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Northern Rock boss quits - Adam Applegarth, chief executive of troubled mortgage bank Northern Rock, has resigned. However, board said he will not step down until January Bank of England - Adam Applegarth insert Property market 'to grind halt' 2008 - The house price boom has ended, Nationwide said today, with price growth collapsing next year from current rate of nearly 10% zero Sale signs graph



Northern Rock boss quits  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Adam Applegarth, chief executive of troubled mortgage bank Northern Rock, has resigned. However, the board said he will not step down until January Bank of England - Adam Applegarth insert
Property market 'to grind to a halt' in 2008  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The house price boom has ended, the Nationwide said today, with price growth collapsing next year from the current rate of nearly 10% to zero Sale signs graph
Market report: Friday close  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
17.00:Poor old Alliance & Leicester - the state of its share price suggests that something could be seriously amiss at the bank Asian stock market trading room
Fraud probe into ITV phone-in scandal  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
An official report is expected to accuse Big Game TV of operating a deliberate policy of cheating viewers using premium-rate phone lines Timmy Mallett
Subprime cost to banks 'will spiral sixfold'  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Banks are facing up to $300bn (£146.6bn) of losses from the subprime credit crisis over the next 18 months according to Guy Hands, one of Britain's top private-equity chiefs Guy Hands
BA faces claims deluge over axed flights payout  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
British Airways was today facing a possible multi-million-pound bill after agreeing to compensate two passengers for cancelled flights A BA plane
Avoid costly storecards this Christmas  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Christmas shoppers are being warned to steer clear of storecards this festive season or they could end up paying a lot more than they bargained for Argos storecard
Mortgage rate threat as Standard hikes  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Standard Life Bank has become the first mainstream lender to raise its standard variable mortgage rate in response to the global credit crunch Standard Life
New Bond St: dearest street in Britain  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
New Bond Street, the favoured shopping destination of Russian millionaires was today named as Britain's most expensive street for retailers to rent on Aspreys Store on New Bond Street
OFT will fight on if it loses bank test case  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The Office of Fair Trading has pledged to continue battling High Street banks over bank charges even if it loses its High Court test case against them in the New Year Bank charges campaign
High Street 'faces tough Christmas'  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
A rush of profit warnings from struggling retailers is expected as shoppers desert the High Street High street shoppers
More water utilities in 'bad service' probe  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Two more water companies, both in the South-East, are in trouble with the industry regulator over poor customer-service levels A running tap
The 100% charity Christmas card  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Selfridges today claims to be the first British shop to sell a 100% charity Christmas card Panda charity Christmas card
Barclays takes hit of £1.3bn from crisis  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Barclays, Britain's third-largest bank, today admitted it has taken a £1.3bn hit in the past four months from the credit crisis that is wreaking havoc in world financial markets Barclays
Alex Brummer: Fasten your seatbelts  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Comment:Mervyn King's speech yesterday represents a seismic change of thinking at the Bank, which is now far gloomier than Whitehall about Britain's economic prospects Alex Brummer
Varley brings out the dead  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
Suspicions about the depth of sub-prime at Barclays were so great that when chief executive John Varley eventually lifted its skirts, there was a collective sigh of relief
30 second guide to the advertising cycle  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City desk explains when companies decide to blow their marketing budgets and why
Is stagflation back to haunt us?  [11/17/2007 01:17 PM]
There are powerful reasons why inflation may be up next year, and the monetray policy committee may not be able to cut rates if it is