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Anger as card firms slash spending limits - Credit card customers with spotless credit files are seeing limits cut £100 of existing balance secret, industry-wide cull credit cards Stamp duty soars 60% just five years - The average homebuyer has seen stamp duty bill soar by more 60% during past five years reach nearly £2,000 2007, research showed today House



Anger as card firms slash spending limits  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Credit card customers with spotless credit files are seeing their limits cut to £100 of their existing balance in a secret, industry-wide cull credit cards
Stamp duty soars 60% in just five years  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The average homebuyer has seen their stamp duty bill soar by more than 60% during the past five years to reach nearly £2,000 in 2007, research showed today House
Market report: Friday close  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
17.00:Fresh hopes that struggling bank Alliance & Leicester might be put out of its misery injected momentum into the ailing stock Sarah Marks
Hands: Credit crunch toll may top $500bn  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Private equity bigwig Guy Hands has warned that the credit crunch could run far longer and bemore damaging than many people think Guy Hands arrives to meet EMI staff
Developers offer huge sums for gardens  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Property developers trawling for space to build on are pursuing homeowners in the hope they will sell off their gardens Min Halil
'Prudent' Lloyds TSB boasts 6% profit rise  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB today showed its strength in avoiding much of the credit crisis afflicting its rivals Lloyds TSB branch
Government to investigate faster broadband options  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The Government will investigate a new generation of faster broadband after providers complained they were struggling to keep pace with the latest online trends Broadband bundled - cables.
Profit jump at npower fuels bills anger  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Anger over soaring household bills hit fever pitch today when npower reported a massive 41% jump in profits> Energy firms face official probe into prices Npower, Wind turbines
UK faces a 'significant' economic downturn  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain will not manage to avoid a 'significant' economic slowdown, according to Bank of England policymaker Andrew Sentance Bank of England
Peers lose fight over the Rock rescue deal  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Peers lost their battle with the Government last night over the nationalisation of Northern Rock Northern Rock branch
Net providers to face piracy deadline  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The Government will warn internet service providers today that it will pass laws to stop illegal downloads of music and films unless a voluntary solution is found Google
Energy firms face official probe into prices  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Regulator Ofgem is to investigate the gas and electricity market for evidence of anti-competitive practices that give customers a raw deal Woman reading her gas meter
Will local councils be the next crunch victims?  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
There are increasingly alarming stories that UK local authorities have been badly burned by the market meltdown
Reed Elsevier breaks media mould  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
If anyone were to be asked at a pub quiz to name Britain's top five quoted media companies, it is highly unlikely that the name of Reed Elsevier would even come up
30 second guide to bank capital  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The Daily Mail City team, explain the intricacies of bank capital
Be thankful for mutuals when banks go bust  [02/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Many people in the North-East will be wondering whether Northern Rock should ever have floated on the stock market