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HBOS hit as only 8% take up rights issue

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HBOS hit as only 8% take up rights issue - Shares in HBOS came under more pressure today after it revealed its £4bn rights issue was an even worse flop than the market was expecting



HBOS hit as only 8% take up rights issue  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Shares in HBOS came under more pressure today after it revealed its £4bn rights issue was an even worse flop than the market was expecting
House prices down average of £18,000  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
The average asking price for a home has dropped by up to £18,000 since May, research reveals today
Market report: Monday latest  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
12.30:Bad news for Financial Times publisher Pearson as Merrill Lowers lowers its sights
UK heading for 'economic horror movie'  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
The UK is heading for an economic 'horror movie' and will struggle to avoid recession next year, an influential think tank claimed today
£666,000 bonus for water chief  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Directors at Thames Water have been handed massive bonuses - as the company digs up huge swathes of London
Darling to make U-turn on tax this week  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Alistair Darling will carry out another U-turn on tax this week by abandoning new moves to tax foreign profits made by British firms
Empty offices stack up in commercial property slump  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Bank to seize cancer victim's home  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
A bank has been accused of 'gross inhumanity' for threatening to evict a 70-year-old cancer victim because she has not paid back a loan
More to be hit by car tax increases  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Millions more car owners than previously thought will be worse off under huge rises in road tax planned by the Treasury
Bank should 'ignore prices in rates decisions'  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Alistair Darling should issue emergency guidance to the Bank of England to ignore the huge rises in food and fuel prices when setting interest rates, according to the Item Club
Rigged quizzes earn GMTV £5m a year  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Breakfast TV station GMTV made more than £5 million a year from rigged premium-rate phone-in competitions, latest accounts reveal
Gas bills will rocket 30% within weeks  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
British Gas is expected to hit customers with a record price rise of more than 30% within weeks - and other energy groups are set to follow
Return of the great British holiday resort  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
The money men are rushing to the seaside - and one firm is even offering a £150,000 bounty for a tip-off about new hotel sites
Rock driving 'whistle blower' to the brink of suicide  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
A former Northern Rock employee says he has been driven to the brink of suicide after the failed bank accused him of blowing the whistle on its fat cat culture
Shop sales hurt by poor customer service  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Hard-pressed High Street retailers could increase sales by as much as 50% by appointing good store managers and improving the quality of customer service
Why don't we mothball Rock shares?  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
The long list of shame at Equitable...  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: I saved for my daughter - what was the point  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Forget growth, let's try...  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Recession? We'll cope as we did before  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Growing lifts Mattioli  [07/21/2008 01:17 PM]