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• Medvedev orders crackdown on Russian energy waste
• UPDATE 1-EU wheat rally to fresh highs on Russia, Egypt
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• Express Scripts CEO: Strong Sales, 140-Plus New Clients
• Schroders Buys 19,621 In Own Shares
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• UPDATE 4-Dr Pepper Snapple sales disappoint, shares fall

House prices 'more affordable for FTBs'

The affordability of properties of first-time buyers (FTBs) has improved over the course of 2008, new figures suggest.

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• UK consumers 'planning to save more'

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• State pensions 'should not be relied on'

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• Poor travel insurance selling techniques identified

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• PPI proposals 'may put customers off'

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• House prices 'more affordable for FTBs'

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• Bourses rise, Fed cut expected

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• 8% drop in house prices marked by Land Registry

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• Banks 'less popular' with public

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• Best-buy mortgage lender analysis released

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• New president 'will affect investment landscape'

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• Q2 outflows recorded for Ucits funds

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• Biba hints at closer links with AIFA

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• PPI 'costing ?570 extra'

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• Brown: Eastern Europe at risk from crisis

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• Fed expected to announce rate cut

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• UK retains working time opt-out

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• Hang Seng climbs 2.8%

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• US shares rise on inventory hopes

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• Over half of consumers considering broadband switch

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• Recession report names UK's hardest-hit areas

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