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Npower undercuts British Gas - News:Energy company Npower fired latest shot growing energy price war today as announced cuts gas electricity bills Banks' profits soar 150% 10 years - Banks are making £230 from each of us year - almost twice as much profit compared ten years ago, report shows



Npower undercuts British Gas  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
News:Energy company Npower fired the latest shot in the growing energy price war today as it announced cuts in gas and electricity bills
Banks' profits soar 150% in 10 years  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are making £230 from each of us a year - almost twice as much profit compared to ten years ago, a report shows
Market report: Monday latest  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
12.15:Barclays kicks off the bank reporting season for real tomorrow with the focus of attention likely to be on provisions for bad and doubtful debts
Bank bids to hand back 'forgotten cash'  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The UK's largest savings provider today launched a campaign to find the rightful owners of £44m of 'forgotten' money held in old and unused accounts.
Butlins workers get £1m in back pay  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of holiday camp workers are to share up to £1m in back pay after a 'landmark' court ruling, it was announced today.
Could property be about to cool?  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The average asking price of homes in England in Wales rose another £2,000 to almost £225,000 in February - but there are indications the market may be slowing
Tax on 'peace and quiet'  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Good views and 'peace and quiet' could be used as reasons to push up council tax, the Tories claimed today
Be a patriot, says British Gas  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Put up with poor customer service because we're a British company, says Phil Bentley - the new boss of British Gas
Richard & Judy phone quiz scam  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
You Say, You Pay attracts 15,000 entrants a day, but viewers are being encouraged to enter after winners have been chosen
Barclays' £1bn sell-off talks  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays is in talks to sell parts of its Barclaycard operations at close to £1bn in an attempt to offset losses in the struggling division
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Warner eyes EMI and Kylie  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Kylie Minogue could soon be singing along with fellow star James Blunt as Warner looks to bid for troubled EMI
Norwich Union halts Indian jobs  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Nowich Union will not transfer any more call centre jobs to India, chief executive Simon Machell has pledgedSurvey: Visit our call centre survey
Vodafone's Google tie-up  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Vodafone will put the Google search engine on the front page of its internet-enabled handsets within weeks
John Lewis to create 35,000 jobs  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
John Lewis Partnership is planning to create 35,000 new jobs under an ambitious 10-year plan for the employee-owned business
British Gas cuts online bills again  [02/19/2007 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
M&S to launch eco-store  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer's first ' ecostore' will open by the end of this year as part of its £200m commitment to become carbon neutral by 2012
Broadband paid for in 4 months  [02/19/2007 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
World's largest Co-op formed  [02/19/2007 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
Bank profits soar - along with complaints  [02/19/2007 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
Bank insider guilty of £1.3m fraud scam  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
A 'bank insider' was facing jail today after helping identity thieves plunder £1.3m from accounts
Midas: Clamour for insulation boosts SIG  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's stockpicker looks at an insulation company that should benefit from Heathrow's Terminal Five
I'm a big winner - where's the cash?  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
This week the ace investigator looks at a company that claims people have won big cash prizes, but are simply trying to sell them health products
When will with-profits learn?  [02/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Richard Dyson comments on the disastrous with-profits industry and how it has failed savers for years