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Govt blocks energy windfall tax plan

The government has dismissed the gathering momentum for a windfall tax on energy companies.

Guinness brewer Diageo today revealed its profits took a minor fall as it admitted entering a challenging period.

The FTSE 100 fell 0.47 per cent in early trading today as traders found themselves deluged by company results.

The average property in the UK has lost more than tenth of it value over the last year, according to the latest research from the Nationwide.

The UK is paying £19.6 billion more in green taxes than the economic damage it does through carbon emissions, according to the Taxpayers’ Alliance.

Ofcom has launched its first big review of the mobile phone industry after a rise in the level of consumer complaints.

Thomas Cook is in talks with Lufthansa and TUI Travel for a potential merger of Condor, Germanwings and TUIFly Germany.

More than three million workers are not confident they will be in their jobs in a year’s time, a survey has found.

The combination of high inflation and under-pressure profits is creating a wider spread of pay deals, analysts have found.

UK GDP will contract by 0.2 per cent over 2009, according to new analysis.

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