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<title>UK Hotel Prices Fall by 13%</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Internet hotel booking website Hotels.com have announced the average hotel rates in the UK fell by 13% last year, taking prices to their lowest level for six years. The UK had previously offered the most expensive rates in Europe however have now dropped to 13th in that table, with the average price per night in 2009 at £84 compared to £97 in 2008.<br />
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>E.ON Joins Gas Price War</title>
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<description><![CDATA[E.ON has become the latest energy company to announce price cuts today. It claims that around 1.9 million of its customers will benefit from a price reduction of 6% - reducing their average annual bill by £42, and added that its customers would be £26 per year better off than those with British Gas.  <br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/mar/08/eon-cuts-gas-prices">http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/mar/08/eon-cuts-gas-prices</a><br />
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scottish and Southern Energy Cut Prices by 4%</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UK energy provider Scottish and Southern Energy has announced it will cut its average gas prices this year by 4%. The reduction will take effect from March 29th and will reduce the average bill by around £30 per annum.<br />
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<a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article7049859.ece">http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article7049859.ece</a>
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Interest Rates Stay Low as House Prices Fall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Bank of England has announced it is holding interest rates at their record low level of 0.5%, with the Governor of the bank Mervyn King stating that he expects the recent inflation increase to correct itself in the coming months. Meanwhile Halifax has anounced that house prices fell by 1.5% in February, the first fall since June 2009. <br />
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<a href="http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/News/MostEmailed/988247/bank-holds-rates-house-prices-slide/">http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/News/MostEmailed/988247/bank-holds-rates-house-prices-slide/</a>
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scottish Power Records Huge Earnings Boost</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scottish Power has recorded a 7.9% increase in earnings in 2009 despite losing over 100,000 customers during the recession. The increase was largely attributed to the failure of Scottish Power to reduce its prices in line with the considerable reduction in wholesale fuel prices. <br />
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<a shape="rect" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iZhKlE0QSS3y4ezDuSool8li4Ycg" shape="rect">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iZhKlE0QSS3y4ezDuSool8li4Ycg</a><br />
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prius Prices to Fall After Brakes Recall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Following the recall of nearly 400,000 cars, the Toyota Prius has seen its image hit it in recent weeks, and soon prices are expected to fall as well, by as much as £2000. In the US, stockists have already started to offer discounts and UK stockists are expected to folow suit to attract worried consumers. <br />
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple iPad Prices Could Change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple has said it could change its pricing of the new iPad release if it fails to attract the desired sales figures. In meetings with Credit Suisse analysts, Apple alluded to staying "nimble" on its pricing, and could reduce pricing if necessary. <br />
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<a shape="rect" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/02/08/apple-management-ipad-prices-could-change/" shape="rect">http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/02/08/apple-management-ipad-prices-could-change/</a> 
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Consumer Confidence Grew In January</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nationwide Building Society today announced that consumer confidence rose in January. The index of sentiment, which measures consumers' confidence in the market, rose 3 points to 73 and the index of future aspirations climbed 5 points in January as the UK emerged from economic recession.<br />
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<a shape="rect" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&amp;sid=aVbWp3zsveow" shape="rect">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&amp;sid=aVbWp3zsveow</a> 
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BP Profits Down on Low Oil Prices</title>
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<description><![CDATA[British Petroleum (BP) has seen its annual profits almost halved in reponse to falling oil prices. The full-year surplus for 2009 was $13.95bn, down 45% on 2008. Oil prices hit a peak of $147 per barrel in 2008 but fell heavily in 2009. <br />
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>House Prices Predicted To Soar in 2010</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UK house prices have been predicted to rise by as much as 6.5% in 2010 according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research. In October the think tank predicted a rise of 2.6% but have now revised their estimate to 6.5% with the average house price rising from £167,000 to £178,000.<br />
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<author>Stratinis Editor</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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