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Pensioners 'see higher cost rise'
     The cost of living for pensioners has outstripped inflation over the past 10 years, research suggests.

Shops 'misleading customers'
     High street shop staff are fobbing off customers and giving misleading advice about rights, Which? says.

Thousands 'face negative equity'
     Close to 150,000 homeowners who took out mortgages since early 2007 may face negative equity, research suggests.

Protests ahead of Japan G8 summit
     Protests begin on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of Monday's summit of the G8 nations.

Two lenders trim mortgage costs
     The Nationwide and Abbey are cutting their mortgage rates slightly - but mainly for those with large deposits.

Companies win £91m ship contracts
     Seven UK firms are awarded contracts totalling £91.5m to provide parts for the Navy's new aircraft carriers.

UK spending power 'in heavy fall'
     The average UK household is 15% worse off than it was five years ago, an Ernst & Young report suggests.

SocGen hit by rogue trader fine
     French bank Societe Generale is fined 4m euros for allowing one of its staff members to operate as a rogue trader.

UK investors rescue B&B cash call
     Bradford & Bingley confirms that its plan to raise £400m has been rescued by a group of UK investors.

Court rules that Pringles 'are not potato crisps'
     Pringles, the popular snack food in a tube, are not potato crisps, a High Court judge rules, and should be free of VAT.

Robert Peston
     How City fims have bailed out Bradford & Bingley - again

Oil compromise
     Iraq's challenge of reviving its oil industry

Taxing issue
     What are the implications of renting out homes?

'Great economist'
     Fight to have Adam Smith recognised in his home country

Piper Alpha
     Recalling the world's worst offshore oil disaster