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Feb 2013
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New highs for the stock market, stamp du...

Financial Times
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The stock market hits new highs - but can it last much longer? Stamp duty - it's one of the most unpopular taxes in Britain, but it's unwise to try to avoid it. And the taxman wages a new war on second home owners

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