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Cheer for borrowers as rates cut to 5.5% [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Borrowers' and business's wishes were granted as the Bank of England today cut interest rates by a quarter-point to 5.5%, despite concerns over inflation
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Mortgage giants shock with rate cuts [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage borrowers will benefit from the Bank of England rate cut sooner than expected as the Nationwide and Halifax both announced they will pass on the whole cut immediately
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Market report: Thursday latest [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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12.30:Lehman Brothers reckons the heavy selling of commercial property shares has been overdone and provides a good opportunity for stock market investors to start buying
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Pensioners better off in 1950s than today [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Pensioners have less to spend today than in 1950, according to figures published yesterday
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RBS limits subprime crisis hit to £1.25bn [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Royal Bank of Scotland today continued the trend of British banks faring much better through the credit crunch than their American cousins
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Young people 'risking financial suicide' [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Many young Britons are committing financial suicide with a high-spending lifestyle they cannot possibly afford, experts have warned
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House prices see third month of falls [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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House prices fell 1.1% in November, marking the third month in a row that values have declined. Britain's biggest mortgage lender said it was the longest spell of falling values since 1995
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Energy suppliers exploiting the poor [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Energy suppliers are exploiting the poor by forcing them to use more expensive prepayment methods
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Christmas joy for Premium Bond winners [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Two men will be celebrating Christmas in style after becoming the 199th and 200th Premium Bond millionaires by winning the £1m jackpot in Decembers draw
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Alex Brummer: 'Rates must be cut - now!' [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Mervyn King and his colleagues need to recognise that a pre-emptive cut in headline interest rates now might head off greater economic disturbances
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Consumer confidence plummets [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Consumer confidence fell by a record level in November as the gloomy economic news of the past few months took its toll, research showed today
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Tesco accused of sham 'half price' veg [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Supermarkets have been accused of rigging the price of fruit and vegetables to fool shoppers that they are getting a bargain
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Another pensions fiasco [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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As anyone who has followed the pensions policy so far under Labour knows, it is not a subject on which it is to be wholly trusted
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30 second guide to hawks and doves [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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The Daily Mail City desk explains the meaning behind the much-used terms 'hawks' and 'doves'
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Pensions drop off shows our saving failure [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Fewer than half of those sold a personal pension still save into it four years later and these figures underline the parlous state of our long-term savings
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A dodgy 'land bank' and a Black Horse foul-up [12/06/2007 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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Midas share tips: Specialist haulier TDG [12/06/2007 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's stock-picker reckons shares in TDG are substantially undervalued
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