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Bank under fire after market turmoil

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Bank under fire after market turmoil - The Bank of England faces mounting pressure reveal more about its emergency lending after cryptic statements about multi-billion pound loans caused market turmoil Directors snap up firms' shares - Directors have given massive vote of confidence companies by snapping up shares at fastest rate for four-and-a-half years



Bank under fire after market turmoil  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England faces mounting pressure to reveal more about its emergency lending after cryptic statements about multi-billion pound loans caused market turmoil
Directors snap up firms' shares  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Directors have given a massive vote of confidence in their companies by snapping up shares at the fastest rate for four-and-a-half years
Market report: Friday close  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
17.00:Shares of Central African Mining & Exploration Company were briefly suspended today before returning at 36½p
UK house prices rise at twice Euro average  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
House prices in Britain have risen faster than in any other eurozone country except Spain over the past five years, according to a new report
Postcode plan could cut pension payouts  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
A scheme unveiled by Legal & General will mean lower retirement payments for people in better off areas because they are expected to live longer
Auctions soar as repossessions rise  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
The number of homes going under the hammer at auction has hit the highest level for more than two years following a rapid rise in repossessions
Airport bosses fined £146,000 for delays  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Airports operator BAA has been fined £146,000 for failing passengers at Heathrow and Gatwick during the summer of chaos
Insurer refuses crash payout over smoking  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
After his wife was killed when a suicidal motorist deliberately drove his car into theirs, David Webb was left to bring up their two-year-old daughter alone
Oligarch wants to takeover Arsenal  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive: Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has declared his intention to take over Arsenal after his shock purchase of David Dein's 14.58% shareholding in the Gunners
£20,000 lottery fantasist convicted  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
When a Yorkshire man received a cheque for £20,000 sent to him in error he told his wife he'd won the lottery and went on a spending spree
Britons default on £20m of debt a day  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Families are defaulting on their debts at a record pace, alarming figures from the Bank of England show
£125,000 ticket to ride the world's largest jet  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Seats on the maiden journey of the world's biggest airliner will cost two passengers £125,000
France trebles inheritance tax threshold  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
French holiday homeowners are set to benefit from a radical shake-up of the countrys inheritance tax laws - with the threshold raised by 300%
Abbey tops league of rip-off bank charges  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Bank customers charged fees have paid an average of £742 in 'illegal' penalties over the past six years, it was claimed today
HSBC bows to student Facebook pressure  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
HSBC has announced a U-turn on scrapping interest-free overdrafts for graduates following an online protest that attracted more than 5,000 people
Nationwide warns of house-prices danger  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
House prices will suffer if financial markets do not recover soon from the credit-crisis turmoil, Britain's biggest building society warned today
BAA misled customers on prices  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
BAA has been forced to drop claims that customers 'won't pay a penny more' in airport bars and shops than in their local high street
Misinformation causing turmoil  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Speculation and misinformation are deadly enemies of orderly markets, as the mauling experienced by Barclays shows
A real failure of leadership  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
There is a general consensus that the turmoil in the credit and debt markets is as serious as anything which has happened in the past 20 years
An elegant fix for house inflation  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
Nostalgia, as an idea, has been hijacked by those to whom it means women in Twenties dresses and men in white tie and tails
Midas share tips: Jelf and Hat Pin  [09/02/2007 01:17 PM]
The Mail on Sunday's share tipper Midas runs the rule over insurance broker Jelf and headhunter firm Hat Pin