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Rate fears as inflation hits 3% [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Inflation has jumped to 3%, fuelling fears that there will soon be another increase in interest rates
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£9bn Pru windfall in the air [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Prudential is aiming to unlock its £9bn assets pot in a move which could see a windfall for shareholders of about £2.5bn, or £1 a share
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Market report: Tuesday latest [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.15:Dutch broker ABN Amro has decided to downgrade ITV the biggest of the UK's terrestrial broadcasters from buy to hold
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Tiner quits as chief of financial watchdog [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Chief executive John Tiner will leave the Financial Services Authority to return to the private sector in July, it was announced today
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Brits snap up Berlin homes [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britons are flocking to Berlin as a resurgent economy makes German hot property while its capital remains Europe's cheapest major metropolis
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Best fixed-rate mortgages axed [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners facing increased mortgage repayments following the rate rise are now seeing lenders pulling the plug on the best fixed-rate deals
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Organic lines give Tesco the edge [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Booming sales of organic and luxury food and drink have helped Tesco to its busiest ever Christmas
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3 scraps roaming charges [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone giant 3 today announced plans to abolish roaming charges for UK customers in seven countries
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House price growth cools [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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House price inflation cooled in December in an indication that higher interest rates had begun to bite, a report today suggested
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City betting on March rates rise [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fears are growing that homeowners could be hit with another interest-rate hike within the next two months
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Pensions watchdog bans trustee who lied [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Pensions Regulator has issued its first ever disqualification of a trustee who lied to bosses and lined his own pockets
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Train-bus scheme is a money saver [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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An all-in-one bus and train ticket scheme was extended today and is now available for more than half the population of Britain
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Flight tax to cause travel chaos [01/16/2007 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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BA staff in massive vote for strike [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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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Smiths surrenders to GE [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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Aerospace is one industry where Britain has an edge over most of its competitors - But companies have a responsibility to win the trust of investors
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30 Second Guide To Eurotunnel Debt Reduction [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team examine the dwindling fortunes of the company running the Channel Tunnel
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Investing guru Dr Bill Mott returns [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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 [01/16/2007 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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