Whistleblower to face tribunal
A Green councillor who blew the whistle on a secret council deal to give a rates holiday to British Energy is to face a tribunal at which she will be charged with breachi...
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Can you be arrested for failing to pay your debts?
Q Can you be arrested if you do not attempt to call your creditors back, or are unable to pay your credit card bills now, but plan to later without claiming bankruptcy?
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House broker turns on RSA
Another day and another heavy session of trading in the shares of troubled insurance company Royal & SunAlliance, off 0.5p at 86.25p on volume of 90m shares.
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Insurers' haggling is just not cricket
Our private health insurance with Bupa ended on 1 July when we switched to Exeter Friendly Society, where we were insured from 27 June. On 25 June, my son was hit on the ...
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Are you a winner in the supermarket sweep?
Tesco this week revealed that it has sold 1m car insurance policies. Meanwhile, Sainsbury's has opened 600,000 new accounts at its banking division over the past year and...
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Consumers make ready for anti-fraud credit cards
At least half of all cardholders are likely to have a new-style 'chip and Pin' credit or debit card by spring next year, with one in five expected to have one by Christma...
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Quattrone 'tried to block inquiry
Frank Quattrone, once a high-flying executive at Credit Suisse First Boston, was yesterday described as a "powerful and successful Wall Street investment banker who tried...
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Close weathers rumour storm to report soaring profits
Close Brothers, one of the City's last independent investment banks, yesterday demonstrated that uncertainty about its future ownership was not hindering its business as ...
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We don't like Multi-manager funds
These sorts of products usually mean you are buying into a fund which has invested into a selection of other funds.
They are being sold in bucket loads by the big banks...
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Your next holiday is on the cards
This has been a summer of plastic for British holidaymakers. More than ever before, we've used our debit and credit cards to take out money from overseas cash machines.
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