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Call for 8% rates to cool housing

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Call for 8% rates cool housing - Exclusive:Interest rates need go above 8% control booming house prices, leading economist has warned Cost of mobiles abroad be cut 60% - The cost of making calls Europe could soon be cut by up 60% after EU threatened rush through laws reduce roaming charges



Call for 8% rates to cool housing  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:Interest rates need to go above 8% to control booming house prices, a leading economist has warned
Cost of mobiles abroad to be cut 60%  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
The cost of making calls in Europe could soon be cut by up to 60% after the EU threatened to rush through laws to reduce roaming charges
Market report: Tuesday latest  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
12.00:Bid target Alliance Boots traded at new record levels as City speculators awaited news of a higher offer from US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Channel 4 drops racing phone-in  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Channel 4 has suspended phone-in competitions in its horseracing coverage during Cheltenham Week because of a problem with its phone service supplier, it announced today
Families duped by holiday deals  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Tour companies are charging families who book foreign holidays with child discounts more than a group of adults on the same trip
House price growth cools  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
House price inflation cooled for a fourth consecutive month in February as interest rate hikes continued to eat at affordability
Insulate your home for free  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown has given a hint of the eco-credentials of next week's Budget by promising grants to have every UK home insulated
Data confirms property booming  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Government figures released today confirmed that house price inflation picked up speed in January with the annual rate of increase recorded at 10.9%
ID card details for sale to banks  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks and other businesses are to be sold personal information stored on the Government's ID cards database in order to fund the scheme
Men's salaries cut to pay for women's rises  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of thousands of men working in the public sector could have their salaries cut to fund increases for female staff it emerged today.
New homes 'threat to 10,000 green belt acres'  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
At least 10,000 acres of green belt land will be destroyed to meet the Government's house-building targets, rural campaigners have warned
ITV quiz says two plus two is 506  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
ITV could be fined after broadcasting a mathematics challenge on late-night television which some of the country's best brains are unable to solve
Boots rejects £9.7bn approach  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
The board of Boots today rejected a £9.7bn takeover bid from its deputy chairman Stefano Pessina and private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Aston Martin bought by entrepreneur  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Aston Martin was sold today to a consortium led by motor-racing entrepreneur David Richards, in a £480m Kuwaiti-backed
Let the MPC keep up the good work  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Monday view:Ten years on it's time to judge the MPC - Only pointy-headed academics and opposition politicians would argue for change
Tory flight tax plan rubbished  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Radical Tory plans to introduce environmental taxes on flights to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions triggered an angry backlash last night
Has cash had its chips?  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Until now, royalty and paupers have been the only ones not to carry cash. But within five years, it could apply to all of us
£2bn unfair charges still to be claimed  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
More than half of those who are eligible to reclaim unfair penalty charges from the banks, have yet to take action
Boots crisis talks on £10bn bid  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Directors of Alliance Boots are this weekend convening an emergency board meeting to consider Friday's shock £9.7bn takeover offer
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
Virgin Radio admits phone request scam  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin Radio has admitted charging listeners for record requests that they stand little or no chance of hearing on air, echoing the scandal over TV phone-ins
£60,000 homes go on sale for £175,000  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
The flagship scheme to build affordable homes for just £60,000 was last night facing embarrassment after the first properties went on sale - for at least £175,000 each
Rubbish tax 'could be £20 a week'  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Government proposals to charge households according to the weight of rubbish they generate could cost families more than £1,000 a year, a senior council chief has warned
No grazie to an Italian job  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
The Alliance Boots board had to reject the bid from KKR and executive deputy chairman Stefano Pessina - Anything else would have felt like an inside stitch-up
30 Second Guide To Chinese walls  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mails City team examine the measures that financial institutions take to prevent conflicts of interest - and wonder whether they actually work
Expert small cap share tips  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week, SQS is rated as a 'strong buy'
Midas: Morgan's focus still on growth  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail on Sunday's star share tipper gives the thumbs up to Morgan Sindall and a qualified approval to GTE
Tricked by a charity publisher  [03/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Every week, Financial Mail's ace investigator Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries