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How banks take revenge - Banks are increasingly kicking out customers who demand refunds of illegal unfair penalty charges>> How reclaim your bank charges The great gas prices revolt - British Gas lost more 1.1m customers last year revolt over rip-off prices



How the banks take revenge  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are increasingly kicking out customers who demand refunds of illegal and unfair penalty charges>> How to reclaim your bank charges
The great gas prices revolt  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
British Gas lost more than 1.1m customers last year in a revolt over rip-off prices
Market report: Thursday latest  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
11:00 Shares of Carphone Warehouse made a positive start as traders breathed an audible sigh of relief when a rumoured big seller failed to materialise
Brown sets March 21 budget  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown is to deliver his 11th and probably final Budget to Parliament on March 21, the Treasury confirmed today
Delay home packs, say lenders  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage lenders have urged the Government to delay the introduction of mandatory home information packs this summer
Google to target piracy  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Online search giant Google says it will soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright holders
4X4 insurance bills to soar  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Owners of 4x4s are likely to bear the brunt of changes in the way car insurance is calculated
£35 for not using your plastic  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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
People power defeats Tesco  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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
IoD wants to kill off IHT  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Inheritance tax should be abolished because it is an unfair penalty on hard-working families, a leading business group said yesterday
High Court pensions victory  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of workers whose company pension schemes collapsed scored a major legal victory today in the fight for compensation
Rate rise squeeze worries Bank  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England is worried that another quick interest rate rise might lead to 'excessive tightening' in the fight against inflation
300,000 sign up to reclaim charges  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are being forced to repay tens of millions of pounds to customers who have been overcharged through illegal overdraft penalty fees
A&L profits soar to £585m  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage lending and savings business lifted Alliance & Leicester profits to £585m, but bad debt has forced the bank to tighten up on loans
Insurers stall mis-selling claims  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Payment protection insurance companies are delaying compensation cases by withholding crucial information from financial watchdogs
SSE to blow rivals 'out of water'  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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
House price boom 'could end soon'  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
The era of rising house prices and low interest rates could soon be at an end, Britain's 18m home owners have been warned
Barclays faces flak over profits  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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
BA Easter strike back on the cards  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
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
BAE dons its flak jacket  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
Few companies have a more central place in public life than BAE Systems - It is the beneficiary of a 'special relationship' with government
30 Second Guide To Regional Agencies  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team look at the Bank of England teams dotted around the country to provide information back to the Square Mile
Midas: Clamour for insulation boosts SIG  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's stockpicker looks at an insulation company that should benefit from Heathrow's Terminal Five
Music giants bid to stop cheap CDs  [02/22/2007 01:17 PM]
The music industry moved today to stop an online retailer selling top CDs at almost half the shop price