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Household names battered in rough week - Weekly market round-up:Positive news was scarce as a number of household names had to stomach worrying news on funding and sales



Household names battered in rough week  [07/05/2008 05:29 AM]
Weekly market round-up:Positive news was scarce as a number of household names had to stomach worrying news on funding and sales
Household names battered in rough week  [07/05/2008 05:29 AM]
Weekly market round-up:Positive news was scarce as a number of household names had to stomach worrying news on funding and sales
Tax-free savings boost for first-time buyers  [07/04/2008 03:46 PM]
Alistair Darling is planning to help first-time buyers find the money for a deposit through a tax-free savings scheme
Tax-free savings boost for first-time buyers  [07/04/2008 03:46 PM]
Alistair Darling is planning to help first-time buyers find the money for a deposit through a tax-free savings scheme
Competition in pipeline for water firms  [07/04/2008 10:41 AM]
Britain's network of water monopolies needs to be thrown open to competition, a leading utility boss said, writes Sam Fleming
ECB: Frankfurt's inflation ghosts  [07/04/2008 10:41 AM]
It is a brave central banker who raises interest rates into the teeth of recession. Yet that is exactly what Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank has done
There are two sides to the sweatshop story  [07/04/2008 10:41 AM]
Anthony Hilton talks about sweatshops and spills the gossip about the last Investment Management Association annual dinner
There are two sides to the sweatshop story  [07/04/2008 10:41 AM]
Anthony Hilton talks about sweatshops and spills the gossip about the last Investment Management Association annual dinner
ECB: Frankfurt's inflation ghosts  [07/04/2008 10:41 AM]
It is a brave central banker who raises interest rates into the teeth of recession. Yet that is exactly what Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank has done
Competition in pipeline for water firms  [07/04/2008 10:41 AM]
Britain's network of water monopolies needs to be thrown open to competition, a leading utility boss said, writes Sam Fleming
Families £140 a month worse off  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Families are at least 15% worse off than five years ago because of soaring living costs
Mortgage squeeze tightens still further  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Home buyers will find it even harder to get a mortgage in the coming months as lenders grow increasingly nervous, the Bank of England warned
Man gets a £31,500 bill for TV show on laptop  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Watching his favourite television show abroad on his laptop landed a man with a £31,500 bill
Man gets a £31,500 bill for TV show on laptop  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Watching his favourite television show abroad on his laptop landed a man with a £31,500 bill
Mortgage squeeze tightens still further  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Home buyers will find it even harder to get a mortgage in the coming months as lenders grow increasingly nervous, the Bank of England warned
Families £140 a month worse off  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Families are at least 15% worse off than five years ago because of soaring living costs
Shares in B&B dive on fears for its future  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Shares in Bradford & Bingley plunged 11% today as the City balked at a new bailout cooked up after a US private equity house turned its back on the troubled bank
Google told to hand over YouTube viewers  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Google was yesterday ordered to hand over the personal details of anyone who has ever watched a YouTube video.
Market report: Friday close  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
17.00:A Citi analyst has warned that weakening consumer demand is unlikely to recover next year, as M&S shares dip again after downgrade
Market report: Friday close  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
17.00:A Citi analyst has warned that weakening consumer demand is unlikely to recover next year, as M&S shares dip again after downgrade
Google told to hand over YouTube viewers  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Google was yesterday ordered to hand over the personal details of anyone who has ever watched a YouTube video.
Shares in B&B dive on fears for its future  [07/04/2008 09:40 AM]
Shares in Bradford & Bingley plunged 11% today as the City balked at a new bailout cooked up after a US private equity house turned its back on the troubled bank
Service sector woe fuels recession fear  [07/03/2008 06:27 PM]
The economy lurched ever closer to recession, after the key services sector buckled under the pressure of rising costs and falling demand
ECB lifts interest rates to fight inflation  [07/03/2008 06:27 PM]
The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time since the onset of the credit crunch, stepping up its fight against inflation
Oil hits $146 as Paulson says there's no quick fix  [07/03/2008 06:27 PM]
Oil prices today gushed through $146 to yet another record high, leaping by more than $2 a barrel