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National Uniion of Students uses Facebook to overturn HSBC charges. Are you listening Bob Crow? Are you?

Speaking of which, Metronet may be 'hard to sell' because of its equator-sized debts. To use 2005 parlance, 'who'd have thunk it?'.

Also up for sale: that massive annual arms fair hosted by Reed-Elsevier. Protests, public pressure and a well-judged bit of internal lobbying have persuaded the company to sell the event. Like the Metronet sale, this one looks as attractive as a turd-smeared cache of Jim Davidson videos.

£400,000 clock stolen. Police are looking for three blind mice.

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