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OFT closes net on rip-off PPI [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Competition Commission will now investigate payment protection insurance after the Office of Fair Trading found the product to be failing consumers
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O2 kicks off roaming price war [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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O2 is cutting its European roaming charges in a move that is likely to prompt a price war as mobile phone operators battle for customers
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Market report: Thursday latest [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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11.30am:The threat by oil producers' cartel Opec to cut production to boost flagging oil prices undermined confidence on the stock market today
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Tories back off flights levy in tax plan [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Tories hurriedly backed away from slapping higher tax on cheap flights today after warnings that families would be outraged
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The Yes Car nightmare [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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It's nearly a year since Yes Car Credit closed its doors, but hundreds of customers' lives are still being made a misery
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Outrage at Xmas club bosses [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Around 150,000 furious families absorbing the news this week that they have lost their Christmas savings are demanding answers from the board of Farepak
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7,000 hit by bank's blunder [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners have had their bank accounts cleaned out by Britain's biggest mortgage lender after it repeatedly withdrew repayments
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Family business valued at £340m [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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A family-run business which started life as a curtain stall in a Leicester market was today valued on the stock market at £340m
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Brown hints at business tax cut [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Chancellor Gordon Brown offered an olive branch to the insurance industry by promising to review its tax burden
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Elderly need extra £100 for winter fuel [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Government should give pensioners an extra £100 in winter fuel payments to combat rocketing gas and electricity costs, according to Age Concern.
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Postmasters march on Westminster [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of postmasters will demand urgent action from the Government today to safeguard the country's post offices
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Top bosses' pay soars [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Top bosses' pay rose by 43% last year, with the chief executives of the UK's 100 largest listed companies earning an average of £2.9m
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Ryanair forced to offer fairer terms [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Competition chiefs have forced budget airline Ryanair to change its contract terms 'to give air travellers a fairer deal'
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Brown and Cameron battle for business [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown and David Cameron went head to head today to win the City's support. The Chancellor will cut red tape while the Tories might axe tax on share buying
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Inflation bonus for state pension [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The basic state pension is to rise by £3 a week on the back of the highest inflation rate for six years
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UK 'failing over white-collar fraud' [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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The FSA today admitted Britain's attempts to convict white-collar fraudsters through the criminal courts are failing
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Jobless total at six-year high [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Unemployment jumped by 45,000 to its worst level for six years, even though more people are in work, new figures revealed today
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Equitable swaps gags for cash [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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Pensions provider Equitable Life is allegedly slapping 'gagging orders' on customers pursuing mis-selling cases in return for compensation
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Chasm opening over taxes [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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A debate about lowering tax burdens is precisely what is needed if Britain's global competitive position is not to be undermined
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30-second guide to .... stagflation [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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It was big in the 1970s, although not one of the highlights of the disco, big hair and Raleigh Chopper era, what is Stagflation?
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Post putting a hardman to the test [10/19/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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