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Overseas mobile costs slashed [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The cost of using a mobile phone abroad should be slashed by mid-August after a landmark deal on roaming charges was approved
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Bank considered 0.5% rate rise [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England considered hitting homeowners and borrowers with a 0.5% interest rate rise for the first time in 10 years of independence, it was disclosed today
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Market report: Wednesday latest [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.00:Investors were piling in for Marks & Spencer today after a near-5% drop in the shares yesterday made them look good value again
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Road pricing gets green light [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Drivers face paying up to £1.50 a mile after the Government decided to ignore 1.8m protests against it on an official online petition
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Bank customer wins 'harassment' fight [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A woman subjected to a stream of letters and phone calls from the Halifax after she went overdrawn has won compensation after launching a landmark legal claim
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Energy minister stands firm on nuclear [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government made clear today that it wants nuclear power to remain part of the UK's energy mix
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Asda dumps singles for £7.97 album [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Asda is ditching the CD single as music buyers desert the format and will fill its shelves with £7.97 CD albums in a move that may spark a price war
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The £65 cut-price online divorce [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Adverts for cut-price divorce services are to be screened on television for the first time, with the price of getting unhitched just £65, plus VAT
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Sunshine pushes up price of fruit and veg [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The price of some vegetables has risen by more than a third because of last summer's heatwave, it emerged yesterday
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The supermarkets that cheat sell-by dates [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A litany of food safety breaches has been exposed in a BBC investigation at two of Britain's biggest supermarket chains
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Home packs launch postponed [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government has bowed to months of pressure from the property industry and delayed the introduction of controversial home information packs
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Older people boosting Britain [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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People in their sixties and seventies are providing a huge boost to the UK economy as they stay healthy and active in old age, a major study reveals
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£5bn tax credits write-off looms [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's 'shambolic' tax credits scheme has cost the taxpayer more than £5bn, new figures will show today
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Martha Lane Fox joins M&S [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Dotcom millionaire Martha Lane Fox is to join the board of Marks & Spencer in a high-profile return to public life after the car crash that almost killed her
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UK energy firms 'set to go in mega-deals' [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The future of Britain's last remaining independent power and gas suppliers Centrica and Scottish and Southern Energy is bleak
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Buyout king's £2.4bn bid for EMI [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financier Guy Hands is bracing himself for a bid battle to win control of struggling EMI after wrong-footing rivals to win board support for a surprise £2.4bn cash bid
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Bank charge victim back in court [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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A court reserved judgment today in Tom Brennan's bid for damages over the 'unfair' penalty fees he says he was charged by NatWest
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Bank charge and PPI disputes on the rise [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The number of complaints to the Ombudsman about payment protection insurance and bank charges increased last year, despite fewer complaints overall
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M&S to charge for plastic bags [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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M&S is to start charging for plastic bags as part of a £200m scheme to encourage shoppers to go green
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Pension victims deserve a little credit [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government has argued that it cannot afford to compensate victims of the pension wind-up scandal. So how can it write-off £5bn of tax credit mistakes?
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GSK prepares its defences [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Now that the initial market shock over Avandia has been absorbed, GlaxoSmith-Kline shares have started to bounce back
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30 second guide to Meta-analysis [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team examine the studies that scientists conduct into pharmaceutical drugs - and why it can make big companies like GlaxoSmithKline nervous
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Hetherington: Bank's charges to pensioner [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he tackles a bank which imposed heavy charges on a pensioner for a small mistake and a boiler room scam
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Broking duo leave questions to be asked [05/23/2007 01:17 PM]
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Those in the retail investment industry have seen their personal wealth rise dramatically in recent times, but questions need to be asked of firms such as Hargreaves Lansdown
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