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The economy springs a leak [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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Wolseley started to come off the boil in early 2007, when HSBC's shock profit warning highlighted the vulnerability of all firms with a major exposure to the American housing market
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Prepare for job cuts, says BoE [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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Unemployment could soon rise, the Bank of England has warned, with the number of companies planning to recruit new workers falling to its lowest level since 1997  
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Watchdog war on banks' bonus-grabbers [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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The City watchdog will target the bonus culture that encourages bankers to take huge risks with investors' cash  
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England's summer wine flies off shelves [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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English wine has seen a surge in popularity thanks to successive warm summers and an increasing demand for local produce  
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Red alerts point to looming recession [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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Investors were urged to prepare for a full-blown recession as high borrowing costs, slumping house prices and soaring energy costs continued  
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Wanted: Tough No2 to drive Bank policy [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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Analysis: Why does the Bank of England have two Deputy Governors? If you answered: In case one is run over by a falling bank, you'd be wrong  
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Supply fear drives crude price above $135 [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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A $5-a-barrel spike in the price of oil has sent crude to all-time highs above $135 a barrel, raising fears that prices may even hit $200  
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Nationwide sees profits leap to £781m [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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Raising interest rates for borrowers and funding all its new lending from savers saw Britain's biggest building society increase profits sharply last year  
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Market report: Thursday close [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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16.45:City speculators may have a sweet tooth, but that was not the reason they were chasing Cadbury - rumoured interest from Warren Buffett may have played a part  
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'Petrol crisis' sparks fears of rising bills [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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Britain is in an 'economic crisis', a minister warned today as soaring oil prices threatened to add £650 to the average household bill  
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Delay to charges case as banks appeal [05/22/2008 07:28 PM]
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Britain's banks today delayed an outcome to the legal wrangle over bank charges by appealing the judge's decision in the first stage of the test case 
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Aviva's £5bn balancing act [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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The inquiry into inherited estates within insurance companies has had the effect of banging heads together
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Long-term care must change for the better [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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A Government consultation on long term care must tackle the problems that millions must live with and deliver our elderly the system they deserve
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M&S: High water mark for Rose [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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Sir Stuart Rose may have topped the magic £1bn profit threshold, but by mid-afternoon the bears had got their teeth into Marks & Spencer
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Mortgage rate cuts raise borrowers' hopes [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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Hopes have been raised that the mortgage crunch may be easing with Nationwide and Abbey cutting rates and First Direct returning to the market  
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Darling launches tax charm offensive [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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Alistair Darling launched an attempt to rebuild his fractured relationship with business in a speech hinting at more tax concessions and a new industrial policy  
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'Spend-it-all' parents fritter kids inheritance [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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If you're waiting patiently to inherit cash from your parents, there's bad news. They've probably already spent it  
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Millions still pay the price for 10p tax rate [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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Millions of families will suffer next year if Gordon Brown does not extend the tax cuts introduced in the 10p U-turn  
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Experian warns of crisis for consumers [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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The crisis in the financial markets is turning into a crisis for consumers as mortgage lending and other loans dry up  
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Power giants 'stitch up' UK customers [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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Power companies have been accused of operating a 'stitch-up' that means UK gas and electricity prices are rising at the fastest rate in Europe  
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Market report: Wednesday latest [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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16.00:Record oil prices may come as a bitter blow to motorists, but the soaring cost of black gold pumped up energy stocks today  
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Soaring oil pushes diesel to £6 a gallon [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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Motorists are struggling with the fastest rises in diesel prices for a decade as the fuel crisis worsens  
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Lenders slash house price forecast [05/22/2008 12:37 AM]
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Mortgage lenders have slashed their forecast for house prices in 2008 - from a 1% increase to a 7% fall  
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Sticky issue of the RBS rights [05/21/2008 03:41 AM]
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What started as the deepest of deep-discount rights issues is now only 20% off the current share price
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The rose-tinted world of B&B [05/21/2008 03:41 AM]
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Bradford & Bingley's parallel universe must be a comforting place to be. In its rose-tinted bubble, there is no prospect of a house price meltdown, only buy-to-let buying opportunities
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