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Call for 8% rates to cool housing [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Exclusive:Interest rates need to go above 8% to control booming house prices, a leading economist has warned
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Cost of mobiles abroad to be cut 60% [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The cost of making calls in Europe could soon be cut by up to 60% after the EU threatened to rush through laws to reduce roaming charges
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Market report: Tuesday latest [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.00:Bid target Alliance Boots traded at new record levels as City speculators awaited news of a higher offer from US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Channel 4 drops racing phone-in [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Channel 4 has suspended phone-in competitions in its horseracing coverage during Cheltenham Week because of a problem with its phone service supplier, it announced today
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Families duped by holiday deals [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tour companies are charging families who book foreign holidays with child discounts more than a group of adults on the same trip
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House price growth cools [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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House price inflation cooled for a fourth consecutive month in February as interest rate hikes continued to eat at affordability
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Insulate your home for free [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown has given a hint of the eco-credentials of next week's Budget by promising grants to have every UK home insulated
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Data confirms property booming [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government figures released today confirmed that house price inflation picked up speed in January with the annual rate of increase recorded at 10.9%
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ID card details for sale to banks [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks and other businesses are to be sold personal information stored on the Government's ID cards database in order to fund the scheme
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Men's salaries cut to pay for women's rises [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of thousands of men working in the public sector could have their salaries cut to fund increases for female staff it emerged today.
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New homes 'threat to 10,000 green belt acres' [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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At least 10,000 acres of green belt land will be destroyed to meet the Government's house-building targets, rural campaigners have warned
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ITV quiz says two plus two is 506 [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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ITV could be fined after broadcasting a mathematics challenge on late-night television which some of the country's best brains are unable to solve
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Boots rejects £9.7bn approach [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The board of Boots today rejected a £9.7bn takeover bid from its deputy chairman Stefano Pessina and private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Aston Martin bought by entrepreneur [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Aston Martin was sold today to a consortium led by motor-racing entrepreneur David Richards, in a £480m Kuwaiti-backed
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Let the MPC keep up the good work [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:Ten years on it's time to judge the MPC - Only pointy-headed academics and opposition politicians would argue for change
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Tory flight tax plan rubbished [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Radical Tory plans to introduce environmental taxes on flights to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions triggered an angry backlash last night
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Has cash had its chips? [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Until now, royalty and paupers have been the only ones not to carry cash. But within five years, it could apply to all of us
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£2bn unfair charges still to be claimed [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than half of those who are eligible to reclaim unfair penalty charges from the banks, have yet to take action
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Boots crisis talks on £10bn bid [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Directors of Alliance Boots are this weekend convening an emergency board meeting to consider Friday's shock £9.7bn takeover offer
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Virgin Radio admits phone request scam [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin Radio has admitted charging listeners for record requests that they stand little or no chance of hearing on air, echoing the scandal over TV phone-ins
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£60,000 homes go on sale for £175,000 [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The flagship scheme to build affordable homes for just £60,000 was last night facing embarrassment after the first properties went on sale - for at least £175,000 each
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Rubbish tax 'could be £20 a week' [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Government proposals to charge households according to the weight of rubbish they generate could cost families more than £1,000 a year, a senior council chief has warned
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No grazie to an Italian job [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Alliance Boots board had to reject the bid from KKR and executive deputy chairman Stefano Pessina - Anything else would have felt like an inside stitch-up
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30 Second Guide To Chinese walls [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team examine the measures that financial institutions take to prevent conflicts of interest - and wonder whether they actually work
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Expert small cap share tips [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week, SQS is rated as a 'strong buy'
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Midas: Morgan's focus still on growth [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail on Sunday's star share tipper gives the thumbs up to Morgan Sindall and a qualified approval to GTE
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Tricked by a charity publisher [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Financial Mail's ace investigator Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries
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