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Banks must 'kitchen sink' crunch losses - Banks will have announce billions of pounds of write-offs next two weeks as price of an emergency bail-out by Government Gordon Brown Trouble brewing over 10p tax rate - Gordon Brown faced an explosive rift with Alistair Darling last night over 10p tax rate Alistair Darling



Banks must 'kitchen sink' crunch losses  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Banks will have to announce billions of pounds of write-offs in the next two weeks as the price of an emergency bail-out by the Government Gordon Brown
Trouble brewing over 10p tax rate  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown faced an explosive rift with Alistair Darling last night over the 10p tax rate Alistair Darling
Market report: Friday close  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
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 Sarah Marks
Borrowers lose out on super fee mortgages  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The rise of the super-fee mortgage is costing hard pressed borrowers thousands as they add hefty arrangement charges to their home loans piggy bank
Revealed: the real rate of inflation  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The true, devastating scale of rising prices has been revealed - by the new Daily Mail Cost of Living Index Cost of living index, Woman in supermarket
RBS gets a rights issue boost but rivals fall  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
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 Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
Mortgage squeeze sees lending slump 17%  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The tightening grip of the credit squeeze on homeowners has been revealed by a 17% year-on-year drop in monthly mortgage lending Pound coin, House
Large deficit dents Darling's plans  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Public finances are heading for the rocks, according to economists, after statistics revealed Labour's biggest monthly budget deficit Alistair Darling delivers his Budget speech
Card cloner cashes in at ATM  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
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 Man using cloned cards at cash machines
Fly long-haul for the best value on holiday  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
Far-flung destinations such as South Africa and Thailand are offering even better value for holidaymakers than many traditional European hotspots Egyptian on a Camel, by the Pyramids
London house sellers face the crunch  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
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 House prices go down, two bedroomed flat in Hackney
Subprime flop scraps loans to target debt  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
A firm at the forefront of UK subprime mortgages is to abandon lending for the new 'growth area' - arrears and possibly even repossessions Housing
The £1m con to buy the Ritz  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
When a businessman was offered the the Ritz for a knockdown price of £250m it sounded too good to be true The Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly
Force banks to invigorate the economy  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
If banks want more money to bail them out, they must stop hoarding customers' deposits, cease paying bloated dividends and staff bonuses and start lending
Tough year for investors  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The past year has been hard for investors. Money has been made from investing in gold and the economic engines of China and India but the average investor has lost out
Midas: Vodafone | Rheochem  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
The Financial Mail on Sunday's respected stock picker tips Vodafone and a small Australian gas and oil firm
Hetherington: Perfect4u, Abbey, CapQuest  [04/20/2008 01:17 PM]
This week investigative journalist Tony Hetherington reports on a mystery 'cashback scheme' and a credit fraudster