Pru chief keeps Egg options under wraps
Mark Tucker, the new chief executive of Prudential, is to keep the City guessing on his strategic plan for the insurer until October when he is expected to outline the fu...
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Leeds finally settle with creditors
Administrators acting for Leeds United plc yesterday added a full stop to the most spectacular financial collapse in the history of English football as they settled with ...
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Balance transfers boost Egg
Internet bank Egg said today that it had moved into the black in the first half of 2005, with profits driven by strong performance in its UK credit card business.
Egg sa...
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What's the big ID?
The government's ID cards system has been hailed by ministers as the answer to terrorism, benefit fraud and ID theft. At an estimated running cost over the first 10 years...
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Seeing red over debt collection
Q Last year I agreed a payment schedule with AIC, a debt collection agency, that involved me paying £50 each month by direct debit. The agent in charge of my case ad...
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Britons splurge £1.8bn in Europe
Britons are Europe's second biggest spenders when travelling overseas, according to figures published today.
The debit and credit card issuer MasterCard said that in 200...
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The trouble with getting your cash back
Giving money back to shareholders sounds a simple enough thing: surely companies can just send out a cheque in the same way as a dividend payment? In fact, the procedure ...
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Council tax protester faces jail
A retired vicar has been warned he could be jailed over his protest against the council tax.
Alfred Ridley, 71, has received a 28-day suspended prison sentence followin...
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Byers denies Railtrack allegations
The former transport secretary Stephen Byers today rejected allegations by Railtrack shareholders that he deliberately set out to renationalise the company without paying...
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Law student wins big penalty charges case
A law student has won a groundbreaking victory over the penalty charges levied by banks when customers go overdrawn or are late with payments.
Stephen Hone, 29, from Pl...
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