Credit card industry suffers as consumers shop around
So-called "rate tarts" who swan about from one credit card provider to another looking for 0% finance deals are costing the industry around ?1bn a year, according to figu...
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Trouble in store over offers of 'free' interest
Financial writers should know better when it comes to what lurks in the small print of loans. But, like doctors who smoke, driving instructors who break the speed limit a...
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Taking a health cheque on pay
Doctors and other health professionals topped the pay league last year, according to official data this week which showed average pay rates jumped by 4.7% in April 2004. ...
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Super plonk
What does a man look like after 195 years in jail? This is the hefty price an alleged wine fraudster will have to pay if he is found guilty by a Colorado court for taking...
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Paying the price
Guess who still got the gravy: a Merseyside father of two, who lost his job for a short while, after taking out a small loan; or a disgraced former MP, who was made bankr...
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Women close the pay gap
The gap between pay rates for men and women has narrowed to a record low but inequality between rich and poor has continued to widen, new figures showed yesterday.
The ...
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Ruling turns up heat on lenders
Yesterday's ruling will spark alarm among lenders, whose beguiling offers of "consolidation" and "home improvement" loans have been at the heart of Britain's spiralling &...
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China tries to cool its economy
China took the global markets by surprise yesterday as it raised interest rates for the first time in nine years in an attempt to cool its rampant economy.
The move - w...
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Call for smaller painkiller packs to reduce suicides
Doctors have called for a further reduction in painkiller pack sizes after research was published showing previous reductions had slashed suicide rates by a fifth.
The r...
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Outlook for prices 'very uncertain
The rate of inflation over the next year remains highly uncertain even though it has been surprisingly low this year, Bank of England monetary policy committee member Ric...
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