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Oil, Gold & Bonds prices crash as the equity market futures surge on the positive allied news from Iraq.   SARS continues its March across the Far East,

<Warning> Michael Page recruitment 1st Quarter Trading Update reports 2003 revenue of 42.8m, 14% lower than the 49.5m in first quarter of 2002.  The Company stated that activity levels had slowed in the fourth quarter of 2002 and that the weakening had continued into the first quarter of 2003.

EasyJet reported the number of passengers carried in March soared 32.2 percent on last year and said aggressive cost control had reduced the impact of weaker fares. However I believe this may be lower than analyst forecasts but I haven't got the figures?. They said its load factor was 85.8 % in March, up slightly from 85 % last year.

BT rebrand's its image with a new company logo reflecting the new multimedia age.

Xstrata mining said it had agreed to buy Australian miner MIM Holdings for A$1.72 a share in cash, and was planning to raise more capital to fund the $2.96 billion dealMMO2 may be active after a weekend press report that it has held informal talks with Dutch telecoms group KPN Sainsbury said it would add the equivalent of 10,000 part-time jobs at its stores in a move to cut the length of queues at peak times but may .cut head office staffing levels.GSK along with Bayer may have to wait longer to launch their Viagra after the watchdog ordered further scrutiny of the clinical data after results were not up to expectations,Holmes Place a private equity group plans to launch an agreed bid in the next few days/BAE is poised to win a one billion pound eal to support Hawk jet trainers to the Royal Air ForceInvensys Several reports said the engineering firm will take a step toward breaking up the company as it embarks on a new round of asset disposals.Chesterton The British property services firm is set to leave the stockmarket following a takeover bid from one of its largest shareholdersScottish & Southern is close to acquiring Midlands, the electricity distribution network owned by the U.S.' Aquila

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Sunday News 6th April 2003        

Soaring house prices could mean that more than two million households are liable for 40% inheritance tax .At present, only 25,000 households a year leave estates worth more than the 250,000.

European 10-year bonds fell for the third week in four on signs that the U.S. and U.K. are making progress in the war in Iraq, curbing demand for the safest government securities

Sunday Times:

Flu forces BA to cut Hong Kong services Sainsbury and InterContinental slash head office jobs Shell bonuses fuel shareholder anger BAE to win 1bn RAF jet contract S&N toasts 30-year deal with Nomura BT Group, Cable and Wireless Paul Durman: Shareholders need Verwaayen to ring the changes Auction looms for Austin Reed

FKI Share of the week Dixons Red tape holds back the next generation of giants Interview: Andrew Davidson: Dunstone dials into BT's market

Corporate Account: Paul Durman: ICI's O'Neill faces up to the C&W solution Directors' Deals: Spirent directors try to inspire some interest Sharewatch: Capital Radio Cable and Wireless Regulator acts on soft commission Sharewatch: Fitness First Aga Foodservice A share in the boardroom Royal Bank of Scotland/ Sunday Times Business Awards HBOS Price rises mask end of property boom Sharewatch: Standard Chartered  

Sunday Telegraph

Vodafone, Orange, mmO2 Whose mobile phone is it anyway? Royal and Sun Alliance Business Comment Bad news for Reuters

Sky wins battle for rolling news audience

Safeway This man will have them rolling in the aisles

GlaxoSmithKline Impotency drug must stand up to scrutiny

Scotland on Sunday

BAE avionics arm comes under US control BAE Systems Dyke falters in bid to break BSkyB grip Tranquillity returns to Glenmorangie as Gaelic name challenge fails MyTravel Group 'A' Directors lead share-buying spree

Fisher (James) With a fair wind blowing there are profits to be made on the high seas RBOS and Abbey to pass on troubled power firms Warm spring lifts spirits at M&S

BT: The ultimate survivor Knapp is left to dig cable out of a very deep hole Aberdeen Asset Management Fishwick may be forced to give evidence Tesco's tills continue to ring despite decline in consumer confidence Murray Financial's chief facing boardroom coup Bovis Homes sees profits more than double to 3.2m RBOS Scots firms tipped for war-weary investors

SMG Group Directors lead share-buying spree

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