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£5 fine for a late gas payment [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions of British Gas customers will be hit with unprecedented £5 fines if they fail to pay their bills on time, it was revealed yesterday
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New tax 'to hit home improvements' [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners will receive higher council tax bills every time they improve their house under a Government proposal
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Market report: Monday latest [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.30:At last, some good news for British Airways, which has resolved a potentially damaging dispute with the unions
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Watchdog demands lower fuel bills [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Energy companies came under renewed pressure to cut household bills today after the price of wholesale gas continued to tumble
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BT launches wi-fi mobile [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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BT launched an assault on its mobile phone competitors today while the launch of the long-awaited Apple iPhone is predicted to be imminent
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Pay deals add to rate-rise pressure [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rising inflation is putting upward pressure on pay deals this month, with settlements averaging 4%, according to a new report today>How to get a pay rise
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Councils want pay-as-you-throw [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Families should be forced to pay for having their rubbish collected, town halls declared yesterday but oppponents have said it will fail to cut bills
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Britain must wait for EC energy cuts [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tough EC action to be unveiled to break up energy monopolies on the Continent should cut gas and electricity prices in the UK but not for at least four years
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Insurers sell victims' details [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Insurers are secretly selling off the details of road crash victims to lawyers who then represent them in high-earning court cases
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Record Christmas for M&S [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer is poised to unveil its best-ever Christmas trading figures on Tuesday in a further boost for investors after shares hit record highs last week
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EasyJet passengers get email cash call [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Budget airline easyJet is emailing passengers who have already paid for flights asking for more money to cover airport taxes that do not come into effect until February 1
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Credit card debt starts to tumble [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Warnings about record debt levels are hitting home as the amount borrowed on credit cards falls by hundreds of millions of pounds a month
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BA in £2.1bn pension gap deal [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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British Airways is poised to agree to a multi-billion-pound fleet renewal programme after reaching an agreement with unions on tackling its £2.1bn pension deficit
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Grade urged to axe 'trash' [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Michael Grade, who starts work as boss of ITV this week, is under pressure to axe the controversial quiz shows that many feel tarnish the ITV's reputation
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Chip and Pin fraud alert [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shoppers were warned today about a major security fear over chip and Pin machines after scientists filmed how they could beat the 'foolproof' systemWatch the video
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Surprise fall in house prices [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Prices fell for the first time in six months during December - was it a sign that property price inflation may be slowing down or just a blip in a rising market?
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O'Leary hits back at 'dead sheep' [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Flamboyant Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary hit back today at criticism from a Government minister, who 'hasn't a clue what he's talking about'
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Flights cancelled over skid fear [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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EasyJet today cancelled 18 flights to and from Bristol because of concerns that aircraft might skid on the wet runway
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Small-cap share tips: Sturdy ACM [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes ACM and Worthington Nicholls
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Midas: Credit Experian with a look [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week the Financial Mail's top stockpicker takes a closer look at credit checking agency Experian, and concludes it's a good time to buy
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They falsely invoiced then threatened me [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week the ace investigator takes a closer look at a company called Imprint, which has issued false invoices for children's safety handbook
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Debt amateurs on losing side [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Twenty five years ago, the post-Christmas air would be thick with recriminations of staff taking sickes. The current fit of morality concerns personal debt
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When insurers make a policy out of sleaze [01/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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There are apparently no tactics too base for some insurers in their efforts to squeeze every last drop of profit out of their policyholders
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