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		<title>B&amp;Q planning £69m product revamps</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK's largest home improvement retailer says it is investing £69 million in a series of product revamps across its stores over the next few months.]]></description>
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		<title>BSkyB &#8216;considering mobiles move&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 10:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Satellite broadcaster BSkyB is understood to be considering a move on Britain's mobile phone market.]]></description>
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		<title>Browett &#8216;to get £36m golden hello&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 10:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former boss of PC World and Currys will reportedly receive a 56 million US dollar (£36 million) golden hello from Apple for taking charge of its retail arm.]]></description>
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		<title>Severn Trent reveals drought impact</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 23:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water giant Severn Trent will provide further insight into the impact of the recent drought when it presents annual results on Wednesday.]]></description>
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		<title>Halfords aims to reassure investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 23:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impact of the poor spring weather on Halfords and B&amp;Q owner Kingfisher will be revealed next week when the pair publish updates.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish bank crisis hits US markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another flare-up in Europe's debt crisis, this time involving a Spanish bank, has pegged back US markets.]]></description>
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		<title>Tory group sets out euro &#8216;Plan E&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain risks ending up like Greece if the Government abandons its cuts programme in response to the collapse of the euro, a report by Conservative backbenchers has warned.]]></description>
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		<title>10% vote against HSBC pay report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 10% of shareholder votes have gone against HSBC's pay report at its annual meeting after the banking giant's boss took home £7.5 million in pay and bonuses last year.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman accused of £2.5m Lloyds scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former security chief at Lloyds Banking Group is to be prosecuted over an alleged £2.5 million fraud.]]></description>
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		<title>Walsall markets generate £280k income</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MORE than £280,000 was generated from council-run markets in Walsall over the last 12 months, new figures reveal today.]]></description>
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		<title>Dixons secures boost from lenders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PC World and Currys owner Dixons Retail Group has received the backing of its banks with a new £300 million lending facility.]]></description>
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		<title>FTSE flat after Bankia funds move</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London's leading index was broadly flat on Friday as fears over Europe's banks were offset by a strong consumer confidence survey on the other side of the Atlantic.]]></description>
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		<title>Bank president moves to calm fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The president of troubled Bankia has tried to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives 19 billion euro (£15.2bn) in state aid in the country's biggest ever bank bailout.]]></description>
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		<title>John Lewis maintains sales trend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 07:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Department store John Lewis highlighted the pressure on fashion retailers despite reporting another double-digit rise in sales.]]></description>
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		<title>Bank refund for Facebook investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought stock in the social network site's flotation, a person familiar with the matter said.]]></description>
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		<title>Moss Bros refit plan gathers pace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Menswear retailer Moss Bros has hailed its new-look stores as it unveiled plans to revamp a further 10 sites in the wake of another surge in sales.]]></description>
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		<title>EU court upholds card costs ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government is being urged to cut hidden credit and debit card costs which are said to be "strangling" UK retailers, following a European court ruling against MasterCard.]]></description>
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		<title>Menswear demand lifts Asos profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fashion-conscious men have helped Asos end the year in style as the online clothing retailer nearly doubled its annual profits.]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Crest slips to full-year loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cathedral City, Clover and Country Life maker Dairy Crest has slumped to a £10.1 million loss after an "unsatisfactory" year at its milk division.]]></description>
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		<title>GDP puts recession in deeper decline</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The double-dip recession is deeper than originally feared, it was revealed today, as it emerged the economic decline was sharper than thought.]]></description>
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