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Women are the pension losers [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of women who made extra pension payments during career breaks have effectively thrown the money down the drain
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'Orphan asset' windfalls hope [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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1.1m members of Aviva's with-profits fund could share in a £3bn windfall as the company moves ahead with distributing orphan assets
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Market report: Tuesday latest [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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09:00:Details of Scottish Power's negotiations with its Spanish suitor Iberdrola have convinced many that a deal will be on the table by Friday
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Never-ending debt hits 2m [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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Two million people have borrowed so much they will never escape their debts, experts have warned
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Hammers go to Iceland for £85m [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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West Ham football club has been bought by a group of Icelandic businessmen for £108m, it was confirmed today
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Blackout warning as energy crisis looms [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The energy crisis is far worse and will begin hitting far earlier than the Government believes, a top power industry consultant has claimed
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Banks call for insolvency crackdown [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The UK's major banks are calling for a crackdown on misleading advertising from companies that specialise in personal insolvencies.
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Mortgage firm fined £17,500 [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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A firm of mortgage brokers has been fined for cold calling potential customers and mis-selling payment protection insurance
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UK is 'card fraud capital' [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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More than seven millions British adults have fallen victim to card fraud, according to a new report
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Water meters plan for millions [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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Proposals that could lead to millions of homes being forced to accept water meters are being unveiled by the Government today
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Brown hints at fuel cash for poor families [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Chancellor has indicated that families on low incomes may receive more help with fuel bills as the Government attempts to tackle childhood poverty
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Rate rise talk failed to deter borrowers [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The autumn property market remained in good strength despite widespread predictions of Novembers bank rate rise
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Pay-as-you-go costing more [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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Thrifty callers opting for pay-as-you-go to cut costs could be indulging in a false economy according to a study questioning their value
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NTL boss slams ITV grab by BSkyB [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The boss of NTL today launched a bitter attack on James Murdoch's BSkyB over its audacious move to gatecrash the cable operator's ITV takeover plans
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Christmas will cost £975 [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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With just five weeks until Christmas, retailers are predicting a bumper festive season and say the average family will spend £975
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LSE rejects £2.7bn Nasdaq bid [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The London Stock Exchange has predictably rejected the £2.7bn takeover approach launched by hi-tech American stock market Nasdaq earlier today
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Five in six pay stamp duty [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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Five out of six homebuyers are forced to pay stamp duty most areas of England and Wales according to a study of properties for sale
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Nigerian scams cost UK billions [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial crime stemming from Nigeria has become a 'large and pressing problem' for UK authorities, new research concluded today
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Banks will pay price of a bad reputation [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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As Irving Fisher, Yale's professor of economics discovered ahead of the Wall Street crash when he said share prices had reached 'a permanently high plateau', it is sensible to allow some margin for error
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Nasty sense of betrayal by a grasping bank [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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First Direct chief executive Chris Pilling has been frantically trying to downplay the reaction to his decision to impose monthly banking fees. For all his smooth words, it's a battle he is losing
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Midas: RPS cleans up in green boom [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's share picker believes while black may be all the rage on the catwalk this autumn, green has never been more popular in the commercial world
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Tony Hetherington investigates [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's readers' champion looks at the former gardener offering £150 a month if you invest £5,000
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Bank wields a blunt instrument [11/21/2006 01:17 PM]
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The British are often accused of yearning for yesterday, but one place where nostalgia is a no-no is economic policy.
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