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Millions duped by GMTV - Viewers of Britain's most popular breakfast television show GMTV have fallen victim biggest phone-in scandal yet uncovered Homeowners borrow £1bn day - Homeowners borrowed more £1bn day March as mortgage lending hit new record for month, but market may be ready cool



Millions duped by GMTV  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Viewers of Britain's most popular breakfast television show GMTV have fallen victim to the biggest phone-in scandal yet uncovered
Homeowners borrow £1bn a day  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners borrowed more than £1bn a day in March as mortgage lending hit a new record for the month, but the market may be ready to cool
Market report: Monday 12:00  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Lady luck has failed to smile on shareholders of online gambler 888 Holdings, with the shares falling after bookie Ladbrokes pulled out of bid talks
Barclays and ABN tie knot  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays today launched the world's biggest banking takeover deal with an agreed €67bn (£45.6bn) bid for ABN Amro
Average home costs £192,314  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
The cost of the average home has soared to £192,314, accordfing to new figures from the Halifax
Wine prices set to rise  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
British drinkers are facing big increases in the price of Australian wine as the industry suffers from a widespread drought
Top firms offer discounts to cut carbon  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Eight of the country's biggest businesses launched a campaign today to make Britain greener
Interest rates to be 'painfully' high  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Interest rates will stay ' painfully high' until at least 2011, forecasters warned last night
20% of homeowners overpaying  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
The predicted rate rise next month will hit many homeowners harder than necessary, with one in five paying more than they need to by staying on their lenders' standard rate
Banks stall on charges refunds  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Complaints over the way banks handle claims from customers demanding the return of unfair charges have reached record levels
Bogus stockbrokers plotted shares fraud  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Three men who ran a bogus stockbroking firm from a private house in Essex have been convicted of conspiracy to defraud after Financial Mail exposed them
British Gas swamped by billing complaints  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Complaints against British Gas have almost tripled following the introduction of a billing system that over-estimates costs
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday.
Brown's send-off tarnished by debt  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
British business is set to give Gordon Brown a golden send-off if he steps down as Chancellor later this year, it will be claimed tomorrow
Homebuyers borrow £2bn from parents  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of graduates tapping into the bank of mum and dad to fund buying a home has doubled over the past 10 years - with more than £2bn owed to parents
ING Direct slashes savings rate  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
ING Direct is dropping the rate on its Websaver account to 5.5% from 5.65%, just a fortnight before the Bank of England is expected to raise rates
Green grants suspended  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Ministers have suspended a scheme giving grants to householders to make their homes more environmentally-friendly
Tesco could be made to sell off major store  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Tesco could be forced to sell one of its most profitable stores after an investigation into its alleged monopoly of the market
Freeview digital overtakes Sky  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Digital switchover has received a major boost after Freeview overtook Sky to become the most popular way of watching digital TV and launched a programme recorder
Debt generation face bleak future  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's under-40s were today labelled 'Generation Debt' and warned that they were sleepwalking into poverty in retirement
83m Standard Life shares still unclaimed  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Over 220,000 Standard Life members could be missing out on windfalls because they have still not claimed a combined 83m shares
First-time buyers risking all  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
First-time buyers are risking homelessness and financial ruin as they resort to desperate measures to get on the property ladder, a housing charity is warning
Morgan Stanley imposes card fee  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Morgan Stanley has hit customers of its Black cashback credit card with a £20 annual fee
Hetherington: Lies and threats from plot peddlers  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week readers' champion Tony Hetherington investigates your problems - This week he examines a suspicious land investment offer
Midas share tips: Ashtead and PHC  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker says that macinery hire firm Ashtead knows what it is doing
£2m to watch over Equitable woes  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Equitable Life's 2006 accounts demonstrate that while customers continue to get a raw deal, the executive responsible reaps rich rewards
How low will banks stoop to keep our cash?  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are attempting to browbeat those customers trying to recoup overdraft charges by offering them a few pence in the pound and hoping they will go away
30 second guide to Chinese reform  [04/23/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team look at how the Chinese economy is heating up and why American politicians are finding it is harming their constituents