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Rise takes eurozone rates to 7-year high
Markets were relieved by a less hawkish tone from the European Central Bank, which damped fears of further rises to come
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TPG pulls out of B&B rescue
Bradford & Bingley's largest shareholders have stepped in to rescue the ailing mortgage lender after TPG Capital, the private equity group, pulled out of a £400m capital increase
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UK court to hear $4bn Rusal dispute
Oleg Deripaska, the Russian billionaire, will have to fight a $4bn (?2.5bn) claim brought against him in the High Court in London following an extraordinary judgment that cites assassination, corrupt judges and Kremlin interference as the risks of running a trial in Russia
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MPs plan hearing on fuel costs
Brown dismissed the notion that speculators were behind record oil prices, even as the Treasury select committee said it would hold the country's first parliamentary hearing into the issue
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Google told to hand over YouTube users' data
Google has run into a fresh storm over online privacy after a US judge ordered YouTube, its popular online video site, to hand over records detailing the viewing habits of its millions of users.
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HBOS rises and leads rebound
HBOS led a rebound for the London market on Thursday when the bank closed above the underwriting price on its rights issue for the first time in three days
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Service sector activity at weakest since 2001
Service sector activity has weakened to its lowest level since 2001, and lenders are still tightening credit conditions for both households and businesses as fears over the economic outlook replace liquidity concerns, data showed
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TNS spurns fresh WPP approach
Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP launched a third attempt to persuade shareholders of Taylor Nelson Sofres to accept an approach from his group rather than a nil-premium merger with German research group GfK.
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Vodafone seals $900m Ghana deal
The UK mobile group is buying a 70% stake in Ghana Telecom for $900m, in the latest sign of its appetite for Africa's fast-growing telecommunications markets
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ScS rescued by US private equity group
After a near collapse, the UK furniture chain announces a deal with Sun European Partners that will see shareholders wiped out but the business continue to trade
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