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Brits want bank charges to stay

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Brits want bank charges stay - Nine out of ten of British bank account holders want current system of free banking, with high charges for those who default, remain place Massive boost for top company pensions - A record turnaround has transformed UK's top company pension schemes, putting them into black for first time five years



Brits want bank charges to stay  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Nine out of ten of British bank account holders want the current system of free banking, with high charges for those who default, to remain in place
Massive boost for top company pensions  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
A record turnaround has transformed the UK's top company pension schemes, putting them into the black for the first time in five years
Market report: Wednesday latest  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
11.00:Shares in mag publisher and radio broadcaster Emap were marked 22p higher to 861p on reports that it will soon become the target of a £2bn bid
Misleading Direct Line campaign  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Direct Line has been comparing its current savings rates with those from rival providers that are almost a year old
£25 a day to drive in London  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Drivers of gas-guzzlers are likely to be forced to pay more than triple the normal London congestion charge - even if they live within the zone
Bank branch closures soar over five years  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of bank and building society branches has fallen by nearly 11% during the past five years, with more than 1,000 shut since 2002
Grade slows revenue slide at ITV  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The Grade effect appears to be working at ITV as the commercial broadcaster's new executive chairman revealed that audience decline at ITV1 is slowing
Floods to cost Severn Trent £35m  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Water company Severn Trent today estimated the cost of dealing with last month's flood crisis at between £25m and £35m
Top bosses earn more than the Maldives  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Tops directors of FTSE 100 companies collectively earned £515m last year - exceeding the annual gross domestic product of the Maldives and Seychelles
The great British seaside rip-off  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Families feel they are being ripped off on seaside holidays in Britain, paying £120 for a basic hotel room and £3 for a single ice cream
Standard Life shuns Resolution battle  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Standard Life today effectively ruled itself out of barging into the £8.6bn merger between its rivals Friends Provident and Resolution Life>> Standard Life: News, views and analysis
Cost of hospital phone calls is slashed  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Controversial hospital phone and TV service provider Patientline has bowed to public hostility and cut the prices patients pay for making calls
£5bn Virgin Media auction put on hold  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin Media today called a halt to the auction which drew in up to a dozen private equity buyers prepared to shell out at least £5.5bn
Spread betting firm acts on default fears  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Cantor Fitzgerald has increased deposits by 10% on its contracts for difference (CFD) and spread betting products
Luton Airport 's £1 bags to pass security  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Passengers at Luton airport are having to pay £1 for clear plastic bags to take liquids through security - prompting accusations of moneygrabbing from passengers
Camelot's jaded jackpot  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Camelot's investors should be pleased to hear that its chief executive is the preferred bidder for the next National Lottery licence.
30 second guide to...The FOMC  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City Team look at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
Dreams are real return on Premium Bonds  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Premium Bonds may not deliver the greatest retrun on investment but they do bring one thing most other financial products fail to - the dream of a life-changing event
Midas: New dogs portfolio off to poor start  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Three months ago the Midas Dogs of the Footsie was begun again from scratch, so how are the stocks faring?
Hetherington: British Gas bullying and travel insurance failures  [08/08/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's ace investigator takes on British Gas' widespread failings and says the firm's actions are akin to demanding money with menaces