It all depends on penalties
Just when battered endowment, pension and with-profits bond holders thought it couldn't get any worse - it did.
Insurance giant Britannic this week caused a major commo...
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Council tax reform is in right area
Tomorrow's second reading of the local government bill is a significant and very welcome step towards reforming the council tax, one of the more pernicious taxes of moder...
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Broad appeal - if only you manage to get connected
An internet connection can in principle be useful for saving money, banking, shopping, emailing and listening to the radio. But the sort of connection you are expected to...
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Utilities strike gold on direct debit mountain
Direct debits are a hugely popular way of paying off monthly bills and this is the time of year when people may choose to sign up for monthly payments as they try to sort...
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Morgan Stanley sues NTL for ?7m
NTL, the debt-laden cable company, is being sued by Morgan Stanley, one of its closest banking advisers, for more than £7m in unpaid fees.
The US investment bank i...
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Union 'taken to cleaners for $2m
It started with an extra union payment of $144 (£90) deducted at source from the salaries of 5,000 members of the city's teachers' union.
But what seemed at first ...
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Cyber theft will net millions as Christmas shoppers go online
Online retailers are set to lose almost £100 million in business over Christmas and New Year as gangs of fraudsters cash in on the internet sales boom. While high st...
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Power to the people
The outrage generated by yesterday's revelation that Nestlé is demanding a £3.7m payment from famine- and debt-ridden Ethiopia has doubtless already been transl...
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Nestle claims £3.7m from famine-hit Ethiopia
The multinational coffee corporation, Nestle, is demanding a $6m (£3.7m) payment from the government of the world's poorest state, Ethiopia, as the country struggles...
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Conseco announces bankruptcy
US insurance and finance company Conseco Inc became the third largest bankruptcy in US history last night after filing for protection from its creditors.
Conseco - based...
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