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Account upgrades make you pay - Hundreds of thousands of bank customers are being 'upgraded' fee-paying current accounts without permission, according new research Brits are Europe's debt-kings - Britons are responsible for third of all unsecured debt Western Europe, average borrow twice as much as Continental cousins



Account upgrades make you pay  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of thousands of bank customers are being 'upgraded' to fee-paying current accounts without their permission, according to new research
Brits are Europe's debt-kings  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Britons are responsible for a third of all unsecured debt in Western Europe, and on average borrow twice as much as their Continental cousins
Market report: Wednesday 12.30  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Musicmaker EMI's on-off relationship with big rival Warner Music appears to be back on, as shares in EMI jumped in early trading
Barclays lands new Premiership deal  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Barclays Bank has extended its sponsorship of football's Premier League with a three-year deal worth £65.8m
Sainsbury's introduces green orange bags  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
A supermarket is replacing its white carrier bags with orange versions made from 33% recycled material, it announced today
UK banks 'in on Enron deals'  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Crooked former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow, who was jailed for six years last night, has said that major UK banks were aware of his financial schemes
Standard Life feels flotation pain  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Standard Life's 1.5m private shareholders are counting the cost as the assurer put aside an extra £100m to cover lost premiums and pension subs
Dial-a-geek to beat techno-rage  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
BT has become the latest firm to launch a broadband home installation service in a bid to tap into the number of customers suffering techno-rage
Credit card firms hike rates  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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
Record level of young insolvents  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Record numbers of people under 30 are going bust after racking up massive debts on credit cards
US losing its competitive edge  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
The United States has fallen to sixth place in a world league-table of ecomnomic competitiveness, ceding the top place to Switzerland
Hybrids could finish landlines  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
A generation of personal 'phones for life' is poised to sweep away the traditional landline, as they work as both mobiles and home-phones
Pump price war as crude slumps  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
A price war erupted at petrol pumps and energy shares tumbled after the cost of oil plunged to a seven-month low
Net criminals target home users  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Criminals are increasingly targeting home users, according to a survey which shows that attempts to 'phish' bank account details are soaring
Labour to target fat-cat bonuses  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Government minister Harriet Harman today called for huge City bonuses to be curbed, as they were increasing the gulf between rich and poor
Longer lives will stretch pensions  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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
Bailiffs 'law unto themselves'  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
Private bailiffs that collect unpaid council tax bills have been branded a 'law unto themselves' by Citizens Advice
Ageism still rife in workplace  [09/27/2006 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
How the LSE lost its virtue  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
It is not necessarily good news that the UK has become a magnet for companies that until recently might have floated their shares elsewhere
40 years of campaigns  [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
For four decades Daily Mail's Money Mail team have been fighting for a fair deal for families trying to make the most of their finances