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Credit crisis rocks world's major banks [03/14/2008 10:01 PM]
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The world banking system was plunged into fresh crisis today as one of
America's biggest banks teetered on the verge of collapse  
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Market report: Friday close [03/14/2008 10:01 PM]
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17.15:The market experienced a sharp turnaround after learning Bear Stearns was
teetering on the brink having gone cap-in-hand to the US Federal Reserve for
emergency funding  
 
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US bank Bear Stearns in crisis [03/14/2008 03:28 PM]
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US investment bank Bear Stearns said today it had been forced into a funding
bail-out after a cash crisis for the business worsened  
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Rail passengers pay £1bn a year for delays [03/14/2008 12:58 PM]
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Train delays cost passengers £1bn a year in lost time, according to
figures released today  
 
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Darling 'must raise taxes' to fund spending [03/14/2008 12:14 PM]
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Voters face the equivalent of up to 3p more on income tax after the next
general election, economists warn  
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Tories say no tax cuts on either side [03/14/2008 11:14 AM]
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George Osborne has said lowering taxes remains a long-term ambition, signalling
taxpayers will not get an immediate break from either side in the next election
 
 
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Soaring oil spells real trauma [03/14/2008 10:33 AM]
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Previous oil price booms have always turned to bust, but this time there are
powerful arguments why it may be different
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VW-Porsche merger turns nasty with power struggle [03/14/2008 10:32 AM]
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Car wars between the ruling clans of VW and Porsche are poised to spill over
into a final encounter which will leave just one family holding the reins of
power  
 
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30 second guide to the tax burden [03/14/2008 10:11 AM]
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The Daily Mail City Team explain the situation regarding the UK's Tax
Burden
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Two-bed semi that will cost you £1m [03/14/2008 10:11 AM]
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How 'awesome, front-line views' mean that a small seaside house is a potential
magnet for Russian tycoons  
 
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Credit crunch claims a new victim [03/14/2008 09:51 AM]
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The failure of Carlyle Capital Corp provides a stunning insight into the
debt-fuelled hubris and greed which has brought America to the brink of
recession
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Market report: Friday latest [03/14/2008 09:51 AM]
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09.30:Goldman Sachs has downgraded the share rating of the big food retailers
because it thinks rising costs are now starting to put pressure on margins  
 
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Darling 'must raise taxes' to balance books [03/14/2008 09:14 AM]
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Voters face the equivalent of up to 3p more on income tax after the next
general election, economists warn 
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Tories will offer both parents six months off [03/14/2008 09:14 AM]
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New mothers and fathers will get the right to take six months off work together
under reforms being unveiled by David Cameron today  
 
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Computer nerd who turned £8,000 into £417m [03/14/2008 08:57 AM]
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Three years ago, Briton Michael Birch and his American wife set up a social
networking internet site with £8,000 and a great deal of optimism  
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Taxman can make dawn raid on your home [03/14/2008 08:57 AM]
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Revenue & Customs inspectors have won new powers to tackle tax dodging that
costs the country an estimated £41bn a year  
 
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US pair 'conned £35m from elderly Brits' [03/14/2008 08:37 AM]
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A father and daughter team have been arrested in the US for conning £35m
out of thousands of British victims in a massive boiler-room scam  
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Market report: Friday preview [03/14/2008 08:03 AM]
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Leading shares are expected to get off to a slightly higher start after Wall
Street reversed early falls after a reassuring report on the credit crisis
emerged 
 
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Market report: Thursday close [03/13/2008 05:16 PM]
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16.50:The City's big income funds have started queuing to buy shares in a
company called Eurasian Natural Resources which is due to make its debut among
the UK's top 100-listed companies 
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Gold price reaches $1,000 landmark [03/13/2008 04:20 PM]
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The price of gold soared to a record high of $1000-an-ounce today, fuelled by a
weakening dollar, strong demand and the rising cost of oil| How to invest in
gold  
 
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Shares and dollar dive as US faces slump [03/13/2008 02:35 PM]
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Fears over the health of the global economy grew today 24 hours after Alistair
Darling insisted Britain would weather the storm  
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Ninety-six per cent get slow broadband [03/13/2008 11:53 AM]
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Ninety-six per cent of internet users with ultra-high-speed broadband packages
are not getting what they pay for, according to a study  
 
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Worrying signals we're going bust [03/13/2008 11:53 AM]
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In the tidal wave of comment that followed yesterday's Budget, the trade
association for insolvency specialists, R3, struck a particularly relevant
note, albeit on one of the Budget's more obscure provisions
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£520 NI 'stealth tax' if you earn £40,000 [03/13/2008 11:53 AM]
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The Chancellor was today accused of inflicting a £520 National Insurance
'stealth tax' on middle-class workers that will fall hardest on
Londoners  
 
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Budget 2008: A false dawn for Darling [03/13/2008 11:22 AM]
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There will no doubt be sycophants in Whitehall telling the Chancellor that the
surge in the Footsie in Budget day trading was all down to what he had to
say
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