Outrage As Power Firm Hike Charges
                   
dailyrecord.co.uk     13-May-2008            

Poor Will Be Hit The Hardest ... ENERGY bosses were accused of exploiting the poorest families yesterday as they signalled a new price rise. British Gas owner Centrica - who raised prices by 15 per cent just four months ago - said they would take action to protect their... [read full story]                    


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Revealed: Chinese bank's £9bn raid on British shares

telegraph.co.uk     6 hrs ago          

By Mark Kleinman and Damian Reece INVESTIGATION China's central bank has built stakes worth an estimated £9bn in Britain's index of leading blue-chip companies, including HSBC, Tesco and Unilever, an investigation by The...                    

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EDF close to victory on British Energy

timesonline.co.uk     7 hrs ago   6 related          

Improved EDF offer for British Energy may sway rebel investors to back £12bn deal Dominic O’Connell and Iain Dey THE French utility giant EDF was this weekend close to securing the shareholder support it needs to seal...                    

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£1m reward for gas chief who ramped up householders’ bills

timesonline.co.uk     8 hrs ago          

The chief executive of Centrica, the company that owns British Gas, has had his pay package boosted by £1m to £4.8m at a time when the company has raised customers’ bills by 35%. Sam Laidlaw will be awarded a bonus of...                    

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Credit crunch here to stay

thesun.co.uk     13 hrs ago   14 related          

Banks ... crunch will not go until house prices start to rise BRITAIN'S credit crunch could last another 18 months, the head of the UK's largest mortgage provider said today. Andy Hornby, chief executive of HBOS, told...                    

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