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HSBC kicks off banks' profit glut

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HSBC kicks off banks' profit glut - The High Street banks began an £18bn record profits bonanza today, as HSBC said had made more £6bn last six months London driving up house prices - London is continuing drive up average house prices England Wales despite evidence of slowdown elsewhere country, figures showed today



HSBC kicks off banks' profit glut  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The High Street banks began an £18bn record profits bonanza today, as HSBC said it had made more than £6bn in the last six months
London driving up house prices  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
London is continuing to drive up average house prices in England and Wales despite evidence of a slowdown elsewhere in the country, figures showed today
Market report: Monday 13.00  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Sugar giant Tate & Lyle stood out in a falling stock market at the prospect of a big new big market being opened up for its artificial sweetener Sucralose
Online spending soars  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
More than half of UK adults made a purchase over the internet last year as consumers ignored the High Street in favour of their computer
Homeloans surge ahead  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Mortgage approvals rose to their highest level in five months in June but the growth of credit card lending has slowed sharply to the lowest level since 1994
Union hails sale of LDV to Russians  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The sale of Midlands van maker LDV to Russia's second-largest vehicle manufacturer GAZ for an undisclosed sum was welcomed today by the TGWU
Postal charge changes threaten chaos  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The biggest shake-up in more than 165 years in the way we pay for letters has 'the makings of a mega-disaster', say consumer groups
London could be 'fraud honeypot'  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
London is at risk of becoming a honey-pot for white-collar criminals' because of Britain's failure to punish fraudsters severely enough
Pearson surges into first-half profit  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Educational publisher and Financial Times owner Pearson cheered the City today with better-than-expected first-half results
Northern Foods in £51m sell-off  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Slimming-down biscuit-maker Northern Foods is to sell its chilled foods distribution arm in the first of a slew of disposals
Merged Boots kicks off cost-cutting  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Boots and drugs distributor Alliance Unichem completed their £7bn merger today and will slash £100m in costs over four years
A-Z of the Sunday newspapers  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Our summary of what the Sunday business pages are reporting from the financial world this week
Banks to write off £4bn as debt soars  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The staggering scale of Britain's debt mountain will become clear this week when top banks write off billions in bad loans
Ministers to blame for gas crisis  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
A damning report by one of the world's leading energy consultants blames the Government for creating the gas crisis and soaring fuel charges
Homeowners braced for rate rise  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Homeowners were today braced for the possibility that interest rates could rise to 4.75% this week
Whitbread 'to sell £100m Pizza Hut stake'  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Hotels and leisure group Whitbread was under the spotlight today following a report it is in talks to sell its stake in Pizza Hut for £100m
Profits at BA to leap after cut in prices  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
British Airways will this week announce sharply higher profits for the first quarter, thanks to a boom in cut-price ticket sales
Labour facing MPs' fury over lost pensions  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Labour must pay compensation for failed company pension schemes or face the wrath of all sides of the House of Commons
Drax poised for a surge in earnings  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
This week Financial Mail on Sunday's stock picking expert Midas looks at coal-fired power station owner Drax
Find the cash for victims like Fred  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Labour's idea of a long-term solution to the pensions problem is far from perfect
Labour should feel the heat over this crisis  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
The shortages that have plunged tens of thousands into miserable fuel poverty can be traced back four years or more
Warning, this is just bull  [07/31/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's ace investigator warns against falling for share 'boiler room' price Stone's hard sell tactics

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