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