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Highlighting MPC dilemma - Those hit by credit crunch are screaming for interest rate cuts but the rest of economy shows little sign of needing it
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Market report: Thursday close - 17.00:The temperature was rising today for shareholders of Enodis as shares surged 78½p 230p after bid approach London Stock Exchange trader, tues 22nd January 2008


Highlighting MPC dilemma - Those hit by credit crunch are screaming for interest rate cuts but the rest of economy shows little sign of needing it



Market report: Thursday close  [04/10/2008 05:41 PM]
17.00:The temperature was rising today for shareholders of Enodis as the shares surged 78½p to 230p after a bid approach London Stock Exchange trader, tues 22nd January 2008


Highlighting the MPC dilemma  [04/10/2008 03:31 PM]
Those hit by the credit crunch are screaming for interest rate cuts but the rest of the economy shows little sign of needing it
30 second guide to distressed debt  [04/10/2008 03:31 PM]
The Daily Mail City desk explains why distressed debt has suddenly become so popular...


A crunch year for the world  [04/10/2008 03:31 PM]
A key report on global financial prospects has everything short of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse charging down Pennsylvania Avenue
City jobs axe fear as the hiring drops away  [04/10/2008 03:31 PM]
Fears of sweeping job cuts in the City rose today as hiring levels crashed and banks delayed bringing in new staff George Soros


Free Eurostar ticket reward for lost T5 bag  [04/10/2008 03:31 PM]
A businessman who lost his suitcases in the chaos at Heathrow's Terminal Five is offering a free holiday on Eurostar to anyone who finds it Passengers queue to check in at Terminal 5, Heathrow
Kaupthing remains king of best-buys  [04/10/2008 03:31 PM]
Icelandic bank Kaupthing Edge has announced it will leave its savings rate untouched at 6.5% following today's Bank of England base rate cut Kaupthing bank Iceland


Cut in home loans but not for all  [04/10/2008 03:30 PM]
The Bank of England today cut its base rate by 0.25% to 5% but relief for home owners was instantly undermined by a new wave of mortgage rate increases For sale rate
SFO 'acted illegally' over BAE deals inquiry  [04/10/2008 03:30 PM]
The Serious Fraud Office was today found by a court to have acted unlawfully in ending the BAE-Saudi arms deal investigations Tornado F3, BAE Systems


Interest rates cut by quarter-point to 5%  [04/10/2008 03:30 PM]
The Bank of England made the third cut to interest rates in five months today as it shaved a quarter point off the bank rate, which is now 5% Bank of England, Bank rate decison
Market report: Thursday latest  [04/10/2008 03:30 PM]
13.45:The temperature was rising today for shareholders of Enodis as the shares surged 72¾p to 224¼p after a bid approach London Stock Exchange trader, tues 22nd January 2008


11bn takeover swoop for British Energy  [04/10/2008 03:30 PM]
Britain's competition authorities were put on alert today after German power giant RWE tabled an 11bn takeover offer for British Energy Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station.
Lenders raise rates despite cut by the Bank  [04/10/2008 03:30 PM]
Two of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders today defied the Bank of England by raising interest rates just hours before the official cut Bank of England


Tycoon's 850,000 tax overpayment  [04/10/2008 09:09 AM]
An executive who paid almost 850,000 too much tax by mistake has lost his legal battle to get the money back Angus Monro
'Post Office-lite' no match for real thing  [04/10/2008 09:09 AM]
More postal 'outreach' outlets will open in libraries, churches and pubs to quell the fury over Post Office closures Post Office-interior


Birmingham City shares suspended as bosses held  [04/10/2008 09:09 AM]
Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady and co-owner David Sullivan have been arrested by police investigating alleged corruption in English football
Market report: Thursday preview  [04/10/2008 09:09 AM]
08.00:Leading shares look set to open weaker after Wall Street closed lower and with investors likely to be cautious today ahead of the interest rate decision London Stock Exchange trader, tues 22nd January 2008


Cut likely as sterling takes a pounding  [04/10/2008 09:09 AM]
Families will have to fork out more for their summer holidays after the pound dropped to a record low against the euro after traders bet on a rate cut Bank of England
30 second guide to net wealth  [04/09/2008 11:50 PM]
The Daily Mail city team explains what is meant by the term 'net wealth'


Bad financial advice - or greed?  [04/09/2008 11:50 PM]
There is something fundamentally wrong with a financial system that can leave a saver of 30 years £250,000 out of pocket and with no hope of restitution
Winds that could blow hard for insurance  [04/09/2008 11:50 PM]
It is an environment where cash will be king, but the insurance industry generally speaking does not do cash


Brown is barging in on rates  [04/09/2008 11:50 PM]
As chancellor, Gordon Brown's most momentous policy move was to hand independence to the Bank of England in 1997
Ex-HBOS boss to boost mortgage market  [04/09/2008 11:50 PM]
The Treasury today appointed former HBOS chief executive Sir James Crosby to head an emergency review of the mortgage market Sir James Crosby


Spying spat with Royal twist  [04/09/2008 11:50 PM]
An upper-crust hedge fund executive with links to Prince Charles is at the centre of a Wall Street spying row Robin Smith-Ryland
Sterling slumps against euro as IMF sends alert  [04/09/2008 11:50 PM]
The pound slumped to a record low against the euro today after the IMF warned the UK faces its slowest economic growth since the last recession Car Factory