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Shares start the big fightback after crash

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Shares start big fightback after crash - Equity markets rallied today as further moves by central banks pump more cash into credit markets helped steady investor nerves Pensioners are £57bn debt - More million retired people still owe an average of £38,000 mortgages, survey revealed today



Shares start the big fightback after crash  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Equity markets rallied today as further moves by central banks to pump more cash into credit markets helped steady investor nerves
Pensioners are £57bn in debt  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
More than a million retired people still owe an average of £38,000 on their mortgages, a survey revealed today
Market report: Monday latest  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
13.00:Shrewd investors are taking advantage of the recent stock market fallout to pick up shares on the cheap
Tory plan to sack price watchdogs  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Regulators who guard consumers against rip-off prices for household bills would be sacked under Tory proposals to rid business of red tape
Fears over Government website ID fraud  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Concern that criminals could use personal financial data from a Government website to commit ID frauds was aired today
Email plague 'driving us to distraction'  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Increasing numbers of employees say they are swamped by a never-ending tide of messages that leave them tired, frustrated and unproductive
Akzo Nobel seals £8.1bn ICI takeover deal  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
ICI, the iconic name behind Dulux paints, today becomes the latest British industrial giant to fall into foreign hands
IVA firms threaten to sue banks  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
High Street lenders are preventing thousands of over-stretched families accessing 'bankruptcy lite' debt settlements, say IVA providers
GMTV poised to axe TV quiz line  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday.
Pru offer for Resolution  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Prudential is waiting in the wings to restart deal talks with Resolution once the life company's merger discussions with Friends Provident are completed
Net closes on 'classic conman'  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Lawyers are launching a £50m claim for 900 British investors who lost everything in a Danish fraudster's schemes
New scandal looming over pension value  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Millions of low-paid or part-time workers could lose future pension benefits because of a rule that defines their savings as 'trivial'
UK fights for Norwegian gas  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
A war to secure vital energy supplies from a new pipeline has broken out between the UK, Germany and the Netherlands
Pay up if you jam the web, BBC warned  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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
Insurers' anger at bail-out reforms  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Plans by the City watchdog to shake up a compensation scheme for customers of collapsed financial companies could lead to higher insurance premiums
FSA says fear stalks advice firms  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
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
£1 buys all your online banking secrets  [08/13/2007 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
FTSE plunge wipes out year's gains  [08/13/2007 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
Hetherington: The field of dreams  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's ace investigator takes a further at Hamilton Bentley and Partners Limited, a land investment company
Midas: Tate & Lyle eases sugar reliance  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Tate & Lyle is trying hard to move on from its roots and is having some success. The Financial Mail's stockpicker analyses its potential
Menaced by this weapon of mass credit  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
More than four years ago, billionaire Warren Buffett warned of the dangers looming in the credit derivatives market. It appears he was right.
From gloom to glad tidings for the mutuals  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Research shows the building society industry is prospering and its good health can represent nothing but great news for all of its customers
Paying the price of a 'miracle'  [08/13/2007 01:17 PM]
Should you be experiencing that incredible shrinking feeling with regard to your wallet, you're not alone