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Mortgage defaulters pile pain on Rock - Northern Rock has plunged £584m into the red since it was nationalised



Mortgage defaulters pile pain on Rock  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Northern Rock has plunged £584m into the red since it was nationalised
Chancellor considers scrapping stamp duty  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
The Chancellor today warned Britons there is no early end in sight to the economic slowdown and the pressure it puts on family budgets
Market report: Tuesday latest  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
12.00:The price of copper has slumped to a six-month low with investors focusing on weakening demand and rising stockpiles
House prices may rise 30%, says forecast  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
House prices will stop falling next year and will soar 30% over the following three years, a leading economics consultancy has said
Construction struggle may bring rate cut  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
This week's knife-edge vote on interest rates was made even more difficult to call after the latest construction data showed activity fell at a record pace in July
HSBC reports 28% slide in profits  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Profits at Europe's largest bank HSBC fell 28%, in what chairman Stephen Green called the 'most difficult financial markets for several decades'
Tax rises 'could lead to £5 pint by 2012'  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
A pint of beer could cost more than £5 by the time London hosts the 2012 Olympics, campaigners warned today
Put road tax rises in reverse, say MPs  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
To add to Gordon Brown's misery, MPs will today attack proposals to hit millions of drivers with backdated car tax increases of up to £245
Water meters could add £200 to bills  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Water bills could rise by £200 for many households under moves towards putting meters in every home in the South-East
Thomson offers holidays at £2 a night  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
A holiday price war has broken out as Britain's biggest tour operator offers sunshine getaways for £2 a night
Wedding gifts firm Wrapit goes bust  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's biggest on-line wedding list company collapsed today with debts of up to £4m
Energy firms face carbon cash grab  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown has interrupted his seaside family holiday to intervene in the growing row over soaring fuel prices
Buy-to-let hit as rents fall by 20%  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Rents are falling by 20% across London as landlords are forced to slash prices because of over-supply
Brown: Secretive over economic plan  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Whitehall officials are complaining they are being kept in the dark about Gordon Brown's long-awaited new Economic Recovery Plan
Banks shock as RBS faces a £1.5bn loss  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to plunge up to £1.5bn into the red - the biggest loss in British banking history
HSBC: Sprinting away from trouble  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Let's hear it for a Tesco 'value' bank  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Santander and Rexam  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: A rum deal in the Caribbean  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
A sickening jackpot for mis-selling  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Odds against Tullett for GFI merger  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
MPC wilts in climate change  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Silver lining of housing slump  [08/05/2008 01:17 PM]