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B&B 'will be nationalised tonight' - Bradford & Bingley is on the brink of nationalisation - with an announcement likely that the bank's mortgage business is to be taken into State hands



B&B 'will be nationalised tonight'  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Bradford & Bingley is on the brink of nationalisation - with an announcement likely that the bank's mortgage business is to be taken into State hands
Bush pledge on $700bn Wall St rescue  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
George Bush has said he is confident a crucial $700bn Wall Street rescue package will soon be agreed to end the greatest financial crisis since the Thirties
Market report: Friday close  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
17.00: Stocks fall on US bailout fears, and Bradford & Bingley touches another record low
Credit crunch banker kills himself  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Tory pledge watchdog to curb Treasury spending  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
The Tories last night announced plans to strip the Treasury of key powers if they win the next General Election
Failed Derbyshire's bosses to get £1m  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Senior bosses of Derbyshire Building Society are to receive pay-offs totalling £1m, according to documents sent to customers
Darling faces rebuke from IMF  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Alistair Darling's plans to let rip on public borrowing face criticism from the International Monetary Fund
Defecting shoppers cost Tesco £50m  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Tesco is losing its reputation as a value supermarket as shoppers switch to other stores
Cameron donors bet on collapse of bank  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Eve-of-conference embarrassment for Tories as secretive club of party funders make killing by short-selling shares.
City new in brief: Zoom, Mosaic, Pink Floyd  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
A round-up of the shorter financial news stories from the Financial Mail on Sunday
Home loans alert over Lehman arm  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
A little-known UK arm of collapsed bank Lehman Brothers could cause billions of pounds of mortgages to appear to go into default if it fails too
Ultimatum on cash pensions  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Fresh allegations have been levelled at the Pension Service over the bullying of retired people to give up their right to have benefits paid in cash at the post office
Threat of closure for water watchdog  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
The head of a consumer body dedicated to helping customers with complaints about water companies has warned that it faces being pushed into oblivion
Top-selling Avon ladies are...men  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
It would have been unthinkable in the Fifties when door-to-door cosmetics firm Avon first arrived in Britain from the US
Squeeze on spending power set to worsen  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Heavy downward pressure on household incomes will be highlighted in official figures this week - Spending power fell by 1% in the first quarter of this year
Capitalism is given a new lease of life  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
A question of ethics in the City  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Future looks gloomy for bank customers  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
A flawed bailout and it won't change anything  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas: HBOS and Lloyds shares  [09/28/2008 01:17 PM]