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Travel companies up on back of oil price retreat; MARKET REPORT SHARE PRICES.(Business)
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The Birmingham Post (England)
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September 3, 2008
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Travel companies including Thomas Cook and British Airways were flying high today as oil prices dived to a four-month low.
Retailers and housebuilders were also on much stronger ground as the Government moved to shore up the country's ailing housing market.
But losses among energy and mining stocks thanks to falling commodity prices held back the London market, with the ...
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