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Car sales rise despite credit crunch [04/05/2008 05:59 AM]
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New car sales climbed higher in March with the arrival of the new 08 plate
despite concerns about consumer spending 
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Chancellor rules out 10p tax band U-turn [04/05/2008 12:24 AM]
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Labour's tensions increased today when Alistair Darling ruled out a U-turn on
the 10p tax band rise 
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Banks to oppose Darling's plans [04/05/2008 12:24 AM]
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UK banks will oppose Chancellor Alistair Darling's plans to set up a
Cobra-style committee within the Treasury to handle any future crises 
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Market report: Friday close [04/05/2008 12:24 AM]
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13.30:Leading shares resumed their upward trajectory after yesterday's minor
setback, with miners providing much of the action 
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Halifax hikes 'best mortgage' deposits [04/05/2008 12:24 AM]
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Britain's biggest mortgage lender has raised its mortgage rates for those
without a 25% deposit - hitting almost a third of potential new customers 
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Brown facing tax revolt by his MPs [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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Gordon Brown was facing an unprecedented revolt over his tax plans last night
after Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe attacked a key measure from last
month's Budget 
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World Bank says food costs set to rise [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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The World Bank today warned that there was no end in sight to rising food
costs, which are causing shortages in the developing world 
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Act fast to get a mortgage, say brokers [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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Mortgage brokers are urging homeowners to grab new loan deals now before they
are scrapped, with lenders pulling the best deals rapidly 
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BT admits spying on 36,000 internet users [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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BT tested secret 'spyware' on tens of thousands of its broadband customers
without their knowledge, it has admitted 
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Gamblers to bet £300m on National and FA Cup [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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Punters are expected to spend in excess of £300m tomorrow in the biggest
betting day in British sporting history 
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Market report: Friday latest [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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09.30:Leading shares look set to open higher as Wall Street closed firmer
yesterday and investors attention will be turned to the US non-farm payroll

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Multi-million care homes refund claim [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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The Health Service could have to pay back hundreds of millions of pounds in
care home fees for the elderly if a High Court test case is successful 
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UK homes overvalued by 30% says IMF [04/04/2008 11:58 AM]
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House prices are 30% too high in the UK and could soon collapse, the
International Monetary Fund said yesterday 
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Royal Mint reveals new coins [04/03/2008 11:50 PM]
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The Queen's image is just about the only element to survive as the Royal Mint
unveiled a very modern makeover of the nation's coins 
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Market report: Thursday close [04/03/2008 11:50 PM]
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17.00:Just when banks thought it was safe to start looking at the state of
their share prices again, along comes Goldman Sachs to ruin the mood 
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Pressure for rate cut as credit grip tightens [04/03/2008 11:50 PM]
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Fresh fears about the credit crunch's impact on the 'real'
economy loomed today as it emerged Britain's service-sector companies had
slowed 
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Lending squeeze set to worsen, says Bank [04/03/2008 11:50 PM]
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The credit squeeze on consumers and businesses is set to intensify over the
coming three months, the Bank of England said today 
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Soros warns world markets will fall again [04/03/2008 01:58 PM]
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Billionaire investor George Soros said the financial crisis is the worst since
the Great Depression and the markets will fall again this year 
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Free TV rivals offer HD in fight with Sky [04/03/2008 01:58 PM]
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High-definition TV will be available free from the end of next year, it was
announced today 
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Tremors of new pensions shock | Carbon trading takes off [04/03/2008 11:39 AM]
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So the pension deficit of FTSE 100 companies no longer exists. To adapt an old
saying, there are lies, damned lies and calculations of pension deficits
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30 second guide to Alt-A [04/03/2008 10:27 AM]
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The Daily Mail City desk explains why mysterious Alt-A debt is about to hit the
headlines...
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Britain facing a rocky ride [04/03/2008 10:27 AM]
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No one should suppose that the European Commission's in-depth investigation
into the bail-out of Northern Rock is routine
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All change for small change with new look coins [04/03/2008 10:27 AM]
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The Queen's image is just about the only element to survive as the Royal Mint
unveiled a very modern makeover of the nation's coins 
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Market report: Thursday latest [04/03/2008 10:27 AM]
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10.00:Drinkers of fizzy lager say the trouble with the beer brewed by Marston's
is that it is flat. Investors in the company wish the shares had such levels of
stability 
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Co-op Bank falls prey to credit crunch [04/03/2008 10:27 AM]
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Co-operative Bank, which yesterday joined the ranks of lenders withdrawing
their best mortgages, today revealed that its profits dropped by almost
£26m 
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