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Panicking investors locked by Friends - Investors have been locked into Friends Provident's £1.2bn commercial property fund for six months after £58m was withdrawn less three weeks amid panic market
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| Panicking investors locked in by Friends [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
Investors have been locked into Friends Provident's £1.2bn commercial property fund for six months after £58m was withdrawn in less than three weeks amid panic in the market
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| Woman charged 2,600,000% loan interest [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
| Desperate Christmas shoppers have been urged not to fall for extortionate quick-fire loans after a woman was landed with a 2.6 million per cent interest rate |
| Market report: Friday latest [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
12.00Citigroup is hoping it will be third time lucky on the oil price - that is the number of times it has had to raise its 2008 forecast for crude so far this year
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| Channel 4 is fined £1.5m over phone-ins [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
Channel 4 has been fined £1.5m for its phone-in quiz scandal and was criticised for a 'widespread and systematic deception' of its audience
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| Struggling shoe chain put up for sale [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
Loss-making footwear retailer Stead & Simpson, which has been in business since 1834, has been put up for sale after an unsuccessful refinancing
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| Lending crunch points to new rates drop [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
The chances of further interest rate cuts were growing today after fresh evidence emerged of the slowdown facing the housing market
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| Mothers' pensions decision attacked [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
The Government's decision to deny millions of women a full state pension is a 'slap in the face' for mothers who put the upbringing of their children before their careers, campaigners say
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| Bank rule blow for small firms [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
The big four High Street banks will no longer be forced to offer small businesses accounts that pay interest
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| Cheapest rail fares sold out for Christmas [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
Long distance rail travellers face being charged six times the normal price for journeys before Christmas, an Evening Standard survey has found
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| Warning on mobile phone cashback deals [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
Thousands of people have lost money through dubious mobile phone cashback deals, according to a new report
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| Murdoch ordered to slash Sky's ITV stake [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
James Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting was today told by the Competition Commission to sell most of its 17.9% stake in ITV
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| Is premium food healthier? [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
They charge a pretty price for it but, according to Which? magazine, that's about all you do get when it comes to buying from supermarket premium ranges
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| King: 'Aggressive' rate cuts for 2008 [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
The Bank of England says it may have to slash interest rates 'aggressively' next year to prevent the economy from plunging into recession
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| Prices to fall as card charges banned [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
A fall in prices of up to £1bn a year is expected in the UK, after credit card companies were told to slash the fees they charge shops for authorising sales
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| FSA is still on the ball after 10 years [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
| Despite Northern Rock slipping through its fingers, one goal against in a decade is not a bad scoresheet for the nation's financial goalkeeper |
| Darling's rivers of red ink [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
| The Chancellor yesterday issued a blood curdling warning to big spending ministers and public sector employees on the need to say 'no'. Now we can understand why |
| 30 second guide to profit forecasts [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
| The Daily Mails City desk take a look at the number crunchers who help value shares |
| Midas share tips: a look at 2007's picks [12/21/2007 01:17 PM] |
| Financial Mail's stock-picker has enjoyed successes with Afren, Concateno, Biffa and Halfords - but what happened to Barclays? |