Paying by mobile reaches the UK
Rather than handing over a credit card at the end of their meal, diners at the fashionable west London restaurant Circus can now pick up the bill by giving the waiter the...
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Banks who fail the form guide
As the perpetually frustrated Victor Meldrew would say: "I don't believe it!". The big high street banks are routinely giving out false information about how to claim bac...
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HP sores
The government's private finance initiative (PFI) is in several sorts of trouble. Increasingly colleges will rely less on PFI, and more on schemes that give them some con...
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Swissair jets take off to escape creditors
Swissair faced the ignominy of watching at least four of its aircraft fly to south west France over the weekend in an attempt to stop the planes being seized by creditors...
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Anwar come home
Hasham Khan is a frustrated man. While the deaths of four British Muslims fighting for the Taliban have hit the headlines, he says his son has been a largely forgotten pr...
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The man with an identity crisis
It can be a shock if you are turned down for credit. But what happens if you discover the reason you have been rejected is because someone has stolen your identity, accum...
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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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