EU threatens Mastercard with fine
MasterCard, the world's second-largest credit card group, could face a fine of up to €230m (£159m) after the EU accused it today of anti-competitive behaviour b...
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Watchdog dismisses CSA funds as waste of money
A £1.1bn programme to improve the performance of the failing Child Support Agency has so far been a waste of money, the National Audit Office reveals today.
Some ...
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Plastic fantastic
It is 1966, England is poised to win the World Cup, the Beatles are at number one and no one in the country has a great big credit card bill to pay off.
How things chang...
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Fury of jailed council tax protester, 69, freed by well-wisher after a day
A pensioner jailed for three months for refusing to pay her council tax bill described herself as "devastated" last night after a benefactor paid the bill.
Josephine Roo...
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Did my car finance company make a mistake?
Q I bought a Chrysler Jeep Cherokee in July 2004 but in December 2005 it was involved in an accident and was declared a write-off. I called Chrysler Jeep Finance in March...
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Sorry seems to be the easiest word
Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, apologised to Chinese Canadians last week for a punitive tax, first set in 1885, which was designed to keep the Chinese immigrant...
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Pensioner jailed over council tax protest
A protesting pensioner was jailed today for refusing to pay her £800 council tax debt.
Josephine Rooney, 69, was previously handed a suspended three-month prison se...
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The fall of the house of Savoy
It is not often that the jails of southern Italy - crammed with bag-snatchers, rapists, fraudsters and mafiosi - get the chance to welcome a man with 12 first names. But,...
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High court to rule on who pays for care of accident victims
The high court will take further steps this week to clarify the law on big insurance claims where social services departments - and through them the taxpayer - are should...
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Needing income protection? Don't be sold a PPI pup
It's great that the Post Office has started selling payment protection insurance, which pays out if you are unable to work because of accident, sickness or unemployment. ...
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