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Minister adds to stamp duty confusion - A senior minister today added to the confusion over stamp duty despite warnings that house sales are being paralysed



Minister adds to stamp duty confusion  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
A senior minister today added to the confusion over stamp duty despite warnings that house sales are being paralysed
RBS boss apologises for £691m losses  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
The head of Britain's second biggest bank, Sir Fred Goodwin, issued a humiliating apology today after it made a record £691m loss
Market report: Friday latest  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
11.45:Vodafone shares shed 3.6p today to 135.75p after it fell out of favour with Goldman Sachs
Repossessions leap 41% since January  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
The number of homes being repossessed leapt by 41% in the first half of the year to hit the highest level since the mid-1990s
Halifax's Howard is next credit crunch victim  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
Howard Brown, the bespectacled star of the Halifax television adverts, looks like being another victim of the credit crunch as he faces the chop
Bank of England holds interest rates at 5%  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England has delayed tackling rising inflation and kept interest rates on hold at 5% for another month
4x4s now 'worthless' in part exchanges  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
Dealers are refusing to take 'worthless' gas-guzzling 4x4s in part exchange amid plummeting values for second-hand cars
Halifax: House prices down 11% in a year  [08/08/2008 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
Bad debts cut Barclays profits by a third  [08/08/2008 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
Four BA bosses charged over price-fixing scandal  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
Four former and current British Airways executives were today charged with criminal price fixing
Parents raiding pensions to meet uni costs  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
Parents are taking on second jobs and raiding their pensions to put their children through university, a survey has found
ITV profits hit as ad revenue collapses  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
Advertising revenues at ITV are about to dive 20%, chairman Michael Grade warned today as he provoked speculation of a takeover
Energy bills rise 'to fund the French'  [08/08/2008 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
UK drivers hit by £500 fuel 'surcharge'  [08/08/2008 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
Interest rate cuts over the horizon  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
Fuel: the hot issue  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
Deal that highlights oil change  [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]