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Mortgage fees soar 600% two years - More more homebuyers are being lured into taking up what appear be good value mortgage deals only be stung with huge fees, experts warn Publisher axes Asda's Harry Potter order - Half million Harry Potter fans face disappointment Saturday morning after row between book's publisher Asda has left supermarket's order cancelled



Mortgage fees soar 600% in two years  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
More and more homebuyers are being lured into taking up what appear to be good value mortgage deals only to be stung with huge fees, experts warn
Publisher axes Asda's Harry Potter order  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Half a million Harry Potter fans face disappointment on Saturday morning after a row between the book's publisher and Asda has left the supermarket's order cancelled
Market report: Tuesday latest  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
11.15:Brokers turned their firepower on mining giant Lonmin today after yesterday's third-quarter trading update failed to hit the target
Inflation comes down - but not by much  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The rate of inflation has fallen back to 2.4% from 2.5%, official figures revealed today. This is the lowest rate for eight months, but not as low as hoped
MPs vote on pension lifeboat plan  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of pension scheme wind-up victims will be pinning their hopes on a vote in the House of Commons today
The backfiring council tax complaint  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
John Pigden complained he paid more council tax than the rest of the road. So officials raised the neighbours' bills to match his
Murdoch closes in on Dow deal  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Rupert Murdoch today struck a tentative $5bn (£2.5bn) deal to buy Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal
Experts call the end for British boom era  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain has been the growth champion of the developed world in recent years - but there are ominous signs the golden era is drawing to a close
Wealth gap 'greatest in 40 years'  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The gap between rich and poor is wider than it has been for 40 years, and the rich are leaving the north and heading down south
Card default payments hit £50m  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Credit card customers have paid out nearly £50m to banks in missed payment fines in the past six months
Flood fear sparks rush for cover  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Worried homeowners living in flood risk areas are rushing to buy insurance before they suffer the same fate as other parts of the country
BT package to challenge Sky football  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
BT today challenged Sky's dominance of pay-TV coverage of the Premier League with a rival £12 a month package available to BT Broadband customers
Cadbury fined £1m over salmonella outbreak  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Chocolate-maker Cadbury was fined £1m today following a national salmonella outbreak which left three victims in hospital
London shoppers defy rates and rain  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Shoppers splashed the cash last month in the capital despite rising interest rates and appalling weather
Official: House price growth slowing  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
House price growth slowed during May as the property market showed further signs that it may be losing momentum, Government figures revealed today
Barclays lags in battle for ABN  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays was on the back foot today in the battle for ABN Amro after rival suitor Royal Bank of Scotland sweetened its £48bn offer for the Dutch bank
UK stores in row over 4p-an-hour factories  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Britian's largest retailers have been accused of breaching international labour standards in producing inexpensive clothes
The middle class council house rush  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Soaring numbers of people desperate to find a home are turning to their council for help, official figures reveal
Metronet 'facing ruin' as £551m demand fails  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Tube maintenance firm Metronet could go into administration today, after its demands for London Underground to pay for a £551m overspend were rejected
Watchdog damns quiz phone-in scams  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The TV industry will be accused of a systematic breach of trust with viewers this week in a damning report into how they have been cheated on premium rate line quiz shows
The rising costs of black gold  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
There is no panic at the petrol pump - yet oil has been flirting with record highs for some time. Sustained prices north of $70 a barrel aren't good news
30 second guide to Property outflows  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail's City team examine the funds that investors are turning their back on after a great five year run
Hetherington: NatWest and my dying husband; M&S blunder; Barclaycard despair  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week he helps a widow come to terms with a horror story at the local bank.
Midas: Tanfield on track with niche businesses  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
When the EU effectively banned the humble ladder Tanfield Group came up with an alternative. And with its electric vans business it is going places, says the Financial Mail tipster.
When Enoch Powell met Debra  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Now that we no longer have a Department of Trade and Industry, or much trade for that matter, perhaps it's time to introduce Enoch's award for imports
The nine lives of misleading Equitable boss  [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Charles Thomson has finally received his punishment for faking the character reference on his job application - a mild telling off