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BAA misled customers prices - BAA has been forced drop claims that customers 'won't pay penny more' airport bars shops local high street Boardroom bonanza as fat-cat pay soars - As staff received rises of just 4%, directors of leading firms saw earnings rocket, with chief executives an average of £3m



BAA misled customers on prices  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
BAA has been forced to drop claims that customers 'won't pay a penny more' in airport bars and shops than in their local high street
Boardroom bonanza as fat-cat pay soars  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
As their staff received rises of just 4%, directors of leading firms saw their earnings rocket, with chief executives on an average of £3m
Market report: Wednesday latest  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
12.30:Just when stock-market investors thought they were over the worst of the turmoil in financial markets, they were today sent reeling by another sell-off around the globe
Gas-guzzler drivers face £5,000 C-charge bills  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Up to 30,000 drivers will be hit with congestion charge bills of £5,000 a year under new plans to target 'gas-guzzlers'
Banks clawing back lost penalty fees  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks have introduced a raft of new charges after being banned from using 'unfair and illegal' penalty fees to boost their profits
Property giants feel chill in credit crisis  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
One of Britain's biggest office and warehouse developers warned today the UK commercial property market is feeling the effects of the global credit crunch
Portman members get £445 windfall  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Members of the Portman building society will finally get windfalls averaging £445 each after Nationwide yesterday completed its takeover of the pint-sized mutual
HSBC rapped over misleading ad  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
HSBC has been criticised for wrongly claiming that some of customers would not be charged for withdrawing cash abroad
US property market hit by sharpest slump in 20 years  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
US house prices suffered their biggest plunge in two decades, sparking claims of a 'slow motion crash' in America's property market
HSBC suffers Facebook-led student revolt  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
HSBC is facing an internet revolt from increasingly angry graduates who have had their interest-free overdrafts scrapped
City bonuses soar to record £14bn  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
City bonuses have risen 30% in a year - twice as big as 2006 and further widening the gap between executive and normal pay
More than 60% of homes online  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The growth of internet access as a household necessity has been highlighted by new figures showing that 61% of all UK households are now online
Retail blow as bank holiday sales slump  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Retailers look to have endured one of the slowest August bank holidays for years, prompting fears that uncertainty in financial markets may be feeding into the wider economy
Third of UK's biggest firms pay no tax  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The Treasury is facing calls for a clampdown on tax avoidance today after a new study found nearly a third of Britain's biggest firms paid no corporation tax last year
Paper flight tickets to end  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Airlines will abandon paper tickets from next summer, cutting costs by about £5 per traveller when electronic ticketing takes over
Businesses lose nerve amid market turmoil  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Recent turmoil in the financial markets has left business confidence at its weakest since November 2005, says a report today
'Heads to roll' at ITV over phone scandal  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
ITV boss Michael Grade is expected to sack 'several' senior executives over the phone-in scandals that have rocked the television industry over the past six months
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the Sunday broadsheets are reporting from the world of finance and business
Diamond loses his sparkle  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
What's going on at Barclays? A few weeks ago those running the bank were all over investors as they sought to convince the markets of the great wisdom of a once-in-a-generation takeover of ABN Amro
An elegant fix for house inflation  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
Nostalgia, as an idea, has been hijacked by those to whom it means women in Twenties dresses and men in white tie and tails
Midas share tips: Jelf and Hat Pin  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The Mail on Sunday's share tipper Midas runs the rule over insurance broker Jelf and headhunter firm Hat Pin
30 second guide to footfall  [08/29/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City Team explain footfall