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Shoppers face 10p tax on bags [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Londoners will have to pay 10p for every plastic bag under a new law proposed for the capital that aims to lead the way for the UK
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Nationwide launches 25-year fix [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Nationwide Building Society has launched a new 25-year fixed rate mortgage in response to calls from the new Chancellor for more long-term home loan stability
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Market report: Friday latest [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.00:The FTSE 100 index raced back above 6700 today in response to a stonking run in New York that saw the Dow set a new record overnight
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NatWest £10 fee to cut bank charges [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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NatWest banking customers are being offered a way out of high penalty charges - but it will cost them £10 a month just for starters
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Google faces court over search results [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Google is being taken to court for allegedly misleading web users by not identifying sponsored links on its search engine
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Postal workers on strike again [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Postal workers took to picket lines as a fresh 24-hour strike went ahead in a bitter row over pay and jobs
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Trouble for jostling sub-prime lenders [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The boss of lender Kensington warned of troubled times ahead for the sub-prime mortgage sector after a jump in the number of firms chasing borrowers with poor credit records
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Sants is named as FSA's new chief [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The City got its man today when former investment banker Hector Sants was named as the new head of the Financial Services Authority
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Same-day account transfers postponed [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The banking industry has been forced to start from scratch on its new same-day payments system, postponing the new regime's introduction until 2008
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End to 'automatic' loan cover [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Loan and credit card companies will no longer be able to push borrowers into taking out expensive loan insurance by automatically adding the cover to online quotes
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The penalty for a longer life [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The pensions system is facing a crisis because people are living longer than official estimates
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Notorious timeshare fraudster arrested again [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Notorious British timeshare fraudster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer was arrested again today in Tenerife on a litany of charges
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Rate hikes 'putting brakes on property' [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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House price inflation more than halved in June as higher interest rates weakened homebuyer demand, an influential property report revealed today
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Microsoft voted UK's top brand [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Microsoft has beaten Coca-Cola to scoop the title of the UK's number one brand, according to a poll out today
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Brown fails to tackle tax credits fiasco [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown failed to stop fraud and error in his flagship tax credits system costing Britain around £1bn a year, the Treasury has admitted
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Heathrow could lose European crown [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Heathrow is in danger of losing its status as Europe's leading airport as thousands of passengers switch to rival facilities
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Boom in £1,000 private jet flights [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Well-heeled leisure travellers are ousting business tycoons and footballers to become the most frequent flyers on private jets, it was revealed today
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Rio Tinto in £18bn swoop for Alcan [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The fight to dominate the world metals market flared up again today as London-listed Rio Tinto made a £18.2bn all-cash offer for Canadian aluminium giant Alcan
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Ming's plan to make middle class better off [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sweeping changes to stamp duty and inheritance tax to benefit many middle income families are to be proposed by the Liberal Democrats today
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Not quite, Darling [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Albanese shows his metal [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tom Albanese has barely had time to change his office wallpaper, but he still managed to line up £19bn for a transforming deal for Rio Tinto
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30 second guide to Price Comparison Sites [07/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily mails City desk look at the websites that can help stop you being ripped-off
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