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Power firm shocks with huge price rise [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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EDF Energy, one of the big six UK power firms, today shocked customers with tariff rises that will see fuel bills soar by £200 a year
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Crisis at wedding firm leaves couples without gifts [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of couples have had their wedding plans thrown into disarray after wedding list firm Wrapit revealed it is seeking funding to avoid going into administration
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Market report: Friday latest [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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13.00:A price war in the supermarkets may be good for customers, but it is no place for investors looking to ride the stock-market rollercoaster
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Housebuilding slump hits economic growth [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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A housebuilding slump hit growth in the second quarter of the year as the UK's economic slowdown gathered pace, according to official estimates today
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BP chief forced to flee Russia after visa row [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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BP's Russian ambitions are in disarray after the chief executive of its TNK-BP joint venture, Bob Dudley, was forced to flee the country
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London's 'prop' for UK is £40bn [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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London and the South-East's subsidy to the rest of the country is rising rapidly and is now nearly £40bn a year compared with just over £20bn in 2004
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'Wall Street got drunk', says Bush [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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US President George W Bush has delivered his own unique explanation for global economic turmoil: 'Wall Street got drunk'
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Why millions are just 11 days from ruin [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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More than a third of adults could survive financially for only 11 days if they were to lose their job or be too ill to work
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Inflation to cost pensions £25bn [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Government's failure to get a grip on inflation will cost FTSE 100 companies up to £25bn in extra pension payments, pushing many schemes into the red
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FSA vows strength as economy worsens [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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The economy is heading into the third and most difficult phase of the credit crunch, according to the head of the financial watchdog
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Families 'to be forced to fit water meters' [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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Water companies are to be given new powers to force meters on millions of families, potentially adding £200 to annual water costs
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Post offices 'doomed by lack of cash' [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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Replacing axed post offices with so-called outreach branches in libraries, churches and pubs is doomed to failure without adequate funding, a report from MPs warns today
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Retail spending slump fuels recession fears [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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The biggest monthly fall in consumer spending today heightened fears of a high-street meltdown
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MPs join calls for Equitable compensation [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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Pressue is growing on the government to compensate policyholders of Equitable Life with a powerful parliamentary group the latest to support the cause
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Trader's collapse helps to force down crude oil price [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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The collapse of US oil trader SemGroup is said to have played a role in the dramatic decline in the price of crude oil over the past 10 days
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Insolvency laws not up to the job [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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Building societies beat banks hands down [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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FSA's Sants ripples his muscles [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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Applegarth has some more explaining to do [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: I saved for my daughter - what was the point [07/25/2008 01:17 PM]
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