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Account upgrades make you pay [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of thousands of bank customers are being 'upgraded' to fee-paying current accounts without their permission, according to new research
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Brits are Europe's debt-kings [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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Britons are responsible for a third of all unsecured debt in Western Europe, and on average borrow twice as much as their Continental cousins
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Market report: Wednesday 12.30 [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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Musicmaker EMI's on-off relationship with big rival Warner Music appears to be back on, as shares in EMI jumped in early trading
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Barclays lands new Premiership deal [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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Barclays Bank has extended its sponsorship of football's Premier League with a three-year deal worth £65.8m
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Sainsbury's introduces green orange bags [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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A supermarket is replacing its white carrier bags with orange versions made from 33% recycled material, it announced today
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UK banks 'in on Enron deals' [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Standard Life feels flotation pain [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Dial-a-geek to beat techno-rage [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Credit card firms hike rates [09/27/2006 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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Record level of young insolvents [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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Record numbers of people under 30 are going bust after racking up massive debts on credit cards
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US losing its competitive edge [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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The United States has fallen to sixth place in a world league-table of ecomnomic competitiveness, ceding the top place to Switzerland
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Hybrids could finish landlines [09/27/2006 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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Pump price war as crude slumps [09/27/2006 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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Net criminals target home users [09/27/2006 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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Labour to target fat-cat bonuses [09/27/2006 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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Longer lives will stretch pensions [09/27/2006 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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Bailiffs 'law unto themselves' [09/27/2006 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 [09/27/2006 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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How the LSE lost its virtue [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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It is not necessarily good news that the UK has become a magnet for companies that until recently might have floated their shares elsewhere
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40 years of campaigns [09/27/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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