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Staff fired at O2 after iPhones sell-off [06/01/2008 12:57 PM]
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Staff at branches of mobile phone retailer O2 have been sacked after buying Apple iPhones on discount, then selling them on via the internet
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Green tax to push fuel bills up £400 [06/01/2008 12:57 PM]
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The boss of energy giant Eon will warn this week that homeowners will be forced to pay an extra £400 on their annual bill
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Bank must make tough call on rates [06/01/2008 12:57 PM]
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The Bank of England's dilemma on interest rates will be highlighted this week
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£33m child benefit paid to children abroad [06/01/2008 12:57 PM]
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British child benefit paid to foreign children living abroad has rocketed by an astonishing 72% in just nine months, to £33m a year
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Investigation: an Ultimate rip-off [05/31/2008 06:22 AM]
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Some brief research into the companies behind your purchases can yield all kinds of skeletons, as the case of one Paul Ubsdell exemplifies
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Average pension less than minimum wage [05/31/2008 06:22 AM]
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The retirement problems facing many Britons are revealed by a new survey showing the average worker will retire on less than the minimum wage
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Market report: Friday close [05/30/2008 05:23 PM]
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17.00:Royal Bank of Scotland was today rocked by an untimely downgrade from Société Générale, just a week ahead of its £12bn emergency rights issue
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Silverjet airline calls in administrators [05/30/2008 05:23 PM]
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Business-class only airline Silverjet called in the administrators tonight, as thousands of air passengers had their travel plans wrecked
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Explosive British Energy issues [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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Selling its 30% stake in the nuclear electricity generator British Energy has a calm about it is deceptive. Several issues could blow up in the Government's face
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Turning the FSA around [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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The struggle to find a new chairman for the Financial Services Authority does not reflect well on the status of the City regulator
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Lord Turner appointed as new head at FSA [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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The highly-respected Lord Adair Turner has been appointed as head of the City's main watchdog with a brief to repair its battered reputation
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Economic optimism hits 25-year low [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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Optimism about Britain's economic outlook has plummeted to its lowest level for 25 years, highlighting the mounting risks of recession
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Crunch time for battered banks [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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RBS' £12bn emergency fund raising looks increasingly likely to end in tears amid warnings that the credit crunch is far from over for British banks
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Healthier eaters face biggest price hikes [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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The nation's monthly grocery bill rose £514m between January and May, a study says
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Councils' millions on 'illegal' parking fines [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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Councils are making tens of millions of pounds by enforcing unlawful traffic and parking restrictions, it has been claimed
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New staff for Rock customers' loan woes [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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Northern Rock is hiring hundreds of new staff to cope with an expected flood of customers finding it hard to make their mortgage repayments
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Worldwide probe into 'rigging' of oil prices [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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Oil traders in London will be probed as part of a worldwide investigation amid concern that the market is rigged
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Market report: Friday latest [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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16.00:Royal Bank of Scotland was today rocked by an untimely downgrade from Société Générale, just a week ahead of its £12bn emergency rights issue
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Silverjet is grounded as it fails to land cash [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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Silverjet, the business class-only airline that pledged to change the face of air travel, became the latest casualty of rocketing oil prices today when it grounded its planes
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Energy minister: Fuel bills are 'intolerable' [05/30/2008 04:16 PM]
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Average energy bills of more than £1,000 a year are putting an 'intolerable' strain on the public, Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has admitted
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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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