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Call for extra tax on power giants - Energy giants should be hit with a multi-billion pound windfall tax to help cut power bills, MPs have said



Call for extra tax on power giants  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Energy giants should be hit with a multi-billion pound windfall tax to help cut power bills, MPs have said
House prices 'to rise 25% in five years'  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
A shortage of UK property will push up prices by 25% in five years, according to research commissioned by British housing associations
Market report: Monday latest  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
12.00:Bank shares were on the slide in another day of nervous trading. It followed the failure of two small banks in the US and ahead of several interim results this week
Ryanair launches surprise price war  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Ryanair chief launches surprise price war with rivals amid plunging profits
Pensioners left penniless by NI blunders  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Scores have been left with no income after their state pensions were withheld in a huge identity data botch-up
House prices fell further in July  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
House prices in England and Wales fell for the tenth month in a row during July, losing a further 1.2% of the value, figures showed today
Credit card rates soar in time for holidays  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Credit card companies have imposed 'phenomenal' interest rate rises as families head for their holidays
BP threat to snatch homes of oligarchs  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
As its man is forced to flee Moscow, the oil giant seeks legal redress by targeting London palaces of Russian billionaires
Abbey topples Halifax as top loan provider  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Halifax will this week be toppled as Britain's biggest mortgages company for the first time in living memory
Sunday newspaper share tips  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Each week, we round up the main share tips from the Sunday newspapers
Commercial landlords face rent rebellion  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's largest property firms are preparing to dig their heels in for an August showdown with the UK high street next month
Premium-rate phone call revenues down  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Revenue generated by the premium-rate phone industry fell by more than ten per cent last year to just above £1bn, according to figures from industry regulator PhonePayPlus
EDF set for £8bn BE takeover  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
The on-off takeover of nuclear generator British Energy looks set to go ahead later this week with long-time suitor EDF ready to table an innovative £8bn deal
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
A summary of what the Sunday papers are reporting from the world of finance and business | Sunday newspaper share tips
Unions want voice at pension funds  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Crisis looms in courts as fees row rages  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
The vow of silence on rewards for failure  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Broker conned me out of my life savings  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Hoffman is a questionable appointment at Northern Rock  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
House price optimism in short supply  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Monitise and Autonomy  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]
But at least we're not Spanish  [07/28/2008 01:17 PM]