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Sainsbury shares fall as bidders pull out [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Sainsbury's shares tumbled today amid reports that two private equity groups have pulled out of the consortium weighing up a bid for the supermarket giant
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The £1.6bn cost of throwing that 'sickie' [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Workers took an astonishing 2m undeserved days off 'sick' last year costing the economy £1.6bn last year, a report reveals today
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Market report: Tuesday latest [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.00:Any remaining hopes that Britain's building materials group Hanson may get a takeover bid from Mexican giant Cemex faded today
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First-time buyers at two-year low [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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The number of first-time buyers entering the property market fell in February to the lowest level for nearly two years said the Council of Mortgage Lenders
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Cold kills City chief on mountain pilgrimage [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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The millionaire chief of a City investment fund has died after becoming trapped in a snowstorm in the Pyrenees
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Two days a month wasted surfing net [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Computer users waste up to two days a month surfing in cyberspace for things they don't need, a survey claims
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China slams US piracy complaints [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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China today denounced a US decision to take it to the World Trade Organisation over complaints of widespread piracy and counterfeiting of US goods
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Average family's wealth shrinks £1,500 [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Big mortgages and lack of savings mean many people in the UK do not have a penny in 'disposable wealth'
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Jobless youngsters costs billions [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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A 'lost generation' of unemployed youngsters is costing the economy billions of pounds a year in benefits
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A £12 bank charge for changing address [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks are to charge customers £12 for failing to tell them of a change of address
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Britain's a nation of part-timers [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain is fast turning into one of the world's part-time nations, with a quarter of the workforce spending less than 30 hours a week at work
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Heaven is in Devon for the great escapists [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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A four-bedroom country cottage in the South West is the favourite prospect in a survey of those seeking an alternative life
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Offshore tax amnesty disaster [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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A Revenue purge on offshore accounts could mean chaos, experts say. Investors have just weeks to declare unpaid tax and interest
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Home seller pack chaos [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Government's new property sales pack scheme is heading for crisis - with potentially momentous consequences for the housing market
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A-Z of the Sunday newspapers [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday
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Tough new rules for TV quiz shows [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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TV channels will have to show viewers their chances of getting through to quiz lines under new rules issued today
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Insurer target for wrath of the RAF [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Royal Air Force is locked in a bitter battle over an insurance company's right to use a roundel logo
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£7,000 car that cost £21,500 [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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The price tag on the car said £7,000 but the finance deal pushed the cost to £21,500. Is this the UK's most expensive car buying agreement?
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Pensioners to see lump sum tax bills jump [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tens of thousands of people who have stayed at work beyond retirement age face higher tax bills in the wake of Gordon Brown's Budget last month
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Cost of a hospital phone call leaps 160% [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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A controversial hospital phone company has increased the cost to patients of making calls from their bed from 10p to 26p a minute
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Clampdown on rip-off lenders [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions of borrowers will receive greater protection against 'rip-off' lenders from today under what is billed as the biggest shake-up in consumer law for 30 years
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'Put green warnings on travel ads' [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Adverts for flights, holidays and cars should carry tobacco-style warnings to curb a growing public 'addiction' to environmentally damaging travel
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DVD shops hit by surge in downloads [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Record numbers of film and TV downloads are threatening high street DVD and video shops, a study has found
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50/50 chance Bank will hike interest rates [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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An interest rate rise is on a knife-edge this week after figures indicated the economy is in far stronger shape than previously thought
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House prices come off the boil [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Britain's raging housing market is coming off the boil, the Halifax declared today, as it announced house prices went up 1% in March
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Watchdog probes takeover leaks [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Hedge funds are under suspicion as the FSA investigates four big takeovers to discover how sensitive information leaked into the market
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KKR bows out of Sainsbury race [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has pulled out of the consortium mulling a £9.5bn bid for Sainsbury's - but an offer for the supermarkets group remains imminent
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Small cap share tips: Mission Marketing and Hexagon [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Our small caps experts reveal the Aim stocks that are set to fly or dive. This week, Mission Marketing is rated a 'strong buy'
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Midas: Clean Energy joins Brazil's ethanol boom [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Financial Mail on Sunday's influential stock market tips. This week Clean Energy Brazil and and update on InterQuest
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Sad to see the back of a fallen idol? [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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John Browne should be preparing for a glorious hurrah at his final BP annual meeting this week - but Lord Browne has shown himself to have feet of clay just like the rest
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Hetherington: Money down a Slovakian drain [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week readers' champion Tony Hetherington investigates your problems - This week he examines a fraudster offering worthless warrants and an update on a vanishing adviser
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The customers champion loses points [04/10/2007 01:17 PM]
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Nationwide Building Society may hold the high moral ground over the banks but it is not immune from occasional criticism
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