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Rate fears as inflation hits 3%

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Rate fears as inflation hits 3% - Inflation has jumped 3%, fuelling fears that will soon be another increase interest rates £9bn Pru windfall air - Prudential is aiming unlock its £9bn assets pot move which could see windfall for shareholders of about £2.5bn, £1 share



Rate fears as inflation hits 3%  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Inflation has jumped to 3%, fuelling fears that there will soon be another increase in interest rates
£9bn Pru windfall in the air  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Prudential is aiming to unlock its £9bn assets pot in a move which could see a windfall for shareholders of about £2.5bn, or £1 a share
Market report: Tuesday latest  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
11.15:Dutch broker ABN Amro has decided to downgrade ITV the biggest of the UK's terrestrial broadcasters from buy to hold
Tiner quits as chief of financial watchdog  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Chief executive John Tiner will leave the Financial Services Authority to return to the private sector in July, it was announced today
Brits snap up Berlin homes  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Britons are flocking to Berlin as a resurgent economy makes German hot property while its capital remains Europe's cheapest major metropolis
Best fixed-rate mortgages axed  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners facing increased mortgage repayments following the rate rise are now seeing lenders pulling the plug on the best fixed-rate deals
Organic lines give Tesco the edge  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Booming sales of organic and luxury food and drink have helped Tesco to its busiest ever Christmas
3 scraps roaming charges  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Mobile phone giant 3 today announced plans to abolish roaming charges for UK customers in seven countries
House price growth cools  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
House price inflation cooled in December in an indication that higher interest rates had begun to bite, a report today suggested
City betting on March rates rise  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Fears are growing that homeowners could be hit with another interest-rate hike within the next two months
Pensions watchdog bans trustee who lied  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
The Pensions Regulator has issued its first ever disqualification of a trustee who lied to bosses and lined his own pockets
Train-bus scheme is a money saver  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
An all-in-one bus and train ticket scheme was extended today and is now available for more than half the population of Britain
Flight tax to cause travel chaos  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Millions of holidaymakers are likely to face chaos at airports around Britain as airlines threaten to stop passengers flying unless they pay a new air tax
BA staff in massive vote for strike  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Thousands of British Airways cabin crew have voted in support of strike action over pay and working conditions
Government promises free financial advice  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Every adult in the UK will be entitled to free generic financial advice within five years, the Government announced today
Homes nudge £200,000 mark  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Families hoping to buy the average home now face a bill of almost £200,000, with the official house price measure just £500 shy of the landmark figure
M&S's five-year eco-warrior plan  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer is to reinvent itself as an eco-warrior on the High Street, spending £200m over five years on what it called a deliberately ambitious eco-plan
Sky slashes broadband costs  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
BSkyB is upping the ante in the broadband price war amid concerns that growth among top-spending customers is stalling
Opec's threat to petrol prices  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Drivers face higher petrol prices because of a planned cut in Opec's oil output led by Iran and Venezuela
Co-op defends carbon scheme  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
The Co-operative Bank is sticking by a Ugandan carbon off-setting scheme criticised for paying locals poor wages and denying them access to vital resources
Smiths surrenders to GE  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Aerospace is one industry where Britain has an edge over most of its competitors - But companies have a responsibility to win the trust of investors
30 Second Guide To Eurotunnel Debt Reduction  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine the dwindling fortunes of the company running the Channel Tunnel
Investing guru Dr Bill Mott returns  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Few individuals make a successful long-term career from fund management, says personal finance editor Jeff Prestridge and one of them - legend Bill Mott - has returned at Psigma Asset Management
Conman's tax avoidance scam  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mails ace investigator Tony Hetherington delves into a convicted conman pushing a tax avoidance scheme
Final months needing some gloss  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
It's usually best for top execs to go sooner rather than later - and Lord Browne needs to put some gloss on the past 18 months
Pushmi-pullyu inflation tips rate rise  [01/16/2007 01:17 PM]
As higher petrol and university bills push up inflation, the interest rate rises. So life becomes more expensive all round says Financial Mail's economics editor