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Newcomer pays savers 5.2% - An Icelandic bank has shaken up UK savings market, launching new online account paying market-leading rate Free mobile call revolution - Free internet calls via mobile phone are be offered at thousands of London 'hot spots', move that could be copied across Britain



Newcomer pays savers 5.2%  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
An Icelandic bank has shaken up the UK savings market, launching a new online account paying a market-leading rate
Free mobile call revolution  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Free internet calls via a mobile phone are to be offered at thousands of London 'hot spots', in a move that could be copied across Britain
Market report: Tuesday 12.15  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Leading shares were higher in opening deals, edging towards a five-month high. The FTSE 100 was 10.1 points firmer at 6041.0
Crooked share dealer shut down  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
An illegal share dealing operation exposed by columnist Tony Hetherington has been shut down by the High Court
Google buys YouTube for £880m  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Google is buying YouTube for £880m, indicating how important online video is expected to become as viewers and advertisers migrate from TV
Leading firms 'will flee UK taxes'  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The 'trickle' of companies abandoning Britain could become a 'flood' if the government does not reform its tax regime, the CBI has warned
A quarter of critical illness claims rejected  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Norwich Union, the UK's largest insurer, has revealed that nearly a quarter of all claims on critical illness policies are turned down
Homes almost at £200,000 mark  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The cost of a home leapt further towards the £200,000 barrier according to official figures publishes by the Government today
Pensions alert over 'dumping' schemes  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The Pensions Regulator is to investigate deals that could lead to pension schemes being abandoned by employers, it was announced today
Profit from homemade energy  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Homeowners who generate their own electricity will soon be able to sell it back to the national grid| Gas and electricity bills calculator
ID cards will cost taxpayers £5.4bn  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The national identity card scheme will cost £5.4bn to set up and run over the next 10 years, the Home Office revealed today.
Crooks hit PCs every 12 minutes  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The astonishing scale of hackers' attempts to break into home computers has been revealed by a security trial
Shock as BA bosses quit  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
British Airways was plunged into crisis today after executives admitted the airline may have colluded with other carriers to fix air fares
Probe into postal standards  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The postal regulator today launched an inquiry into complaints that once-a-day collections from letter boxes are happening as early as 9am
UK set to become home of online gambling  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Labour wants to make Britain the world centre of Internet gambling, documents released by Whitehall showed yesterday
Costly cards 'need a wealth warning'  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Warnings should be put on high- charging credit cards to shame banks into offering a better deal, a finance industry leader said yesterday
N.Korea test shakes shares and currencies  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The political fallout from North Korea's overnight nuclear testing sent stock markets and currencies tumbling in the Far East
Banks to stamp on web porn  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's High Street banks are expected to join a worldwide effort to combat child pornography on the internet
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this week
Walsh wields the big stick  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
BA's executives should never have trusted Virgin Atlantic after the long history of hostility between the two Heathrow carriers
The right of first refusal  [10/10/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team explain a rare sighting of a phenomenon not normally seen in British business deals