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BA faces 'cartel' investigation

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BA faces 'cartel' investigation - British Airways other UK airlines face an investigation by OFT into alleged cartel practices relating ticket pricing fuel surcharges Debt crisis for over-60s - An alarming new trend of rising debt among older people was reported today by country's biggest debt charity



BA faces 'cartel' investigation  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
British Airways and other UK airlines face an investigation by the OFT into alleged cartel practices relating to ticket pricing and fuel surcharges
Debt crisis for the over-60s  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
An alarming new trend of rising debt among older people was reported today by the country's biggest debt charity
Market report: Thursday 12.30  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
A commodities-fuelled rally and a strong performance by Wall Street overnight led share prices in London to high ground today
Bank of England man dies  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
A member of the Bank of England monetary policy committee that sets interest rates has died suddenly
B&B sees mis-selling claims surge  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The buy-to-let specialist lender forecasts a 6% rise in profits despite a big rise in endowment claims
King: Beware share slump threat  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Share prices will plunge causing 'significant' damage to the economy, the Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warned last night
Tube shambles hits Metronet  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Delays on delivering refurbished Underground stations is turning Tube maintenance group Metronet into a financial shambles
Brazil stranded at World Cup  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Brazil's football team and fans could be stranded at the World Cup after the plug was pulled on ailing flag carrier Varig
Mulberry delivers the goods  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Luxury leather goods group Mulberry delighted long-suffering shareholders with a tripling of pre-tax profits to £6.2m
Asda staff vote to strike  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Workers at the supermarket giant's nationwide distribution centres have voted to strike in a row over pay and bargaining rights
Packaging challenge to stores  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The Women's Institute has challenged supermarkets to cut down on the unnecessary food packaging pushing Britons closer to a 'rubbish' tax
EasyPizza founder wins fight over name  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The boss of a small takeaway pizza operation has won a a three-year legal battle with easyGroup founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Watchdog slams leaky Thames  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Thames Water was slammed by watchdog Ofwat today for missing its leak-reduction target while reporting a 31% increase in its profits
Dixons sells Link stores to O2  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Dixons group DSG International is to say goodbye to its weakest link by selling its mobile phone stores The Link to O2 for just £30m
Interest rates likely to stay on hold  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Details of this month's rate-setting MPC meeting signalled that interest rates are unlikely to change in the coming months
Sainsbury's sales growth betters Tesco  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Sainsbury's, the UK's third-largest supermarkets group, today delivered further proof of its continuing recovery
HBOS on course for £5bn profits  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Halifax/Bank of Scotland said today that it was on course to deliver annual profits of more than £5bn
City watchdog's role under scrutiny  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
The Financial Services Authority is to be investigated by the National Audit Office to see if it is doing its job properly
FSA gets retaliation in first  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Callum McCarthy has proved a very different chairman of the Financial Services Authority to his predecessor Sir Howard Davies
Off the beaten track  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Goodby Mr Bolton, hello Mr Nobody. What are we to think about the star Fidelity fund manager's successor, Jorma Korhonen?
Few friends but Misys has allure  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker turns an eye to software group Misys and, in the light of the ABP saga, Forth Ports
A chancy name to have in Wales  [06/22/2006 01:17 PM]
This week Financial Mail's ace investigator he looks at a phantom debt and some shoddy practice from Expedia and a van hire firm