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Market Report: Search on for shares to weather the cold
Thursday 28 March 2013
The City's weather-watchers yesterday said it was time for shares in pothole fillers, travel companies, funeral providers and coat sellers to warm up on the back of the freezing conditions. The extended winter climate gave Peel Hunt's scribblers a chance to pick likely success stories. The Scottish road mender Breedon Aggregates, holiday groups Thomas Cook and Tui Travel, funeral provider Dignity and fashion company Supergroup were among their predicted winners.
Premier League: Reading v Sunderland match preview
Friday 01 February 2013
A look ahead to the Premier League fixture at the Madejski Stadium
Sack the managers of failing hospitals, says Hunt
Sunday 06 January 2013
Hospital managers who preside over failings that lead to patient deaths should face dismissal, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said today.
Crouch stoops to conquer as Stoke make it four in a row
Sunday 18 December 2011
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Stoke City 2: Pulis decision to rest entire first XI in Europe vindicated after battling win over Wolves
Robbie Keane turns down LA Galaxy request to stay with Ireland
Monday 14 November 2011
Robbie Keane has turned down a request to return to club Los Angeles Galaxy to help the Republic of Ireland seal their qualification for the Euro 2012 finals.
Matt Jarvis targets England recall
Monday 04 July 2011
Winger Matt Jarvis has set his sights on earning an England recall after reporting back for pre-season training with Wolves.
Between The Covers: 03/07/2011
Sunday 03 July 2011
Your weekly guide to what's really going on inside the world of books
Wolves moving in right direction says owner Steve Morgan
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Wolves owner Steve Morgan insists the club are moving in the right direction despite their dramatic last day of the season escape from relegation.
Julian Knight: It's right to investigate airlines' levy on credit cards, but it'll cost us
Sunday 05 June 2011
The cost to the airline Monarch of ditching debit-card fees could be higher than you'd think.
Olympic athletes among 250,000 who lost out on 2012 tickets
Thursday 02 June 2011
British athletes are to be given a second chance to buy tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games after some of the nation's leading medal hopes complained that they had lost out in the public ballot.
Toothless Birmingham pay the price with safety in sight
Monday 23 May 2011
Tottenham hotspur 2 Birmingham City 1
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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