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Aviva slash 4,000 jobs - Norwich Union-owner Aviva is slashing 4,000 UK jobs as part of wide ranging cost-cutting exercise that includes moving 1,000 posts India First-time buyers record debt - First-time home buyers are risking financial meltdown by taking record loans averaging £110,500



Aviva to slash 4,000 jobs  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Norwich Union-owner Aviva is slashing 4,000 UK jobs as part of a wide ranging cost-cutting exercise that includes moving 1,000 posts to India
First-time buyers in record debt  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
First-time home buyers are risking financial meltdown by taking on record loans averaging £110,500
Market report: Thursday 12:10  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
News of the bid approach for the old Anglian water utility AWG gave the market a boost in early trading as the FTSE 100 jumpedYesterday's Trading: Read Geoff Foster's report
Rates must rise warns IMF  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Interest rates must rise to cool the overheated housing market, international financial watchdogs have warned
£100 eBay jug fetches £46,800  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
A jug bought for just £102 on eBay has sold for £46,800 at Bonhams auction house
Thames Water plans £1bn reservoir  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Bills will rise to pay for a new water resource covering four square miles of Oxfordshire countryside if plans are approved
Pension 'only enough for three days'  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
The average person would survive only three days on the weekly state pension, a financial experiment has revealed
Extradition to US sparks new furore  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Another British businessman was today controversially extradited to the US under the treaty that has been condemned as one-sided
Schools and shops in uniform 'rip-off'  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Uniform deals between schools and named retailers are costing parents £45m a year, it has emerged| 50 ways to save money
Internet fuels £3bn John Lewis boom  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Waitrose-owner John Lewis today revealed a 25% surge in profits - fuelled by a huge increase in internet sales
MyTravel to cut its prices  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Airtours holidays giant MyTravel is slashing prices on late summer sun breaks to tempt families put off by the terrorist threat
Mobile calls to be cut by 10%  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Big price cuts could be on the way for mobile phone customers, after watchdog Ofcom ordered four more years of lower call charges
Mortgage debt crisis looms  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Three quarters of a million homeowners fell behind with mortgage repayments during the past year, prompting fears of mass repossessions
Petrol cut to lowest level since January  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Asda today dropped its unleaded petrol prices to their lowest level since January putting its unleaded fuel at a flat rate of 87.9p per litre
Nationwide's Portman merger  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Nationwide and Portman building societies have unveiled shock plans to merge in a £150bn deal, triggering windfalls for thousands
UK homes too dear says £130k footballer  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
He is the one of the richest players in Chelsea's squad of millionaires, but Michael Ballack still finds London too expensive
Financial adviser in £2m swindle  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
A financial adviser fleeced clients out of more than £2m to fund his luxury lifestyle and addiction to Internet gambling.
Next beats High Street gloom  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Fashion chain Next reported a 3.6% rise in profits as its website's excellent performance offset disappointment at High Street stores
The iPod blockbusters  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
The iPod revolution is about to be spread from music to movies with the launch of a movie download service
Unemployment hits six-year high  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Unemployment hit its highest level for six years in the months during the second quarter of the year as 93,000 left the workforce
HSBC sounds end of easy credit  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest bank will crack down on customers who regularly dip into the red as it seeks to bring an end easy credit
30-second guide to . . . The Britsaver  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City staff explain the potential benefits and pitfalls of the scheme designed to get everyone saving for a pension
Brown's shabby inheritance  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Despite the surprising strength of the British economy this year, the IMF's World Economic Outlook casts some shadows over the Chancellor's stewardship
KBC on the turn  [09/14/2006 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week's report includes oil industry consultant KBC