis-selling claim and the collapse of broker Pacific Continental
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A failure to produce the goods [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's economics editor on the challenges facing the new Chancellor Alistair Darling
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A vital step in the struggle for independence [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's personal finance editor says financial advisers are cleaning up their act but there's more to go
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Are debt markets living on borrowed time? [07/02/2007 01:17 PM]
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Easy money has a nasty habit of drying up with the most devastating consequences, as the last days of the dotcom boom show
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