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Tesco and Asda probed over 'threat tactics'

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Tesco Asda probed over 'threat tactics' - Two supermarket giants have been ordered by Competition Commission hand over emails letters an investigation into methods UBS grabs £1bn from pensioners - Exclusive:Swiss investment bank UBS stands reap profits of almost £1bn from mortgage deals that have blighted lives of thousands of British pensioners



Tesco and Asda probed over 'threat tactics'  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Two supermarket giants have been ordered by the Competition Commission to hand over emails and letters in an investigation into their methods
UBS grabs £1bn from pensioners  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:Swiss investment bank UBS stands to reap profits of almost £1bn from mortgage deals that have blighted the lives of thousands of British pensioners
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the Sunday broadsheets are reporting from the world of finance and business
Cable & Wireless 'lost details of 100,000'  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Cable & Wireless and internet firm Pipex have joined forces in pursuit of a woman they claim stole a laptop filled with information about broadband customers
Toy recall threat to Christmas sales  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Children face Christmas without some popular toys as supply problems from Chinese manufacturers threaten to leave retailers with empty shelves
Nationwide halts all loan insurance sales  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest building society, has abruptly stopped all sales of controversial payment protection insurance, admitting that staff were not advising customers properly
Barclays bungles Isa provision  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
As a result of bungling by Barclays, many Isas were not set up in time for investors to take advantage of their annual 'use it or lose it' tax allowance
Hips for three-bed homes next month  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Controversial Home Information Packs will become the law for all three-bedroom homes from early September, as the Government pushes ahead with the much-criticised scheme
Shares fight back: Footsie leaps 230 points  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Shares in London staged a dramatic recovery after the US Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate to head off an economic crisis
Company pensions 'will ride out the storm'  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The shares crisis has wiped out final-salary scheme surpluses, but pension provision will not suffer in the long term, say experts
Market turmoil: Will the economy suffer?  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Economists are becoming increasingly concerned that the turmoil will start infecting the wider economy >> Markets in crisis: Expert views
Tories would scrap inheritance tax  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The Tories admitted today they would not promise overall tax cuts at the next election despite plans to axe inheritance tax and stamp duty
Water firms to force meters on clients  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Water companies are to be given new powers to force meters on millions of families amid claims it is necessary to cope with droughts
Homes boom in university towns  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Property investors are piling into university towns - sending house prices soaring by up to four times the rate in the rest of the country
Watchdog slams soaring rail fare rises  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The rail regulator has threatened to put a stop to train ticket increases amid a public outcry over rises
'Get set for a white-knuckle ride'  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Commentary:The Daily Mail's City Editor says we could be facing a financial crisis as big as anything seen since 1987
Property market 'safe' from financial crisis  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
The housing sector should stand firm despite the volatility in world stock markets and the US mortgage market, analysts said today
Midas: Now is not the time to sell shares  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock-picker says investors should sit tight through the market turmoil
Hetherington: Golden Goal ... at the wrong end  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's readers' champion attempts to unravel the obscure trail left by Golden Goal International
If the Treasury has no faith in the Bank...  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Can it really be that economic figures are barely more than rough and ready estimates, a kind of educated guesswork?
This mutual in distress needs a white knight  [08/19/2007 01:17 PM]
Where now for Royal Liver? That must be the question exercising the minds of the insurer's board