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HSBC diverts poor callers abroad [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest bank is diverting poorer customers to foreign call centres while more profitable clients are dealt with in the UK
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London drives up house prices [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Average prices are contunuing to rise, but outside the capital's catchment area interest rate rises have slowed the property market
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Market report: Monday latest [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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10.45:Shares in Whitbread raced up to record highs today after the leisure group confirmed last week's report it had received approaches for its David Lloyd fitness chain
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Cost of moving triples to £9,500 [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The cost of moving home has more than tripled over the past decade - creating a vicious circle where a lack of supply pushes prices up further
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US tycoon has Gunners in takeover sights [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Speculation was growing today that Arsenal are to become the latest football club to be bought by an American tycoon
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£1.9m conman adviser jailed [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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A Leicester-based independent financial adviser who stole £1.9m from clients been jailed for five years
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One in ten hit by web fraud [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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One in ten internet users have been a victim of online fraud in the past year, losing an average of nearly £900 each
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102-year-old takes out 25-year mortgage [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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A man of 102 has been given a 25-year interest-only, buy-to-let mortgage for £200,000
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£5bn Taylor-Wimpey tie-up boosts builders [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shares in the British house construction industry were on fire today, after George Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow announced a £5.5bn merger over the weekend
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A global role for EU will help Britain [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monday view:The 50th anniversary of the the Treaty of Rome provoked mixed emotions for some in Britain - But by any objective measure the EU has been an extraordinary success
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A-Z of the sunday newspapers [03/26/2007 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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How I ripped off TV quiz viewers [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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A former television quiz presenter reveals the shocking underhand tricks used to con viewers into spending hundreds of pounds
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BA ready for Spanish raid [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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British Airways is prepared to launch a £2.4bn bid for Iberia, its Madrid-based partner airline
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Norwich Union's Indian disaster [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Norwich Union has unearthed massive shortcomings in its Indian call centres, including exposing customers to potential fraud
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Brown struggles to hit his own targets [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown has one of the worst records in Whitehall for hitting his own efficiency targets, it emerged in last week's Budget
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Drivers fined in insurance record chaos [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of motorists are being accused of driving without insurance because their underwriters are too slow in updating records
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Rivals call for Royal Mail to slash charges [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Royal Mail could be forced by the industry regulator to cut the price of delivering rivals' letters for the 'final mile' - a move it claims could be crippling
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Virgin faces probe over Pipex deal [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin Media is hot favourite to buy broadband company Pipex for about £470m, with a deal possible this week
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Is Barclays merger about ego over profits? [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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City Analysis:Is the ABN Amro merger good business for Barclays, or the chief executive just trying to impress the in-laws? Simon Watkins reports
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6.4m yet to claim bank charges [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions who are entitled to a refund of unfair bank charges are failing to make a claim, with many fearing retaliation, according to a study
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RBS force staff to take accounts [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Royal Bank of Scotland has told staff they must take out one of the company's bank accounts or face disciplinary action
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I don't believe your insurance claim [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The ace investigator gives short shrift to an insurance claimant who he thinks his lying about a burglary
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Gordon's neutral last hurrah [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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True to form Gordon Brown delivered a classic give and take Budget, says Financial Mail economics editor Dan Atkinson
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Midas: Revamped Catlin set to expand [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail's share tipster looks at insurance company Catlin Group and training business BPP
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Shame of TV's tame watchdog [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail on Sunday editor says that Ofcom should be tougher on TV companies that rip-off viewers
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Tea, biscuits and some tough questions [03/26/2007 01:17 PM]
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Jeff Prestridge looks at the building society agm season and says members should be asking their boards some tough questions
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