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James Murdoch, Rupert son. The Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Guardian News Media News Corp's BSkyB bid.?Photo: PA

It was reported this week as 7 ￡ 8bn of News Corp to buy BSkyB 61pc end, it has not already will be transmitted by the authorities of the European Union competition this week. Sources in Brussels are it leave to be known that the agreement "was not anti-competitive impact" on the level of the EU at least.

A much tougher test will be defined by OFCOM, invited by Vince Cable to investigate what damage such an agreement could be done to the plurality of the media in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cable movement came after the representations on the issue of a group of large companies from Great Britain, including the Telegraph Media Group, Daily Mail and General Trust Guardian News Media media. The BBC has also added its support.

Everyone is concerned about the impact of such an agreement that will bring together the richest broadcaster of Britain with a stable of newspapers command already significant market share.

OFCOM is committed to make the decision public before the end of the year and a number of sources very close to the question suggests that a reference to the Competition Commission is highly likely.

Mr. Cable, this must be the preferred outcome. It has very little to gain stirring through such an agreement controversial before a full assessment of the question is possible, a sober look competition as well as that of the OFCOM Board process.

Mr. Cable knows that any decision which appears rushed will coalition Government and industry media without favours at all.

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Interest rates have failed at the same pace as inflation, which means that persons who attempted to save some of their revenue this year ended actually lose money.

Savers have already suffered due to declining rates of return on their investment after the Bank of England reduced interest rates to 0.5% there are more than two years.

Rising inflation has added to their misery this year, with numbers, suggesting that investors lost equivalent to 2% on their money.

Is the difference between average inflation astatistical % and 2.6% earned agreement rates average yield fixed savings.

It leaves savers 5 billion pounds out Pocket based on 250 billion total investment of ￡ fixed rate savings accounts according to the figures calculated by Candidmoney personal finance website.

With savers estimated 38 million in Britain, it is the equivalent of each watch losing ￡ 131.

Justin Modray Candidmoney, testified: "high inflation has always left much able to buy with their economies to the beginning of the year."

Consumer preferred measurement of inflation, Government mounted place 3.2% to 3.3% in November, the previous month, according to figures from the Statistical Office national price index. Higher prices of food and clothing contribute to rising.

The measurement of price at retail (IPD) inflation also increased 4.7 percent last month, from 4.5% in October.

Experts warned that the miserable situation of savers is unlikely to change the year next despite widespread speculation that the rate will increase.

Michelle Slade Moneyfacts, stated: "savers are having a pittance of time as rates have fallen to some of the lowest rates in this year, we've seen at some points. Next year is the same. If the discount rate increase, providers will seek to maintain certain existing margins and may pass all increases to savers. Therefore, savers will be new torrid time next year. ?

Rate taxpayers need interest courses per cent to beat inflation. Just two accounts offer rate - Yorkshire and companies building Barnsley pay 6 percent, but require an investment in a bond investment & G to qualify. A higher rate taxpayer must 7.83 per cent, to make a real return.

The individual beating inflation only available on the high street savings account is Santander, paying by 5.5% and savers should invest in a product investment linked to qualify.

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Few stock mutual funds have managed to return investors' balances to levels at the market's peak in late 2007, before stocks fell sharply. Despite the recent rally, an investor with $10,000 in a stock fund at the peak has less than that now, in most cases.

Among 21 categories of U.S. stock funds, just two have returned investors to where they stood when the market hit a historic high on Oct. 9, 2007, according to Morningstar. The calculations, through the end of last week, include fund expenses but exclude fund sales charges known as loads.

While few stock investors are whole again, three U.S. stock funds have produced average annualized gains of greater than 15 percent since the October 2007 peak:

FUND: Reynolds Blue Chip Growth (RBCGX)

INVESTMENT CATEGORY: Large-cap growth

AVERAGE ANNUALIZED RETURN SINCE MARKET PEAK: 17.1 percent

$10,000 AS OF OCT. 2007 NOW EQUALS: $16,434

ASSETS: $159 million

MANAGER: Frederick "Fritz" Reynolds

EXPENSE RATIO: 1.8 percent

UPFRONT SALES CHARGE: None

MINIMUM INITIAL INVESTMENT: $1,000

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FUND: Delaware Healthcare (DLHAX)

INVESTMENT CATEGORY: Large-cap blend

AVERAGE ANNUALIZED RETURN SINCE MARKET PEAK: 15.7 PERCENT

$10,000 AS OF OCT. 2007 NOW EQUALS: $15,832

ASSETS: $13.4 million

MANAGER: Liu-Er Chen

EXPENSE RATIO: 1.52 percent

UPFRONT SALES CHARGE: 5.75 percent

MINIMUM INITIAL INVESTMENT: $1,000

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FUND: Intrepid Small Cap (ICMAX)

INVESTMENT CATEGORY: Small-cap value

AVERAGE ANNUALIZED RETURN SINCE MARKET PEAK: 15.1 percent

$10,000 AS OF OCT. 2007 NOW EQUALS: $15,566

ASSETS: $682 million

MANAGERS: Gregory Estes, Mark Travis, Jayme Wiggins

EXPENSE RATIO: 1.57 percent

UPFRONT SALES CHARGE: None

MINIMUM INITIAL INVESTMENT: $2,500

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Note: Returns through Dec. 3

Sources: Morningstar

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THE Middleton family finances were the subject of interest since Kate and Wills made public with their last month commitment. The newspaper reported that parents Kate Carole and Mike Middleton company party Pieces performed as amount of money from the sale of customer lists flogging party poppers and paper plates. Good for them, but perhaps even better for the media. If they have been selling personal data about other people, it could decide to defend their own personal information simply trickier key money. Details of journal about it? Well I said group of parts and the Middletons dropped just a requirement for a 20,000-square-foot warehouse. I assume that the customer lists require less space storage party poppers.

Founder of the company to sell shares in itself

A surprising candidate for a piece of hand is sent Daily Telegraph column Quaestor. Society, me me me Plc, was born from the imagination of Cathal Morrow. Those who have memories that retain the unnecessary bits of information remember Cathal as a man who was a year without lying and were successful in obtaining capital company ten major capital to sponsor him in his efforts. And lots of success that it was too. According to him, that he is now spent 18 months without lying. How is that we can believe him, I say. Anyway, his latest wheeze is me me me Plc, a company, he plans to float on the London Stock Exchange by selling shares in itself. It is ￡ 10 at hand, which gets you a photograph of Cathal instead of share certificates. Ridiculous? Furthermore, Ocado able to float.

FTSE patterns, which remain under the radar

A follow-up piece of yesterday the FTSE 100 bumps that most mentions in the press - and how like a light bulb burning bright at the end of his life, these usually pop (Tony Hayward, Sir Fred Goodwin) patterns shortly after their time at the ramp. The other end of the scale, intrigued the patterns that appear in the press. Thanks to Sweet & Maxwell, we have the list. Last year the Presidents of the Randgold Resources, Philippe Beaumont; Lonmin, J. Roger Phillimore. G4 Safety, Alf Duch Pedersen. and GKN, Roy Brown, was awarded five entries or less in the national press (until now of course). This low power these bulbs can never extinguished.

Possibility of fisherman land old pier

NOT every day you see one of the most affordable for. J'apprends auctioneers Cannon capital sells coal former alongside the Millennium pier at Greenwich. PI 328 40 feet building poses as much a challenge as an opportunity. Berth for a floating hotel or one of the yachts of Roman Abramovich? Perhaps, or perhaps simply a place to go fishing. The price is only ￡ 1.

Jonathan.Russell@Telegraph.co.UK

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Too many "unscrupulous" claims clog the United Kingdom court system say human resources directors. Photo: PA

But experts have urged the Government to go a little further and to consider measures controversial to avoid abuse of the court system, such as making workers to pay deposit a réclamation.Les heads of human resources are angry that too much of false claims former disgruntled employees who hold a grudge against their employer "clog" courts and wasting taxpayers ' money.

For three years 2009-2010, some installation claims have scratched by a judge of 1 to 10 of completed 227,00 claims, according to official figures. More than 73 000 cases or 32pc were withdrawn by the individual, usually where both parties had reached a settlement, the last show statistics courts service.

Mick Leafe, Director of resources human operator Nottingham City Transport, said: "the court system is obstructed because it is too easy to complain."An initial fee of say ￡ 5 should be required to initiate a complaint - refundable if the case is successful. However, costs should be awarded against applicants in unsuccessful cases. ?

Other heads of proposed HR more important expenses.Bob Price, Director of human resources at the University of Oxford Brookes, said: "a deposit of ￡ 100 would help eliminate the speculative and instinctive.".Stephen Lenton, Director of human resources, the protection of heritage, said: "a breeze to say, ￡ 200 discourage some applicants vexatoires.Il regrettable is that abuse the system by some was to some extent spoiled it for others".

Furthermore, Helen Giles, CEO of real charity Broadway, stated: "providers must pay a small fee to save small cas.Assez to be affordable, but large enough to really think about the merit of the application may ￡ 250 for most people, less for people with income below a certain threshold."

Year March 2010, 236,100 court applications were filed in total, an increase in the year 56pc previous .the ' increase is largely due to an increase in the number of requests for unfair dismissal brought against employers by older workers who were dismissed during the recession.

Your vision: If workers have to pay to continue their employer?

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The changes will not retrospectively imposed on indices and none of the current FTSE 100 companies fall into this category.

However, it could affect prospective firms large Russian commodities, such as the Siberian Coal Energy Company Metalloinvest and polymetallic floats.

Of the existing rules, administration administration list UK requests at least 25pc of companies are floated, whereas previously new selected FTSE sale if no there is no shareholder control or group of controlling shareholders.

However, with often opaque ownership structures, FTSE has decided that the only way to make sure that no party control secretly has undue influence must insist on the fact that more than half of the shares can be traded on the open market.

Only five of the FTSE 100 are incorporated outside of the United Kingdom: Experian, resolution of County resources Rangold and WPP.

There are many companies in the FTSE 100 with operations abroad mainly and low proportions of shares freely floated.Cependant, they are all incorporated in London and would be prevented from entering the index if they float today.

Kazakhmys, mining giant, floating 10pc of its 5.3 ￡ 3 market value when it appears in 2005, although it increases later in mining Kazakh colleague 33pc.Société ENRC float only 21pc .the social capital ' administration list UK exempt ENRC when it appears in London in 2007.

Fresnillo de l'Energie Essar are two other foreign giants focused on natural resources with low proportions of shares on the market.

Blue chip reference index of Great Britain is home to a growing number of foreign companies seeking capital in the city of London, without having any other connections to the United Kingdom.

These firms affected by the change of rule are any company hoping to find a home on the FTSE 100, 250 and actions.

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The Convention said crime often try to obtain authentic documents such as birth certificates, passports and driver's license photo: PA

Approximately 1.8 million people is identity fraud victims each year, with criminals earned an average of ￡ 1,000 in benefits for each name that fly under the authority of fraud or credit.

The Convention has stated more than 1.9 billion pounds of total criminal money obtained with other identities, with the rest consisting of costs to individuals and businesses of prevention and detection of crime and put right the damage caused.

The Convention stated in very serious cases - that it could take more than 200 hours of people to solve the problems caused by identity fraud equivalent to annual leave year of.

Fraud criminal identification using personal data for a person object to obtain goods and services, or get credit or benefits on their behalf.Stolen identities can also be used to commit other crimes, ranging from police escape terrorism and trafficking in persons.

Figures, compiled for the first assessment of threat ID in conjunction with the fraud Intelligence Bureau National crime statistics do not include losses to persons who use fictitious identities.

Bernard Herdan, Chief Executive of the Convention, said: "stolen and false identities are an important element of the crime and this question requires a coordinated between the Government and the private sector response.

"The work we have undertaken allowed us to gain a better understanding of the issue of the crime of identity .we now work actively with our partners to improve the United Kingdom crime related to the identity response and help reduce its devastating impact."

The Convention said crime often try to obtain authentic documents such as birth certificates, passports and driving licences.

But he warned that they looked for other information that would help to steal a person's identity, such as public bills, passwords online, account numbers and personal information that people post on social networking sites.

The Convention calls on people to protect their identity by not throw anything with their name, address and top financial details without shredding it.

The Organization advises also regularly check their bank and credit references, statements and ensure that the computer has an up-to-date antivirus software.

It also urges the people to ensure that they use all privacy settings available on social networking sites and not to disclose too much information personnel.Aussi, people should be Royal Mail to redirect their position if they move house.

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