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Net criminals target home users - Criminals are increasingly targetting home users, according survey which shows that attempts 'phish' bank account details are soaring Ageism still rife workplace - Young as well as older people are getting raw deal workplace, emerged today just before new age discrimination laws come into effect



Net criminals target home users  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Criminals are increasingly targetting home users, according to a survey which shows that attempts to 'phish' bank account details are soaring
Ageism still rife in workplace  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Young as well as older people are getting a raw deal in the workplace, it emerged today just before new age discrimination laws come into effect
Market report: Monday 12.00  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
The future of the LSE rears its head again following the admission that it held merger talks over the summer with giant interdealer broker Icap
Supermarket pledges petrol price cut  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Leading supermarkets today stoked up the petrol price war on the day oil prices slipped below $60 a barrel
Warning against minimum wage hike  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Another big rise in the minimum wage would damage industry and boost the black market, the country's biggest business group warned today
Fraudsters targeting eBay users  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Fraudsters are using the good name of Companies House to cheat people who buy goods on auction websites
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this week - Sunday newspaper share tips
Pay your credit card bill by text  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial company Mint today launched an new service allowing customers to pay their credit card bills via text message
Drivers left without cover  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Two thousand motorists could be driving illegally after a major insurer failed to renew their policies despite telling them it would, the BBC has discovered
John Lewis plots move into finance  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Department store giant John Lewis is poised to announce plans to relaunch its website as it moves into banking and insurance
TV quiz The Mint and some killer questions  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Safeguards to protect television quiz game players from becoming addicted and running up huge bills failed in our test
MPs demand curb on junk mail loans  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Politicians are calling for greater regulation of unsolicited offers of credit by lenders as part of the wider campaign against junk mail.
Switch fee alert over credit cards  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Consumers switching credit cards to take advantage of interest-free deals could pay more than they expected
Stores accused of 'illegal' practices  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Retailer Nisa-Today's has a policy of restricting competition with rival Costcutter, according to a letter written by a senior manager at the company
Landlords selling up over licence  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Landlords with multi-occupation properties are quitting the letting market because of tough new Government rules
Complaints against banks surge  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Complaints against UK banks have risen by 25%, led by anger over loans and overdrafts and default charges, according to industry figures
Self-assessment deadline looms  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
The 9m people that need to complete a self-assessment tax return have until 30 September if they want the Revenue to do the sums
One in ten towns caught by IHT  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
The number of households caught by inheritance tax net has swelled with house prices in 10% of English towns now above the £285,000 threshold
Leftovers lucrative for oil group Venture  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Here is an oil firm that never looks for oil. In the world of exploration and production giants, it does virtually no exploration
Curse of family that thrives on failures  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries
The 'plagued' societies that face takeover  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
There has been a lot of navel gazing in building society boardrooms in the past week after Nationwide's surprise decision to swallow the Portman
Sad fall for Browne at the last fence  [09/25/2006 01:17 PM]
What a pity that the man who has been regularly voted Britain's most-admired business executive will spend his final days at BP fighting fires