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Cash machines boost for poor

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Cash machines boost for poor - Hundreds of non-charging cash machines will be provided low-income areas across UK following ground-breaking deal Massive fine for accountant - Top accountant Pricewaterhouse-Coopers has been hit with second-largest financial penalties history of profession



Cash machines boost for poor  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of non-charging cash machines will be provided in low-income areas across the UK following a ground-breaking deal
Massive fine for accountant  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Top accountant Pricewaterhouse-Coopers has been hit with the second-largest financial penalties in the history of the profession
Market report: Wednesday latest  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
13.00:Drax, the operator of Europe's largest coal-fired power station, cheered investors today with news that it is to replace the blades on its turbines
Jobless total shows surprise dip  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Unemployment has fallen for the first time in 18 months as thousands more people have found jobs in recent months, official figures showed today
New CSA to spy on dads' tax returns  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The body replacing the Child Support Agency will have the power to trawl through the tax returns of absent fathers
Blair blames public for PO cull  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Tony Blair has said customers can only blame themselves for the cull of post offices to be unveiled, because they have stopped using them on a daily basis
Bank staff to get £320,000 bonus each  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Staff at investment bank Goldman Sachs are expected to receive Christmas bonuses averaging £320,000 each as City bonuses reach a total £9bn
The disappearing £5 note  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The £5 note is becoming an endangered species. A decision by banks over the past two years not to offer them in cash machines has resulted in a shrinking supply
Inflation hits nine-year high  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The impact of bigger bills for domestic energy and rents in November nudged inflation to its highest level since Labour came to power today
Harry Potter publisher is savaged  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Shares in Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury crashed 100p to 210p today after a shock profits warning last night
Low-cost pensions unveiled  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The Government today announced details of a low-cost pensions scheme aimed at getting millions of workers into saving for their retirement
Sainsbury's bananas to be all Fairtrade  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
In a move welcomed by the Fairtrade Foundation, Sainsbury's has announced that by next July all its bananas will be Fairtrade sourced
How banks calculate charges  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Researchers say they have exposed how big banks have turned current account penalty charges into a vast money-making machine
Massive Post Office closures leaked  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Royal Mail chiefs are locked in a furious row with the Government over its controversial plans to close thousands of post offices
insurance sales tactics slammed  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Consumers need greater protection over the sale of 'expensive' payment protection insurance (PPI) policies, a task force said today
Bank warns of mortgage woe  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England will sound the alarm today over an explosion in the number of £150,000-plus mortgages
A tenth of Brits live abroad  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
Record numbers of people are fleeing Britain for a life in the sun, with nearly 200,000 moving overseas last year
£120m endowment crackdown  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
A crackdown on endowment firms by the financial watchdog has led to more than 100,000 previously rejected cases being reviewed and £120m worth of extra compensation
Balls sells Britain short  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The love affair between Ed Balls and the City has gone too far - automatic approval of foreign takeover bids is a dereliction of duty by Government.
30 Second guide to Impairment charges  [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team take a look at the posh way banks refer to bad debts.