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Food prices rise at fastest rate 17 years - Food prices are expected soar after amount charged by producers rose by its fastest rate for 17 years groceries Shareholders meet decide Rock's fate - Hundreds of Northern Rock shareholders turned out for today's crucial meeting over future of crisis-torn bank, being held its home town of Newcastle Northern Rock clock



Food prices rise at fastest rate in 17 years  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Food prices are expected to soar after the amount charged by producers rose by its fastest rate for 17 years groceries
Shareholders meet to decide Rock's fate  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of Northern Rock shareholders turned out for today's crucial meeting over the future of the crisis-torn bank, being held in its home town of Newcastle Northern Rock clock
Market report: Tuesday latest  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
13.00:There is little evidence of record oil prices reflected in the BP share price these days Stock market
Consumer inflation stays steady at 2.1%  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Inflation remained above the 2% target level set by the Government for the Bank of England for the third successive month in December, official figures showed today High Street Shopping
Stores use even more bags for online deliveries  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Supermarkets are still using far too many plastic bags to deliver groceries ordered online, a survey has revealed Waitrose bags
Tesco shares dive as sales feel the pinch  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Retail juggernaut Tesco became an unlikely victim of the consumer slowdown today, unveiling Christmas trading numbers well below City expectations Terry Leahy, Tesco CEO
House prices rise at lowest rate in a year  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
House price inflation fell to its lowest level for more than a year as the cost of the average home fell by £1,750 in November, according to official figures House in the country
Bank charges in dock as court case opens  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The long-awaited court case into unauthorised bank overdraft charges begins today to establish whether penalty fees are legal and fair Peter Loads
EU launches new probe into Microsoft  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Microsoft is facing yet more potentially expensive investigations by EU regulators over alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the way it builds its Windows operating system
Elderly care 'salary' plan for relatives  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Relatives of sick and elderly people would be paid a 'salary' for looking after them under new Government proposals. Care
Land-Rover launches 'eco' 4x4  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
A new green baby Land Rover was being unveiled today. The LRX 4x4 has a diesel/electric hybrid engine to cut fuel use and an electric-powered rear axle for off-road capability Phil Popham, Managing Director of Land Rover
Economic squeeze puts Bank in a bind  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The British economy is suffering from a toxic cocktail of raging factory-gate inflation and collapsing retail demand, figures out today show Car Factory
Hard-sell stockbroker fined by watchdog  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
A stockbroking firm based in the heart of the City has been fined £250,000 for persauding elderly and inexperienced investors to buy risky shares
Rock investors to fight state takeover  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Northern Rock shareholders will meet tomorrow in a desperate bid to head off what looks like imminent nationalisation Northern Rock branch
Gold crashes through $900 barrier  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Gold soared past the $900-an-ounce mark today as turmoil in financial markets, expectations of US rate cuts and a weak dollar helped raise the metal's safe-haven appeal Gold Bars
More money down the drain  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Northern Rock is a national embarrassment that needs to be put out of its misery with as little pain as possible for the taxpayer
30 second guide to safe havens  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City desk explains the idea behind financial safe havens, in case you should need to rush to one
Strong defence by S&N as bid gets bitter  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The S&N board, which was supposed to be ill-prepared for a fight, has played a blinder in the takeover battle with Heineken and Carlsberg
Power supplier is here to frighten me  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
My death may not have been the express intention of the letter from our power supplier, but had I been a little more frail, or less financially robust, it could easily have been the result
Can Blair put JPMorgan in premier spot?  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
With Tony Blair taking on an advisory role at JPMorgan Chase, Financial Mail trusts that his high-profile - and highly paid - appointment will chivvy some of its UK-based fund managers in its asset management division into raising their game
30 second guide to FSA's wholesale division  [01/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City Team examine the Financial Services Authority's wholesale division