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Court test for bank charges [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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A legal showdown between a High Street bank and customer who claims to have been charged excessive penalty fees has been adjourned on its first day
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Gas firms cheat us out of £3m a month [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gas firms are raking in up to £3m in interest every month by overcharging customers by an average of £56
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Market report: Friday latest [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:The odds on Imperial Tobacco succeeding with its £8.2bn bid for Franco-Spanish rival Altadis have lengthened considerably
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Google launches PayPal rival in UK [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Internet giant Google today launched a UK verison of its Checkout payment system, which aims to simplify online shopping and offer a rival to eBay's PayPal.
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Time is up for parking meters [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's most expensive parking hot-spot is scrapping thousands of meters - but motorists shouldn't cheer too soon
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Mortgage that's 9 times salary [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fears of a looming debt crisis have been fuelled by the revelation that some buyers are taking out homeloans worth nine times their salary
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World Bank boss in row over girlfriend [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, faces demands to resign after after admitting he helped secure a promotion and a big pay rise for his girlfriend
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Key workers can't buy in most towns [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than two-thirds of UK towns are unaffordable for key public sector workers, according to a report out today
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Parking charges soar by up to 1000% [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The average cost of leaving a car for two hours has shot up from 86p in 2000 to £1.21 today - a rise of 40%, a survey has revealed
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Virgin sues Sky over fees hike [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Virgin Media is taking arch-rival BSkyB to court, turning the bitter spat over Sky's hike in the fees it charges for its content into a head-on clash
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Ryanair's O'Leary touts £7 flights to US [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Outspoken Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary plans to launch a new carrier offering transatlantic flights for as little as £7, but not yet
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Co-op members will share £42m windfall [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Members of the Co-operative Group will share a pay-out of £42.3m as part of its profits share scheme launched last year
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Mobile firms face cap on roaming charges [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Euro-MPs today backed plans to slash the cost of mobile phone 'roaming' charges - the prices consumers pay to make and receive mobile calls while abroad
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HSBC makes a branch 'rich only' [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest bank has banned poorer customers from one of its branches: those who earn less than £75,000 will no longer be served there
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Housing market shrugs off rate rises [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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House price inflation picked up for the first time in five months during March as the market shrugged off the impact of higher interest rates
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Identity fraud 'surges by 70%' [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Identity fraud in the second half of 2006 was up almost 70% on the same period a year earlier, according to new figures
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Top restaurants rip off diners for wines [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our most celebrated restaurants are charging diners well over the odds for champagne and fine wines, researchers say
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Electricity monitors to show cost of use [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Monitors showing us exactly how much electricity we use - and how much it costs - are to be made available across the country
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Goofy gadgets boost Lakeland [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Profits at household products firm Lakeland have soared as thousands of us rush to buy strange, but useful gizmos we never knew we needed
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£129 New York flights take off [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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A Transatlantic air fares war will break out today when a new budget airline announces flights to New York from as little as £129
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IMF warns over £58bn UK black hole [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Soaring health care and pension costs will put an intolerable strain on public finances as Britain grows old, says the International Monetary Fund
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The mechanic's son on £150m a year [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Christopher Hohn, the son of a car mechanic, was named yesterday as one of the best-paid City fund managers in Britain, as he pocketed up to £150m last year
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Debt firms rapped for inflated claims [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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3G price war as mobile web cost slashed [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mobile phone companies today slashed internet access costs in a new price war, but industry experts warn of desperation
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Time to clear up the slick [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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BP chairman Peter Sutherland may not see it as a shareholder 'revolt', but everyone else does. Getting nearly a quarter of them decide to make a public protest over pay is no mean feat
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30 second guide toDirectors pay vote [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails city team look at the ballots that allow shareholders to bit back at high-flying directors
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Hetherington: Money down a Slovakian drain [04/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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