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Backlash begins against bank bailout: Lloyds-HBOS merger 'under threat'

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Backlash begins against bank bailout: Lloyds-HBOS merger 'under threat' - Bankers have claimed the terms of the bank nationalisation bailout are scaring shareholders and putting the Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger in danger



Backlash begins against bank bailout: Lloyds-HBOS merger 'under threat'  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Bankers have claimed the terms of the bank nationalisation bailout are scaring shareholders and putting the Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger in danger
£230 energy rip-off by 'profiteer' firms  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Tesco has compiled statistics which point the finger at what appears to be profiteering on a huge scale by gas and electricity producers
Market report: Wednesday latest  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
12.30:Mining shares came under the hammer today, with prospects for the industry starting to look tarnished
Nationwide cuts mortgage rate - by 0.3%  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Nationwide has refused calls to pass on the emergency 0.5% rate cut and lowered its standard variable rate by just 0.3%
Unemployment at highest for eight years  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The Government was dealt a huge blow on the jobs front today when unemployment increased by 164,000 to its worst level since 1999
Markets wake up to reality of recession  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
After two days of near-euphoria on the stock markets, reality kicked in today as investors awoke to the realisation that a recession remains probable
Libor down after bailout but borrowing still high  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The strained money markets showed tentative signs of easing today in the wake of unprecedented global action to stem the financial crisis
OFT: Sale and rent causing 'serious harm'  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Cash-strapped homeowners considering selling their home and renting it back urgently need regulation to protect them, the OFT said today
Vacancies in City fall by 40%  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
City job vacancies have slumped by more than 40% as fears grow that unemployment across Britain could soar above 2.25m next year
Question time for Darling and FSA chief  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The public is to quiz the Chancellor, the Governor of the Bank of England and the Financial Service Authority boss over the use of taxpayers' money to bail out banks
Predictions of interest rates at 2% in a year  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Interest rates will be cut again before Christmas despite yesterday's news that inflation is at a 16-year high of 5.2%, experts believe
House prices 'to fall 10% before market turns'  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
House prices could fall by another 10% before the market bottoms out, an expert has warned
'$200 oil' pundit lowers sights... to $75  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
An oil analyst who five months ago predicted the price of crude rising to $200 a barrel has now said it could fall to $75 a barrel
Pound surges as UK is seen in lead  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The pound surged against the dollar and other currencies, extending a recovery from five-year lows after the £37bn bank bailout
Northern Rock chiefs to escape court action  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Adam Applegarth, former boss of failed bank Northern Rock, and his co-directors will not be taken to court over their management failings
Banks owe us an apology and some thanks  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
A Transatlantic attack on bonuses  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas: BP, Shell, Vodafone and Aviva yields look good  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Real money was made in this crisis, but not on TV  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Bank crisis: The reckoning that lies ahead  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]
How to unfreeze the system  [10/15/2008 01:17 PM]