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Half of people left open fraud - Half of us are throwing away documents that 'bin raiders' use commit ID fraud, new survey warns Stranded property ladder - Rising house prices sharp increases stamp duty are discouraging home-owners from moving, research has revealed.



Half of people left open to fraud  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Half of us are throwing away documents that 'bin raiders' use to commit ID fraud, a new survey warns
Stranded on the property ladder  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Rising house prices and sharp increases in stamp duty are discouraging home-owners from moving, research has revealed.
Market report: Monday latest  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
12.15pm:Talk of a takeover for ITV refuses to go away, while the embattled group struggles to find a new chief executive- Sunday newspaper share tips
Top firms warned on £100bn pensions gap  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's top companies could be facing a pensions blackhole of more than £100bn, experts warned today
Brown's pension raid 'cost savers £100bn'  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown's ruthless raid on pension schemes has cost the country's savers at least £100bn, a report claimed yesterday
GNER faces financial crunch  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Train operator GNER's fate is in the balance today after its US parent company Sea Containers filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors
Workers face 'Blackberry tax'  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Workers who are given PCs, laptops and BlackBerrys by their employers will need to keep a diary of how they use them or face tax bills
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Here is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories from the Sunday finance and business pages
Royal Mail in rescue fight  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton is locked in a furious power struggle with the Government over the company's £1.75bn rescue plan
Hopes of new shares surge  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Traders are hoping for a dramatic end-of-year stock market rally after the FTSE 100 surged to its highest level for more than five years last week
Battler driven by betrayal  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Richard Dyson speaks to one of the leading independent commentators on pensions Ros Altmann and finds out how she is fighting workers' corners
Quiz TV chiefs face a grilling  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
TV quiz shows face scrutiny from all parties when the Commons select committee on media launches an investigation into public service broadcasting
Boom times for 'ethical' food  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Sales of 'ethical' food goods will hit £2bn this year, as consumers try to shop with a clear conscience, according to a report out today
Footsie hits five-year high  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Stock market bulls were on the rampage today, pushing share prices in London to their highest level for more than five years
Million Lotto tickets being sold per hour  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
One million lottery tickets are being sold an hour as the UK gears up to this weekend's £74m Lotto bonanza
World Gaming goes bust  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
World Gaming today became the first casualty of the US crackdown on online gambling, as its UK rivals lined up to abandon their US businesses
Airlines cut fuel surcharges  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Virgin Atlantic today cut its fuel surcharge from £35 per flight to £30, following similar moves from Germany's Lufthansa and Holland's KLM
Lenders to blame for bad debts  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
High Street banks' calls for tough controls on debt firms have been dismissed by the Government, which says lenders are to blame for the problem
Tell Sid it's time to buy again  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail has a new stockpicker in town. Joanne Hart has taken over the Midas mantle and will deliver tips and advice for investors
Post putting a hardman to the test  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
From politics, according to Jane Austen, it is an easy step to silence. That lesson would be well learned by many of our leading businessmen, says Lisa Buckingham
Get tough on pensions scandal Dave  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
When David Cameron, 'compassionate' finally tells us his policies, compensation for victims of failed pension schemes should be high on the list
Broker 'out of control'  [10/16/2006 01:17 PM]
Every week Financial Mail's reader champion Tony Hetherington takes on firms, this week he calls for a crackdown on Pacific Continental Securities