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Falling inflation eases pressure on rates

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Falling inflation eases pressure rates - Steep falls price of food helped push inflation back below Bank of England's target for first time more year, official figures show National Express wins top rail route - National Express has been chosen take over Britain's most lucrative train franchise - East Coast Main Line - from GNER



Falling inflation eases pressure on rates  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Steep falls in the price of food helped push inflation back below the Bank of England's target for the first time in more than a year, official figures show
National Express wins top rail route  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
National Express has been chosen to take over Britain's most lucrative train franchise - the East Coast Main Line - from GNER
Market report: Tuesday latest  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
12.00:Dealers are using stock-market volatility to identify value in companies that have been oversold
Footsie drop dents hopes of recovery  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Hopes of a continued recovery for London shares were dashed today after the FTSE 100 Index opened lower
Beware the gap-year rip-off  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Students who volunteer for gap-year projects are often wasting their time and money on bogus projects, one of Britain's leading charities has warned
Turmoil is tipped to spark rate-rise delay  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
City economists were today betting that turbulence in financial markets will delay but not prevent another rise in interest rates
House prices rise by £1,000 a week  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Official property sales figures for June show the biggest year-on-year price rises since 2005 as the market shrugged off rising interest rates
£35m lottery winner still a mystery  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The winner of the EuroMillions £35m jackpot - the largest lottery payout in Britain - has still not come forward
Fears over Government website ID fraud  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Concern that criminals could use personal financial data from a Government website to commit ID frauds was aired today
Tory plan to sack price watchdogs  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Regulators who guard consumers against rip-off prices for gas and electricity would be sacked under Tory proposals to rid business of red tape
Pensioners are £57bn in debt  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
More than a million retired people still owe an average of £38,000 on their mortgages, a survey revealed today
Email plague 'driving us to distraction'  [08/14/2007 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  [08/14/2007 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  [08/14/2007 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  [08/14/2007 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  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday.
Pru offer for Resolution  [08/14/2007 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'  [08/14/2007 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  [08/14/2007 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'
A non-rescue for Goldmans  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
Last year Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd Blankfein pointed out that the bank keeps cash reserves on standby to tackle any liquidity issues - we now know how sensible that policy was
30 second guide to quant funds  [08/14/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City Team examine quant funds
Hetherington: The field of dreams  [08/14/2007 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  [08/14/2007 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
From gloom to glad tidings for the mutuals  [08/14/2007 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