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Brown hints at rethink on inheritance tax [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown hinted yesterday that he might have to try to match the Conservatives' vote winning plan on inheritance tax
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Household income sees ten-year squeeze [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Households are suffering the biggest squeeze on their finances in a decade because of tax rises and higher bills, research has shown
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Market report: Monday latest [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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11.45:Shares in copper miner Kazakhmys tumbled 4% today after one of its mines was devastated by a flood
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Lifeline thrown to Northern Rock [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Growing hopes of a long-term rescue of Northern Rock saw its shares gain 14½p to 173p today as investors weighed several new options for its future
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Credit crunch could clip Darling's wings [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The City's spiralling fortunes are set to carve a hole in Treasury revenues, limiting the scope for tax giveaways in tomorrow's Pre-Budget Report
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Monday view: give with one hand, take with the other [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Last week, the Conservatives tested the proposition that a 'give with one hand and take with the other' tax policy could still win votes
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EDF to build UK nuclear plant [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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French power giant EDF has promised it will deliver Britain's first new nuclear power station in more than a decade by 2017 and have a total of four built by 2025
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ITV phone-in probe to show millions duped [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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ITV chairman Michael Grade will publish a censored version of a report exposing the shocking extent of its premium-rate phone-in scandal, with millions of viewers duped
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Flaw at heart of 'fraud-proof' chip and Pin [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Revealed: How the banks have secretly opened a door to fraudsters while claiming the security system is watertight and victims have only themselves to blame
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Lifeline thrown to Northern Rock [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Growing hopes of a long-term rescue of Northern Rock saw its shares gain 14½p to 173p today as investors weighed several new options for its future
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Why won't lender let me pay my debt? [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Tom Rose has £55,000 of credit card and loans debt and is desperately trying to arrange to pay it all back. But one loans company is blocking this by refusing to negotiate
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Low energy LED bulbs to last 100 years [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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The lighting industry is working on a 'third generation' of energy-efficient LED light bulbs that are designed to last a lifetime
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Darling plots more tax for super-rich [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Alistair Darling is expected to reveal plans to take more tax from private equity tycoons in response to Tory plans to charge £25,000 a year for 'tax-lite' status
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Pre-Budget report set as growth slows [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Chancellor Alistair Darling today announced he will deliver his first pre-Budget report on Tuesday, as he prepared to cut forecasts made by Gordon Brown just eight months ago
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Northern Rock survival hopes [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Northern Rock could yet survive as an independent bank as sources close to the troubled group confirmed that bosses were still exploring a rescue that would thwart bidders
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Banks suffer but real world thrives [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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What is going on when the value of companies operating in the real economy appears to be soaring while there is blood on the financial carpet?
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Tempting deals, but who will pay? [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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New business is the lifeblood of banks and building societies but you cannot fail to balance the books forever, says the Mail on Sunday personal finance editor
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Time's up on the golden era [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Promises of a golden financial era look dim with not much stability and now prosperity starting to look shaky as well says the Mail on Sunday economics editor
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Midas share tips: SThree; Gyrus [10/08/2007 01:17 PM]
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Recruitment firms tend to suffer at the hint of a downturn, but SThree could we worth a look says the Financial Mail's stock picker. Plus a look at medical firm Gyrus
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