7.5 per cent

the reduced maximum portion of shares that BSkyB is allowed to hold in ITV

8.7 million viewers

watched Dot Branning (June Brown) deliver a half-hour monologue to her sick husband in Thursday's 'EastEnders'

18 months

after buying the price comparison website SimplySwitch for 22m, Daily Mail and General Trust has said it is to close

700k pounds

was paid by RDF Media for production company History Tele- vision International

2bn pounds

revenue is being generated by almost 180,000 people who support themselves buying and selling on eBay

44.6bn pounds

Microsoft's offer for search engine Yahoo!

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