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TV firms slammed for phone-in rip-offs [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Television broadcasters were lambasted by the industry's watchdog today for a 'systemic failure' in the way they operate their premium rate phone services
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£12bn Middle East fund bid for Sainsbury [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sainsbury's became a takeover target for the second time this year today after revealing an approach from a fund backed by the Qatari royal family
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Market report: Wednesday latest [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Another 19p was sliced off Tate & Lyle today as it warned its long-suffering shareholders that profits for the current year would be lower than it had thought just two months ago
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London Tube crisis as Metronet collapses [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Disgraced Tube maintenance firm Metronet finally collapsed today, throwing plans to renew the Underground into chaos
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£300 Old Master may fetch £5m [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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An oil painting offered at auction for £300 is believed to be a lost masterpiece painted by an Italian Old Master and could be worth millions
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Ryanair rapped for Brown tax adverts [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Ryanair was today rapped for adverts that criticised Gordon Brown over air passenger duty by making misleading claims about the environment
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Judge urged to scrap the £2bn air tax [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's £2bn 'stealth tax' on air travellers is illegal and should be scrapped, the High Court was told yesterday
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Mum blows £135,000 after bank blunder [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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A young mother faces jail for going on a massive spending spree after her bank paid £135,000 into her account by mistake
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Asda apology ends Harry Potter book row [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Supermarket chain Asda has 'apologised unreservedly' in a row that threatened to cost it millions in lost sales of the final Harry Potter book
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Why small firms don't report £19bn crime [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Small businesses have so little faith in the legal system that they no longer bother reporting crimes that cost them £19bn a year
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Tycoon who wants to give £1bn to charity [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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A businessman yesterday announced plans to give at least £1bn to charity. Sir Tom Hunter, a 46-year-old Scot, said it will take the rest of his life to hand over the money.
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Flown-in food could lose organic status [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Organic food flown in from abroad could be stripped of its eco friendly status because of environmental concerns
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Pledge heads off pensions revolt [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Calls for a pensions lifeboat were voted down by MPs after a promise of extra help for thousands whose pensions schemes went bust
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Wealth gap 'greatest in 40 years' [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The gap between rich and poor is wider than it has been for 40 years, and the rich are leaving the North and heading down South
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Watchdog Ofcom getting tough [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Communications watchdog Ofcom is coming under increasing scrutiny after a series of controversial rulings led to suggestions its new boss was flexing his 'political' muscle
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Mortgage fees soar 600% in two years [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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More and more homebuyers are being lured into taking up what appear to be good value mortgage deals only to be stung with huge fees, experts warn
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Experts predict August rate rise [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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A pick up in shop prices has sharply increased the chances of a interest rate rise in August
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The backfiring council tax complaint [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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John Pigden complained he paid more council tax than the rest of the road. So officials raised the neighbours' bills to match his
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Murdoch closes in on Dow deal [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rupert Murdoch today struck a tentative $5bn (£2.5bn) deal to buy Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal
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Private equity whitewash [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Anything which requires the private equity industry to be more open about its conduct, which has an impact on almost every person in the country, has to be an improvement
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Care fees worry adds to hell of old age [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The choices facing us as we and our relatives grow older are painful and choosing a means to fund long-term care can be treacherous territory
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30 second guide to Voluntary codes [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City desk take a look at the self-policing of business and ask whether it can be relied upon to ensure correct practice
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Hetherington: NatWest and my dying husband; M&S blunder; Barclaycard despair [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he helps a widow come to terms with a horror story at the local bank.
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The nine lives of misleading Equitable boss [07/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Charles Thomson has finally received his punishment for faking the character reference on his job application - a mild telling off
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