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United Utilities faces £8.5m fine

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United Utilities faces £8.5m fine - The water regulator Ofwat today threatened United Utilities with an £8.5m fine for uncompetitive trading practices Pound reaches 26-year dollar high - The pound continued its surge against greenback today as raced further above two dollars



United Utilities faces £8.5m fine  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The water regulator Ofwat today threatened United Utilities with an £8.5m fine for uncompetitive trading practices
Pound reaches 26-year dollar high  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The pound continued its surge against the greenback today as it raced further above two dollars
Market report: Wednesday latest  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Bank was clear on holding rates in April  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Keyboard that recognises typing 'will cut ID theft'  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
First there was the password, then the fingerprint. Now computer experts have revealed the latest in banking security - software that monitors how you type
After the gain comes the pain  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Packaging adds 20% to cost of fruit  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Food packaging adds more than 20% to the cost of buying fruit at a leading supermarket, an Evening Standard investigation reveals today
Barclays launches anti-fraud card readers  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Half a million Barclays customers will be issued with debit card readers which will revolutionise online transfers by allowing customers to use their Pin
Tesco rings up £4,800 a minute  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Tesco announced profits of more than £2.5bn today, as it also unveiled plans to expand its non-grocery lines
Offshore tax amnesty could net £5bn  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
The Government could boost its coffers by as much as £5bn through its purge on savers who don't declare interest from offshore accounts
Rates to rise as inflation surges  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Interest rates look certain to rise next month after the rate of UK consumer inflation jumped to 3.1% in March
£8m Lottery mum: I've never been abroad  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Jackpot winner Jennifer Southall doesn't own a passport and has never drunk champagne. Now she has pledged to make up for lost time
Brown faces pensions no-confidence vote  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Veterans in pension protest march  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of military veterans marched on Parliament today to demand full service pension rights for personnel who retired before 1975
£36,000 bank charges victory  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
One of Britain's biggest banks has paid out almost £36,000 to a businessman after he successfully challenged 'rip-off' charges
Former nanny wins business accolade  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
A former nanny who set up a recruitment business now worth £300m will be named businesswoman of the year today
Madonna boosts sales at H&M  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
A one-off clothing range launched by Madonna ensured fashion chain H&M posted bumper monthly sales figures today
Pressure on World Bank chief to go  [04/18/2007 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
NatWest card fees abroad up 66%  [04/18/2007 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
Hargreaves float worth £70m to owners  [04/18/2007 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
Homes rise £22,000 in a year  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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
King powers the pound  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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
30 second guide to Mervyn Kings letter  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Justice for pensioners  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
Today we might finally see justice for the 125,000-plus hard-working Britons who have been denied a comfortable retirement by this government
Midas: EU rule changes good for Worthington  [04/18/2007 01:17 PM]
This week the Financial Mail's shares expert Joanne Hart casts an eye over Worthington Nicholls and Scottish Power