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1m could face court over debts [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rising interest rates, mounting personal debt and a get-tough approach by the banks has driven court debt judgments to their highest level in 10 years
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Cheapest energy firm's profits surge 45% [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's cheapest household electricity and gas supplier walked into an energy rip-off storm today as SSE reported profits soaring 45% to more than £1bn
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Market report: Thursday latest [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Shares of Pennon were nudging back towards record highs today despite the water supplier's best efforts at damping down takeover speculation
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House price rises are slowing [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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The rate of house price growth slowed in May as the property market showed further signs of cooling said the UK's biggest building society
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Premiership pay average hits £1m [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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The average Premier League footballer will earn around £1.1m a year next season, according to the latest Deloitte Touche review of football finance
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Currency experts split over pound-dollar [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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A poll of currency market experts has revealed a 60-40 split over whether sterling will fall or rise against the greenback this year
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Mortgages at lowest level for a year [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgages taken out for homebuying have fallen to their lowest level in a year as interest rate hikes and high prices hit the property market
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Fine wine supplier in liquidation [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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One of London's top wine suppliers, which sold new vintages to customers as investments, has collapsed owing thousands of pounds
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The school uniform for under £10 [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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A price war is breaking out on the High Street after Asda unveiled Britain's cheapest school uniform - £9.96 including a pair of shoes
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Energy firm plans green incentive scheme [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Scottish & Southern Energy today said it was planning a new incentive scheme that could help 'green' customers could save about £100 a year on their bills
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Green label plan for everything [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Big retailers are working with the Government on plans to fix 'carbon footprint' labels to products which will tell us how 'green' they are
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Music community Last.fm poached by CBS [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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US media giant CBS moved to catch up with the likes of Google and News Corp today as it bought music and networking website Last.fm for $280m
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Mega-mortgages 'turning us into slaves' [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Spiralling house prices mean Britain could become a 'grossly divided' society as massive mortgages turn young buyers into wage slaves
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New head of World Bank named [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Robert Zoellick, former US trade representative and number two official at the State Department, has been nominated to replace Paul Wolfowitz
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Is this the end of cheap online CDs? [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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The sale of cheap CDs through online music stores has been dealt a hammer blow by a landmark legal case brought by record industry bosses
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House prices leads to London exodus [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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The number of London home owners trying to move to the countryside has doubled in the past year
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Lenders accused on rate hikes [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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The UK's biggest mortgage lenders have raised their interest rates by more than the Bank of England's latest increase
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Electricity giant unveils £600m gas station [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Electricity giant RWE npower is to build a £600m gas power station, it announced today
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Why prices are rising faster in Britain [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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British consumers are suffering the biggest increases in food prices and energy bills of any major economy
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Darling's nuclear gamble [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Any doubts about Labour's commitment to a nuclear future should be dispelled by the government's intention not to allow its holding in British Energy to fall below 29.9%
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30 second guide to...dealing duties [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail City team look at stamp duty on shares and why the Chinese Government has just tripled the rate it charges
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Small cap share tips: APC, Carluccio's, Plethora [05/31/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report rates APC and Plethora as 'speculative buys'
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