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Minister adds to stamp duty confusion [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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A senior minister today added to the confusion over stamp duty despite warnings that house sales are being paralysed
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RBS boss apologises for £691m losses [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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The head of Britain's second biggest bank, Sir Fred Goodwin, issued a humiliating apology today after it made a record £691m loss
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Market report: Friday latest [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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11.45:Vodafone shares shed 3.6p today to 135.75p after it fell out of favour with Goldman Sachs
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Repossessions leap 41% since January [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Halifax's Howard is next credit crunch victim [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Howard Brown, the bespectacled star of the Halifax television adverts, looks like being another victim of the credit crunch as he faces the chop
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Bank of England holds interest rates at 5% [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England has delayed tackling rising inflation and kept interest rates on hold at 5% for another month
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4x4s now 'worthless' in part exchanges [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Dealers are refusing to take 'worthless' gas-guzzling 4x4s in part exchange amid plummeting values for second-hand cars
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Halifax: House prices down 11% in a year [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Collapsing property sales have left the average home worth 10% less than a year ago, according to the latest Halifax house price index
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Bad debts cut Barclays profits by a third [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Barclays boss John Varley apologised to shareholders today for the bank's falling share price as first-half profits dropped by a third
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Four BA bosses charged over price-fixing scandal [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Four former and current British Airways executives were today charged with criminal price fixing
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Parents raiding pensions to meet uni costs [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Parents are taking on second jobs and raiding their pensions to put their children through university, a survey has found
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ITV profits hit as ad revenue collapses [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Advertising revenues at ITV are about to dive 20%, chairman Michael Grade warned today as he provoked speculation of a takeover
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Energy bills rise 'to fund the French' [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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UK drivers hit by £500 fuel 'surcharge' [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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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
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Interest rate cuts over the horizon [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Fuel: the hot issue [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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Deal that highlights oil change [08/08/2008 01:17 PM]
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