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its shares plunge by over ten per cent after it warned that its
revenues would be lower than last year.</p>
<p> The company said the lack of blockbuster sports events like the
Rugby World Cup would hit its income.</p>
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euro referendum cliffhanger</a></font></b></p>
<p>Danish supporters and opponents of the euro have each launched
last-minute pushes for votes as polls published on the eve of Thursday's
referendum showed the outcome to be totally unpredictable.</p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3" class="teaserHeadline"><a href="news/20000927/business/05markets.shtml">FTSE
shrugs off Granada gloom</a></font></b></p>
<p>London markets managed to overcome their initial nerves, rising
despite a warning from media heavyweight Granada Media that this
year's revenues would not match those of last year.</p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3" class="teaserHeadline"><a href="news/20000927/business/10daewoo.shtml">Daewoo
workers wait for wages</a></font></b></p>
<p> Korean car giant Daewoo has apologised to hundreds of angry British
workers after admitting it does not have the cash to pay them. </p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3" class="teaserHeadline"><a href="news/20000927/business/09mortgages.shtml">Demand
for mortgages falls again</a></font></b></p>
<p>The housing market is still subdued, with demand for new mortgages
continuing to fall. Research by the British Bankers Association
found that major banks approved 54,424 new loans in August, down
from 58,522 in July.</p>
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of Fraser to create 1000 jobs</a></font></b></p>
<p>Department store House of Fraser has announced massive expansion
plans which will mean more than 1000 new jobs. </p>
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foothold for AOL</a></font></b></p>
<p>Internet provider America Online and Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile
communications company are joining up in a $100 million deal to
develop and market mobile Internet services.</p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3" class="teaserHeadline"><a href="news/20000927/business/02butlins.shtml">Bourne
buys Butlins in Rank deal</a></font></b></p>
<p>Rank is to sell its Butlins holiday resorts, Haven parks and Warner
hotels to privately owned Bourne Leisure for &pound;700 million.
The price is well above the &pound;500 million to &pound;600 million
price tag that had previously been touted.</p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3" class="teaserHeadline"><a href="news/20000927/business/03bank.shtml">Bank
of Scotland increases its profit</a></font></b></p>
<p>Bank of Scotland, which lost out to rival Royal Bank in the take-over
battle for the National Westminster Bank, has reported a 14 per
cent increase in underlying profits for the first half of the year.</p>
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<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3" class="teaserHeadline"><a href="news/20000927/business/01lunch.shtml">Long
lazy lunches lost </a></font></b></p>
<p>The workers' lunch hour, long enshrined as a right not a privilege
is now far more likely to be the workers' lunch half hour. According
to research, many workers take just minutes for their lunchtime
meal.</p>
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