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Chip & Pin credit card risk - Millions at risk from Chip and Pin

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Millions at risk from chip Pin - The chip Pin bank card system is so seriously flawed that millions of customers are dangerously exposed criminals, was claimed last night. Damning verdict energy firms - Soaring prices poor service are resulting millions of 'deeply unhappy' energy customers, according to last nights report



Credit cards - Millions at risk from Chip and Pin  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
The chip and Pin bank/credit card system is so seriously flawed that millions of customers are dangerously exposed to criminals, it was claimed last night
Damning verdict on energy firms  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Soaring prices and poor service are resulting in millions of 'deeply unhappy' energy customers, according to a report
Market report: Monday 13.00  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Mining companies are likely to feature predominantly in tomorrow's regular quarterly reshuffle of the Footsie index
Airlines blame oil giants for losses  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Big oil has been accused of profiteering at the expense of the airline industry after latest forecasts today revealed losses at carriers
Homebuying confidence doubles  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
A surge in homebuying confidence has seen the number of people planning to move before winter double since the start of the year
Backing for Goldman Sachs' BAA bid  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Goldman Sachs' potential £10bn bid for BAA moved closer as a big-hitting backer confirmed it was part of the investment bank's consortium
'Mounting inflation threat' to economy  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Mounting inflationary pressures are threatening the UK's economic performance, an accountancy firm warned today
Builders race for £4bn Olympic contracts  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
London's biggest-ever bundle of development contracts for the £4bn Olympic City at Stratford is preparing to get off the ground
Lloyds TSB - Windfalls of up to £17,000 for bank staff  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Around 19,000 staff at Lloyds TSB are set to share £69m through the company's Sharesave scheme
Ikea to charge 10p for every bag  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Ikea from this week will charge shoppers 5p for every bag, rising to 10p in September after a trial in Edinburgh slashed bag-use
TUC wants AGM votes revealed  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
The TUC has called on fund managers to reveal how they vote at company annual meetings on behalf of their pension fund clients
Euronext seeks Milan merger  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Euronext attempt a merger with the Italian bourse before its own $20bn-plus (£10.6bn) tie-up with the New York Stock Exchange
Big firms ready to flee over tax  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Dozens of major companies are working with accountancy firms on plans to move their headquarters overseas and escape the tax avoidance war
Trim the cost of health cover  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Cheaper health cover will be on offer for people who agree to wear an electronic gadget that monitors how much exercise they take
Banks 'put profit before lives'  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Banks are using a range of tactics, including sophisticated marketing techniques, to lure people deeper and into debt, an executive claims
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Here is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories from the Sunday finance and business pages
Resolution in £3.5bn rights call  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Resolution Life is planning the biggest rights issue in the City for four years to help fund its acquisition of Abbey's life insurance business
Vodafone & O2 - Rivals in dash to buy AOL  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Vodafone and O2 are likely to be frontrunners in the race to buy the UK arm of AOL, which was put up for sale last week
Coal lights up the market  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Drax will return to the top flight of business this week when the power station owner joins the FTSE 100 index of Britain's biggest companies
Morrisons gets its new boss  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Morrisons' hunt for a new chief executive should finally end this week with the appointment of Marc Bolland to head the supermarket group
Bloodshed set to continue at Vinci  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
More heads could roll at French building giant Vinci after the spectacular boardroom revolution that toppled cash-hungry chief executive Antoine Zacharias
Interest rates 'on hold for nine months'  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
The cost of borrowing is not expected to rise until at least March next year, according to a poll of economists
The same old names in shares offer  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Ace investigator Tony Hetherington takes a closer look at broker Bishop & Perkins, and their offer of Sensitron shares
My, but what big teeth you have Gordon  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown is right to clampd down on tax evasion but his recent tactics risk alienating corporate Britain
Standard Life - At last benefits in sight at Standard Life  [06/05/2006 01:17 PM]
Standard Life's demutualisation will provide the ideal backdrop for policyholders to benefit, something they haven't done for many a year