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Farmland soars despite property blues [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners may be suffering as house prices head south, but the cost of farmland has soared by a third over the past year 
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Businesses barred from reclaiming charges [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Business bank account customers will no longer be able to reclaim unfair overdraft charges following this week's landmark High Court ruling 
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Gordon Brown must take heed [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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This Government has always been hot on consultation, though not so hot on responding when the consultation throws up protests
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Housing hits the doldrums [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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All the indications are that house building, despite Britain's shortage of supply, is grinding to a halt
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Supermarkets 'in cigarette price-fix plot' [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Eleven supermarkets were today accused of conspiring with tobacco giants to fix the price of cigarettes 
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Champions League ticket rip-off bonanza [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Touts are enjoying a field day ahead of next month's Champions League final in Moscow, with tickets on sale for £4,500 before the line-up is even decided 
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Couples kept in the dark about cash [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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The rise of internet banking has made it easier for couples to keep their finances secret from their each other 
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Housebuilders face crisis as sales plummet [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Analysis:More than £400m has been wiped off the value of Britain's biggest housebuilders after a dramatic downturn in the property market 
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Northern Rock to axe 2,000 jobs [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Northern Rock plans to axe 2,000 jobs in the next three months and is expected to come clean over the job losses next week 
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City jobs cull takes global toll to 47,000 [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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The worldwide bloodletting of finance jobs has hit 47,000, with Mizuho Financial the latest to wield the axe in London 
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Lenders tighten screw in bad debts battle [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Lenders are rushing to secure loans and credit-card debt against houses, says the Ministry of Justice 
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Market report: Friday close [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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17.00:Investors were snapping up shares in Carphone Warehouse today after a bullish note from Morgan Stanley gave it a much-needed boost 
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City sage warns as growth hits 3-year low [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Sir Martin Sorrell, head of global advertising empire WPP, today declared the economy was heading for a slide just as official figures showed UK growth at a three-year low 
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Panic-buying fears as petrol crisis looms [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown today pleaded with oil workers to call off a strike that threatens to spark a fuel crisis 
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Market report: Friday preview [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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UK blue chips look set to open marginally higher, but with underlying caution until the UK GDP figures come out 
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Heavy going for the pound says Sentance [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Sterling could spend years in the doldrums because of the enfeebled state of the economy, Bank of England rate setter Andrew Sentance said. 
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Fares shake-up to end train ticket confusion [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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The rail fares system will be simplified in an effort to make it easier for passengers to buy the best-value ticket 
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Early sales and big price cuts 'on the way' [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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High Street price-cutting and early summer sales were forecast today after retail figures revealed a dip in spending 
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Market report: Thursday close [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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17.00:Nasty news from Schroders compounded by Credit Suisse's new horrors, led to yet another pounding for the banks 
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Fares shake-up end train ticket confusion [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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The rail fares system will be simplified in an effort to make it easier for passengers to buy the best-value ticket 
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Bankers must curb greed [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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In conditions when investors have suffered so badly, the rewards to Barclays president Bob Diamond and other executives look malodorous
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Workers 'blind to pension disaster' [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Workers are failing to understand that their pensions may not pay for a decent retirement 
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Green car tax 'will barely cut emissions' [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Labour's green taxes on gas-guzzling cars will cost motorists an extra £2.5bn while cutting harmful emissions by less than 1% 
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Channel 4 boss's £1.2m reward [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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The head of Channel 4 almost doubled his pay to more than £1.2m last year - while the broadcaster's profits plummeted by almost £20m 
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Barclays chief Varley hits back at the critics [04/27/2008 01:17 PM]
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Barclays chief executive John Varley today defended his bank, claiming that unlike rivals it does not need a rights issue to repair its balance sheet in the wake of the credit crunch 
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