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Refunds for store card holders - Holders of store cards from most leading High Street retailers could be line for compensation after card company was fined £610,000 Manchester gets supercasino - Manchester was today announced as shock choice host Britain's first supercasino, after Blackpool Greenwich had been billed as clear favourites



Refunds for store card holders  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Holders of store cards from most leading High Street retailers could be in line for compensation after a card company was fined £610,000
Manchester gets supercasino  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Manchester was today announced as the shock choice to host Britain's first supercasino, after Blackpool and Greenwich had been billed as clear favourites
Market report: Tuesday latest  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
13.30:Investors got an early morning wake-up call today as US broker Morgan Stanley began the task of downgrading shares of the big mining and oil companies
BAA scales down Stansted plan  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
The airports operator hopes to win support for its £1.4bn expansion plan by cutting the amount land it will need
Rate rise stalls house prices  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
The average UK house price increased by 0.3% in January - the lowest monthly rise for eight months, new figures today revealed
Compulsory water meters step closer  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Water companies will be able force people in areas of acute water shortage to install meters, according to a Government proposal published today
MG cars factory to re-open  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Production of MG cars is to resume at Longbridge in the West Midlands in the spring, say the company's new Chinese owners
BA slashes prices to fill planes  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Thousands have joined the rush to travel at bargain prices today as BA faces the prospect of flying hundreds of empty planes
Wind turbine could raise your council tax  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Homeowners trying to help the environment by putting a wind turbine on their roof could be penalised with higher council tax bills
Chip and Pin makes easy cash for gangs  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Cash machines have become a magnet for professional criminal gangs which are stealing millions of pounds
Foreign raiders to storm Footsie  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Up to a quarter of Britain's top companies could come under foreign takeover attack in the next few months as the world merger boom peaks
High Street stages a cut-price revival  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Bargain-hunters provided the High Street with its best January sales for three years, and the boom is expected to continue
House prices end year on strong note  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
The rate of house price inflation in England and Wales picked up in December, as the housing market finished the year strongly official figures show today
Investment funds firmly in fashion  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Investors ploughed money into investment funds at a rate not seen since the dotcom boom of 2000 as appetite for equities remained unquenched
Lenders cash in on rate rise  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Millions of homeowners with variable mortgages are being stung by above base rate hikes in their repayments
Careless risking ID theft  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
People are putting themselves at risk of identity theft by not protecting their personal details, a watchdog warned today
Prudential sells Egg for £575m  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Prudential surprised the stock market today as it sold its loss-making internet bank Egg to Citigroup for £575m.
Tech firms announce computing watershed  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Two of the world's biggest computer chip companies are battling it out in a technology war - both promising the biggest breakthrough in 40 years
Watch TV via the web, says Gates  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
The internet will revolutionise television within five years with viewers being able to watch what they want when they want, Bill Gates has predicted
Ebay auction-fixing exposed  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Users of eBay are being defrauded by unscrupulous dealers who secretly bid up the price of items on sale to boost profits, claims a report today
YouTube mulls ad revenue share  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
YouTube is mulling a plan to share advertising revenue with users who contribute to the site
Norwich Union call centre U-turn  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
In a dramatic U-turn Norwich Union is switching call centre work back to Britain, because workers in India 'don't know what the customer is talking about'
Glaxo back in the frame  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Families of Seroxat victims would be entitled to wonder why UK authorities are more interested in protecting drug giants than consumers
30 Second Guide To Corus sealed bids  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team look at the auction that will break out to decide the future owner's of Corus
PDS and Orpery exposed  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
This week ace investigator Tony Hetherington follows up on tha case of the PDS investment scheme and its parent company Orpery
Midas: High-yield portfolio triumphs  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Our portfolio of the ten highest-yielding shares in the FTSE 100 has triumphed over the past three months, easily outperforming the Footsie
Welcome gloom amid the boom  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Rightmove.co.uk is a property website and is jolly good at what it does. Sell your home and buy another is its message
Small cap share tips  [01/30/2007 02:14 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week: Jelf, Wynnstayand Murgitroyd