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Investigation into HBOS rescue profits [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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City watchdogs are expected to investigate how speculators made a £190m profit from HBOS shares immediately before the bank's rescue was made public
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EDF to table £12.4bn British Energy bid [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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French energy giant EDF will table its long-awaited £12.4bn bid for British Energy this week
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Weekly market: The week the banks fell [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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After one of the most turbulent weeks the finance world has seen, some banks emerged intact but others fell...then Friday brought soaring stock markets around the world
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Mortgage bills to rise on banking chaos [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Mortgage bills could rise by hundreds of pounds a year as lenders respond to the banking chaos with rate hikes
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Job on the Lloyds board for Hornby [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Andy Hornby, chief executive of HBOS, is expected to accept a 'senior boardroom role' once his bank is taken over by Lloyds TSB
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Threat to sue over short-selling ban [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hedge funds are expected to launch legal action against the FSA, seeking compensation for short-selling losses but more firms are calling for protection
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Fearful savers rush to Northern Rock [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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State-owned Northern Rock has been one of the main beneficiaries from the banking uncertainty as depositors rush to a safe haven
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Newcastle's Ashley loses £200m on HBOS [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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BeleaguredNewcastle United owner Mike Ashley is believed to have lost more than £200m gambling that HBOS shares would recover
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Paulson in spotlight over rescue bid [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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The eyes of the world are on US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he thrashes out the US giant rescue plan details while markets face more turmoil
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US pushed into dropping 'safety net' by EU [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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EU pressure and aggressive bankers persuaded the US Securities and Exchange Commission to relax borrowing rules for five firms now at the centre of the financial crisis
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No move despite BoE's credit crisis forecast [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Not everyone was taken by surprise by the credit crunch, the Bank of England saw it coming in April 2007, so why wasn't more done
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City news in brief: Firework shortage | Tax rebate probe | ITV to cut news | High St suffers [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain faces a fireworks shortgage on Bonfire night after China cut supply, while banks have demanded a tax rebate probe, ITV will cut local news and the High St struggles
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Bradford & Bingley 'on the edge' [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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While the country focuses on HBOS and Lloyds, Bradford & Bingley has seen a measure of its risk soar
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Investigation: Is this a 'boiler room' sting? [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Boiler-rooms sting investors for millions of pounds every year, despite attempts to crack down. This is Money investigates one reader's experience
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Credit crunch hits the super-rich's pockets [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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The credit crunch has left hundreds of billionaires crying into their Ming vases after a tough year on the markets
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Midas: HBOS and Lloyds shares [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Merger most foul for bank customers [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Directors who let everyone at HBOS down [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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FSA's curb is necessary, right and overdue [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: Unlucky share dealings [09/21/2008 01:17 PM]
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