Money Box - 25 May 2002

Ernst and Young faced a battle from within

The award-winning personal finance programme, helping you get a better deal for your money. Broadcast Saturdays at 1200hrs on Radio 4.

Final salary pension schemes

As employees of Ernst & Young mount a legal challenge forcing the accounting giant to backtrack from their plans to scrap final salary pensions scheme, we ask if the fightback is beginning.

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Employees win pension victory
Company pensions: a basic guide

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Egg launch online 'money manager'

Concern is voiced as online bank Egg offers customers the chance to organise all their finances through a single webpage.

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Banks fight it out over 'Money Manager'
Egg offers one-stop shop for banking

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Expats lose bid for better pensions

Nearly half a million British pensioners living abroad lose a bid to have their state pensions uprated in line with inflation.

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Expats lose battle for better pensions

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Solar power

Now that homeowners can apply for government grants for solar power installation, we ask if it makes financial as well as environmental sense.

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The cost of solar power

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Equitable Life

With its annual general meeting on Monday 27 May, we look at what is in store for troubled life assurer Equitable Life and its customers.

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May 2002: Equitable faces grilling
April 2002: Equitable sues former directors
April 2002: Equitable sues former auditor
March 2002: Equitable mis-selling probe launched
Feb 2002: Equitable acts to stop customers leaving