Towards a level paying field
Vodafone has done a great deal to advance the cause of corporate governance. That is the, admittedly, rather controversial view of one of the many in the City who devotes...
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Insurer pulls plug on delay payouts
Getting travel insurance to cover flight delays might become more difficult as holidaymakers face the possibility of a summer of discontent with more air-traffic controll...
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Driving down the loan deals on new wheels
Few people have the sort of spare cash knocking about to avoid borrowing large amounts of money - and as with any type of borrowing, it pays to do your homework.
Think...
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Give us money or we quit - Minardi
Minardi may announce their withdrawal from formula one this weekend unless Paul Stoddart persuades rival team owners to release a £9m payment to enable his team to c...
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Minardi run on big loan
Minardi, the cash-strapped formula one team, were thrown a lifeline at the start of the season in the shape of a £3.5m advance from Bernie Ecclestone, it emerged yes...
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Student loan repayment
Student loan problems
Q I graduated with a BA in 1998, having taken three years of student loans to a total of around ?5,500. I then completed a post-graduate certific...
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Balancing act
Q How do credit card companies calculate their interest rates? I was looking at a NatWest card which offers a 5.9% APR for the life of the balance transfer. Does that mea...
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Public foots ?150m Railtrack bill
Taxpayers will have to stump up an extra £150 million to buy off angry Railtrack shareholders when details of how the ruined company will be taken out of administrat...
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My racist mother had to die
Ten years ago, the white residents of East London in South Africa were driving around with "I Love Louis" stickers on their cars, decorated with three bullet holes throug...
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Cleaners move in at America Inc
A powerful New York Stock Exchange committee last night took unprecedented action to restore the battered reputation of corporate America, issuing a tough new set of corp...
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