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Debt fear may push UK store card giant out

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Debt fear may push UK store card giant out - Britain's biggest store card provider General Electric is considering an exit from its £2.5bn UK market as credit crunch bites an official crackdown looms High Street Shopping BA passengers see fuel charge top £100 - British Airways passengers are likely see fuel surcharges longhaul flights top £100 for first time as airline grapples with soaring oil costs British Airways planes at Heathrow



Debt fear may push UK store card giant out  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest store card provider General Electric is considering an exit from its £2.5bn UK market as the credit crunch bites and an official crackdown looms High Street Shopping
BA passengers to see fuel charge top £100  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
British Airways passengers are likely to see fuel surcharges on longhaul flights top £100 for the first time as the airline grapples with soaring oil costs British Airways planes at Heathrow
Market report: Friday close  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
17:00:Fresh fears of a looming US recession sent the London stockmarket into a nosedive with the FTSE 100 index tumbling by 2% to close down 130.9 points at 6348.5 Stock market traders
Banks' outcry over cash grab plans  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Chancellor Alistair Darling is facing stiff opposition from banks to proposals giving financial watchdogs the power to seize customers' deposits in a crisis Alistair Darling
M&S to burst back through £1bn barrier  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer is on track to burst through the billion pound profits ceiling for the first time in a decade after a robust Christmas performance Antonio Banderas
Bills to soar as Npower reveals 15% hike  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Gas and electricity bills could soar by up to 15% just as the winter weather kicks in, after Npower today revealed price increases of 12.7% for electricity and 17.2% for gas gas bill
Mortgage approvals sink to three-year low  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Mortgage approvals for buying homes fell for a fifth straight month in November to hit the lowest level in almost three years Home buyers at estate agent's window
Shock services growth hits rate cut hopes  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
With new data today suggesting the services sector is in decent health, the chances that the Bank of England will cut interest rates next week have dipped
North-South divide grows by £15,000  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
The North-South divide continued to widen in 2008 - with the gap in the cost of the average home between northern and southern England growing by £15,000 Map Of The UK
Bankers' thumbs up for Darling crisis plan  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
The banking industry today gave a guarded welcome to Chancellor Alistair Darling's plans for sweeping new powers designed to prevent another Northern Rock crisis Alistair Darling
Oil stays near $100 as gold hits new highs  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
The price of oil today held resolutely close to last night's record high, although it dipped just below $100 a barrel Traders shouting
Prospect of rate cut sees pound tumble  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
The pound slumped again today amid fresh expectations of a cut in interest rates, possibly next week Currency exchange board
Warning on insurance lies  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Millions risk having their life insurance and critical illness policies cancelled because they have lied about their health status. Drugs cover woman
Pension laws could kill final salary schemes  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of thousands of final salary pension savers are in danger of being turfed out of their gold-plated retirement schemes over the next five years, a new study has found
Bank faces rates dilemma as oil price soars  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Consumers who face soaring petrol bills and mortgage payments are hoping for a rate cut next week, but the Bank of England faces the threat of rising inflation Bank of England, Mervyn King
The brave new economic world stalls  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Rising food prices, a huge trade deficit and rates tipped to go lower despite inflation, show that duff ideas of a brave new economic world are foundering
Big four auditors need to be challenged  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Enron, WorldCom, BCCI and now Parmalat. Scandals that somehow escape the attention of auditors just keep on coming, but can the small boys take on the accounting giants?
Hetherington: Abbey blunders, Systemguard and debt mix-up  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's readers' champion Tony Hetherington investigates consumer injustice each week. This time he tackles Abbey mistakes, a rogue Sky TV repair firm and a mystery debt
News Star must buck up its ideas  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
For an investment group established six years ago to deliver stellar performance, New Star is not delivering the goods - but hold tight as it is unlikely it will allow this to continue
Midas picks for 2008: Serica Energy, Hilton Food Group, Provident Financial and Scottish & Southern Energy  [01/06/2008 01:17 PM]
The stock market has been an inhospitable place in recent months, but stockpicker Midas' 2008 portfolio aims to find some oases in Serica Energy, Hilton Food Group, Provident Financial and Scottish & Southern Energy