Wood poised to join Saga sale race
Insurance tycoon Peter Wood is ready to step into the £1bn sale of Saga, the over-50s holiday group.
Mr Wood, who made his fortune from the Direct Line telephone c...
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Fears grow for Turner & Newall pensioners as US talks fail
Fears are growing that up to 17,500 people could see part of their promised pensions snatched away after high-level talks failed to persuade creditors holding the purse s...
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Bad news for plastic criminals
A specialist unit of the fraud squad has recovered more than 36,000 stolen credit cards and card details over the past two years, it was announced today.
The Dedicated C...
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My husband has Alzheimer's
Christine, 69, is worried about her husband and their future finances. She writes:
'My husband is 71 and has 'atypical' Alzheimer's disease. He is in the care of the lo...
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10% flash the plastic online
Online credit card spending has risen fivefold in the past four years, according to the Association of Payment Clearing Services. One in 10 credit card transactions took ...
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Yukos gains double lifeline with help of BP
Yukos, the embattled Russian oil group struggling to pay a crippling $3.4bn (£1.9bn) tax bill, last night secured a double lifeline in moves that could help ease the...
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Squeezing the rich is not an option
Let's hope Tony Blair continues to ignore your advice to raise the top rate of income tax to 50% (Leaders, August 3). This would lift Britain in the top-tax league, way a...
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Visa 'unfair to exclude US bank
The European Commission yesterday accused global credit card and payment system company Visa International of breaching EU competition rules by refusing to admit American...
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Never been more tempting
Interest rates on personal loans fell again this week to just 5.8 per cent - the lowest level seen in a generation - sparking fresh concerns about the dizzying rise in de...
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Withdraw credit cards from net paedophiles, MP demands
People who finance the sexual exploitation of children via the internet should have their credit cards withdrawn, according to a backbench Labour MP.
Judy Mallaber, MP f...
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