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Norwich Union windfalls may be axed [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Insurance giant giant Aviva is believed to be trying to shelve a controversial plan to free £4bn of surplus assets in its Norwich Union with-profits business
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Home packs in doubt as prices slashed [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The future of home information packs is in doubt after a major supplier slashed prices ahead of August's phased introduction - and promised refunds if they fail to go live by October
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Market report: Friday close [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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17.00:Millionaire Spurs fan and property developer Paul Kemsley is reckoned to be building up a big stake in property developer Quintain Estates as the prelude to a full bid
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Rain dampens M&S sales [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The recent wet weather will be blamed this week by Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose for dismal sales figures
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Waitrose plans big expansion [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The new boss of Waitrose is eyeing smaller stores as part of an aggressive expansion that will open up access to its shops to millions more
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Fury over UK leaded petrol exports [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Environmentalists have attacked Britain's continuing export of lead petrol additives, decades after they were phased out in the UK
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Taxman blunders mean 1m pay wrong bill [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than a million of us are paying the wrong amount of tax because of blunders by the taxman
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10 new channels in radio 'Big Bang Day' [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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A consortium led by Channel 4 today won the right to operate 10 new digital radio stations in a major shake-up of the industry
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Luton Airport expansion plans scrapped [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plans for a major expansion of Luton Airport have been scrapped with its owners citing the cost of building a new runway as the deciding factor
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Standard Life bonus shares boost [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than 1.7m Standard Life small shareholders are to receive bonus shares worth about £137 each to mark the anniversary of the insurer's flotation
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Richard & Judy phone quiz in record fine [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The company behind the Richard and Judy premium rate telephone quiz scandal has been hit with a record fine and ordered to repay cash to callers who were misled
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Voters to get say in spending council tax [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Council tax payers are to get a greater say over how their money is spent, in what Communities Secretary Hazel Blears called a major shift away from centralisation
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More get help with university bills [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of middle-class students will get grants to cover their university living costs amid fears they are being priced out of degree courses
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Bank turns rates screw with 0.25% hike [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners were facing mortgage misery today after the Bank of England raised interest rates to 5.75%Has your savings rate risen?
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Astra overtakes Focus as best-selling car [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Vauxhall accelerated ahead of arch rival Ford to top the new car sales table last month, it was revealed today
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Bank charges test case moves closer [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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A bank defending customers' claims for unfair charges has been ordered by a judge to justify its penalty fees, in what could be a major test case
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Postal workers strike again next week [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Postal workers are to stage a fresh 24-hour strike in a bitter row over pay and jobs, crippling mail deliveries for the second time in a fortnight
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High Street sales a washout [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fashion bosses are talking of carnage on the High Street, as retail chains are hammered by the dismal weather
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O2 winning race to offer iPhone [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone operator O2 is close to winning the race to become the exclusive network for the hotly anticipated iPhone in the UK, according to reports today
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Time to praise insurers [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The response we have seen to the floods represents the insurance industry at its best - it is time to praise those we often seek to bury, says Financial Mail's personal finance editor
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RBS looks winner in ABN fight [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The titanic struggle for control of Dutch bank ABN Amro between Barclays and a consortium headed by Royal Bank of Scotland has dragged on but the end is in sight
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Debt trap looms with past warnings [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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A new feverishness over debts in Britain and America, was threatening world financial stability - but what can we learn from 40 years ago?
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