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Fears of jobs losses and branch closures as Lloyds TSB reveals HBOS deal details - There were fears of huge job losses and branch closures across the country today as Lloyds TSB confirmed its emergency £12.2bn rescue of Britain's biggest mortgage lender



Fears of jobs losses and branch closures as Lloyds TSB reveals HBOS deal details  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
There were fears of huge job losses and branch closures across the country today as Lloyds TSB confirmed its emergency £12.2bn rescue of Britain's biggest mortgage lender
Goldman and Morgan also under threat  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
The last two independent investment banks on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, were today engulfed by the banking crisis
Market report: Thursday latest  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
12.30:The current turmoil in the banking sector is likely to have severe repercussions for the housing market
Oil price falls 40% but petrol rises 10p  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Petrol prices are increasing despite huge falls in the cost of oil in recent months
Economic turmoil to bring 'avalanche of job losses'  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
A grim cocktail of rising unemployment, plunging job vacancies and below-inflation pay rises were signalled in official figures yesterday
Wall Street clampdown on rogue traders  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Wall Street watchdogs are clamping down on the rogue traders accused of destabilising the global banking system
Lehman's London staff to be paid  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
All 4,500 London based staff of Lehman Brothers will be paid their September salaries, as Barclays confirms it has bought the bank's US investment arm
Branson to bid for £2bn Gatwick Airport  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Richard Branson's Virgin will bid for Gatwick Airport after it's put up for sale by BAA for £2bn
Inflation soars, but hope on loan rates  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Interest rates are set to fall after the Bank of England said inflation will drop sharply next year
AIG: £48bn rescue plan from US bank  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
The credit crunch has claimed its biggest victim so far, with giant insurer American International Group being taken over by the US government
Europe-wide protest at petrol prices  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
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
'Robin Hood' bank boss in £7m giveaway  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
A bank manager behaved like a real-life Robin Hood by taking millions of pounds from rich clients and giving it to needy customers
Food prices soar as inflation hits 4.7%  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Food bills have rocketed by 14.5% over the past year, official figures revealed today
Dragons' inventor to net £36m in new deal  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
A deal will net £36m for 'rapstrap' inventor Andrew Harsley and Dragons James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne over the next three years
Supermarkets go to war on discounters  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's leading supermarkets have launched an all-out price war aimed at gaining back market share from foreign discount retailers Aldi and Lidl
Rising cost of living causing us to emigrate  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Soaring prices have left millions of us seriously thinking about emigrating, researchers say
Global banking's worst nightmare  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Reed Elsevier and Concateno  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Unlucky share dealings  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Lurching towards some calm  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Tesco and Afren  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: £47,000 for shares worth just £100?  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Contactless cards will be 'budget busters'  [09/18/2008 01:17 PM]
Plans for credit cards designed to simplify transactions have been been criticised for encouraging unchecked spending