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Pensions turning into a postcode lottery in September [06/13/2008 10:58 AM]
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Savers may face another obstacle to hopes of a comfortable retirement after Norwich Union said it is to base pension payouts on postcodes
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£1,000 bedroom tax in home extensions [06/13/2008 10:58 AM]
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Families face town hall charges before they get permission to extend homes
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Watchdog targets cash call short sellers [06/13/2008 09:44 AM]
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today launched an unprecedented crackdown on rogue traders, writes Nick Goodway in the Evening Standard
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Rights issues: There must be a clearer way [06/13/2008 09:07 AM]
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Britain's antiquated system of rights issues, with its long, drawn-out lead time, has been placed under severe stress by recent market conditions
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BoE smooths the way for capital raising [06/13/2008 09:07 AM]
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The Bank of England is exploring how British banks can raise capital more quickly without risking a potentially destabilising rights issues of shares
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Market report: Friday latest [06/13/2008 09:07 AM]
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10.00:A glimmer of sunshine hit the gloom-laden High Street today, as John Lewis revealed sales in its department stores had risen for the first time in five weeks
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Food and oil prices 'may be high for years' [06/13/2008 09:07 AM]
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The Treasury has warned that rapid growth in the world economy and population, coupled with supply shortages, will stop commodity prices falling back to previous levels
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Petrol chaos fears as Shell strike begins [06/13/2008 09:07 AM]
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Supplies of petrol to Shell garages started to dry up today as hundreds of tanker drivers began a four-day strike
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Heathrow Hassle: Half of all flights late [06/12/2008 10:02 PM]
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Heathrow Airport is grinding to a halt, with latest official statistics revealing that nearly every second flight is running late
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Watchdog wallops Woolies with a fine [06/12/2008 10:02 PM]
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Woolworths has been fined by the Financial Services Authority for taking too long to tell the stock market its profits would be less than expected
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Nervous lenders block first-time buyers [06/12/2008 10:02 PM]
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Banks are lending 36% less money to first-time home buyers than they were a year ago, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders reveal
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Market report: Thursday close [06/12/2008 10:02 PM]
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17.00:Persimmon has added to this week's misery in the housebuilding sector by getting itself booted out of the FTSE 100 index
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Consumers pessimistic on prices and rates [06/12/2008 10:02 PM]
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Consumers believe that the 'true' rate of inflation is 4.9% and that interest rates will have to rise to rein it in
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Barratt against wall as housing crisis grows [06/12/2008 01:28 PM]
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Barratt Developments, one of Britain's leading housebuilders, was in crisis today after another dramatic plunge in the share price
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Driving holidays: Spain is Europe's bargain [06/12/2008 01:28 PM]
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Travellers who like to spend their holidays exploring by car are best heading to Spain, as it has the lowest motoring costs in Europe, a new report reveals
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Halifax's underwater heroics [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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Not for the first time Halifax Bank of Scotland is taking a battering at the hands of the bears
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£38,000 is the salary of happiness [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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British workers may want to win the lottery but in their more realistic moments, they say they would be happy on an annual salary of £38,000
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Record numbers of back-to-work OAPs [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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1.3million Britons over the age of 60 are still working because they cannot afford to retire
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Unemployment rising fastest for two years [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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Unemployment is rising at its fastest rate for two years as the economic crisis starts to claim its victims
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City worry as HBOS shares dip again [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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HBOS shares have fallen to a new low today, ignoring the bank's attempts reassure on the rights issue
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Market report: Thursday latest [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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13.30:Persimmon has added to this week's misery in the housebuilding sector by getting itself booted out of the FTSE 100 index
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Mortgage lenders turn up heat with fees [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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The number of lenders charging 'horrendous' fees to take out a mortgage has rocketed over the past 18 months
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'Doom talk is tipping us into recession' [06/12/2008 11:24 AM]
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One of Gordon Brown's trusted economic confidantes is to warn of the dangers of 'doom and gloom' tipping the economy into recession
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Market report: Thursday preview [06/12/2008 08:13 AM]
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Leading shares look set to fall slightly after Wall Street closed lower on inflation fears as oil prices moved higher, and with Carphone Warehouse a likely focus
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US manhunt for 'lost' fraudster [06/11/2008 07:11 PM]
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America's most notorious fraudster of recent times, the former chief executive of a collapsed hedge fund, is on the run or dead
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