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Car sales fall but drivers will bear fuel hike - The credit crunch and rising fuel and tax costs have hit new car sales but motorists say there's miles to go before they would ditch their vehicles



Car sales fall but drivers will bear fuel hike  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
The credit crunch and rising fuel and tax costs have hit new car sales but motorists say there's miles to go before they would ditch their vehicles
Bank charge victims urged to avoid courts  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
Hard up bank charge claimants are being urged to avoid unsympathetic courts and go direct to the Financial Ombudsman to reclaim their cash
Weekly market: Banks face the music  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
The first anniversary of the credit crunch has come at the end of a week that delivered more bad news for banks as problems continue to flow
Minister adds to stamp duty confusion  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
A senior minister has added to the confusion over stamp duty despite warnings that house sales are being paralysed
RBS boss apologises for £691m losses  [08/09/2008 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
Repossessions leap 41% since January  [08/09/2008 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
Ryanair blocks thousands of bookings  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
Ryanair is to cancel thousands of its own customers' bookings and potentially leave them stranded at airports across Europe
Oil keeps slipping amid supply fears  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
The sliding oil price crashed through a new threshold today, taking its fall in the past month to 20% despite growing fears of supply shortages
Bank of England holds interest rates at 5%  [08/09/2008 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  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
Dealers are refusing to take 'worthless' gas-guzzling 4x4s in part exchange amid plummeting values for second-hand cars
Halifax's Howard is next credit crunch victim  [08/09/2008 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
Halifax: House prices down 11% in a year  [08/09/2008 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
ITV profits hit as ad revenue collapses  [08/09/2008 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'  [08/09/2008 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'  [08/09/2008 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  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
Fuel: the hot issue  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]
Deal that highlights oil change  [08/09/2008 01:17 PM]