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Market report: Friday preview [05/30/2008 08:16 AM]
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07.30:UK blue chips are set to open higher on the last trading day of May after Wall Street rallied, but with little in the way of corporate announcements  
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£900 fuel surcharge on a family trip to Florida [05/30/2008 08:16 AM]
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Fuel surcharges are to soar on British Airways in time for the summer holidays  
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PM accused of ignoring oil tax 'solution' [05/30/2008 06:40 AM]
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Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has slammed Gordon Brown for ignoring a plan to drag down fuel levies as global prices rise  
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High Street prices rises highest for 16 years [05/29/2008 05:51 PM]
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High Street stores are ramping up prices at the fastest rate for 16 years, further fuelling rising inflation  
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HBOS chief Hornby defends rights issue [05/29/2008 05:51 PM]
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The chief executive of HBOS today defended the bank's rights issue and claimed that Scottish banks will weather the credit crunch better than London-based counterparts  
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Market report: Thursday close [05/29/2008 05:51 PM]
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17.00:More than 280m shares in Royal Bank of Scotland changed hands today, more than twice that of Vodafone, usually the stock market's most heavily traded stock 
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UK diesel cheapest in Europe without taxes [05/29/2008 05:51 PM]
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Diesel in Britain would be the cheapest in western Europe if the punitive taxes were scrapped, the Government admitted today  
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Investment banks' big question [05/29/2008 12:37 PM]
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The core question is whether the investment bank business model will still work in the post-credit crunch world
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Turning back the oil surge [05/29/2008 12:37 PM]
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Maybe Gordon Brown has not lost his touch after all. No sooner had the Prime Minister had his tete-a-tete with oil leaders, the price tumbled
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Second-hand cars could lose £2bn in value [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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Billions of pounds could be wiped off the value of second-hand cars this year as consumers call a halt to spending  
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Paulson goes private to boost Mid-East oil [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is setting out on a tour of the Middle East to try and boost oil output by encouraging more private investment  
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Aldi profits from the spending slowdown [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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Shoppers have been flocking to discount supermarkets as the consumer spending slowdown tightens its grip on household budgets  
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The garage that turns chip fat into fuel [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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Used cooking oil from restaurants is being used by one garage to be made into biodiesel capable of running cars safely and efficiently  
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2½ months' work to pay your tax bill [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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Taxpayers have to work two and a half months of every year just to pay off their annual income tax and National Insurance bill, according to research  
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Revealed: Worst high-rate helpline culprits [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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Customers who call helplines are being ripped off by premium rate phone charges, according to the consumer group Which?  
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Bank fees to fall as Barclays cuts charges [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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Barclays is to slash charges for unauthorised overdrafts in a move expected to be followed by other banks  
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Market report: Thursday latest [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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12.00:Mining giant and bid target Rio Tinto got off to a flying start today, the shares jumping 138p to 6275p ahead of a meeting with JPMorgan Cazenove 
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Car tax U-turn on the cards [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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Alistair Darling has thrown motorists into further confusion about how much they will have to pay to keep their vehicles on the road  
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Property fears grow as house prices dive [05/29/2008 12:36 PM]
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The housing market today looked set for its worst crisis since the early 1990s as Nationwide reported a record 2.5% fall in prices  
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Creating a global champion [05/28/2008 07:11 PM]
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One of the hardest decisions for a chief executive is to decide when to hang up his boots, or in the case of Arun Sarin, his mobile phone
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How Evolution's way paid off [05/28/2008 07:11 PM]
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It is often said that the way to make money in investing is not to seek to milk every drop from the bull markets but to avoid horrendous losses in the downturns
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The curse of the zombie funds failing savers [05/28/2008 07:11 PM]
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Four years ago the FSA published said there was no evidence those in zombie with-profits funds were suffering worse investment performance. Try telling that to policyholders with Pearl
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Inflation, jobs and growth looking sick [05/28/2008 07:11 PM]
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Inflation is in danger of running away and the economic outlook is the worst since 2001, business surveys warn  
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Repossessions 'could be worse than 1992' [05/28/2008 07:11 PM]
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More homebuyers are at risk of losing their houses than during the property bust of 1992, research has claimed  
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Millions face digital TV disappointment [05/28/2008 07:11 PM]
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The digital television revolution has left millions of viewers unhappy with the service they receive, it has been revealed  
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