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Asia panic drives Footsie below 6,000

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Asia panic drives Footsie below 6,000 - Shares London were freefall today as FTSE 100 index plunged back below 6,000, following heavy losses Asia New York overnight South-West drives up house prices - Property prices relatively remote South-West have been increasing at faster rate those South-East, according new figures



Asia panic drives Footsie below 6,000  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Shares in London were in freefall today as the FTSE 100 index plunged back below 6,000, following heavy losses in Asia and New York overnight
South-West drives up house prices  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Property prices in the relatively remote South-West have been increasing at a faster rate than those in the South-East, according to new figures
Market report: Thursday latest  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
13.00:Financial shares were bearing the brunt of the latest stock-market sell-off today as the FTSE 100 index plunged below the 6000 level
Hopes grow that rates have peaked  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners were given hope yesterday that interest rates have peaked after it emerged the Bank of England voted unanimously to hold rates at 5.75% earlier this month
My joy, by record £35m lottery winner  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
A 40-year-old postal worker revealed today how she felt when she realised she had scooped the UK's biggest-ever lottery jackpot
Big-name funds exposed as dogs  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:The big names in investment 'funds of funds' - such as Fidelity and Credit Suisse - have been exposed as the worst performers
Is your Nokia battery at risk?  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Nokia has issued a worldwide warning that batteries in 46m of its mobile phones could overheat. Check to see if your phone is affected
Same day transfers available next May  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
A new system allowing the same-day transfer of money between bank accounts has been delayed by six months and will now launch in May 2008
Falling inflation eases pressure on rates  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
Homeowners were today given hope that mortgage costs have peaked after a dramatic fall in inflation
National Express wins top rail route  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
National Express has been chosen to take over Britain's most lucrative train franchise - the East Coast Main Line - from GNER
Beware the gap-year rip-off  [08/16/2007 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  [08/16/2007 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  [08/16/2007 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
Fears over Government website ID fraud  [08/16/2007 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  [08/16/2007 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  [08/16/2007 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'  [08/16/2007 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  [08/16/2007 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  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
High Street lenders are preventing thousands of over-stretched families accessing 'bankruptcy lite' debt settlements, say IVA providers
Sterling takes a pounding  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
While we have all been distracted by fears of credit crunch, sterling has gone into sharp reverse falling 3.5% against the dollar to $1.99
Is an interest-only storm brewing?  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
First-time buyers are falling over themselves for fixed-rate deals, but many are alos going interest-only. Is a storm brewing, asks Money Mail's Charlotte Beugge
30 second guide to inflation expectations  [08/16/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City Team explain inflation expectations
Hetherington: The field of dreams  [08/16/2007 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  [08/16/2007 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