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Borrowers lose out on super fee mortgages [04/19/2008 06:35 AM]
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The rise of the super-fee mortgage is costing hard pressed borrowers thousands
as they add hefty arrangement charges to their home loans  
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Market report: Friday close [04/18/2008 11:59 PM]
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17.00:Copper miner Kazakhmys saw more than 8% wiped off its stock market value
today after reports of a stinging tac change in Kazakhstan  
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London house sellers face the crunch [04/18/2008 04:50 PM]
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Asking prices for houses in almost every London borough have plunged in a
month. And sellers in the most exclusive streets are being forced to offer huge
discounts  
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Large deficit dents Darling's plans [04/18/2008 04:50 PM]
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Public finances are heading for the rocks, according to economists, after
statistics revealed Labour's biggest monthly budget deficit  
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BP: Rebellion spoils party [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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Tony Hayward's first annual general meeting as chief executive of BP was rather
bumpy
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Banks have to prove their case [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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Banks think they can get a bailout if they kick up enough fuss - on the toddler
principle that if they have a tantrum that is loud enough the parent will give
in
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Families opt for holidays at home [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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Holidaymakers worried about the credit crunch and exchange rates are shunning
expensive foreign holidays and booking their summer breaks in Britain  
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The £1m con to buy the Ritz [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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When a businessman was offered the the Ritz for a knockdown price of
£250m it sounded too good to be true  
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One in ten faces negative equity [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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One in ten homeowners with a mortgage faces being plunged into negative equity
over the next two years, an investment bank has warned  
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End of the road for rogue salesmen [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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Swindlers could face unlimited fines or up to two years in jail if they break
new laws designed to stamp out unfair sales practices  
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Fly long-haul for the best value on holiday [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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Far-flung destinations such as South Africa and Thailand are offering even
better value for holidaymakers than many traditional European hotspots  
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Mortgage squeeze sees lending slump 17% [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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The tightening grip of the credit squeeze on homeowners has been revealed by a
17% year-on-year drop in monthly mortgage lending  
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Card cloner cashes in at ATM [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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A thief who withdrew more than £10,000 using high-quality cloned credit
cards at a 'hole-in-the-wall' is on the run from Police  
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Subprime flop scraps loans to target debt [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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A firm at the forefront of UK subprime mortgages is to abandon lending for the
new 'growth area' - arrears and possibly even repossessions  
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Market report: Friday latest [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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13.30:Copper miner Kazakhmys saw more than 8% wiped off its stock market value
today after reports of a stinging tac change in Kazakhstan 
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RBS gets a rights issue boost but rivals fall [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's second biggest bank, is considering a rights
issue to shore up its finances in the wake of the credit crisis  
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Revealed: the real rate of inflation [04/18/2008 01:48 PM]
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The true, devastating scale of rising prices has been revealed - by the new
Daily Mail Cost of Living Index  
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Market report: Thursday close [04/17/2008 08:20 PM]
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17.00:It was not the sort of start that bosses of Thomson Reuters were looking
for following completion of the merger  
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M&S investors play it long [04/17/2008 05:16 PM]
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Marks & Spencer has chosen to keep silent on the botched boardroom shake-up
at the retailer since it wrote to all shareholders explaining its decision a
couple of weeks back
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Pensions police get more teeth [04/17/2008 05:16 PM]
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When the penny drops there is likely to be a huge row over the dramatic
extension of powers of the Pension Regulator, proposed this week by the
Government
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First-time buyers' struggle is hardest ever [04/17/2008 05:16 PM]
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First-time buyers are facing the 'hardest ever battle' to get on the housing
ladder, a report warns today  
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Financial fears over Britons living to 95 [04/17/2008 05:16 PM]
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Britain is facing the 'ticking time bomb' of an ageing population, with
middleaged men and women now having a 50% chance of living until they are 90
 
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Broadband customers getting only half-speed [04/17/2008 05:16 PM]
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Broadband customers on the highest tariffs are still getting less than half the
download speed they are paying for, a survey says  
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Financier makes £2bn from subprime [04/17/2008 05:16 PM]
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A hedge fund manager predicted the US property slump and earned almost
£2bn last year by betting on the collapse of subprime mortgages  
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Sainsbury's vows to halve plastic bag use [04/17/2008 05:16 PM]
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Sainsburys has pledged to halve the number of plastic bags it gives out within
a year in a move designed to head off a Government crackdown  
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