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