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Times Online May 21, 2008

BUSINESS BULLETIN

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Today's top stories

Power companies rip off consumers

Energywatch head Allan Asher tells MPs that big six suppliers collude but angered industry calls comments misleading

HBOS bucks credit crunch with £500m sale

HBOS has found buyers for £500m of mortgage-backed bonds in the first successful securitisation since credit crunch

Co-op boycotts funds over human rights

The Co-operative Bank has turned away £10 million of loan applications and deemed that controlling regimes are unethical

Equal pay deal for agency workers

Agreement delights unions but angers commerce groups, who say that small businesses will suffer from lack of flexibility
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Yell of pain for Yellow Pages

Investors are nervous as the publisher halves its dividend saying that the slowing British economy is affecting business
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Tempus: M&B... Icap... Imperial Tobacco

M&B underwhelming strategic review... Icap focus on diversification... Imperial Tobacco £5 billion rights issue launched

Ryanair dismissed... RDF Media down... Icap up

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