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Reasons for cheer amid turmoil - What goes up must come down in the commercial property market, writes Anthony Hilton in the Evening Standard, but it's not all bad news



Reasons for cheer amid turmoil  [06/27/2008 01:09 PM]
What goes up must come down in the commercial property market, writes Anthony Hilton in the Evening Standard, but it's not all bad news
Chill wind stings investors  [06/27/2008 01:09 PM]
Hedge funds would have more credibility if they chose to play by the City rules, writes the Daily Mail's Alex Brummer
HSBC 'Rescue mortgage' will cost £10,000  [06/27/2008 01:09 PM]
HSBC is charging an arrangement fee of almost £10,000 for its much publicised Rate Matcher Mortgage, while Halifax has brought in a new £245 fee
School factor adds 30% to house prices  [06/27/2008 01:09 PM]
Families are paying premiums of up to £400,000 to live in the catchment area of two of London's best schools
Stock markets hit by global jitters  [06/27/2008 01:09 PM]
Wall Street tumbled 3% last night as record oil prices and a welter of poor coporate news gave investors a bad case of the jitters
No windfall as Pru holds on to £9bn  [06/27/2008 01:09 PM]
Prudential risked a row with MPs, regulators and its own customers today when it decided to hang on to almost £9bn of funds in its inherited estate
Supermarket price war breaks out  [06/27/2008 08:28 AM]
Major supermarkets have launched a food price war to grab customers desperate to avoid rising food prices
Market report: Friday preview  [06/27/2008 08:28 AM]
07.30:Leading shares look set to open lower as the oil price reached a record high overnight - food retailer Tesco is a potential spotlight as the group holds an AGM
Market report: Friday latest  [06/27/2008 08:28 AM]
10.30:Oil producers were among the few winners today as the London stock market responded to record oil prices above $140 and Wall Street's dizzy 350-point plunge
Supermarket price war breaks out  [06/27/2008 08:28 AM]
Major supermarkets have launched a food price war to grab customers desperate to avoid rising food prices
HBOS rights issue gets green light  [06/26/2008 08:14 PM]
HBOS has won the backing of its shareholders for its rights issue after a majority voted in favour of the £4bn cash call
HBOS rights issue gets green light  [06/26/2008 08:14 PM]
HBOS has won the backing of its shareholders for its rights issue after a majority voted in favour of the £4bn cash call
'Boiler room' accomplice bankrupted by watchdog  [06/26/2008 04:10 PM]
The head of two firms that helped outlawed 'boiler rooms' to rip-off investors with fictional share deals has been bankrupted by the Financial Services Authority
'Boiler room' accomplice bankrupted by watchdog  [06/26/2008 04:10 PM]
The head of two firms that helped outlawed 'boiler rooms' to rip-off investors with fictional share deals has been bankrupted by the Financial Services Authority
Green tax to hit gas bills  [06/26/2008 02:08 PM]
Gas bills will rocket by up to 37% to pay for Britain's £100bn green energy revolution, the Government has admitted
Green tax to hit gas bills  [06/26/2008 02:08 PM]
Gas bills will rocket by up to 37% to pay for Britain's £100bn green energy revolution, the Government has admitted
Bank chief: Rates on hold to fight inflation  [06/26/2008 02:08 PM]
Bank of England governor Mervyn King has signalled that further interest rates rises are on hold for fear of triggering even higher inflation
Bank chief: Rates on hold to fight inflation  [06/26/2008 02:08 PM]
Bank of England governor Mervyn King has signalled that further interest rates rises are on hold for fear of triggering even higher inflation
More home owners improving, not moving  [06/26/2008 12:36 PM]
The struggling property market is fuelling a huge rise in home improvements as householders opt to make more of what they have rather than move
Bills to rise in £100bn green plan  [06/26/2008 12:36 PM]
Green taxes and energy bills will rise to pay for an energy revolution, the Government has warned
Qataris fuel bid rumours at Sainsbury  [06/26/2008 12:36 PM]
Hopes of renewed bid interest in Sainsbury were revived after a major shareholder bought another 7m shares in the supermarket group
Barclay's Varley is thrown a lifeline  [06/26/2008 12:36 PM]
Barclays has enticed in new investors from abroad, helping them to avoid a rights issue and short selling, writes the Daily Mail's Alex Brummer
Let's be minus rating agencies  [06/26/2008 12:36 PM]
There is a much simpler solution to the problems of ratings agencies than that suggested by the SEC. Why not abolish them altogether?
Let's be minus rating agencies  [06/26/2008 12:36 PM]
There is a much simpler solution to the problems of ratings agencies than that suggested by the SEC. Why not abolish them altogether?
Barclay's Varley is thrown a lifeline  [06/26/2008 12:36 PM]
Barclays has enticed in new investors from abroad, helping them to avoid a rights issue and short selling, writes the Daily Mail's Alex Brummer