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Bank of England holds interest rates at 5% - The Bank of England has delayed tackling rising inflation and kept interest rates on hold at 5% for another month



Bank of England holds interest rates at 5%  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England has delayed tackling rising inflation and kept interest rates on hold at 5% for another month
Halifax: House prices down 11% in a year  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Collapsing property sales have left the average home worth 10% less than a year ago, according to the latest Halifax house price index
Market report: Thursday latest  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
10.45:Bid target Lonmin fell 11p to 3415p after telling shareholders to reject the unsolicited offer of 3300p a share from Xstrata
Energy bills rise 'to fund the French'  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Families in Britain could be stung with higher energy bills because the French government is capping price rises for households in France, MPs have warned
Stamp duty delay could 'paralyse' market  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Alistair Darling was accused yesterday of 'paralysing' the housing market by dithering over whether to suspend stamp duty
Bad debts cut Barclays profits by a third  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Barclays boss John Varley apologised to shareholders today for the bank's falling share price as first-half profits dropped by a third
Lest we forget, we can allow banks to fail  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Opinion:My law of banking lays down that disasters happen when the last man who can remember what happened last time has retired
Parents raiding pensions to meet uni costs  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Parents are taking on second jobs and raiding their pensions to put their children through university, a survey has found
Egg hits customers with rate increases  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Controversial credit card provider Egg has decided to give some of its cardholders yet another shock
ITV profits hit as ad revenue collapses  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Advertising revenues at ITV are about to dive 20%, chairman Michael Grade warned today as he provoked speculation of a takeover
UK drivers hit by £500 fuel 'surcharge'  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
British motorists pay up to £500 more a year on fuel than drivers in other parts of Europe because of tax, a consumer survey has revealed
Shoppers squeezed as food costs soar 10%  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
The cost of food is rising by almost 10% a year, putting pressure on family budgets, according to the retailers
Oil giants 'not passing on price cuts'  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Petrol prices could be cut by a further 10p a litre if oil companies were to pass on the fall in oil prices to drivers, motoring groups claim
Treasury poised to revive council mortgages  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Homebuyers could get a mortgage from their local council under new Treasury plans to rescue the stricken housing market
Company pensions fall £41bn into the red  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
The pension schemes of the UKs top 100 companies have plummeted abysmally into the red after notching up a deficit of £41bn
ITV: Failing to make the Grade  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Fuel: the hot issue  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Let's hear it for a Tesco 'value' bank  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Santander and Rexam  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: A rum deal in the Caribbean  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]
Honesty's the best fund policy  [08/07/2008 01:17 PM]