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Energy firms profiteering on cheaper gas

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Energy firms profiteering cheaper gas - Energy giants have been criticised for failing cut prices despite sharp drop cost of wholesale gas, with at least 23m households seeing no drop bills New homes are getting smaller - Tiny, packed together even greater numbers still expensive for young adults - official picture of property landscape today



Energy firms profiteering on cheaper gas  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Energy giants have been criticised for failing to cut their prices despite a sharp drop in the cost of wholesale gas, with at least 23m households seeing no drop in bills
New homes are getting smaller  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Tiny, packed together in even greater numbers and still too expensive for young adults - the official picture of the property landscape today
Market report: Wednesday latest  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
11.45:The joint founder and former chief executive of Kazakhmys is severing his connections with Borat's favourite company by cashing in his remaining £252m of chips
Debt firms rapped for inflated claims  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
A crackdown on misleading advertising saw three providers of IVAs censured today for making exaggerated claims over the amount of debt customers can write off
The building society pension fat cats  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
At least six building society bosses have accumulated pension pots in excess of £3m, a survey of the latest society accounts shows
London luxury homes average £5m  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Foreign millionaires and City workers with big bonus cheques drove the price of London's luxury homes to a new record last month
First-time buyers at two-year low  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of first-time buyers entering the property market fell in February to the lowest level for nearly two years said the Council of Mortgage Lenders
Postmen bowed by HSBC's 3lb report  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Postmen are staggering under a blockbuster annual report from banking giant HSBC, a 454-page volume that weighs no less than 3lb
Sainsbury bid close to collapse  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The takeover bid for J Sainsbury was crumbling rapidly today as two of the three private-equity firms funding the deal quit in the face of the founding family's opposition
Accident Group boss killed in car crash  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The former boss of a Manchester-based accident claims company who sacked his 2,500 staff by text message has died in a car crash in Spain, the Foreign Office said today
Sub-prime mortgage lenders face probe  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The country's leading financial watchdog today said it will investigate the market in sub-prime mortgages to make sure borrowers are being treated fairly
The £1.6bn cost of throwing that 'sickie'  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Workers took an astonishing 2m undeserved days off 'sick' last year costing the economy £1.6bn last year, a report reveals today
Cold kills City chief on mountain pilgrimage  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The millionaire chief of a City investment fund has died after becoming trapped in a snowstorm in the Pyrenees
Two days a month wasted surfing net  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Computer users waste up to two days a month surfing in cyberspace for things they don't need, a survey claims
China slams US piracy complaints  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
China today denounced a US decision to take it to the World Trade Organisation over complaints of widespread piracy and counterfeiting of US goods
Average family's wealth shrinks £1,500  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Big mortgages and lack of savings mean many people in the UK do not have a penny in 'disposable wealth'
Jobless youngsters costs billions  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
A 'lost generation' of unemployed youngsters is costing the economy billions of pounds a year in benefits
A £12 bank charge for changing address  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are to charge customers £12 for failing to tell them of a change of address
Britain's a nation of part-timers  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain is fast turning into one of the world's part-time nations, with a quarter of the workforce spending less than 30 hours a week at work
Offshore tax amnesty disaster  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
A Revenue purge on offshore accounts could mean chaos, experts say. Investors have just weeks to declare unpaid tax and interest
Heaven is in Devon for the great escapists  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
A four-bedroom country cottage in the South West is the favourite prospect in a survey of those seeking an alternative life
Home seller pack chaos  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The Government's new property sales pack scheme is heading for crisis - with potentially momentous consequences for the housing market
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
CVC passes sell-by date  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
It is good to see that private equity executives can be just as cackhanded as their public sector counterparts
30 second guide to systemic crisis  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine the domino-effect financial disasters that keep industry watchdogs awake at night
Small cap share tips: Mission Marketing and Hexagon  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week, Mission Marketing is rated a 'strong buy'
Hetherington: Money down a Slovakian drain  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week readers' champion Tony Hetherington investigates your problems - This week he examines a fraudster offering worthless warrants and an update on a vanishing adviser
The customers champion loses points  [04/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Nationwide Building Society may hold the high moral ground over the banks but it is not immune from occasional criticism