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Banks face 'illegal' fees squeeze - Financial watchdogs are crack down 'illegal' bank overdraft charges that cost customers billions of pounds year BP shutdown sends oil rocketing - BP's closure of its massive Alaskan oilfield operations has sent global oil price soaring $1.19 $75.95



Banks face 'illegal' fees squeeze  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial watchdogs are to crack down on 'illegal' bank overdraft charges that cost customers billions of pounds a year
BP shutdown sends oil rocketing  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
BP's closure of its massive Alaskan oilfield operations has sent the global oil price soaring $1.19 to $75.95
Market report: Monday 13.00  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
City investors were hit by a triple whammy today that saw shares extend last week's losses
Crackdown on eBay phone crooks  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Police have carried out a major operation against criminals using online auction site eBay to sell stolen mobile phones
Consumer anger over phone queues  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Customers are voting with their feet by ditching companies over poor service, especially being kept on hold, according to a new survey
MPs demand higher tax on flights  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
The Government should raise taxes on air travel and high-polluting cars in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a committee of MPs said today
Caudwell rings up £1.5bn from Phones4U  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Mobile phone retailing pioneer John Caudwell has sold the business empire he founded 19 years ago to a pair of private-equity firms for £1.46bn
Demand pushes up easyJet prices  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
EasyJet customers are paying 17% more for their tickets than a year ago, latest figures reveal
Premier Foods delivers sizzling figures  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Soaring sales of vegetarian sausages and healthy ready meals helped Branston Pickle owner Premier Foods deliver a sizzling set of half-year figures
Taxman investigates Candy brothers  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Two of London's hottest young property entrepreneurs, Nick and Christian Candy, are under Government investigation over their tax affairs
Post Office managers face chop  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
The Post Office has written to 4,000 senior managers - a third of the workforce - asking for volunteers for redundancy to help reduce losses of £2m a week
Mondeo Man facing 1,500 a year car tax  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Motorists who drive 'gas guzzlers' should pay a whopping £1,800 a year in car tax, a committee of MPs says today
Mirror 'unwanted' in Trinity titles race  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Trinty Mirror is being stalked by private equity firms planning break-up bids for the £1.5bn group after it admitted it was reviewing its business
£19bn plan for high speed rail link  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
The company behind the high-speed Channel Tunnel rail link is working on plans for a similar line between London and Scotland
Well-heeled rift at Jimmy Choo  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
A boardroom bust-up between star designer Sandra Choi and boss Tamara Mellon threatens to engulf the celebrity shoe firm Jimmy Choo
Talks aim to create fitness giant  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Tycoons Ian and Richard Livingstone are talking with the owner of Esporta about an asset swap that could make them among the largest gym owners in the country
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the Sunday business pages are reporting from the financial world this week
Zoom set to spread its wings  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Bank of Scotland has taken a 7.5% stake in budget carrier Zoom Airlines, in a deal that values the airline at £131m
Labour sneers at the thrifty and prudent  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
Pensions Minister James Purnell has mounted an alarming attack on prudence, thrift and self-provision, writes Richard Dyson
FKI a bargain buy - despite the challenges  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
The news at FKI isn't all good. But is it sufficient to justify the rock-bottom rating that the market is giving its shares? We think not
Hypocrisy from the hand-wringing banks  [08/07/2006 01:17 PM]
While the banks' are handwringing over bad debts they should remember that they were the ones who who bombarded these people with cards and loans offers

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