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Mobile phone bills to be slashed

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Mobile phone bills be slashed - Charges made by mobile phone networks will come under new restrictions from Sunday, which will lead cuts of between 10% 45% MG Rover pensions rescued - The company pensions of thousands of former MG Rover workers have been taken over by Pension Protection Fund



Mobile phone bills to be slashed  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Charges made by mobile phone networks will come under new restrictions from Sunday, which will lead to cuts of between 10% and 45%
MG Rover pensions rescued  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The company pensions of thousands of former MG Rover workers have been taken over by the Pension Protection Fund
Market report: Tuesday latest  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
12.30:US retail giant Wal-Mart has emerged as another potential suitor for the UK's third-largest supermarkets chain J Sainsbury
Nationwide offers 25-year fix mortgage  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
A fixed-rate mortgage lasting for 25 years was launched by Britain's biggest building society yesterday
£19bn boost for company pensions  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The pensions 'black hole' facing the UK's top 200 companies has shrunk by around 40% over the past year, but the outlook remains uncertain
BT backs down over exit fee  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
BT has axed plans to punish customers for leaving its service with a £5 fee - but will push ahead with extra charges for non direct-debit payers
London drives up house prices  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Average prices are contunuing to rise, but outside the capital's catchment area interest rate rises have slowed the property market
Cost of moving triples to £9,500  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Barclays board top fat-cat pay league  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays today revealed its top rainmaker Bob Diamond is its first £100m banker, which makes its board the best-rewarded in the FTSE 100 index
Shutdown threat over TV phone-ins  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
TV stations were warned today by watchdog Ofcom that they could be taken off the air if they continue to break the rules on how quiz shows are run.
EBay-touts hoover up must-have products  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
A cynical new breed of internet profiteers is snapping up all the latest must-have products - and selling them on eBay at rip-off prices when stocks run out
HSBC diverts poor callers abroad  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest bank is diverting poorer customers to foreign call centres while more profitable clients are dealt with in the UK
US tycoon has Gunners in takeover sights  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Speculation was growing today that Arsenal are to become the latest football club to be bought by an American tycoon
102-year-old takes out 25-year mortgage  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
A man of 102 has been given a 25-year interest-only, buy-to-let mortgage for £200,000
£1.9m conman adviser jailed  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
A Leicester-based independent financial adviser who stole £1.9m from clients been jailed for five years
£5bn Taylor-Wimpey tie-up boosts builders  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Shares in the British house construction industry were on fire today, after George Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow announced a £5.5bn merger to create Taylor Wimpey.
Norwich Union's Indian disaster  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Norwich Union has unearthed massive shortcomings in its Indian call centres, including exposing customers to potential fraud
One in ten hit by web fraud  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
One in ten internet users have been a victim of online fraud in the past year, losing an average of nearly £900 each
A global role for EU will help Britain  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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
How I ripped off TV quiz viewers  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
A former television quiz presenter reveals the shocking underhand tricks used to con viewers into spending hundreds of pounds
A-Z of the sunday newspapers  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
BA ready for Spanish raid  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
British Airways is prepared to launch a £2.4bn bid for Iberia, its Madrid-based partner airline
Drivers fined in insurance record chaos  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of motorists are being accused of driving without insurance because their underwriters are too slow in updating records
Small cap share tips: Northbridge and Staffline  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week: Northbridge, Staffline and Mavinwood
Diamond's sparkling deal  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Bob Diamond may be ruing the day he decided to step up to the main board of Barclays exposing himself, his salary and his lifestyle to intrusive media attention
30 Second Guide To Failed Mergers  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine what happens when bosses get carried away with scale - and the excuses they use when things go wrong
Midas: Revamped Catlin set to expand  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail's share tipster looks at insurance company Catlin Group and training business BPP
Gordon's neutral last hurrah  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
True to form Gordon Brown delivered a classic give and take Budget, says Financial Mail economics editor Dan Atkinson
I don't believe your insurance claim  [03/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The ace investigator gives short shrift to an insurance claimant who he thinks his lying about a burglary