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Homes 'earning' £280 per day

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Homes 'earning' £280 per day - Property asking prices are rising by nearly £280 day - with typical homes said be 'earning' five times more owners Natwest card fees abroad up 66% - Banking giant Natwest will push charges for using debit cards abroad up by two thirds - just time for summer holiday season



Homes 'earning' £280 per day  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Property asking prices are rising by nearly £280 a day - with typical homes said to be 'earning' five times more than their owners
Natwest card fees abroad up 66%  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Banking giant Natwest will push charges for using debit cards abroad up by two thirds - just in time for the summer holiday season
Market report: Monday latest  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
0.8.45:The London stock market extended last week's bullish run with shares hitting a six-and-half year high at the start of trading
Pressure on World Bank chief to go  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
The president of the World Bank was severely reprimanded last night over his involvement in a pay-and-promotion deal for his British girlfriend
Hargreaves float worth £70m to owners  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
The flotation of Hargreaves Lansdown - one of the country's biggest private investor firms - will make fortunes for its founders and owners
Branson in US air fare battle  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Sir Richard Branson is planning to take on Ryanair in a cut-price air war on the lucrative transatlantic routes
Security fears over energy inspectors  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Energy inspectors brought in for the new property sales packs will not be regulated with criminal record checks
More chances to win on Premium Bonds  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
National Savings and Investments will award an extra three £1m prizes in June - but you must buy the bonds before the end of April to be eligible
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Phone scam victims still owed cash  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Channel 4 has failed to pay a single penny to viewers ripped off in the Richard And Judy phone quiz scam, despite being promised their money back
Wind turbines 'not reliable'  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Suppliers of electricity from wind turbines are highly erratic and cast doubts on their reliability as a source of power, official figures reveal
Tesco to unveil record profits  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
As Sainsbury's feels the pressure, Tesco will this week confirm its dominance in the sector with record profits of about £2.5bn
Sainsbury's bid collapse costs  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Analysis:The Sainsbury's board has been left to fume as the family blocks the £10bn takeover and scuppers a massive pay day
Sunday newspaper share tips  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Each week, we round up the main share tips from the Sunday newspapers. This week the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times
Need a cheap plumber? Don't ring a Pole  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Polish plumbers and builders have hiked their prices - allowing British tradesmen to win back business
Blow to inheritance tax loophole  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands more families could be pushed into paying inheritance tax following a new legal ruling
Google launches PayPal rival in UK  [04/16/2007 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.
Mortgage that's 9 times salary  [04/16/2007 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
Pay dips for million-pound plumber  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's richest plumber, Charlie Mullins, took a 27% pay cut last year to help lift his company back into the black
Key workers can't buy in most towns  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
More than two-thirds of UK towns are unaffordable for key public sector workers, according to a report out today
HSBC makes a branch 'rich only'  [04/16/2007 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
RBS plans ABN bid hijack  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays is facing a multi-billion pound challenge from RBS to its planned takeover of ABN Amro, with calls to open up the bidding
Virgin sues Sky over fees hike  [04/16/2007 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  [04/16/2007 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
Midas: EU rule changes good for Worthington  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail's shares expert Joanne Hart casts an eye over Worthington Nicholls and Scottish Power
A positive vibration from IMF  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Bob Marley may no longer be with us, but his spirit appears to live on at the International Monetary Fund
Banks want to divide and rule  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
HSBC's decision to concentrate on premium customers at its Canford Cliffs branch could set a worrying trend for customers
Hetherington: A fake Canadian shares company  [04/16/2007 01:17 PM]
This week the ace investigator looks at WR Bainbridge - a company offering to buy shares at vastly inflated prices