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House prices shrug off the credit crunch [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Property prices are rising at the fastest pace in three months as the market shrugs off the global credit crunch and higher interest rates
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Firms run a £4bn 'protection racket' [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Shops, banks and finance companies are running a multi-billion pound loans 'protection racket' by deceiving customers, a City watchdog said yesterday
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Market report: Thursday latest [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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09:00Rolls-Royce emerged today as the most likely beneficiary of British Airways' £7bn order for a new fleet of passenger aircraft
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Industry chief blasts Bank over crisis [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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The run on the Northern Rock has made Britain look like a 'banana republic', the boss of the Confederation of British Industry said last night
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Fewer mortgages approved in August [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage approvals for UK home purchase fell 14.2% in August compared with a year ago, indicating that housing demand was weakening even before the financial problems in September
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Funding cuts force more into care homes [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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The collapse of state-subsidised home help has pushed up the number of people going into care homes, figures revealed yesterday
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Jittery banks shun £10bn bailout cash [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England has warned the credit squeeze is to get worse, yet today's unprecedented auction of £10bn for banks found absolutely no takers
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GMTV fined £2m for viewer phone-in scam [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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GMTV was fined £2 million today, the largest penalty imposed against a broadcaster, for duping biewers into paying to enter a competition they could not win
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Barratt boss warns of house-price falls [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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The credit crunch and woes of Northern Rock will push down demand for new homes and could result in price falls, Britain's biggest housebuilder has warned
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Rock holds bid talks and scraps dividend [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Northern Rock has bowed to pressure and scrapped next month's 14.2p interim dividend, after its shares sank to another all-time low
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Nationwide admits Isa backlog persists [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Nationwide has admitted experiencing continued delays with Isa transfers even though it had promised the problem was solved
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Homebuyers 'told to lie about salary' [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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More evidence has emerged that unscrupulous brokers are encouraging homebuyers to lie with some borrowers getting mortgages up to eight times salary
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£50 threat to car-park space invaders [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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For a hard-pressed mum with a screaming infant, there are few sights more annoying than seeing a childfree driver pulling into the last parent-and-toddler space at the supermarket
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BP 'dreadful' gaffe wipes £3.5bn off shares [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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BP was plunged into further crisis today, after its new chief executive admitted its current performance is 'dreadful'
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Rock shareholders: Board hid problems [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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As the share price tumbled, shareholders accused Northern Rock of hiding the fact that it was in trouble, holding secret takeover talks and in need of an emergency bail-out
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Mortgage availability 'unchanged by credit crisis' [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage lenders said today that the availability of home loans for consumers should not be affected by the current turmoil in global credit markets
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Consumer confidence at two-year low in US [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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US consumer confidence fell to its lowest ebb in nearly two years on worries about jobs and the financial market turmoil
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Fury of the pensioners dodged by Brown [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of running away from pensioners protesting at being robbed of their life savings when retirement schemes collapsed
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High court shuts down boiler rooms [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Two UK firms that were pushing unsuspecting investors into the hands of boiler rooms in Gibralter have been shut down by the industry watchdog
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Apple accused of 'scare tactics' on iPhone [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Apple has warned that anyone unlocking the iPhone other than O2 in the UK risked losing the use of the device
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Pensions: This naked injustice [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tony Hazell on Government failure to compensate pension victims, pension fund flops and tricks from energy suppliers
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CBI boss Lambert turns his guns [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Finally a high profile business figure has dared to challenge the way the authorities have handled the Northern Rock crisis
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30 second guide to... credit conditions [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail City desk discusses what makes up credit conditions
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Hetherington: Cold comfort over fate of Foster's farm [09/27/2007 01:17 PM]
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Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries.
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