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United Utilities faces £8.5m fine [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The water regulator Ofwat today threatened United Utilities with an £8.5m fine for uncompetitive trading practices
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Pound reaches 26-year dollar high [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The pound continued its surge against the greenback today as it raced further above two dollars
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Market report: Wednesday latest [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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10.15:Top City broker UBS has put a price tag on ICI of 660p a share, which would value the Dulux paint group at £7.88bn should one of its rivals choose to bid
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Bank was clear on holding rates in April [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England voted by a clear majority to keep interest rates on hold this month, despite fears over the volatility of the UK's rate of inflation, it emerged today
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Keyboard that recognises typing 'will cut ID theft' [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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First there was the password, then the fingerprint. Now computer experts have revealed the latest in banking security - software that monitors how you type
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After the gain comes the pain [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Comment: Mervyn King's explanation of the shock inflation figures makes clear that the monetary policy committee has not done its job, says the Daily Mail City Editor
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Packaging adds 20% to cost of fruit [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Food packaging adds more than 20% to the cost of buying fruit at a leading supermarket, an Evening Standard investigation reveals today
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Barclays launches anti-fraud card readers [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Half a million Barclays customers will be issued with debit card readers which will revolutionise online transfers by allowing customers to use their Pin
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Tesco rings up £4,800 a minute [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tesco announced profits of more than £2.5bn today, as it also unveiled plans to expand its non-grocery lines
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Offshore tax amnesty could net £5bn [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government could boost its coffers by as much as £5bn through its purge on savers who don't declare interest from offshore accounts
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Rates to rise as inflation surges [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Interest rates look certain to rise next month after the rate of UK consumer inflation jumped to 3.1% in March
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£8m Lottery mum: I've never been abroad [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Jackpot winner Jennifer Southall doesn't own a passport and has never drunk champagne. Now she has pledged to make up for lost time
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Brown faces pensions no-confidence vote [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown was facing his first Commons vote of no confidence today as a new poll put Labour's support at a 13-year low
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Veterans in pension protest march [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of military veterans marched on Parliament today to demand full service pension rights for personnel who retired before 1975
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£36,000 bank charges victory [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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One of Britain's biggest banks has paid out almost £36,000 to a businessman after he successfully challenged 'rip-off' charges
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Former nanny wins business accolade [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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A former nanny who set up a recruitment business now worth £300m will be named businesswoman of the year today
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Madonna boosts sales at H&M [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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A one-off clothing range launched by Madonna ensured fashion chain H&M posted bumper monthly sales figures today
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Pressure on World Bank chief to go [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The president of the World Bank was severely reprimanded last night over his involvement in a pay-and-promotion deal for his British girlfriend
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NatWest card fees abroad up 66% [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banking giant NatWest will push charges for using debit cards abroad up by two thirds - just in time for the summer holiday season
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Hargreaves float worth £70m to owners [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The flotation of Hargreaves Lansdown - one of the country's biggest private investor firms - will make fortunes for its founders and owners
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Homes rise £22,000 in a year [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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House values have soared by more than £22,000 over the past year but the property market may be ready to cool, according to official figures released today
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King powers the pound [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The two-dollar pound has been predicted so often in recent years that when sterling breached the psychological barrier it seemed like an anti-climax
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30 second guide to Mervyn Kings letter [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team on the letter from the governor of the Bank of England to the Chancellor, and why it hints at an interest rate rise
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Justice for pensioners [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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Today we might finally see justice for the 125,000-plus hard-working Britons who have been denied a comfortable retirement by this government
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Midas: EU rule changes good for Worthington [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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This week the Financial Mail's shares expert Joanne Hart casts an eye over Worthington Nicholls and Scottish Power
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