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insurance mis-selling scandal - Around half of all consumers who have been persuaded take out payment protection insurance may have been sold wrong product House prices jumped £3,000 July - The summer homebuying rush led cost of average home jumping by more £3,000 July, according official figures released today



insurance mis-selling scandal  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Around half of all consumers who have been persuaded to take out payment protection insurance may have been sold the wrong product
House prices jumped £3,000 in July  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The summer homebuying rush led to the cost of the average home jumping by more than £3,000 in July, according to official figures released today
Market report: Monday 12:15  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The FTSE 100 opened lower again this morning as oil and gas stocks were dragged down by the falling price of gold| Sunday newspaper share tips
Vodafone to enter broadband fray  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Vodafone is set to enter the increasingly crowded broadband market by offering its millions of UK connections in the home
Adviser fined for cashing in pensions early  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Braemar Financial Planning has been fined £182,000 for persistent failures in the selling of high-risk 'pension unlocking' products
Extra room adds £180,000  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The huge profits that homeowners can make by adding a bedroom or extra living space to their property are shown in a new survey today
High Street hit by online shops  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The rise of online shopping is battering Britains High Streets with £767m less spent in town centres - the first annual fall for two decades
Lotto millionaire repeats the trick  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
A woman who won a million dollars on a lottery has done it again, beating odds of 3.6 trillion to one
Cyclists facing £2,500 bell fines  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Cyclists could face fines of up to £2,500 for riding without a bell under plans being considered by the Government
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this week| Sunday newspaper share tips
Virgin moves into the corn field  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group has launched an investment fund for environmentally friendly fuels
Gas bills set for suprise fall  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
A huge new source of gas is about to start flowing into Britain and its arrival will help cut domestic and industry energy bills | See if you can save on household bills
BT accuses rivals of customer-napping  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
BT has published figures that, it claims, show customers are being switched to new suppliers without their knowledge
Bumper bonus for John Lewis staff  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
The 64,000 employees of the John Lewis Partnership are in line for bumper annual bonuses after strong sales at its stores and supermarkets
£6m Premium Bond bonanza  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
An extra £6m in jackpot prizes is to be given away in two anniversary draws to mark half a century of Premium Bonds
Russia bids to grab £6bn Shell project  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Shell is accusing Russia of using blackmail to seize control of the world's biggest oil and gas project
Has Whole Foods bitten off too much?  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
News of an invasion by a US organic food chain put British stores on red alert. Now they're fighting back.
BBC seeks rival for MySpace  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
BBC Worldwide is looking to take on commercial media titans such as News Corp by acquiring an internet-based social networking site
Investors pursue jailed fraudster for £22m  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
A fraudster being sued for allegedly stealing £4m through a tax-avoidance plan may also face legal action by investors
Time to slay the tax monster  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Experience in the US and Eastern Europe shows cutting taxes here could actually produce more revenue for the Treasury
Suicidal over £100,000 of Pacific Continental's tips  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Ace investigator Tony Hetherington reveals yet more garbage from the stock pickers at Pacific Continental
The OFT gives... and the banks taketh away  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
Banks do nothing for free. Arguably, nor should they, but the decision by the OFT to target overdrafts is another nail in the coffin of supposedly free banking
UK Coal has its riches on the surface  [09/11/2006 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail's top stock picker unearths the riches at UK coal