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HBOS 'in merger talks with Lloyds TSB' [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest mortgage lender was believed to be in merger talks with Lloyds TSB today after its shares were pounded for a third consecutive day
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Branson to bid for £2bn Gatwick Airport [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Richard Branson's Virgin will bid for Gatwick Airport after it's put up for sale by BAA for £2bn
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Market report: Wednesday latest [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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11.15:Stock market investors were being treated to a 'dead cat bounce' today following several days of heavy losses
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AIG: £48bn rescue plan from US bank [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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The credit crunch has claimed its biggest victim so far, with giant insurer American International Group being taken over by the US government
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Europe-wide protest at petrol prices [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Motoring groups across Europe are making a concerted protest over the failure of oil giants to slash pump prices as the cost of crude plummets
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Inflation soars, but hope on loan rates [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Interest rates are set to fall after the Bank of England said inflation will drop sharply next year
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Dragons' inventor to net £36m in new deal [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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A deal will net £36m for 'rapstrap' inventor Andrew Harsley and Dragons James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne over the next three years
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'Robin Hood' bank boss in £7m giveaway [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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A bank manager behaved like a real-life Robin Hood by taking millions of pounds from rich clients and giving it to needy customers
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Supermarkets go to war on discounters [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain's leading supermarkets have launched an all-out price war aimed at gaining back market share from foreign discount retailers Aldi and Lidl
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Power cuts 'could bring chaos to UK' [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Crippling power cuts could bring anarchy and chaos within five years because of Labour's failure to tackle the looming energy crisis
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£58bn wiped off FTSE 100 shares [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Another £58bn was slashed from the values of the FTSE 100, which plummeted to its lowest level in more than three years in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse
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Food prices soar as inflation hits 4.7% [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Food bills have rocketed by 14.5% over the past year, official figures revealed today
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HBOS shares plunge 48% in 24 hours [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Shares of HBOS plunged sharply for the second day running amid fears that it could be a major victim of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
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Crisis could claim 30,000 City jobs [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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As many as 30,000 jobs could be at risk in the City as the credit crunch continues, say analysts
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Rising cost of living causing us to emigrate [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Soaring prices have left millions of us seriously thinking about emigrating, researchers say
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America risks Armageddon if AIG goes under [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Reed Elsevier and Concateno [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: Unlucky share dealings [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Politicians powerless to fix finance market [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Tesco and Afren [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: £47,000 for shares worth just £100? [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Contactless cards will be 'budget busters' [09/17/2008 01:17 PM]
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Plans for credit cards designed to simplify transactions have been been criticised for encouraging unchecked spending
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