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World's largest Co-op formed - The UK's two biggest co-operatives have agreed terms of merger form world's largest consumer co-operative group British Gas cut online bills again - The energy price war heated up as British Gas made more cuts for online customers, just 24 hours after Powergen guaranteed beat its prices



World's largest Co-op formed  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The UK's two biggest co-operatives have agreed the terms of a merger to form the world's largest consumer co-operative group
British Gas cut online bills again  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The energy price war heated up as British Gas made more cuts for online customers, just 24 hours after Powergen guaranteed to beat its prices
Market report: Friday close  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Close:Private equity outfit Cinven's decision to abandon a rival bid for J Sainsbury has done little to dampen the enthusiasm of City speculators
Bank profits soar - along with complaints  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's High Street banks are to reveal record profits of £37bn as customer complaints soar to an all-time high | How to reclaim unfair fees
Pay rises keep up rates pressure  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Average pay deals have risen to 3.5% in recent months - the highest for eight years - figures showed today, supporting the case for another rate rise
Debt enquiries soaring  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of people seeking advice for their debt problems has soared by 15% over the past year, Citizens Advice said today
Court halts 'boiler room' firms  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Two companies accused of being involved in 'boiler-room' share selling scams have had their assets frozen by the High Court
Anger at £8m for Qinetiq chiefs  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Controvery surrounding the flotation of the former MoD agency has flared again as the end of a time-bar on share sales has allowed top bosses to cash in
MoT tests every two years  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Proposals to end the need for an annual MoT check have come under fire from road safety campaigners and the motor industry
M&S in houmous salmonella scare  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer has been forced to remove its own brand houmous from the shelves after a salmonella scare
Dennis looks to sell lads' mags empire  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Maxim publisher Felix Dennis is considering selling his lads' mag empire, a day afer new industry figures revealed grim sales figures
Broadband paid for in 4 months  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
A broadband internet connection will save you enough money on cheaper purchases that it pays for itself in just four months, experts say
Bank insider guilty of £1.3m fraud scam  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
A 'bank insider' was facing jail today after helping identity thieves plunder £1.3m from accounts
Capital One fined £175,000  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Capital One has become the second major credit card provider to be fined over the way it sold payment protection insurance
Bank says rates will have to rise again  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Interest rates will have to rise once more to drag inflation in the UK back to its target, the Bank of England signalled today
Warning on bonus crackdown  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
City high-fliers will desert London for New York if a crackdown on bonuses is imposed as threatened by Labour's Peter Hain, says a leading business chief
Rate rises and debt hit High Street sales  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Retail sales fell at the fastest rate for four years last month as the High Street recovery over Christmas came grinding to a halt
Nationwide gets £1m laptop fine  [02/17/2007 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
Rate rises cool house market  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
House price inflation cooled for a third consecutive month in January as buyer demand fell back in the face of higher interest rates, an influential report today indicated
Buy-to-let mortgages up by 48%  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of mortgages being taken out by landlords shot up by almost 50% last year, figures showed today
Energy suppliers in price war  [02/17/2007 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
No love loss for Qinetiq  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The speed with which private equity firm Carlyle and chief executive Graham Love have sold stock in QinetiQ does not reflect well on the government or the company
Midas: Next maps out fightback plan  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Its fortunes have waned but Next has a robust strategy and its share price should reflect that, says the Financial Mail's top stock-picker
30 Second guide to Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)  [02/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team look at the controversial insurance that is lucrative for the banks but porr value for consumers