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BoE resists cut calls and holds rates at 5% [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England's monetary policy committee has held rates at 5%, resisting calls for a cut that could help the stalling economy
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Halifax reveals worst ever house price falls [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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House price falls hit a new record in August with the Halifax index recording double-digit annual drops for the first time ever, figures have shown
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Market report: Thursday latest [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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11.40:Shares were a touch firmer today but investors were reluctant to pin their hopes on the Bank of England providing any fresh impetus to shares
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Oil 25% cheaper, so why is petrol so dear? [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Motorists are still being hit by rises in petrol prices - even though oil is up to 25% cheaper than in mid-July
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Can you really cut card debt? [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Borrowers are being told they can write-off their credit card debts and have the interest repaid because of a loophole in the law
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Row over BBC presenter's Darling defence [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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A row has erupted after BBC presenter Evan Davis speaks up for the Chancellor on his Radio 4 website
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Road tax could hit wealthy postcodes [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Car owners from wealthier districts could find themselves paying more than those from poorer areas under Government plans to introduce road tolls
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Barclays 'needs £7.5bn' to shore up finances [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Banking giant Barclays may need to raise another £7.5bn to shore up its tattered balance sheet, research warns
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Jersey ruling may help avoid divorce payouts [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Rich businessmen and women could use Jersey and other tax havens to try to protect themselves from multi-million pound divorce payouts
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Rate cut in doubt as food prices jump 10% [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hopes of an interest rate cut were fading today as the soaring price of food threatened to drive already rampant inflation ever higher
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Mortgage bailout to cost taxpayer £40bn [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Ministers are ready to underwrite mortgages worth billions as part of an emergency rescue of the housing market
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London homes on sale for more than 3 months [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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New figures show that half the properties for sale in London have been on the market for longer than three months
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Brown increases threat of energy tax [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown today openly threatened to impose a windfall tax on the profits of big energy firms
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Services pain eases and kills rates move [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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The slide in Britain's service industries' activity levels appears to be easing, making a change in interest rates less likely
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Gambler wriggles out of £2m casino debt [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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A Billionaire gambler known as the 'Fat Man' has won his appeal to avoid paying a £2m debt to a high-class casino
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Feebleness that just deepens the crisis [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Allow doctor Pym the time to cure B&B [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Brown boxed in for a bronze [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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More mortgage half measures [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Shire & Vectura [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: £47,000 for shares worth just £100? [09/04/2008 01:17 PM]
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