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Takeover battle at British Energy hots up
United Kingdom : Business News - Times Online - 16 hours ago
A takeover battle for control of British Energy was gathering momentum as it emerged yesterday that the company had received two more preliminary proposals, one of which valued it at almost £11 billion. |
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James Daley: Sorry, Gordon, still not good enough
United Kingdom : Business News - Independent - 16 hours ago
Seven years ago, when I voted Labour for the first time, I truly believed that Gordon Brown and Tony Blair stood for the same things I did. |
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UK Government Notes Post Biggest Weekly Decline Since 1994
United Kingdom : Business News - Bloomberg - 6 hours ago
By Kim-Mai Cutler May 17 (Bloomberg) -- UK two-year government notes posted their biggest weekly decline in 14 years as traders pared bets the Bank of England will cut interest rates next month. |
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Qualcomm wins licence in latest auction of radio spectrum
United Kingdom : Business News - Independent - 15 hours ago
By Sarah Arnott Qualcomm, the US wireless research group, is paying £8.5m to license a band of UK radio spectrum in the first of three major auctions that are expected to raise billions of pounds and pave the way for a range of next-generation mobile ... |
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Ofwat calls for water industry to be opened up to competition
United Kingdom : Business News - Independent - 15 hours ago
By Danny Fortson Ofwat, the water regulator, has made the first tentative steps towards liberalisation of the water industry in England and Wales, publishing a menu of options that could lead to the break-up of the regional monopolies that have become ... |
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Money matters
United Kingdom : Business News - Scotsman - 16 hours ago
Insurers failing to inform people approaching retirement that they can shop around for annuities have been told they have six months to improve their practices. |
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City focus: Browett tries to save DSG
United Kingdom : Business News - This is Money - 16 May 2008
The bright spark brought in to re-ignite lacklustre profits at Currys and Dixons has promised to make the business 'unrecognisable' within the next few years. |
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Branson joins London marathon as runner and sponsor
United Kingdom : Business News - Reuters UK - 17 hours ago
By Antonella Ciancio LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson, whose Virgin Group of businesses spans music to space travel, is preparing to run his first marathon in 2010 to give a boost to London's biggest fundraising race. |
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Abbey reduces some mortgage rates
United Kingdom : Business News - BBC News - 16 May 2008
The Abbey has become the second big lender this week to make slight cuts to some of its mortgage rates. All flexible and tracker rates are being cut by 0.05% while new borrowers with 25% deposits are seeing fixed rate deals being cut by up to 0.17%. |
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UK software piracy rate declines
United Kingdom : Business News - BBC News - 14 May 2008
For the first time in three years the amount of pirated business software on UK computers has fallen. The Business Software Alliance's (BSA) annual survey shows a 1% drop in UK piracy rates to 26%. |
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