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Nationwide gets £1m laptop fine - Nationwide Building Society has been fined nearly £1m following theft of laptop from an employees home, which contained confidential customer information Bank says rates will have rise again - Interest rates will need rise one more time for inflation return its 2% target within two years, Bank of England indicated today



Nationwide gets £1m laptop fine  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Nationwide Building Society has been fined nearly £1m following the theft of a laptop from an employees home, which contained confidential customer information
Bank says rates will have to rise again  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Interest rates will need to rise one more time for inflation to return to its 2% target within two years, the Bank of England indicated today
Market report: Wednesday latest  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
13.00:Shares in Wolseley, the world's biggest plumbing supplies group, went on bid alert today as the price soared 90p to a record high of 1402p
Energy suppliers in price war  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:An energy price war is set to come to the boil in the next few days with rival suppliers trumping British Gas's recently announced cuts
JJB offers free football shirts  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
JJB Sports is offering a free football top to customers that purchased one of the tops caught up in the price fixing argument
Asda under fire over cheap roses  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
A Valentine's Day price war was underway today, with one supermarket offering a dozen red roses for just £2
Economy harmed by sickie culture  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's economic future is being jeopardised by soaring incapacity benefit claims, poor education and creaking infrastructure, a report shows
The M&S top made from 11 plastic bottles  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
This is the M&S jacket that could lead a green revolution in the high street. It is made from 11 recycled plastic bottles
Rates relief as prices slow  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The pressure appears to be off the Bank of England to raise rates again next month as inflation dropped back well below 3% in January
Council tenants helped to buy  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Radical plans to get the poorest on to the housing ladder were unveiled as the Government announced a new right-to-buy scheme for council tenants
BA cuts slack on new baggage rules  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
British Airways today introduced its new policy of charging for excess baggage but check-in staff were told to give 'sympathetic treatment' to passengers unaware of the rules
£120 a month extra for new buyers  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
First-time buyers must pay £120 a month more to get on the property ladder than they would have done a year ago
Sports tycoon to net £800m in float  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Entrepreneur Mike Ashley was poised for an £800m windfall today after announcing plans for the flotation of his Sports World retail empire
Endowment claims firm shut down  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Claims firm Austin Hamilton Associates, which branded itself the UK's leading endowment compensation specialist, has been shut down
VW could be exposed to takeover  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
A German law that shields Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen from takeovers breaks EU rules by hampering investors, an adviser said today
Housing market boosts B&B  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Record levels of lending today helped mortgage giant Bradford & Bingley post an 8% rise in profits for 2006
Romantics urged to buy blooms from Africa  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Buying Valentine's Day flowers flown in from Africa will help the planet and the world's poor, the Government claimed today
Birmingham is UK's card fraud hotspot  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
People living in Birmingham are most likely to fall victim to credit or debit card fraud, a new report has found
Millions hit road-charging web petition  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
More than 1.2m people have signed an online petition protesting against the Government's road charging plans
The school age borrowers  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
More than half of schoolchildren have been in debt by the time they reach 17, an education charity warned today
Homes break £200,000 barrier  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Families must pay more than £200,000 for the average UK home, according to a Government report - but Land Registry figures suggest price rises are slowing
Could the number be up for the 0870?  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Customers could make huge savings by ringing standard-rate alternatives to expensive 0870 numbers
Cost of World Cup could be £1bn  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Estimates put the cost of hosting the World Cup at close to £1bn - yet neither the Government, the Football Association nor last year's host seems to know the true figure
Ordeal for a sports hero  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Sports retailers have had a turbulent time on the public markets - It is against this backdrop that Sports Direct International will float
30 Second Guide To...Controlling Inflation  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team examine the measures that government and the Bank of England can use to keep prices in check
Watch out for wine, women... and a con  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
This week, the ace investigator looks at a women's only pyramid scheme that promises members it will deliver thousands in profits
An overflowing labour pool  [02/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown's plan to round up the long-term unemployed hardly squares with the ruthless global economy in which the Goverment insists we operate