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Sterling a fraction away from euro parity [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Sterling hit a record low today of 96.77p against the euro - down 1.17p since Boxing Day - meaning one pound buys just 1.033
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Adams Kids is latest credit crunch victim [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Adams Childrenswear chain has become the latest British retailer to fall into administration
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Stock market report: Monday latest [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Bears in the stock market were feeling the squeeze today in a market place desperately short of stock
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Record sales to continue all year round [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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A record start to the post-Christmas sales saw shops packed with customers amid predictions that the bargains will continue for another year
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300,000 jobs 'to go in three months' [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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At least 300,000 workers will be made redundant by April, economists will claim today
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Profit warnings wave to sweep High Street [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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The City was today bracing itself for the biggest wave of retail profit warnings in recent history
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Israeli attack on Gaza sparks rise in gold and oil [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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The price of gold and oil rose today as Israeli troops massed near the border with the Gaza Strip
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Banks 'using excuses' to refuse mortgages [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners are being refused mortgages for 'the most spurious of reasons' amid claims that lenders are seizing on any excuse to reject applications
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'Make students pay up to £20,000 in fees' [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Universities should be allowed to charge American-style tuition fees of up to £20,000 a year to improve the quality of teaching, according to a report.
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Small shops struggle as sales bring chains huge profits [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Independent retailers today told how they fear for the year ahead as they struggle to match the big discounts of major high street chains
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IMF: Recession has gone global [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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The International Monetary Fund is expected to this week predict the global economy is in recession
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Tories: We'll cut taxes for savers and workers [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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The next General Election is to be fought on traditional party lines after the Tories raised the prospect of tax cuts if they win power
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'Discount addicts' in threat to High St stores [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Experts warned yesterday that Britain has become addicted to discounts after retailers suffered their worst Christmas for decades
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Driving instructor training alert [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Redundant professionals retraining as driving instructors are falling prey to rogue operators who charge high fees with little guarantee of a job
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Car bosses 'abandoned' by government [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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A row has broken out between the Government and leaders of the motor industry, who have accused Ministers of abandoning the sector
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The best (and worst) funds of 2008 [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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It has been a terrible year for investors, but have any experts delivered? This is Money rounds up the best and worst funds of 2008
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End near as Woolies shuts 200 branches [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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A quarter of all the UK's Woolworths stores closed their doors for the final time yesterday after a frantic last day of trading
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Too thin on top talent at the banks [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Start new year by ending Equitable saga [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Duffield and a hard lesson we can learn [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: The star of 2008 is... a money lender [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Sea of liquidity could sink us [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington 2008: Year of consumer victories [12/29/2008 01:17 PM]
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