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State control of banks in £35bn bailout [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Government is poised to take huge stakes in Britain's biggest banks this week with a £35bn bail-out
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Co-op in Britannia BS takeover talks [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Co-operative Financial Services is in 'early' takeover talks with Britannia building society - but no windfalls would be delivered
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Market round-up: 'worst week in history' [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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It started badly, got rapidly worse and then descended into utter misery as the sellers came out en masse and wreaked stock market havoc
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IMF in global meltdown warning [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Global finance is on the brink of meltdown despite interventions by the US and Europe, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned
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Norwich Union windfalls will go ahead [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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A windfall pot worth £1bn will still be paid to a million Norwich Union policyholders despite the plunging stock markets
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Grant Bovey's buy-to-let firm hit by crunch [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Grant Bovey - TV presenter Anthea Turner's husband - has seen his buy-to-let property empire handed back to a bank, as a high-profile credit crunch victim
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Recession by Christmas warning [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Company profits warnings have soared to their highest level for seven years and Ernst & Young warn worse is still to come
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Unemployment to hit 1m as slump bites [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Another key economic achievement of Labour's years in power will take a pounding this week with an ever-lengthening dole queue
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RBS first in line for Treasury handout [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Royal Bank of Scotland looks to be first in line to tap the government's £500bn bank rescue scheme, sources said.
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Markets in freefall as UK shares record worst week since 1987 crash [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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The curtain fell today on the London stock market's worst week since the 1987 crash: the FTSE 100 index closed below 4000, as the Dow Jones was hit too
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Sterling hit by bets Iceland row will grow [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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The pound tumbled to a five-year low against the dollar today as currency speculators bet that the UK's dispute with Iceland could spread to other countries
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Savers warned over home safes [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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As the sale of personal safes soar, consumers are being warned any bank is more secure than storing money at home
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Credit crunch hits bank bosses [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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It is unlikely to muster much sympathy from the public but the UK bank directors have lost more than £49m
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Tesco cuts petrol by 3p as PM says prices must fall [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Tesco slashed the price of petrol by 3p at all 430 of its forecourts this morning. The rare good news for consumers comes after weeks of falling world oil prices
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Oil price crashes $4 on recession fears [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Banking and insurance shares, oil and commodities crashed around the world today amid fears for the global economy
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We need answers to this saving madness [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Mervyn must poke his head above parapet [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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How to turn crisis into disaster [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: PHP and Begbies [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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When will it end? Don't ask the Professor [10/12/2008 01:17 PM]
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How long will the crisis last? We should not be too optimistic
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