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Norwich Union windfalls may be axed

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Norwich Union windfalls may be axed - Insurance giant giant Aviva is believed be trying shelve controversial plan free £4bn of surplus assets its Norwich Union with-profits business Home packs doubt as prices slashed - The future of home information packs is doubt after major supplier slashed prices ahead of August's phased introduction - promised refunds if they fail go live by October



Norwich Union windfalls may be axed  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Insurance giant giant Aviva is believed to be trying to shelve a controversial plan to free £4bn of surplus assets in its Norwich Union with-profits business
Home packs in doubt as prices slashed  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The future of home information packs is in doubt after a major supplier slashed prices ahead of August's phased introduction - and promised refunds if they fail to go live by October
Market report: Friday close  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
17.00:Millionaire Spurs fan and property developer Paul Kemsley is reckoned to be building up a big stake in property developer Quintain Estates as the prelude to a full bid
Rain dampens M&S sales  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The recent wet weather will be blamed this week by Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose for dismal sales figures
Waitrose plans big expansion  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The new boss of Waitrose is eyeing smaller stores as part of an aggressive expansion that will open up access to its shops to millions more
Fury over UK leaded petrol exports  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Environmentalists have attacked Britain's continuing export of lead petrol additives, decades after they were phased out in the UK
Taxman blunders mean 1m pay wrong bill  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
More than a million of us are paying the wrong amount of tax because of blunders by the taxman
10 new channels in radio 'Big Bang Day'  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
A consortium led by Channel 4 today won the right to operate 10 new digital radio stations in a major shake-up of the industry
Luton Airport expansion plans scrapped  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Plans for a major expansion of Luton Airport have been scrapped with its owners citing the cost of building a new runway as the deciding factor
Standard Life bonus shares boost  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
More than 1.7m Standard Life small shareholders are to receive bonus shares worth about £137 each to mark the anniversary of the insurer's flotation
Richard & Judy phone quiz in record fine  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The company behind the Richard and Judy premium rate telephone quiz scandal has been hit with a record fine and ordered to repay cash to callers who were misled
Voters to get say in spending council tax  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Council tax payers are to get a greater say over how their money is spent, in what Communities Secretary Hazel Blears called a major shift away from centralisation
More get help with university bills  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of middle-class students will get grants to cover their university living costs amid fears they are being priced out of degree courses
Bank turns rates screw with 0.25% hike  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners were facing mortgage misery today after the Bank of England raised interest rates to 5.75%Has your savings rate risen?
Astra overtakes Focus as best-selling car  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Vauxhall accelerated ahead of arch rival Ford to top the new car sales table last month, it was revealed today
Bank charges test case moves closer  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
A bank defending customers' claims for unfair charges has been ordered by a judge to justify its penalty fees, in what could be a major test case
Postal workers strike again next week  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Postal workers are to stage a fresh 24-hour strike in a bitter row over pay and jobs, crippling mail deliveries for the second time in a fortnight
High Street sales a washout  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Fashion bosses are talking of carnage on the High Street, as retail chains are hammered by the dismal weather
O2 winning race to offer iPhone  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Mobile phone operator O2 is close to winning the race to become the exclusive network for the hotly anticipated iPhone in the UK, according to reports today
Time to praise insurers  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The response we have seen to the floods represents the insurance industry at its best - it is time to praise those we often seek to bury, says Financial Mail's personal finance editor
RBS looks winner in ABN fight  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The titanic struggle for control of Dutch bank ABN Amro between Barclays and a consortium headed by Royal Bank of Scotland has dragged on but the end is in sight
Debt trap looms with past warnings  [07/08/2007 01:17 PM]
A new feverishness over debts in Britain and America, was threatening world financial stability - but what can we learn from 40 years ago?