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Court D-Day for bank charges

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Court D-Day for bank charges - Thousands of claims for unfair bank charges have been put hold for months as banks agree test legality groundbreaking court case Airport's £2 fee beat security queue - An airport has been condemned for making extra money from security checks by letting people jump queues - for fee



Court D-Day for bank charges  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of claims for unfair bank charges have been put on hold for months as banks agree to test their legality in a groundbreaking court case
Airport's £2 fee to beat security queue  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
An airport has been condemned for making extra money from security checks by letting people jump the queues - for a fee
Market report: Friday latest  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
12.15:Investors baled out of Cadbury Schweppes today after it fell victim to the credit crisis gripping markets around the world
Catalogue king taking on the High Street  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The Boden catalogue company has trounced its high street rivals by revealing a huge rise in sales and profits
Topshop's £35 'designer' dress battle  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Topshop has agreed to bin more than 1,000 dresses after a copyright battle with designer fashion label Chloe
Savvy shoppers are sold on Aldi  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The proportion of professionals visiting discount stores has risen by 13% over the last four years, according to new reseach
Moneysupermarket's £840m flotation flop  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of small investors were nursing losses today after the flotation of Moneysupermarket.com was judged a flop by the City
Taxman to go easy on flood victims  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Individuals and businesses affected by the floods will not suffer the added misery of being penalised for late payment of tax, says the Treasury
Petrol prices pump Shell profits to £7bn  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Soaring oil prices have sent profits at Shell to all-time highs, up 20% over the past three months and taking earnings in the first half of the year to £39m a day
Arctic Systems tax victory turns to defeat  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Tax laws are to be changed following the landmark House of Lords legal ruling in favour of husband-and-wife businesses
Upstarts set the pace in broadband battle  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The battle for Britain's broadband customers is hotting up, with traditional suppliers BT and Virgin Media scrambling to keep up with newcomers
Property inflation back to single figures  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
House prices are rising by their slowest rate for more than a year, bringing annual property inflation back into single digit figures, data showed today
Post strike 'harms small businesses'  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The Government was urged to intervene in the postal workers' dispute as a business group warned strikes were putting jobs at risk
Ex-wife's cash claim barred after 30 years  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
A retired builder has won his appeal over a court ruling that he must bail out the woman he divorced nearly 30 years ago because she has lived beyond her means
GMTV boss quits over phone-in scandal  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The managing director of GMTV has resigned - becoming the first senior figure to leave his job over the TV phone-ins row
Bank charges: Account closure threats  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of people attempting to reclaim their bank charges have been threatened with having their accounts closed, in breach of industry guidelines
Air travel complaints soaring  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Complaints by air passengers have risen by more than a fifth over the past 12 months - with worse to come in the peak summer travel season
Court may shut down Facebook  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Owners of a rival social networking site will today ask a US court to shut down Facebook, alleging that its founder stole their ideas while they were students together
Jobs threat in Resolution merger  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Friends Provident and Resolution today unveiled an £8.5bn merger that promises to reshape Britain's insurance industry
Bank charges case will be long and messy  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The banks, OFT and FSA have teamed up for a bank charges test case, it promises to be a long and messy process says the Daily Mail's deputy City editor
30 second guide to...the grey market  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine the grey market and how shares can trade despite not existing yet
Keep an eye on Umeco, the god of small things  [07/27/2007 01:17 PM]
Keep an eye on Umeco, the god of small things Building an aircraft is not a simple process. The engine alone has about 15,000 parts and each has to be in the right place at the right time to make sure it can be put together efficiently and cost-effectively