Banking giant HSBC today said police were investigating an alleged €90m (£70m) attempted fraud at group Canary Wharf
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Investigation into £70m HSBC fraud - Banking giant HSBC today said police were investigating an alleged €90m (£70m) attempted fraud at group Canary Wharf
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Talks start over Rock job cuts

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Talks start over Rock job cuts - Nationalised mortgage lender Northern Rock today began consultations with unions staff over plans axe 2,000 jobs Ron Sandler, Northern Rock




Investigation into £70m HSBC fraud - Banking giant HSBC today said police were investigating an alleged €90m (£70m) attempted fraud at group Canary Wharf



Talks start over Rock job cuts  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Nationalised mortgage lender Northern Rock today began consultations with unions and staff over plans to axe 2,000 jobs Ron Sandler, Northern Rock




Investigation into £70m HSBC fraud  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Banking giant HSBC today said police were investigating an alleged €90m (£70m) attempted fraud at the group Canary Wharf
Market report: Thursday close  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
16.45:BG Group rallied 29p to 1260p today following the shares sell-off yesterday that greeted record first-quarter profits Mickey Clark




Old Lady is back on top  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The Financial Stability Report from the Bank of England used to be a non-event but the credit crunch has re-empowered the Bank
Crisis over? Don't bank on it  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
We have heard a lot in recent days about how the bankers feel they are over the worst. Even if true, it applies only to bankers




Fed cuts rate as US battles the crunch  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by a quarter point as part of its offensive against the housing slump and the credit crisis Wall Street, New York Stock Exchange early Tuesday morning Jan. 22, 2008
Egypt and Turkey best for holiday bargains  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Record numbers of holidaymakers are heading for Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia this summer because of the strength of the euro Family, beach holiday




600 tax staff caught snooping our files  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
More than 600 tax staff have been sacked or disciplined for snooping on personal files, raising fresh concerns about security Hector the Taxman
Cut fuel tax by 9p a litre, Brown is urged  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown could afford to cut fuel tax by 9p a litre, scrap a 2p-a-litre tax rise planned for October and not feel the pinch Filling the car with Petrol




Supermarkets threaten price rises  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Supermarkets are threatening to put up prices if they are forced to implement a Competition Commission plan to offer suppliers a fairer deal Tesco Shopping trolly and bags
Market report: Thursday latest  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
13.30:BG Group rallied 20p to 1250p today following the shares sell-off yesterday that greeted record first-quarter profits Mickey Clark








Mortgages 'to rise by £230 a month'  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Homeowners face mortgage rises of up to £230 a month as lenders ratchet up the price of credit, the Bank of England has warned Property market graph
City upbeat as BoE signals crunch may end  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
City economists were today cautiously optimistic about seeing an end to the credit crunch within months Bank of England Governor Mervyn King before the Treasury select committee




Free banking myth won't stop charges battle  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Banks responded to the bloody nose delivered by the courts in the charges dispute in typical fashion - a threat to free banking. But banking isn't free anyway
US set for 'final' interest rate cut  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The US Federal Reserve was expected to cut interest rates yet again tonight as it battles recession Wall Street, New York Stock Exchange early Tuesday morning Jan. 22, 2008












BA boss says sorry over turmoil at T5  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has appealed to business leaders not to judge his company by the disastrous opening of Terminal 5 Willie Walsh, British Airways
Personal loan rates are ratcheted up  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Nationwide will raise some of its loan rates higher than the interest on its credit card later this week. And it's not alone. Man reading documents








Brown admits mistakes over 10p tax band  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown today admitted that the Government had made 'mistakes' over the axing of the 10p starting rate of tax Gordon Brown
Market report: Wednesday close  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
17.00:The London Stock Exchange wants to halve the spread between bid and offer on some leading shares in its order-driven trading system Mickey Clark












HBOS retreats unbowed  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
A rights issue, in the middle of a financial crisis, is a humbling experience. But you would have had to listen very hard to hear any regret pass from Andy Hornby's lips
A rare tribute to private equity  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
You can't get away from the fact that private-equity IPOs do outperform - and that the most likely explanation is that they are quite simply better managed


Sisters lose fight to have death tax parity with gays  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Two elderly sisters fighting for the same right to reduce their inheritance tax liability as married and gay couples have lost a last-ditch legal appeal Joyce and Sybil Burden
Bank cuts through the mortgage gloom  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
One of the Big Five banks is cutting interest rates on some new home loans in a dramatic reversal of the mortgage squeeze Royal Bank of Scotland branch


Plentiful mortgages have gone, says King  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
The Governor of the Bank of England has warned that the days of cheap and plentiful mortgages may never return Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England.
Families hit by 6.5% rise in school fees  [05/02/2008 01:17 PM]
Londoners who send their children to private schools have been hit with an inflation-busting hike in fees of 6.5% School boy