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Court test for bank charges

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Court test for bank charges - A legal showdown between High Street bank customer who claims have been charged excessive penalty fees has been adjourned Mortgage that's 9 times salary - Fears of looming debt crisis have been fuelled by revelation that some buyers are taking out homeloans worth nine times salary



Court test for bank charges  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
A legal showdown between a High Street bank and customer who claims to have been charged excessive penalty fees has been adjourned
Mortgage that's 9 times salary  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Fears of a looming debt crisis have been fuelled by the revelation that some buyers are taking out homeloans worth nine times their salary
Market report: Friday close  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
17.00:The odds on Imperial Tobacco succeeding with its £8.2bn bid for Franco-Spanish rival Altadis have lengthened considerably in recent days
Gas firms cheat us out of £3m a month  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Gas firms are raking in up to £3m in interest every month by overcharging customers by an average of £56
Google launches PayPal rival in UK  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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.
Time is up for parking meters  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's most expensive parking hot-spot is scrapping thousands of meters - but motorists shouldn't cheer too soon
Key workers can't buy in most towns  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
More than two-thirds of UK towns are unaffordable for key public sector workers, according to a report out today
Parking charges soar by up to 1000%  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
HSBC makes a branch 'rich only'  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Virgin sues Sky over fees hike  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
World Bank boss in row over girlfriend  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Ryanair's O'Leary touts £7 flights to US  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Outspoken Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary plans to launch a new carrier offering transatlantic flights for as little as £7, but not yet
Co-op members will share £42m windfall  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Members of the Co-operative Group will share a pay-out of £42.3m as part of its profits share scheme launched last year
Mobile firms face cap on roaming charges  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Housing market shrugs off rate rises  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Identity fraud 'surges by 70%'  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Identity fraud in the second half of 2006 was up almost 70% on the same period a year earlier, according to new figures
Top restaurants rip off diners for wines  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Our most celebrated restaurants are charging diners well over the odds for champagne and fine wines, researchers say
Electricity monitors to show cost of use  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Monitors showing us exactly how much electricity we use - and how much it costs - are to be made available across the country
Goofy gadgets boost Lakeland  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Profits at household products firm Lakeland have soared as thousands of us rush to buy strange, but useful gizmos we never knew we needed
£129 New York flights take off  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
A Transatlantic air fares war will break out today when a new budget airline announces flights to New York from as little as £129
IMF warns over £58bn UK black hole  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Soaring health care and pension costs will put an intolerable strain on public finances as Britain grows old, says the International Monetary Fund
Time to clear up the slick  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
30 second guide toDirectors pay vote  [04/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails city team look at the ballots that allow shareholders to bit back at high-flying directors
Hetherington: Money down a Slovakian drain  [04/14/2007 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