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• Evening Standard, London, market report column.

  - 2004-09-02

  By Steve Hawkes, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--Retail tycoon Philip Green broke cover to dismiss speculation he is lining up a bid for Sainsbury's today as shares in the supermarkets giant soared on talk of a potential takeover...

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• business monthly: Calling excessive bank charges to account

  - 2002-11-02

  From the beginning of next year, the main clearing banks must each offer business current accounts paying at least 1.5 per cent interest, or else provide business clients with free banking services. This move follows a devastating report published early last year by the Government's Competition Commission which found that...

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• Your Money: Pound notes

  - 2002-08-18

  pounds FOR a free guide to investment risk and reward contact stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown on 0800 138 0456. ALLIANCE & Leicester are offering free banking to small businesses who keep at least pounds 5,000 in their accounts. For details call them on 0800 587 0800 or log...

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• Money: AT WAR WITH THE BIG FOUR

  - 2002-05-19

  A WAR between the banks has broken out - but you could be the winner. The smaller banks have challenged the big four - HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Barclays and NatWest - to give their customers a better deal on their current accounts. Gregor Hall,...

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• The Investment Column: Alliance & Leicester not worth holding except

  - 2002-05-09

  ALLIANCE & LEICESTER could get taken over any day now. Legislation that shielded the old building society from hostile bidders expired late last month, on the fifth anniversary of its flotation. That will put pressure on the management - particularly the chairman John Windeler and his soon...

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• Potential for bad news: Sharona Talmor analyses the UK banks' latest results and predicts a mixed year for them. (Global Focus).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-04-01

  THE UK BANKS' RESULTS season could best be summarised as a period focused on potential bad news. Firstly we looked at the provisions line; then we moved on to worry about costs and, if that did not disappoint, we fretted about underlying revenue growth. ...

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• Don't let windfall cash slip from your grasp

  - 2002-03-03

  MILLIONS of investors have watched the value of their windfall shares plummet over the past few weeks after cut-throat competition combined with a difficult economic climate left many banks and insurance firms queuing up to report poor results. Prospects for those selling loans, savings schemes and investments...

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• Apathy Costing British Accountholders Millions in Poor Rates and Fees.

  - 2002-02-10

  By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 10--Apathy is costing millions of current account customers a total of UKpound 123 million a year in poor interest rates and expensive overdrafts. Figures out tomorrow from...

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• Alliance and Leicester.

  - 2002-01-21

  The Daily Telegraph John Windeler, the executive chairman of Alliance & Leicester (A&L), the UK mortgage bank which has been the subject of takeover speculation for the past few months, is believed to want a price of over [pound]5bn ([euro]8bn), more than [pound]10 a...

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• Abbey National quiet on A&L bid prospect

  - 2001-07-16

  ABBEY NATIONAL has refused to rule out a possible bid for Alliance & Leicester following last week's blocking of the Lloyds-TSB bid for Abbey. Commenting on weekend speculation that Abbey National was considering a bid for A&L, a spokeswoman said: "Following the Lloyds- TSB block we will...

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