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Market round-up: A resourceful week - This week City economist Roger Bootle declared that despite the prolonged market turmoil, more pain is yet to come



Market round-up: A resourceful week  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
This week City economist Roger Bootle declared that despite the prolonged market turmoil, more pain is yet to come
Bank urged to cut rates as economy stalls  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
The Bank of England faced calls for an urgent cut in interest rates today after it emerged the economy had come to a halt
Market report: Friday close  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
17:00:Dire predictions on the economy may abound, but the Bank Holiday spirit sent traders on a shopping spree today
Pensioners in fraud wrangle with Halifax  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Marjorie and John Shayler parted with £5,000 to join an exclusive holiday club: now they're battling Halifax to get the money back
Website reveals what your colleagues earn  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Discussing salaries is one of the biggest taboos of the British workplace, but US website Glassdoor.com is set to break it when it opens up here
Troubled Halifax closes estate agents  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Halifax today slammed the door on a quarter of its estate agents as the depressed housing market lurches from bad to worse
UK debt total exceeds national income  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Personal debt in the UK is higher than the income generated by the country as a whole for the second year running, research showed today
Whitehall shelves home sales figures  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Official statistics on home sales have been shelved by the government after they were found to contain 'significant and unexplained' anomalies
John Lewis blames exams for sales slide  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
John Lewis blames its tumbling sales on students awaiting exam results and much of the rest of the nation being glued to the Olympics
US slowdown to cause deeper pain  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
America's slowdown will deepen in the second half of the year, according to a report which also warned that half of the world's economies may be in recession
Shoppers forget the crunch and splash out  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Energy bills may be soaring and the credit crunch biting ever deeper. But millions are still splashing out on clothes and gadgets
Banks face new wave of credit crisis pain  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has warned that the return of a stable banking industry is at least a year away
TV star Katona declared bankrupt  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Reality TV star Kerry Katona was today declared bankrupt at a High Court hearing after failing to pay an outstanding tax bill
New gas bill blow as pipeline shuts  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Families face even higher energy bills this winter as a Norwegian pipeline leak forces up the wholesale price of gas
Two energy giants reveal big price hikes  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Scottish & Southern Energy today followed rival E.On by announcing massive rises in its energy bill tariffs
Savers must box clever to beat inflation  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Ratcatcher Rentokil in for a long haul  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Capita, Carr's Milling  [08/23/2008 01:17 PM]