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1.4m cut up their credit cards  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Annual spending on Visa credit cards has fallen for the first time as holders turn on punishing interest rates and penalty charges and switch to debit cards
Tesco has proved it reigned supreme over all rivals in the supermarket wars during Christmas, with sales surging by 5.7%
Market report: Weds preview  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Retail will remain a key focus for London investors today, with trading updates due from DSG International and Woolworths
Investors pushing for Euronext-DB merger  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Euronext is coming under mounting pressure to ditch its bid for the LSE in favour of a tie-up with Deutsche Borse
Energy complaints grow  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Energy companies have been blasted for failing to address the problem of bad billing, despite being ordered to get their house in order
Pension D-Day near for KPMG partners [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
KPMG partners are facing an £88m cash call if the firm fails in a landmark appeal on the status of its staff pension scheme
Broker libel battle costs FT £4.3m  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
City broker Collins Stewart has emerged victorious in its long-running, acrimonious libel battle with the Financial Times
All we hear is radio Google  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Web search giant Google is continuing to flex its rapidly growing advertising muscle by expanding beyond the internet into radio
Inflation eases back again  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Inflation eased back for the third month in a row in December, giving the Bank of England more scope to cut interest rates
Thousands miss CTF deadline  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Parents across Britain have lost the right to decide where to invest a cash handout intended to give children a financial start in life
British families' TV spending 'set to soar'  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Household spending on television in Britain is set soar by 50% from £140 a year in 2005 to £210 a year in 2010
Top-level shake-up goes on at ITV  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
ITV boss Charles Allen continued his shake-up of the commercial broadcaster's management with several key appointments
I'll sell easyJet if the price is right  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has said he will sell low-cost carrier easyJet if the price is right
Cairn may strike new oil finds  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy has indicated that more oil may be in place at its key Indian fields than previously thought
NAB banks call time on final-salary scheme  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank have become the latest companies to call time on final-salary pension schemes
Good reception for O2's TV on mobiles  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Mobile phone group O2 said that the trials of broadcasting television footage to phones showed the majority of users would buy the service
Rate-cut hopes grow with lid on wages  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Hopes that the Bank of England will cut interest rates in coming months have been boosted by signs that pay settlements are holding steady
KPMG boss takes £3m despite tax scandal  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
The boss of accounting giant KPMG, who has spent the last year fighting a massive tax advice scandal in the US, has seen his pay top £3m
Somerfield supplies reach end of shelf life  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
Somerfield is to strip hundreds of products from its shelves in a review of 'underperforming and unprofitable lines', following its £1.8bn takeover
Branson acts whiter than white  [01/18/2006 08:35 AM]
The Daily Mail City Editor analyses why Richard Branson might be prepared to personally top up the NTL's bid for Virgin Mobile