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Flight tax to cause travel chaos [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions of holidaymakers are likely to face chaos at airports around Britain as airlines threaten to stop passengers flying unless they pay a new air tax
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Household inflation calculator goes live [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The 'personal inflation calculator' from the Office for National Statistics was launched today. Work out your inflation rate here
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Market report: Monday latest [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Carillion cheered shareholders today with news that it is back on track with reduced debts and £16bn of orders
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Staff vote for strike in BA pay dispute [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of British Airways cabin crew have voted in support of strike action over pay and working conditions
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Government promises free financial advice [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every adult in the UK will be entitled to free generic financial advice within five years, the Government announced today
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Homes nudge £200,000 mark [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Families hoping to buy the average home now face a bill of almost £200,000, with the official house price measure just £500 shy of the landmark figure
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M&S's five-year eco-warrior plan [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer is to reinvent itself as an eco-warrior on the High Street, spending £200m over five years on what it called a deliberately ambitious eco-plan
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Sky slashes broadband costs [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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BSkyB is upping the ante in the broadband price war amid concerns that growth among top-spending customers is stalling
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Opec's threat to petrol prices [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Drivers face higher petrol prices because of a planned cut in Opec's oil output led by Iran and Venezuela
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Co-Op defends carbon scheme [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Co-operative Bank is sticking by a Ugandan carbon off-setting scheme criticised for paying locals poor wages and denying them access to vital resources
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Homeowners with a £150,000 nest egg [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions of the country's 18m homeowners live in property that is worth more than they are, unless they happen to be first-time buyers
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Windfall blow for long-termers [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Long-standing Norwich Union policyholders may receive smaller windfalls than more recent policyholders, if the £4bn with-profits surplus redistribution goes ahead
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Police role in 'crash cash' sales [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Police forces are acting as unofficial claims chasers, giving accident victims details of a legal helpline, which then sells on profitable injury cases to solicitors
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Shake-up of injury claims [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Insurers could save millions of pounds thanks to a Government report advocating a streamlining of the personal injury claims system
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Plane tax row takes off [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Airlines have ordered passengers to pay extra duty or miss flights. The carriers have blamed the Government but angry passengers say airlines should pay
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ICICI savings rate up to 5.65% [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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The post-rate rise savings war has fired up, with ICICI bank raising the rate on its online HiSave account to 5.65% from 5.45% >>Beat the rate rise|
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Halifax raises mortgage rate [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britains biggest mortgage lender Halifax has raised its mortgage rate following the Bank of Englands shock interest rate rise
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Sky faces probe into £940m ITV share raid [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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BSkyB is to be formally investigated over its £940m raid on ITV shares in November
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Remortgage to beat the rise [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of people will be looking to remortgage as a result of the bank rate rise. This is Money mortgage expert Simon Lambert picks the best deals
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Investing guru Dr Bill Mott returns [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Few individuals make a successful long-term career from fund management, says personal finance editor Jeff Prestridge and one of them - legend Bill Mott - has returned at Psigma Asset Management
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Conman's tax avoidance scam [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mails ace investigator Tony Hetherington delves into a convicted conman pushing a tax avoidance scheme
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Final months needing some gloss [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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It's usually best for top execs to go sooner rather than later - and Lord Browne needs to put some gloss on the past 18 months
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Pushmi-pullyu inflation tips rate rise [01/15/2007 01:17 PM]
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As higher petrol and university bills push up inflation, the interest rate rises. So life becomes more expensive all round says Financial Mail's economics editor
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