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Carphone Warehouse's American coup [05/09/2008 10:19 AM]
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Charles Dunstone has seen the future and acted on it. The partnership with American electronic retailer Best Buy in the United States has been a runaway success and now the two companies have bonded in Europe
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Why a London worker is worth double [05/09/2008 10:19 AM]
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Workers in London have double the worth of those in the poorest parts of the country, an official analysis showed yesterday.  
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Cost of running a car up by £2,200 a year [05/09/2008 10:19 AM]
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Higher charges for fuel, insurance and road-tax have pushed up the price of driving by four times the rate of inflation, according to the AA  
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Over-50 'Freds' face gloomy retirement [05/09/2008 10:19 AM]
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Around two-thirds of over-50s fear an impoverished retirement and confess to be 'Freds' -Facing Retirement Earnings Doubts  
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House price crash is here, say City banks [05/09/2008 10:19 AM]
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Britain is now in a full-blown 'housing crash', two leading City banks warned in the wake of the Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates at 5%  
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Market report: Friday latest [05/09/2008 10:19 AM]
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09.40:The prospect of a massive rights issue of between £3bn and £5bn from Imperial Tobacco has done little to quell Credit Suisse's appetite for its shares  
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Royal Mail boss fears for the one-price post [05/09/2008 10:19 AM]
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The Royal Mail service, which delivers letters anywhere in the country for one price, has made a loss for the first time in 160 years  
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The housing crash is here, say banks [05/09/2008 08:39 AM]
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Britain is now in a full-blown 'housing crash', two leading City banks warned in the wake of the Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates at 5%. 
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Mortgage costs rise despite rate freeze [05/09/2008 08:39 AM]
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Mortgage costs will continue to climb today even though the Bank of England held interest rates steady at 5% yesterday  
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Market report: Friday preview [05/09/2008 08:06 AM]
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Leading shares look set to open lower after record oil prices sparked concerns of worldwide inflationary pressure  
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Crisis over? No, its set to spread much wider [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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It has become the fashion for bankers to say the worst of the subprime crisis is over - Perhaps it is, but it does not mean that we are out of the woods
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Carphone 'to shake up retail' with US deal [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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Carphone Warehouse chief Charles Dunstone today promised the biggest shake-up of the British retail scene for decades, as he unveiled a deal with America's Best Buy  
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High Street banks hike account charges [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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Millions of bank customers are being hit with higher current account fees ahead of possible legal caps on overdraft charges  
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Websites ripping off air passengers [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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One third of customers buying plane tickets online are being ripped off or misled, the European Commission warned today  
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Insurance comparison sites 'mislead users' [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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The majority of insurance comparison sites fail to offer a comprehensive review of insurance policies, according to the City watchdog  
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Market report: Thursday close [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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17.00:Copper-watchers were on bid alert tonight as the rumour mill had it that an offer could be coming in for Kazakhstan miner Kazakhmys 
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Price fears hold Bank back from a rate cut [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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The Bank of England today resisted calls to make its first back-to-back cut in interest rates in nearly seven years as the threat of rising inflation persisted  
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ITV slapped with record £5.7m fine [05/08/2008 05:02 PM]
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ITV was today hit with a bill for £13.5m in fines and compensation after an Ofcom investigation into premium phone line scams  
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Midas share tips: HBOS rights issue [05/08/2008 10:46 AM]
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The Financial Mail on Sunday's respected stock picker asks if Halifax shares are worth holding on to following news of its £4bn rights issue
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Building societies in the line of fire [05/08/2008 10:46 AM]
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Amid all the focus on write-downs and rights issues at high street banks, the woes of the building societies have received little attention
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Bill will give new rights to shoppers [05/08/2008 10:46 AM]
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A bill of consumer rights that entitles buyers 'to get what they pay for' will be proposed today by the Government  
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£1m homes are biggest bargains [05/08/2008 10:45 AM]
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The biggest casualties of the slump in the housing market are sellers of £1m homes, estate agents said yesterday  
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RBS ends free banking for small firms [05/08/2008 10:45 AM]
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Fees introduced by Royal Bank of Scotland could spell the end of free banking for small businesses across the UK  
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Designer clothes for Oxfam prices [05/08/2008 10:45 AM]
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Oxfam is opening a chain of boutiques which will sell only the best of donated items, alongside Fairtrade clothes and jewellery  
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Market report: Thursday latest [05/08/2008 10:45 AM]
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10.00:Enterprise Inns ran into profit-taking following yesterday's announcement that the pub chain is eligible to convert into a real estate investment trust (Reit) 
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