Equitable's sales pitch proved too good
In its heyday Equitable Life was famed for the abilities of its salesmen. They were acknowledged as some of the most successful in the insurance industry and allowed Equi...
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BT loses 3G court claim
BT and One2One have lost their latest legal bid to prove that they were treated "unfairly and irrationally" over the payment of third generation mobile phone licence fees...
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Analysts downgrade BSkyB forecasts
Analysts have revised earnings forecasts for BSkyB, as the advertising downturn begins to threaten pay-TV companies.
The media team at Credit Suisse First Boston said th...
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Ray Selfe
Speaking of payment for material he shot for a 1968 television series, We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh, Ray Selfe, who has died of a heart attack aged 69, said: "I told ...
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Bhopal's victims say cash is missing
The Indian government is sitting on a large part of Union Carbide's original $470m compensation payment for the 1984 Bhopal disaster, according to a lawyer for the victim...
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Ex-Marconi boss's ?1.2m pension fight
Ousted Marconi chief executive Lord Simpson is battling to secure a £1.2 million 'pension' payment from the stricken telecoms company he left two weeks ago, while al...
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Register your relief
It is often said that only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. Home computers cannot do much to stave off death, but they can sometimes help make the calcula...
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Internet fuels record credit card fraud
The use of credit cards to buy goods on the internet has prompted record levels of fraud, with more than £400 million swindled so far this year alone.
According to...
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Flooz.com expires after suffering $300,000 sting
US authorities are investigating a credit card fraud at Flooz.com that could have cost users of the US online currency company $300,000.
A ring of credit card thieves o...
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It's a racing start for the new car sales
The new registration plate starts next weekend - and an estimated 400,000 cars will be driving out of forecourts as buyers cash in on plummeting loan rates and the street...
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