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The £500m hidden holiday cost - Banks are pushing up cost of using plastic cards overseas just as millions of families take summer holidays Buy-to-let delivers 13% annual return - Buy-to-let investors made healthy returns of 13% past year thanks rising house prices bolstering falling rental returns, according new report



The £500m hidden holiday cost  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are pushing up the cost of using plastic cards overseas just as millions of families take their summer holidays
Buy-to-let delivers 13% annual return  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Buy-to-let investors made healthy returns of 13% in the past year thanks to rising house prices bolstering falling rental returns, according to a new report
Market report: Friday close  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
17.00: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
Economist warns of house price collapse  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
There is a one in five chance of a UK house price crash over the next two years, a leading economist has warned
Shares hit new heights despite debt  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Stock markets are casting off fears of a credit meltdown to reach record peaks - and disregarding bad news in an outburst of deal-driven euphoria.
Firms 'blackmailed on pensions'  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Ministers were last night accused by MPs of 'blackmailing' companies over the pensions crisis
Crunch warning as oil nears $80  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
As oil prices approach all-time highs, the leading world energy body has warned that a major crunch looms in five years' time as booming demand outstrips supply
Shoppers face 10p tax on bags  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Black found guilty on four counts  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Former media mogul Conrad Black is guilty of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice but innocent of racketeering, a US jury found on Friday.
Nationwide launches 25-year fix  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
NatWest £10 fee to cut bank charges  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
NatWest banking customers are being offered a way out of high penalty charges - but it will cost them £10 a month just for starters
Google faces court over search results  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Google is being taken to court for allegedly misleading web users by not identifying sponsored links on its search engine
Trouble for jostling sub-prime lenders  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Same-day account transfers postponed  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
End to 'automatic' loan cover  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
The penalty for a longer life  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The pensions system is facing a crisis because people are living longer than official estimates
Sants is named as FSA's new chief  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The City got its man today when former investment banker Hector Sants was named as the new head of the Financial Services Authority
Rate hikes 'putting brakes on property'  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
House price inflation more than halved in June as higher interest rates weakened homebuyer demand, an influential property report revealed today
Brown fails to tackle tax credits fiasco  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown failed to stop fraud and error in his flagship tax credits system costing Britain around £1bn a year, the Treasury has admitted
Notorious timeshare fraudster arrested again  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Notorious British timeshare fraudster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer was arrested again today in Tenerife on a litany of charges
Boom in £1,000 private jet flights  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Well-heeled leisure travellers are ousting business tycoons and footballers to become the most frequent flyers on private jets, it was revealed today
Small cap share tips: Universe, Revenue Assurance Services, e-pay Asia  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Tips & tactics: Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes Universe, Revenue Assurance Services, and e-pay Asia
Albanese shows his metal  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
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
30 second guide to Price Comparison Sites  [07/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily mails City desk look at the websites that can help stop you being ripped-off