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Ron Manuel agreed to switch energy supplier when he was contacted by a rival company. However, his bills ended up being higher.

Although firms are replacing employees who have left, they are not creating new jobs, the UK's largest recruitment company warns.

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom reports a threefold surge in profits for the first three months of the year, despite a sharp fall in gas prices.

Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.

Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is planning to cut 3,500 jobs as part of its plans to halve its administration centres across the UK. Siobhan Endean of Unite called the job losses ''horrific'' and said union members ''are paying the price for decisions by senior bankers''.

The head of Afghanistan's Central Bank tells the BBC he will not allow the country's biggest commercial bank to collapse.

All banks and building societies have put in place plans to begin dispensing £5 notes from the cash machines, a report reveals.

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