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Insurers braced for £2bn claims deluge [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Insurers were today bracing themselves for thousands of further claims as it was predicted the summer floods could cost the industry £2bn
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Refinery problems dent BP profit [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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New BP boss Tony Hayward today confounded City doom-mongers, but had to admit profits are down and production levels remain stagnant
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Market report: Tuesday latest [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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10.45:Square Mile big-hitter UBS says the housebuilding sector offers good value but warns clients they will need to exercise patience
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£50bn plan to boost railways [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Long-term plans to improve railways will be unveiled by the Government today, but passengers should expect to fund much of the cost
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Sex equality 'still years away' [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gender equality is still generations away, with huge gaps in pay, health, pensions and even safety between men and women
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Olive oil sales hit £71m as diet changes [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sales of extra virgin olive oil reached a record £71m last year, as we adopt a healthier Mediterranean diet
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Tesco's tower bid thwarted [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tesco has lost its bid to build a skyscraper above one of its stores in south-west London after protests from 150 residents
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Housing market will 'grind to a halt' [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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The housing market will come to a standstill next year as aggressive interest-rate hikes finally start to bite, a leading forecasting group has warned
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Oil profits soar as $100 barrel is forecast [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Analysts today predicted crude oil would approach $100-a-barrel by the end of the year, as oil giants prepare to report huge profits
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60% of the UK's wealth is in housing [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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The UK is worth a total of £6.525 trillion, with housing making up most of the country's wealth, official figures showed today
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Hotel chain scraps porn channels [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Budget hotel chain Travelodge is to scrap the adult TV service on its in-room television sets, it announced today
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Extra 3m homes to ease housing crisis [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plans to ease Britain's property problems with the most interventionist tactics since the building boom of the 1960s will be revealed by the Government today
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Emap and C4 to launch TV music channel [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Media group Emap today unveiled a joint venture with broadcaster Channel 4 aimed at creating the UK's number one music television provider
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Friends and Resolution confirm deal talks [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Two of the UK's biggest life insurers - Friends Provident and Resolution - today confirmed they were in talks over a possible £8.3bn merger
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Far East stake to boost Barclays' ABN bid [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Barclays today lifted its bid for ABN Amro with substantial backing from two new Far Eastern investors and announced that first-half earnings rose by 14%
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The train ticket lottery [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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New research shows some train operators charge four times as much as others for journeys over the same distance
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Harry flies off the shelves [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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The final instalment of Harry Potter's adventures is Britain's fastest-selling book ever
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The £14bn fashion for fakes [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Two-thirds of us are happy to buy designer rip-offs, but may not be aware we are helping to fund organised crime when we do
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30 second guide to Chinese investment [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City desk look at the huge wealth that the Chinese is looking to diversify across the world
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Resolution: The Quakers' new friend [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Climbing into bed with the not-so-cuddly Clive Cowdery is just what Friends Provident needs, so most analysts seem to think
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Labour's act of pensions spite fails thousands [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government's decision to kill off proposals that would finally provide fair compensation to 125,000 victims of failed pension schemes was the action of a spiteful administration
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Class war that could hurt us all [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Once in a while, a connection can be drawn between two apparently unrelated pieces of information
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Cut down this man of straw at Sainsbury's [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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having seen off an approach from a private equity group only weeks ago, this venerable company faces another upstart predator
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Keep an eye on Umeco, the god of small things [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Keep an eye on Umeco, the god of small things
Building an aircraft is not a simple process. The engine alone has about 15,000 parts and each has to be in the right place at the right time to make sure it can be put together efficiently and cost-effectively
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£500 debt stalks a mother as chatoic CSA crumbles [07/24/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he helps sort a CSA disaster and tracks down some missing Isa savings
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