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High Court pensions victory [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of workers whose company pension schemes collapsed scored a major legal victory today in the fight for compensation
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£35 for not using your plastic [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds TSB is forcing thousands of its most prudent credit card customers to pay an annual fee of £35 because they do not run up any debt
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Market report: Wednesday latest [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.00:Imperial Tobacco shares rose on talk that it could be the next target in a new round of consolidation within the worldwide tobacco industry
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Rate rise squeeze worries Bank [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England is worried that another quick interest rate rise might lead to 'excessive tightening' in the fight against inflation
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People power defeats Tesco [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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A massive development by Tesco in London has been stopped by people power - meanwhile neighbours of boss Terry Leahy are angered by plans to turn a pub into a store
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A&L profits soar to £585m [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage lending and savings business lifted Alliance & Leicester profits to £585m, but bad debt has forced the bank to tighten up on loans
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Japan interest rate highest in decade [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of Japan today lifted interest rates to 0.5%, the highest in a decade, as the Japanese economy continued to recover
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Insurers stall mis-selling claims [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Payment protection insurance companies are delaying compensation cases by witholding crucial information from financial watchdogs
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IoD wants to kill off IHT [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Inheritance tax should be abolished because it is an unfair penalty on hard-working families, a leading business group said yesterday
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TUC boss puts the spotlight on 'strippers' [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Trades Union Congress leader Brendan Barber has turned the heat up on private equity companies by warning the trustees of pension schemes against investing in their funds
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BA Easter strike back on the cards [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The threat of Easter strike action at British Airways was renewed today - Talks between the company and the powerful GMB union in the pensions row have stalled
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Barclays faces flak over profits [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Reported at £7.1bn this morning, Barclays profits for 2006 were far higher than forecast and triggered a storm of protest from consumer groups and politicians
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300,000 sign up to reclaim charges [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks are being forced to repay tens of millions of pounds to customers who have been overcharged through illegal overdraft penalty fees
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Firms that keep you hanging on... and on [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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British Gas is the worst in the UK at keeping callers waiting, with TV company Sky a close second| GUIDE: How to avoid call centre queues
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Tax win for M&S could hit state coffers [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer won a key ruling in a £100m tax dispute that could boost the chances of other similar claims being paid out by the British government
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Portman to cull nine branches [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Portman Building Society is closing nine branches in the West Midlands after a review of its network
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House price boom 'could end soon' [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The era of rising house prices and low interest rates could soon be at an end, Britain's 18m home owners have been warned
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SSE to blow rivals 'out of water' [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Scottish and Southern Energy will ride into the energy price war within days by undercutting rivals, as the latest move by Npower met a muted response
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Biggest January for mortgages [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Homeowners borrowed another record amount last month, but credit card borrowing has seen the biggest drop ever registered
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Richard and Judy's phone quiz apology [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Richard madeley and Judy Finnegan yesterday apologised to TV viewers over allegations that their chatshow has been running a premium rate phone quiz scam.
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Quarter of over-65s face poverty [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Ministers have revealed that pensioners in Britain are among the poorest in the EU when their income is compared to average earnings
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Private equity under siege [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rarely these days does the TUC strike the right note - But when it comes to questioning the practices of private equity it is spot on
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30 Second Guide To... Exchange Traded Funds [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team look at the increasingly popular way to get exposure to a range of stocks in one security
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This week's small cap share tips [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week: EBT, Contemporary Enterprises and Bond
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Midas: Clamour for insulation boosts SIG [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's stockpicker looks at an insulation company that should benefit from Heathrow's Terminal Five
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I'm a big winner - where's the cash? [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Music giants bid to stop cheap CDs [02/21/2007 01:17 PM]
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The music industry moved today to stop an online retailer selling top CDs at almost half the shop price
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