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Mortgage fees soar 600% in two years [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Publisher axes Asda's Harry Potter order [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Market report: Tuesday latest [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.15:Brokers turned their firepower on mining giant Lonmin today after yesterday's third-quarter trading update failed to hit the target
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Inflation comes down - but not by much [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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MPs vote on pension lifeboat plan [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of pension scheme wind-up victims will be pinning their hopes on a vote in the House of Commons today
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The backfiring council tax complaint [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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John Pigden complained he paid more council tax than the rest of the road. So officials raised the neighbours' bills to match his
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Murdoch closes in on Dow deal [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Rupert Murdoch today struck a tentative $5bn (£2.5bn) deal to buy Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal
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Experts call the end for British boom era [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Wealth gap 'greatest in 40 years' [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Card default payments hit £50m [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Credit card customers have paid out nearly £50m to banks in missed payment fines in the past six months
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Flood fear sparks rush for cover [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Worried homeowners living in flood risk areas are rushing to buy insurance before they suffer the same fate as other parts of the country
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BT package to challenge Sky football [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Cadbury fined £1m over salmonella outbreak [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Chocolate-maker Cadbury was fined £1m today following a national salmonella outbreak which left three victims in hospital
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London shoppers defy rates and rain [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shoppers splashed the cash last month in the capital despite rising interest rates and appalling weather
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Official: House price growth slowing [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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House price growth slowed during May as the property market showed further signs that it may be losing momentum, Government figures revealed today
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Barclays lags in battle for ABN [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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UK stores in row over 4p-an-hour factories [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britian's largest retailers have been accused of breaching international labour standards in producing inexpensive clothes
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The middle class council house rush [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Soaring numbers of people desperate to find a home are turning to their council for help, official figures reveal
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Metronet 'facing ruin' as £551m demand fails [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tube maintenance firm Metronet could go into administration today, after its demands for London Underground to pay for a £551m overspend were rejected
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Watchdog damns quiz phone-in scams [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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The rising costs of black gold [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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30 second guide to Property outflows [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail's City team examine the funds that investors are turning their back on after a great five year run
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Hetherington: NatWest and my dying husband; M&S blunder; Barclaycard despair [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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.
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Midas: Tanfield on track with niche businesses [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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.
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When Enoch Powell met Debra [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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The nine lives of misleading Equitable boss [07/17/2007 01:17 PM]
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Charles Thomson has finally received his punishment for faking the character reference on his job application - a mild telling off
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