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Banks retreat in test case over charges [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds in refunds to customers yesterday rather than risk defeat by defending their actions in court
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Moneysupermarket to float in July at £1bn [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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The biggest stock-market sale open to ordinary punters since Lastminute.com was announced today as financial products comparison site Moneysupermarket.com said it will list next month
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Market report: Friday latest [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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10.45:Wm Morrison's newly ringing tills are worth backing, says City heavyweight Morgan Stanley, which today took the country's fourth-largest supermarket group off its sick list
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Mail in chaos as postmen strike [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Postal services were crippled today as up to 130,000 postmen and women walked out on strike in protest over pay and working conditions
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BAA's Spanish owner in Heathrow threat [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Spanish owner of Heathrow is threatening to hold the capital to ransom over the construction of a massive new terminal at the airport, due to be delivered in time for the 2012 London Olympics
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You're dead, bank tells customer [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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An Abbey customer visited her local branch and was astonished to be told that her account had been closed because she was dead
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Broadband firms slow to deliver [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Broadband companies are failing to provide the high-speed Internet services their advertising promises
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Gadget lovers flock to iPhone launch [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gadget lovers are queuing round the block in New York to get their hands on the iPhone when it launches this evening - and experts are claiming it will be a justified hit
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Digby Jones made Government minister [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Former CBI chief Sir Digby Jones today joined Gordon Brown's Government in the latest reshuffle surprise
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Property prices surge again [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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House prices rose by over 1% this month - more than double the rate of increase seen in May, says the country's biggest building society
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Business leaders to 'hold Brown to account' [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown is to be held to account on the economy by an independent committee of business leaders announced by the new Prime Minister today
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'Work for nothing' plea by Kwik Save [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Workers at crisis-hit supermarket chain Kwik Save are being asked to work unpaid for another week to save the company from going bust
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'Safe' Darling gets City nod as Chancellor [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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The City was today coming to terms with a sweeping reshuffle at the top of the Government under Prime Minister Gordon Brown
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Europe to fight Spanish land grab laws [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Spanish homeowners have taken a major step forward in their fight against land grab laws after the European Commission launched legal action against Spain's controversial legislation
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Pottermania boosts acquisitive Bloomsbury [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Harry Potter fever surrounding the seventh and final book in the series about the schoolboy wizard has driven a boom in overseas demand, publisher Bloomsbury said today
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Co-op members get £20m in points scheme [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Co-operative Group said today its members would share dividend payments of £19.6m after another strong year from the business
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'Hooray Henwis' from the east join millionaire's row [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millionaires are busting out all over. There are at least 485,000 in Britain and 9,500,000 in the world, says a new study
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US lending shockwave hits the UK [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fears of fresh contagion from the meltdown in US sub-prime mortgages have spread after this week's dramatic losses at AIM-quoted Queen's Walk Investments
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Crackdown on financial advisers [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial advisers will soon have to justify the title 'independent' after a watchdog today proposed a crackdown on accepting commission from providers
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Millionaires' huge cash boost to Brown [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's first day as Prime Minister faces being marred by a funding row as new details emerged of his millionaire backers
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Safe hand at the Treasury [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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The arrival of Alistair Darling at the Treasury is the least surprising of Brown's Cabinet choices, but he will need a strong hand in months to come
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30 second guide to...CDOs [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mails City team examine the world of collaterised debt obligations, where investors can take a punt on debt
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Homebuyers at mercy of twist of the screw... [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgages offering a mouth-wateringly low rate followed by a compulsory period of standard-rate borrowing can be catastrophic for householders
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Paying for Brown boredom [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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For someone routinely accused of lacking understanding of the English middle class, Gordon Brown has shown a firm grasp of one yearning throughout our suburbs
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Hetherington: From Big Brother to shady share tipping [06/29/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he waves goodbye to Pacific Continental but examines their latest spin-off
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