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Bank on alert to shore up market [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Alistair Darling is heading home to take charge of the UK's response to the global financial crisis, as the Bank of England prepares to offer unlimited loans
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GMTV poised to axe TV quiz line [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Scandal-hit GMTV will close a compensation advice line at the end of this month for millions of viewers who it admits were cheated in phone-in competitions
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Market report: Friday close [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Pru offer for Resolution [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Prudential is waiting in the wings to restart deal talks with Resolution once the life company's merger discussions with Friends Provident are completed
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Net closes on 'classic conman' [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Lawyers are launching a £50m claim for 900 British investors who lost everything in a Danish fraudster's schemes
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New scandal looming over pension value [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Millions of low-paid or part-time workers could lose future pension benefits because of a rule that defines their savings as 'trivial'
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UK fights for Norwegian gas [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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A war to secure vital energy supplies from a new pipeline has broken out between the UK, Germany and the Netherlands
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Pay up if you jam the web, BBC warned [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Internet bosses could demand a 'congestion charge' from the BBC to help pay for the corporation's ambitious scheme to offer thousands of hours of programmes online
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Insurers' anger at bail-out reforms [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Plans by the City watchdog to shake up a compensation scheme for customers of collapsed financial companies could lead to higher insurance premiums
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FSA says fear stalks advice firms [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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The FSA's 'Treating customers fairly' project has done little to change the behaviour of those supplying financial advice to the public, says the regulator
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£1 buys all your online banking secrets [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Online shoppers and bankers are at risk because the internet has become as lawless as the Wild West, says a House of Lords committee
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FTSE plunge wipes out year's gains [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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0870 numbers are Britain's biggest rip-off [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Premium rate 0870 numbers and bogus half price wine deals are overwhelmingly the most hated rip-offs for Britons
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Severn Trent fails its customers again [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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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
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Mass exodus from commercial property [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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After attracting huge amounts of cash, UK commercial property fund redemptions have doubled to a massive £641m in recent weeks
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Subprime crisis drags down world markets [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Stockmarkets around the world plunged into the red today, dragged down by the deepening credit crisis caused by the US subprime mortgages meltdown
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BAA could lose one of 'big three' airports [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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One of London's big three airports could be put up for sale to break the stranglehold of operator BAA, it was announced today
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Midas: Tate & Lyle eases sugar reliance [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tate & Lyle is trying hard to move on from its roots and is having some success. The Financial Mail's stockpicker analyses its potential
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Menaced by this weapon of mass credit [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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More than four years ago, billionaire Warren Buffett warned of the dangers looming in the credit derivatives market. It appears he was right.
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A rescue for funny money [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Anyone who believes the summer market volatility is behind us is rapidly being forced to think otherwise
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Paying the price of a 'miracle' [08/12/2007 01:17 PM]
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Should you be experiencing that incredible shrinking feeling with regard to your wallet, you're not alone
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