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• Parking tickets soar to 6.8m

  
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  • London and Liverpool top parking ticket league • Liverpool wardens hand out average 2,616 fines each Town halls handed out an increased number of parking tickets in 2011, despite cutting back on traffic wardens, according to figures obtained through a freedom of information request. There were a total of 6.8m ...
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• Store Wars: Play.com and WOW HD

  
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  Each week we look at retailers competing in the same sector. This week, were online in the busy entertainment sector as Play takes on WOW Each week we look at two shops competing in the same sector, and review what they are offering customers: from how helpful the staff are, to the best bargains currently on offer. ...
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• Watch Out Hair Salons, The City Wants To Fine You For Gender Discrimination

  
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  It seems the city is looking for money wherever they can get it, and that means that hair and nail salons and barbershops better watch out: authorities are fining establishments for common sense pricing practices prevalent throughout the neighborhood. The city has issued fines ranging from $50 to $500 to at least 138 ...
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• How Southern Californians Shop is being Tracked by Your Web Browser!

  
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  Your browser is a repository of data about how you shop and how much you buy. Bet you didn’t know it, did you? Or perhaps you do–and we all know that our online activities and privacy are continually being invaded and monitored by such Tech giants as Google , Facebook, errrr, well just about everybody that you ...
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• Q&A: Feed-in tariffs

  
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  Everything you need to know about the scheme that pays generators of small scale solar, wind and hydropower What are feed-in tariffs? A feed-in tariff is a rate of money paid by the government to homeowners, business and organisations such as schools and community groups to generate their own electricity through ...
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• Centre to offload 6 months PDS grains

  
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  New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) With its granaries overflowing and record food production for the third year in a row, the central government Thursday decided to allow states to lift and distribute six months’ quota of food grains under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in one go.Minister of State for ...
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• Farepak victims await directors ruling

  
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  Seven Farepak directors face being struck off as company bosses for up to 15 years, but victims stand to gain nothing more than a quiet satisfaction Victims of the collapse of Christmas hamper firm Farepak could be a step closer to justice as the companys directors face a judge in Londons high court. Farepak was ...
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• Misleading supermarket special offers are duping shoppers, Which? finds

  
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  Supermarkets use tactics to make bargains, discounts and multibuys look better than they are, consumer group finds A investigation into thousands of individual supermarket prices has revealed widespread "misleading" pricing tactics which are duping shoppers into believing they are getting a better deal than they are. ...
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• The rise and rise of the own brand

  
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  More and more of us are buying supermarket own-label products. Is it simply to save money? Label snobbery has long been a factor in helping us choose what we put in our shopping baskets. We might not consciously know why – savvy advertising sees to that - but our instincts tell us which products are superior. But ...
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• Catalogue debt problems rising

  
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  Money Advice Trust says only council tax, credit card and bank debts prompt more calls to the National Debtline People running into trouble with debts owed to catalogue companies now outnumber those who struggle with rent, mortgages and payday loans, according to a debt charity. More than 13% of calls to the ...
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• 13 Things to Teach Your Kids About Credit Cards

  
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  This article is made possible by our underwriter  Equifax . Whether your kids are 5 or 15, you should to start teaching them about credit cards now, before they start being inundated with credit card offers. (Some parents report their 4-year-olds receiving offers in the mail!) It is much better for your ...
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• Ad Hock

  
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  I saw a commercial this morning (either late night or early morning depending on your point of view) that promised to set up a Facebook page for your company free of charge...and they would maintain it for a low monthly fee. So let me get this straight: a company paid money to make an ad and put it on cable TV to ...
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• Healthcare 2.0: Websites to Help You Save on Doctors, Dentists, and More

  
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  When I graduated college, there was a period of time that I was without health insurance. Two years, in fact. During that time, I avoided the doctor at all costs and kept my fingers crossed that I wouldnt have an accident that would require me to visit the hospital. I already had plenty of school loans, and the last ...
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• Is it really still just a phone call away?

  
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  The internet has superseded a simple phonecall as a way to get information from shops and service providers. But Lisa Bachelor was pleasantly surprised when she took up the receiver How easy is it to find out basic information over the phone about products and services from some of the biggest names on our high ...
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• Credit card holders targeted with phone-call-and-courier scam

  
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  Fraudsters contact cardholders, claiming to be from their bank, and use a recorded dialling tone to prove veracity of phone call before persuading victims to hand over their plastic Fraudsters are targeting credit card users with a sophisticated scam which dupes people into handing over their credit cards and pin ...
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• Something to shout about: Yell rebranded hibu

  
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  Yell group claims it is positioning itself to connect communities and that the name hibu stands for the people who make communities thrive Call me a creature of habit, but as someone who still eats Marathons, buys insurance from Norwich Union and collects Airmiles , Im worried I might struggle to get on board with ...
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• Tcf Debt Advice

  
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• OFT criticises Wonga debt collection practices

  
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  OFT seeks to make clear that businesses musnt adopt aggressive or misleading practices with customers Payday loan company Wonga has been told by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) it must improve its debt collection practices, after it emerged it had sent letters to customers accusing them of committing fraud. The ...
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• Financial services complaints swollen by PPI claims

  
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  Financial Ombudsman Service says it received more than 260,000 complaints in 2011/12, 60% of which involved the sale of payment protection insurance A record 264,000 complaints were lodged about financial products and services over the past 12 months, with disputes about payment protection insurance (PPI) dominating ...
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• Train fares not fair: when a ticket to ride ends up in court

  
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  The gang get caught out by a draconian revenue collector
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