Store cards 'overcharge by £100m
Store card holders are being overcharged by £100 million a year, a report from the Competition Commission concluded last week. Interest rates on store cards are up ...
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Katrina effect is already waning
Feelbad factor will not stop a rate rise
It all looked so simple for the Federal Reserve three weeks ago. At each of its last 10 meetings the US central bank had tweaked...
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Can I transfer all my Isa savings at once?
Q I have a mini cash Isa with Smile and when I opened the account it paid one of the highest rates of interest around. This is no longer the case.
The account contains a...
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Oil prices surge amid Hurricane Rita fears
The International Monetary Fund today warned that high oil prices could trigger inflation and push interest rates higher as Hurricane Rita threatened energy supplies in t...
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Barclays to launch flexible interest card
Barclaycard has set up a new-style credit card which rewards consumers who pay off their balances quickly with lower interest rates.
The Repayment Rewards card links the...
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British tax havens 'help cheat Third World out of billions
Christian Aid is demanding that the British government crack down on UK-owned offshore financial havens which are accused of helping tax dodgers cheat the developing worl...
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Labour deserves credit in its fight against health inequalities
What informed person would expect the gap in life expectancy to start narrowing so soon (What's the prognosis? Society, September 7)? And let's give the government some c...
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Lib Dems ponder taxes on higher earners to attract Labour voters
The Liberal Democrats could woo Labour supporters with changes to their tax policies which would benefit low-income households at the expense of higher earners.
Senior ...
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The Conservatives should go for flat tax
David Walker (Analysis, September 5) illustrates the weakness of debate on flat tax. Most support seems to be ideological and sadly innumerate. Support from right of cent...
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Interpretation: a choice of two models
Fischer Family Trust model
This uses value-added data to generate a rounded picture of children's and schools' performances. Working with LEAs, it takes data from that c...
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