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Banks make £240m from 0% card tarts - Banks made £240m 'transfer fees' from credit cards offering zero per cent interest rates Britain last year Dirty tricks used for property bids - Exclusive:Dirty tricks used win planning permission for some of London's most controversial developments have been revealed



Banks make £240m from 0% card tarts  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks made £240m in 'transfer fees' from credit cards offering zero per cent interest rates in Britain last year
Dirty tricks used for property bids  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:Dirty tricks used to win planning permission for some of London's most controversial developments have been revealed
Market report: Monday latest  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
12.00:ICI raced up 35p to a new record high of 612p after receiving an increased offer of 650p a share from Dutch rival Akzo Nobel over the weekend
Mortgages defy house price warnings  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Mortgage lending for homebuyers and remortgagers remained robust in June - bucking predictions the market is slowing down and warnings house prices are set to fall
Exposed: Lloyds' dirty tricks on fee claims  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:The cynical methods used by one of Britain's biggest banks to avoid refunding customers' unfair bank charges are exposed today
UK must wait for lower roaming charges  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
UK mobile phone users face waiting two months longer than European counterparts to benefit from lower charges for using their mobile abroad
NatWest damages claim case thrown out  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
A bank customer seeking damages over 'unfair' penalty charges had his application dismissed today
House prices shudder to a halt  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
The credit crunch has started to grip homebuyers with house prices shuddering to a halt in July, according to a new report
Private equity 'threat to UK'  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's economy is being put at risk by the private equity industry, MPs warn today
Credit storm erupts to rock world markets  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
The storm that has long threatened to erupt from the credit markets finally broke this week. How much further could shares fall?
Pearl-Resolution zombie fund showdown  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Rival entrepreneurs Hugh Osmond and Clive Cowdery will meet this week for crunch talks over who will control Britain's zombie fund sector
Mobile music price 'scandal'  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Buying music and video clips with mobile phones is a minefield of hidden charges that leaves even industry experts confused, Financial Mail has established
Banks' lenient line as post strike bites  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks will take a 'lenient' approach to customers who miss payment deadlines as a result of a national postal strike
A to Z of the Sunday papers  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday| Sunday newspaper share tips
Post chief 'sorry' for threatening letter  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
The Post Office has apologised to staff after it sent them a heavyhanded letter threatening to punish them financially unless they toed the company line on branch closures
Airport's £2 fee to beat security queue  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
An airport has been condemned for making extra money from security checks by letting people jump the queues - for a fee
Court D-Day for bank charges  [07/30/2007 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
Private equity bosses will be let off hook  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
The multi-millionaire bosses of the private equity industry will celebrate this week as a report by MPs leaves their business and tax breaks unscathed
Beware sale-and-rent back firms  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Pensioners have been urged to beware unregulated sale-and-rent-back firms, which appear to offer an alternative to equity release
Banks blasted over reclaim tactics  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Threats, lies and delaying tactics are being used to thwart customers' attempts to reclaim unfair charges, a damning official report revealed today
Midas share tips: Moneysupermarket  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker says an unlucky debut from Moneysupermarket has left its shares well undervalued and therefore a good buy
Monster egos in a battle for the zombies  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
It is clear that Pearl's Hugh Osmond and Resolution's Clive Cowdery will not survive in a boardroom together
Your bank is a Voldemort of frightful tricks  [07/30/2007 01:17 PM]
Why are customers perpetually at war with banks? Why do we hate them? Indeed, is it true that we do hate them?