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Grade unrepentant on phone-ins

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Grade unrepentant phone-ins - ITV boss Michael Grade insisted today he was 'not ashamed' of anything as he promised his channel's controversial premium-rate phone lines would return MPs investigate free banking - Banks are be investigated by MPs amid allegations of profiteering, rip-offs threats impose annual fees current accounts



Grade unrepentant on phone-ins  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
ITV boss Michael Grade insisted today he was 'not ashamed' of anything as he promised his channel's controversial premium-rate phone lines would return
MPs to investigate free banking  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are to be investigated by MPs amid allegations of profiteering, rip-offs and threats to impose annual fees on current accounts
Market report: Wednesday latest  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
12.00:Oil explorer Cairn Energy's recent poor share-price performance resulting in it being dropped today as a constituent of the top 100 companies
Minimum wage to rise by 17p an hour  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
The minimum wage is to increase by 17p an hour to £5.52, the Government announced today, an increase of 3.2%
Stores will pay for 'fuel' repairs  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
Supermarkets vowed to pay for repairs to cars damaged by contaminated petrol - meanwhile a customer sent in the bailiffs to Tesco in a three-year-old fuel dispute
BBC ready to launch online rival to iTunes  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
The BBC was accused of 'creeping commercialisation' yesterday after announcing plans for a new online media player that could rival Apple's iTunes
Tycoon fills trolley with J Sainsbury  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
Secretive property tycoon Robbie Tchenguiz has launched a raid on Sainsbury shares as the battle for control of the grocer hots up
Retiring BP boss picks up £72m  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
BP boss Lord Browne will retire with a payoff of up to £72m, including a £1m-a-year pension
Rate rise is unlikely, say analysts  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
Volatile stock markets and softer economic data are likely to persuade the Bank of England to leave interest rates unchanged running this week
Property could slump, warns IMF  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
World finance super-body the International Monetary Fund has warned that the UK property market is 'overvalued' and could be heading for a slump
Barclaycard moves call centre to India  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclaycard is to close a call centre and move some of the work to India with the loss of more than 600 jobs, it was announced today
£2.5m Lottery jackpot unclaimed  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
National Lottery staff are trying to track down the winner of an unclaimed £2.5m jackpot.
Pension payouts fall 78% in 10 years  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
The value of personal pension payouts has nosedived by more than three-quarters over the past decade, a report has revealed
Tesco to pay for fuel damage  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
Tesco has launched a charm offensive following last week's petol bungle that left drivers with broken down cars
London to Glasgow? It's cheaper to fly  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
The railways have become so expensive that it is cheaper to fly between the nation's major cities, research suggests
ITV phone-ins suspended  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
ITV is taking off air all its premium rate interactive phone-ins following allegations about viewers being ripped off
Fury at banks' £40bn profits  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
A new bank row exploded today as HSBC announced record profits, bringing the total for High Street institutions to just under £40bn
Wealth map reveals UK rich areas  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
London and Hampshire have the greatest concentration of wealthy people in the UK, according to a newly-published 'wealth map'
Petrol firms in profiteering row  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
Oil giants have been accused of cashing in on the tainted-fuel crisis by raising pump prices across Britain
MPC should hold off on rate raise  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
The markets need time to steady nerves following recent turbulence, so this is not the time to be raising interest rates
Banks must get the basics right  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
They were intended to help the most vulnerable, but for many people basic accounts are a rotten introduction to the world of banking
Midas: Take a good look at your portfolio  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
The Mail on Sunday's shares tipper this week advises investors to keep calm. It also focuses on HBOS bank
30-Second Guide to . . . Pension pots  [03/07/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team looks at executive retirement packages following the revelation that BP's Lord Browne will have a £1m-a-year pension