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ABN fears world housing crash [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Soaring borrowing costs could spark a housing slump on a 'global scale', investment bank ABN Amro has warned
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Average home hits £210,000 [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The price of property leapt by £2,500 in April according to official figures which revealed that the average UK home now costs almost £210,000
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Market report: Monday 12.45 [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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T12.45The FSA was looking at JJB Sports after founder David Whelan's surprise sale of his 29% stake fuelled takeover talk, while Centrica helped push the market up
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Tesco ignites garden centre war [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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A major shake up is looming in the formerly placid world of garden centres as Britain's retail giants scramble to respond to Tesco's surprise grab for Scotland's Dobbies
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May showers put off shoppers [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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London shoppers bought more belts, cosmetics and handbags but held off buying clothes and shoes as the weather remained distinctly changeable through most of May
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Female graduates in pay trap [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Highly-educated women are twice as likely to end up in low-paid jobs than a decade ago, a new report claims
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Tesco goes bag-free for home shoppers [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tesco is offering home deliveries without plastic bags. Groceries will arrive in stackable plastic trays instead which the driver takes away
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Unwed couples to win new rights [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Cohabiting partners who split up would get similar rights to married couples who divorce under plans to be outlined this month
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The price tag of happiness [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Can money buy you happiness? A new study says the answer is yes. Find out why chatting to your neighbours adds £40,000 but a marriage break-up knocks £24,500 off the scale
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A to Z of the Sunday newspapers [06/11/2007 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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Sky to launch on Freeview [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The satellite broadcaster is expected to get the go-ahead for a pay-TV service that includes Premiership football through a normal aerial
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Old light bulbs out by 2015 [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Inefficient old-style light bulbs will be switched off permanently within eight years, according to plans drawn up by manufacturers
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Barclays tries again to sell Firstplus [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Barclays Bank has put its controversial Firstplus loans business up for sale as it seeks to reduce further its exposure to high-risk lending
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Why some air passengers are overcharged [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Air travellers are paying hundreds of pounds over the odds for their tickets - just because they booked through the wrong airline
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Banks 'block refunds by using dirty tricks' [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Banks have started warning customers who have won their money back that they could lose their current accounts - a move that may be illegal
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Waitrose going further upmarket [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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The supermarket of choice for better-off shoppers has begun a facelift of its stores to avoid being outstmarted by American rival Whole Foods Market
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Pension victims face fresh injustice [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Pensions minister James Purnell backed recommendations calling for the integration of the Pensions Ombudsman into the bigger Financial Ombudsman. It's the wrong decision.
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Hetherington investigates: Pacific Continental, A&L, Fox Hayes, KF Concept [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' problems. This week Pacific Continental is back in the frame, this time for misleading an investor who lost money
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Midas: Hyder aims to double its margins [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's stockpicker Midas sees value in the company that's trying to improve the M25 and build the world's tallest tower
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Welcome to the Vice-Chancellor [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Bookies laying down the odds on who's going to be the next Chancellor seem to have overlooked the idea that the winner is likely to be Gordon Brown
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Striking a blow to private equity pillagers [06/11/2007 01:17 PM]
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Let's call time on the tax loopholes that allow takeover executives to spew out more cash than most people see in a lifetime
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