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Banks breached privacy rules - Orange, Barclays, NatWest several other High Street banks are listed among 'horrifying' number of organisations who breached data protection rules MPC experts hint rates will rise again - A further rise interest rates 6% could soon be cards, according leading members of Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee



Banks breached privacy rules  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Orange, Barclays, NatWest and several other High Street banks are listed among a 'horrifying' number of organisations who breached data protection rules
MPC experts hint rates will rise again  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
A further rise in interest rates to 6% could soon be on the cards, according to leading members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
Market report: Wednesday latest  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
13.00:Sell Royal Dutch Shell, don't hold your breath with BP and instead buy BG Group: that was the message going out from big-hitting Goldman Sachs
Black trial jury 'can't agree verdict'  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The Conrad Black fraud trial was engulfed in drama today when the jury resumed deliberations after telling the judge it could not reach unanimous verdicts on all 42 counts.
Insurers hunt ship to house flood victims  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Families left stricken by the floods in the North East face being housed in passenger ferries by insurers struggling to deal with thousands of claims, according to reports
Judgement delayed on private equity  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
MPs are to delay a hard-hitting report into the private equity market until after the party conference season - avoiding union calls for a clampdown
Bright for Sky as 90,000 more sign up  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
BSkyB today shrugged off uncertainty about its future with figures showing it is still grabbing customers from competitors, including fierce rival Virgin Media
Sub-prime lending continues to grow  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Sub-prime mortgage lending to people who are refused credit by mainstream banks is set to continue growing at twice the rate of the traditional mortgage market
Final-salary closures hit pension pots  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Experts say the low level of payments into schemes that have replaced final-salary company pension plans is of 'great concern'
'Offer poor low interest rates'  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The Government was urged today to work with banks to provide low interest loans for the poorest members of society
Britain's shocking motorway services  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Motorists also have to put up with poor hygiene in eating areas and toilets and abysmal service from surly, unmotivated staff
M&S springs sales surpise  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer delivered a satisfying raspberry to the City today as predictions that the summer washout had caused a slump in sales proved well off the pace
Darling wants 25-year fix for home loans  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Intervention may be needed to increase the available number of fixed-rate mortgages lasting up to 25 years, says the new Chancellor
Bosses urged to defend 'new capitalism'  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
CBI boss Richard Lambert has warned of 'a sense of unfairness' over private equity and urged bosses to explain the benefits of 'new capitalism'
Branson booted off CrossCountry trains  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Sir Richard Branson was given a kick in the teeth by the Government today as his Virgin Trains company was sacked from the nationwide CrossCountry rail franchise
Stamp duty hits 60% of first-time buyers  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Property experts have called for the new Chancellor to make his mark by radically overhauling stamp duty after it was revealed that 60% of first-time buyers are paying the tax
Prices cut in TV football battle  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
As the dates for televised soccer are announced, broadcaster Setanta says it will charge fans less than Sky for watching Premiership matches
20,000 leave First Direct  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Around 20,000 First Direct customers have left the bank since it started charging a fee of £10 a month to some of its customers
Tory tax breaks for married couples  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Married couples would get a tax and benefits boost potentially worth thousands of pounds a year under a Tory strategy to avert family breakdown
Not quite, Darling  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Alistair Darling really must learn to do his homework. This week he announced that he wants more longterm fixed-rate mortgages, when there are already 141 such products out there
Rose battles a chill wind  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Negotiating a new deal with the mercurial George Davies should be easy for Stuart Rose compared to the challenge posed by the economy
30 second guide toInternational Energy Agency  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine the body set up in the aftermath of the 1974 oil crisis to guard against more shocks in the future
Midas: Northgate's white van man/IT recruitment firm FDM  [07/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The white van is a legend on the road and 63,500 in the UK belong to Northgate. Financial Mail's stockpicker takes a look at the van firm and IT recruitment firm FDM
Time to praise insurers  [07/11/2007 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