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FTSE plunge wipes out year's gains - The FTSE 100 index plunged more 230 points today - wiping out all gains made shares year - as fears of deepening crisis gripped world markets £1 buys all your online banking secrets - Online shoppers bankers are at risk because internet has become as lawless as Wild West, says House of Lords committee



FTSE plunge wipes out year's gains  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The FTSE 100 index plunged more than 230 points today - wiping out all the gains made on shares this year - as fears of a deepening crisis gripped world markets
£1 buys all your online banking secrets  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Online shoppers and bankers are at risk because the internet has become as lawless as the Wild West, says a House of Lords committee
Market report: Friday close  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
17:00 London shares plunged in the wake of the worsening situation on credit markets, with the FTSE 100 index falling 232.9 to 6038.3 - below the 6220 at which it started the year
0870 numbers are Britain's biggest rip-off  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Premium rate 0870 numbers and bogus half price wine deals are overwhelmingly the most hated rip-offs for Britons
Severn Trent fails its customers again  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The troubled water company has pledged to spend £45m to cut waste after being named as the the only one to have missed its leakage reduction target
Mass exodus from commercial property  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
After attracting huge amounts of cash, UK commercial property fund redemptions have doubled to a massive £641m in recent weeks
Subprime crisis drags down world markets  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Stockmarkets around the world plunged into the red today, dragged down by the deepening credit crisis caused by the US subprime mortgages meltdown
BAA could lose one of 'big three' airports  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
One of London's big three airports could be put up for sale to break the stranglehold of operator BAA, it was announced today
Deal Or No Deal quiz show fined  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Noel Edmonds' quiz show Deal Or No Deal has been fined £30,000 following a series of phone-in irregularities which the regulator described as 'intrinsically unfair'
Airlines forced to display true flight costs  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Budget airlines have been forced to display the true cost of flights on their websites and advertisements following a crackdown on misleading prices
Warning on European car hire  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
British tourists could be left stranded and facing heavy fines if their hire cars break down in Mediterranean countries, a survey claims today
UK ban on 1,000 gambling websites  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Online gambling operations run by several British companies will be banned from advertising under new rules to stop unregulated sites targeting UK punters
City Airport aims to be 2012's terminal  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
City Airport has submitted ambitious expansion plans as it aims to become the main London terminal for the 2012 Olympics
Hips row over 'conflict of interest'  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Two consultants hired by ministers to advise on Home Information Packs had a financial interest in ensuring Hips were introduced, it has been revealed
No water and no payout for flood victims  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners who had no water for up to 17 days after last month's floods are being refused compensation by Severn Trent Water>> Floods to cost Severn Trent £35m
Another 70,000 quit Virgin Media  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Virgin Media lost another 70,000 customers in the past three months on top of the 47,000 it lost in the first quarter
Misleading Direct Line campaign  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Direct Line has been comparing its current savings rates with those from rival providers that are almost a year old
Brits want bank charges to stay  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Nine out of ten of British bank account holders want the current system of free banking, with high charges for those who default, to remain in place
Ill health has its benefits  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Pensioners are missing out on £1.25 billion in benefits by failing to disclose their health conditions to advisers
A rescue for funny money  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Anyone who believes the summer market volatility is behind us is rapidly being forced to think otherwise
30 second guide to...the Euribor  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City Team look at the Euribor
Midas: New dogs portfolio off to poor start  [08/11/2007 01:17 PM]
Three months ago the Midas Dogs of the Footsie was begun again from scratch, so how are the stocks faring?