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Amex 'secretly' doubles monthly payments [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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American Express has hit some of its indebted customers with double their usual monthly minimum repayments
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Scammers will target indebted in 2009 [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Indebted borrowers and the elderly are two groups likely to be targeted by scams such as bogus lottery claims in 2009, according to the OFT
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Market round-up: Rate cut fails to make mark [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Weekly stock market report:The Bank of England's half point cut to 1.5%, the lowest since it was founded in 1694, did little to boost already meek trading
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Foxtons under threat as bail-out rejected [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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The future of London's biggest estate agency chain Foxtons has been thrown into doubt by the unprecedented slump in home sales
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Worldwide economy reels under new blows [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Britain's manufacturing industry is in its worst decline for almost 30 years and US unemployment is at its highest level for more than 15 years, new data reveals
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Government 'must act to save homeowners' [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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The government is being urged to buy up hundreds of thousands of homes in imminent danger of repossession to prevent their owners being thrown out on to the streets
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Credit cards charging up to 46% interest [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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American Express has increased the cost of borrowing on one of its credit cards to 46% - more than 30 times base rate
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Half-speed broadband rip-off revealed [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Millions of Britons paying up to £30 a month for high-speed broadband are getting a snail's pace service, a study has revealed
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Web loansharks charging up to 10,000% [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Despite a bank rate now at 1.5%, some borrowers are paying up to 10,000% on internet-based and doorstep loans, according to a report today
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Budget chain Aldi cuts 4-star trips by 50% [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Aldi will today begin selling four-star holidays which it claims will undercut rivals by up to 50%
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Osborne: '10 businesses a day could fold' [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Shadow chancellor George Osborne today warned that 10 businesses a day will go under unless the Government takes urgent action to get the banks lending again
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Text service points the way to bargains [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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A mobile phone service is being launched that aims to take the legwork out of grabbing the best possible deals from stores
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Savings income cut to shreds as rates drop [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Savers are being hit with interest rates as low as 0.001% as the Bank of England's base rate falls to its lowest for 315 years
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Nissan axes 1,200 as car industry cull begins [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Nissan is to cut 1,200 jobs as manufacturers warn the entire UK motor industry is in a 'fight for survival'
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Pound rallies as rates near rock bottom [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Sterling staged a strong rally on speculation Bank of England rates could finally be approaching their low point
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Help for savers is a long time coming [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Rose battered by the storm [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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This time fat cats will face revolt in their own ranks [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Maxwell echo that should have alerted Madoff's fans [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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Back to basics for exchanges? [01/10/2009 01:17 PM]
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