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More banks told prove they are safe - Exclusive:Mortgage lenders have been ordered prove they are solvent amid fears of Northern Rock domino effect. The FSA has launched an investigation discover which other banks could be toppled Darling tells savers, 'Your cash is safe' - The Chancellor has staked his reputation Northern Rock savers getting money back, saying people would be paid 'whatever happens'



More banks told to prove they are safe  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:Mortgage lenders have been ordered to prove they are solvent amid fears of a Northern Rock domino effect. The FSA has launched an investigation to discover which other banks could be toppled
Darling tells savers, 'Your cash is safe'  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The Chancellor has staked his reputation on Northern Rock savers getting their money back, saying people would be paid 'whatever happens'
Market report: Monday latest  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
09:45:Northern Rock is not the only mortgage lender suffering. Several brokers took their red pencils to former building societies today
Housing market 'is heading for a fall'  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
One of the world's leading financial gurus, Alan Greenspan, has warned UK homeowners that the market has 'got to turn'
Ming pledges tax raid on middle-class families  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Sir Menzies Campbell opened the Lib Dems' annual conference with a pledge to 'hammer' up to two million middle-class families
Young gambling on property for retirement  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The proportion of young adults paying into pension schemes has halved in the past decade and their debts have nearly doubled a new report has revealed
O2 wins battle for the iPhone  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
One of the most eagerly awaited announcements - supposedly a secret - in the history of the UK mobile phone industry is about to take place
British dash for non-Russian gas  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks is flying to Turkey and the Caspian region to persuade it to supply western Europe with gas
Northern Rock's SOS came six weeks ago  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Exclusive:The stricken bank's chief executive realised his fundamental business model was broken and has been in crisis talks since August, it has emerged
Women forced to take two jobs  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Rising mortgage rates and shrinking pay packets in real terms have triggered a sharp increase in the number of people forced into taking second jobs
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the Sunday papers are reporting from the world of finance and business
Sunday newspaper share tips  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Each week we round up the Sunday newspaper share tips. This week: Royal & Sun Alliance, United Utilities are among the picks.
ITV surrenders over tarnished quizzes  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
After a year of campaigning and an audience revolt ITV has got the message and is pulling the plug on premium-rate phone-in shows
Councils 'will get bribes to build houses'  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Town halls will be driven to raise council tax bills more sharply if they refuse to build thousands of homes on green fields, it was claimed last night
Rock's board reaped what it had sown  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
A woeful lack of self restraint and insupportable business plan? Welcome to Northern Rock
Midas share tips: Goldenport rides high on Asia boom  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's top stock picker has high hopes for Britain's only listed shipping company
BT call centre cover-up  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
BT covered up a massive fraud by call-centre staff to ensure it held on to a contract worth more than £1billion, a tribunal was told yesterday
Bad banks and bullies  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
This week we highlight two examples of corporate stupidity that have caused completely avoidable distress
BBC man told to get a new logo  [09/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Scott Huggins, who fronted home relocation series Get A New Life, has been criticised for marketing an investment scheme using the Corporation's logo