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Credit card firms hike rates [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Credit card providers have upped their interest rates, some by more than 12%, after the Office of Fair Trading made them reduce their default fees
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Pump price war as crude slumps [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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A price war erupted at petrol pumps and energy shares tumbled after the cost of oil plunged to a seven-month low
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Market report: Tuesday 13.00 [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Share prices generally drew encouragement from a positive performance by the Dow overnight- TIPS & TACTICS: Top stock market pundits
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Hybrid phones could finish landlines [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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A generation of personal 'phones for life' is poised to sweep away the traditional landline, as they work as both mobiles and home-phones
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Enron chief Fastow to be sentenced [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow, whose off-the-books deals led to the high-flying energy giant's destruction, will be sentenced today
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Net criminals target home users [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Criminals are increasingly targeting home users, according to a survey which shows that attempts to 'phish' bank account details are soaring
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Longer lives will stretch pensions [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Relief at a fall in the size of UK pension fund deficits was offset today by a warning that companies were underestimating staff life expectancy
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Labour to target fat-cat bonuses [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Government minister Harriet Harman today called for huge City bonuses to be curbed, as they were increasing the gulf between rich and poor
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Bailiffs 'law unto themselves' [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Private bailiffs that collect unpaid council tax bills have been branded a 'law unto themselves' by Citizens Advice
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Ageism still rife in workplace [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Warning against minimum wage hike [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Another big rise in the minimum wage would damage industry and boost the black market, the country's biggest business group warned today
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Fraudsters targeting eBay users [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Fraudsters are using the good name of Companies House to cheat people who buy goods on auction websites
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this week
- Sunday newspaper share tips
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Pay your credit card bill by text [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial company Mint today launched an new service allowing customers to pay their credit card bills via text message
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Drivers left without cover [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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John Lewis plots move into finance [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Department store giant John Lewis is poised to announce plans to relaunch its website as it moves into banking and insurance
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Killer questions on TV quizzes [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Safeguards to protect television quiz game players from becoming addicted and running up huge bills failed in our test
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MPs demand curb on junk mail loans [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Politicians are calling for greater regulation of unsolicited offers of credit by lenders as part of the wider campaign against junk mail.
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Brown finds a third way [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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If the people really want to understand what Gordon Brown will be like as Prime Minister, they have to look closely at his years as Chancellor
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Leftovers lucrative for oil group Venture [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Here is an oil firm that never looks for oil. In the world of exploration and production giants, it does virtually no exploration
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Curse of family that thrives on failures [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries
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The 'plagued' societies that face takeover [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Sad fall for Browne at the last fence [09/26/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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