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HSBC bombards mobile users - HSBC has secretly launched futuristic scheme that bombards mobile phone users passing branches with adverts - but shoppers say is no better spam M&S poach Tesco fashion boss - In breathtaking High Street coup, Marks & Spencer has poached Terry Green, head of clothing at Tesco, head its increasingly successful fashion business



HSBC bombards mobile users  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
HSBC has secretly launched a futuristic scheme that bombards mobile phone users passing branches with adverts - but shoppers say it is no better than spam
M&S poach Tesco fashion boss  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
In a breathtaking High Street coup, Marks & Spencer has poached Terry Green, head of clothing at Tesco, to head its increasingly successful fashion business
Market report: Friday close  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
17.00:Share prices traded within a narrow range as big City institutions took a look back at what has been a volatile few weeks
£10bn bid for Sainsbury's imminent  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Sainsbury's is expected to receive a £10bn-plus private equity takeover bid by the end of this week
No-win no-fee crackdown  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
No win-no-fee accident management companies face a clampdown when a new regulator for the sector takes charge this month
Peace at Easter for Virgin and Sky?  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
The bitter battle between Virgin Media and BSkyB is set to reach the courts next week - although there are hopes an Easter solution can be found
BT to put betting in your TV  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
BT Vision, the fledgling pay-TV service, is on the brink of signing a deal with betting firm Ladbrokes to allow subscribers to place bets during televised sports events
Biggest-ever credit card theft  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Plastic card details of millions of British and US shoppers have been stolen in the world's biggest-ever attack by credit card criminals
Glitch wrecks 400,000 paydays  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Some 400,000 workers will not get paid as usual today because of problems with the banking system that handles salary payments
Boots bid raised to £10bn  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Alliance Boots deputy chairman and his private equity backers have unleashed an improved £10bn offer for the High Street giant
'Real' anti-ageing cream sold out  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Sales of a £17 Boots anti-ageing cream have rocketed after a study for a BBC TV science programme showed it reduces wrinkles
Air passengers get more rights  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Air passengers are in line to get beefed up rights to compensation when their flights are cancelled, amid claims airlines are wriggling out of payments
Card victims told 'don't call police'  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Victims of debit and credit card fraud are being told not to bother reporting the crime to police, in a move that has stunned security experts
Live football on BBC virtually at an end  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
The BBC's live football coverage was in crisis today after ITV won the rights to screen FA Cup matches
Premiership footballer goes bust  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
£50,000-a-week footballer John Arne Riise has been declared bankrupt by the courts for an unpaid debt of around £100,000
Gatwick bid war looms as BAA faces break-up  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
The prospect of a fierce £3bn bidding war for Gatwick Airport moved closer after the Competition Commission was brought in to investigate the potential break-up of BAA
Brown says US woes will not hit home  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Chancellor Gordon Brown has shrugged off the dangers to the UK posed by the US economic slowdown and property slump
OFT delays bank charge decision  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Consumers will have to wait until the end of the year to find out what the Office of Fair Trading considers is a fair default charge on a current account
Rate rise sparks remortgage rush  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners looking to beat rising interest rates helped push up the number of mortgages taken out in February
Hetherington: Holiday watchdog letdown  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week the Financial Mail's readers' champion Tony Hetherington ivnestigates your problems. This week he takes on a poor holiday deal and mobile giant Vodafone
Silent boss who scorns shareholders  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Shareholders are angry at the Sports Direct flotation but perhaps investors should worry more about the corporate structure at firms where one man wields power
Portman and Nationwide need scrutiny  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
There is less than a month to go before the agm vote on the Portman and Nationwide merger but windfalls should not deter close scrutiny
Midas: York Pharma's winning run  [04/01/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's stockpicker looks at a cream for common ailment athlete's foot could boost York Pharma and updates on environmental consultancy RPS