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Credit card charges rise - Credit-card users face squeeze as card issuers seek variety of ways recover £1bn lost profits, say experts House prices increase 8% 2005 - New Government figures put annual rate of house price inflation September at 8% show average house price edging closer £200,000



Credit card charges to rise  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Credit-card users face the squeeze as card issuers seek a variety of ways to recover £1bn in lost profits, say experts
House prices increase 8% on 2005  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
New Government figures put the annual rate of house price inflation in September at 8% and show the average house price edging closer to £200,000
Market report: Monday latest  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
13.00:Energy industry engineer and maintenance provider Amec jumped today amid claims it had received a new takeover approach- SHARE TIPS: Financial Mail's Midas
Farepak boss finally says sorry  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The managing director of the collapsed Christmas savings firm Farepak finally apologised to his customers last night
End of the booze cruise?  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Shoppers could soon be able to order cheap alcohol and cigarettes from home under a watershed European ruling on imports
BT to hire 6,000 in India  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
BT today unveiled plans to hire 6,000 workers in India over the next two years, as it bids it to provide services direct to the area's businesses
Millions unhappy at broadband service  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Millions of internet and telephone users say their service is not good enough
BMW launches greenest car  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
A new BMW unveiled today is the world's first production car to run on environmentally friendly hydrogen - but filling up might be a challenge
Business class war takes off  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
British Airways is to spark a business class war by launching a new £100m cabin to pamper its premium passengers
Question marks over wind turbine savings  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Domestic wind turbines are just a trendy green fashion statement that produce a tiny amount of power, according to Friends of the Earth
Tesco Prunella champions small stores  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
As the elderly Dotty Turnbull, Prunela Scales helped Tesco become the UK's biggest supermarket - now she has taken up the cause of small shops
Bread to hit £1 a loaf  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The escalating cost of grain is great for farmers, but will be more bad news for David and Ruth Archer as well as shoppers in real life
Banks to seal debt escape route  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Thousands of people trying to escape some or most of their debts could be stopped in their tracks by a new centralised service offered to banks and other lenders
NTL top Goldman's 130p ITV share bid  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
NTL is in talks with ITV about a takeover offer of more than £5.1bn - topping a private equity bid that the broadcaster rejected earlier this year
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday SHARE TIPS:The latest Midas column
Pay rises may force up rates  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
A blizzard of winter pay claims could be triggered by inflation figures this week, adding to pressure for another rise in interest rates
Farepak blame game starts  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The boss and bankers of the parent company that owned the collapsed Christmas Savings Firm Farepak face being quizzed by MPs about the scandal
Channel 4 joins Freesat venture  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Channel 4 has joined the BBC and ITV in a proposed joint venture to supply free digital satellite TV to homes that cannot receive the Freeview service
Bosses take a cautious bow  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Toiling away in the full glare of their investors have been the four bosses at M&S, Sainsubry, Boots and WH Smith. Two years later, their work is starting to pay off
Tony Hetherington investigates  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Every week Financial Mail's reader champion Tony Hetherington rights your financial wrongs. This week:
Soaring profit fuels Investec  [11/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's top stock picker take a closer look at South African company Investec and says the shares look like a bargain