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Stock market rockets as speculators are banned from short-selling financial shares [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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Bank shares led a huge rally in the FTSE 100 index this morning after hedge funds and other speculators were banned by the City watchdog from betting on falls in financial stocks
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Chancellor facing £7bn in tax shortfall [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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Tax receipts are tumbling because of the hit to the banking industry, lower profits and falling stamp duty
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Market report: Friday Latest [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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11.00:A slowdown in first class and business air travel is an inevitable consequence of the financial meltdown
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US financial industry bailout could hit economy with £1 trillion bill [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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There were growing fears today that the financial-industry bailout being worked out by US authorities could take a heavy toll on the American economy, with cost estimates as high as $2 trillion
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Fuel falls 3p a litre in Morrisons price war [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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Morrisons started a fuel price war yesterday by slashing 3p a litre off its petrol and diesel prices
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Nannies first to go after City job losses [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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With London's bankers realing after the events of the past week, the luxuries are the first thing to go
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Doubts raised over positive High St figures [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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Have the Government's bean counters got their numbers wrong again? Judging by the latest official retail data, the answer is yes
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Goldman and Morgan Stanley on the ropes [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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The last two independent investment
banks on Wall Street were today
engulfed by the banking crisis.
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HBOS takeover: Fears for jobs and branches [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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There were fears of huge job losses and branch closures today as Lloyds TSB confirmed its emergency £12.2bn rescue of Britain's biggest mortgage lender
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Economic turmoil to bring 'avalanche of job losses' [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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A grim cocktail of rising unemployment, plunging job vacancies and below-inflation pay rises were signalled in official figures yesterday
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Doubts over strength of Lloyds-HBOS superbank [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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The City reacted coolly to Lloyds TSBs takeover of HBOS today with analysts questioning the
strength of the so-called superbanks balance sheet
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Oil price falls 40% but petrol rises 10p [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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Petrol prices are increasing despite huge falls in the cost of oil in recent months
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'Centuries' until women get equal pay [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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Women in the workplace will have to wait for 187 years before they are paid the same as men, report claims
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Inflation soars, but hope on loan rates [09/19/2008 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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AIG: £48bn rescue plan from US bank [09/19/2008 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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Directors who let everyone at HBOS down [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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FSA's curb is necessary, right and overdue [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: Unlucky share dealings [09/19/2008 01:17 PM]
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