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Putting the Bank back in charge is all old hat [04/02/2008 11:51 AM]
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The world has moved on and needs to be regulated as it is, not as we fondly
remember it was
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CGT move could save LSE's Furse £400,000 [04/02/2008 11:51 AM]
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The head of the London Stock Exchange came under fire yesterday for a shares
sell-off that could save her £400,000 in tax 
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Market report: Wednesday latest [04/02/2008 11:51 AM]
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11.30:Credit Suisse Suisse sounded a note of caution on UK builders today as
the housing market continued to falter and mortgages grew harder to come by

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Recession is looming, admits IMF [04/02/2008 11:51 AM]
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The International Monetary Fund today raised the spectre of outright global
recession, blaming the worst financial crisis in the US since the Great
Depression
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Property fears grow as lenders shut doors [04/02/2008 11:51 AM]
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Fears over the state of the British property market deepened today as mortgage
companies closed the doors on borrowers, and builders stopped new developments

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Hard-up workers halve pension payments [04/02/2008 08:59 AM]
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Workers have almost halved the amount they pay into their pensions in the last
year, a report reveals 
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Market report: Wednesday preview [04/02/2008 08:59 AM]
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07.30:Leading shares look set to make a firmer start after strong rallies on
Wall Street, with BoE new mortgage figures and a trading statement from Tate
& Lyle occupying investors 
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First Direct slams door on new mortgages [04/02/2008 08:59 AM]
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First Direct yesterday became the first bank to close its doors to new mortgage
customers 
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Three on trial for £150m investment fraud [04/01/2008 05:53 PM]
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Three men have gone on trial in London today charged with a £150m
investment fraud, after their group of funds collapsed in 2002
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Market report: Tuesday close [04/01/2008 05:53 PM]
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17.00:Shares in GCap Media surged more than 9% today after it agreed to a
£375m takeover by Global Radio 
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Unfair overdraft verdict delayed [04/01/2008 04:46 PM]
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The crucial ruling on the legality of bank overdraft fees has been delayed by
three months 
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Expensive April Fools for UK households [04/01/2008 04:46 PM]
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Consumers faced a gloomy day today as a host of above-inflation hikes in
household bills and taxes came into force 
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Annual house price growth down again [04/01/2008 04:46 PM]
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Annual house price growth fell for the sixth month in a row during February to
its lowest level since 2006, government figures have showed 
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30 second guide to shareholder activism [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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The Daily Mail city team explains how shareholder activism works
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Northern Rock: An uphill climb for Sandler [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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Ron Sandler's recovery plan must make reassuring reading for Alistair Darling.
By his calculations the Rock will return to profit in 2011, and the government
can off-load it to a private purchaser soon after
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Property wobbles as buy-to-let feels pinch [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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Problems in buy-to-let could easily destabilise the whole property market
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Fears of job cuts put a block on prime house prices [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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House prices in the most expensive parts of London barely rose last month as
the crisis in financial markets deepened and the City prepared for mass job
cuts 
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New depths of gloom in Japan [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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Japan's largest manufacturers are at their gloomiest in four years as
exporters struggle with a rising yen and collapsing consumer demand in the US

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Drivers hit by record 3.5m parking fines [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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A record 3.58m drivers were hit with parking fines that funnelled £214m
into council coffers in a single year. 
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Mortgages cost up to third of income [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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Study shows mortgages consuming a record share of household incomes,
accentuating the risks of a major slump. 
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Market report: Tuesday latest [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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13.00:Leading shares are expected to open slightly lower on the first day of
the second quarter, with midcaps Ferrexpo and Babcock International taking
centre stage 
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Rock to repossess thousands of homes [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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Thousands of families face being evicted from their homes this year by Northern
Rock, the Government-owned bank has admitted 
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UBS crisis sends shockwave through banks [04/01/2008 01:09 PM]
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The chairman of Swiss banking giant UBS today resigned as the bank announced a
massive £9.6bn of subprime writedowns 
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Investment banking at the end of the road [04/01/2008 02:59 AM]
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Investment banks built profits on a mirage and when the current crisis is over,
things can never go back to business as usual
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Japan output hit by US woes [04/01/2008 02:59 AM]
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The US downturn is biting harder in Japan, with manufacturers cutting
production in February for a second month in a row. 
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