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Cash machines boost for poor [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of non-charging cash machines will be provided in low-income areas across the UK following a ground-breaking deal
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Massive fine for accountant [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Top accountant Pricewaterhouse-Coopers has been hit with the second-largest financial penalties in the history of the profession
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Market report: Wednesday latest [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Jobless total shows surprise dip [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Unemployment has fallen for the first time in 18 months as thousands more people have found jobs in recent months, official figures showed today
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New CSA to spy on dads' tax returns [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The body replacing the Child Support Agency will have the power to trawl through the tax returns of absent fathers
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Blair blames public for PO cull [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Bank staff to get £320,000 bonus each [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Staff at investment bank Goldman Sachs are expected to receive Christmas bonuses averaging £320,000 each as City bonuses reach a total £9bn
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The disappearing £5 note [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Inflation hits nine-year high [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The impact of bigger bills for domestic energy and rents in November nudged inflation to its highest level since Labour came to power today
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Harry Potter publisher is savaged [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Shares in Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury crashed 100p to 210p today after a shock profits warning last night
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Low-cost pensions unveiled [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Government today announced details of a low-cost pensions scheme aimed at getting millions of workers into saving for their retirement
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Sainsbury's bananas to be all Fairtrade [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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In a move welcomed by the Fairtrade Foundation, Sainsbury's has announced that by next July all its bananas will be Fairtrade sourced
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How banks calculate charges [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Researchers say they have exposed how big banks have turned current account penalty charges into a vast money-making machine
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Massive Post Office closures leaked [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail chiefs are locked in a furious row with the Government over its controversial plans to close thousands of post offices
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insurance sales tactics slammed [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Consumers need greater protection over the sale of 'expensive' payment protection insurance (PPI) policies, a task force said today
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Bank warns of mortgage woe [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England will sound the alarm today over an explosion in the number of £150,000-plus mortgages
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A tenth of Brits live abroad [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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Record numbers of people are fleeing Britain for a life in the sun, with nearly 200,000 moving overseas last year
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£120m endowment crackdown [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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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
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Balls sells Britain short [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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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.
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30 Second guide to Impairment charges [12/13/2006 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team take a look at the posh way banks refer to bad debts.
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