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Oil below $70 spurs cut in petrol prices [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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The price of a barrel of oil today tumbled below $70 for the first time in more than a year, putting pressure on petrol producers to slash the cost of filling up the car
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Markets back in turmoil: FTSE 100 tumbles after world shares plunge [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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The FTSE 100 followed stock markets in America and Asia with a huge sell-off this morning, fuelled by growing fears of a global recession
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Market report: Thursday latest [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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12.30:According to Goldman Sachs, further steep falls in the mining sector can be expected in the days ahead
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Cheaper food and fuel rein in cost of living [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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The price of petrol was slashed to below £1 a litre, while food inflation is falling sharply
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Banks caught in jaws of CDS menace [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, another market menace looms up from the abyss
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Collapse on the cards for Nectar and Tesco Clubcard [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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The company that runs the giant Nectar and Tesco Clubcard loyalty card schemes was today set to collapse into administration after being hit by the credit crunch
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EU calls for worldwide banking watchdog [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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European Union leaders are set to call today for the creation of international boards to oversee at least the world's 30 biggest banks and financial institutions
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Oxford University has £30m in Iceland [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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The full scale of the Iceland bank crash's impact on British institutions was emerging today
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Bailed-out banks fight for right to pay dividends [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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Banks threatened with nationalisation have won a key victory as the Treasury made clear it would allow them to pay a dividend to shareholders after a year
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Unemployment looks set to top 3m [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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Unemployment has jumped at its fastest rate for 17 years and looks set to top 3m
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Nationwide cuts mortgage rate - by 0.3% [10/16/2008 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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BA follows Virgin lead in lowering surcharges [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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British Airways today joined rival carrier Virgin Atlantic in reducing passenger fuel surcharges
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Libor down after bailout but borrowing still high [10/16/2008 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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£230 energy rip-off by 'profiteer' firms [10/16/2008 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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US deficit sets £260bn record [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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The US budget deficit hit a record $455bn (£260.6bn) in the financial year just ended, way above the White House's most recent estimate of $389bn
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Bailout banks musn't turf out homeowners [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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Banks owe us an apology and some thanks [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds TSB investors unfairly hurt [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas: BP, Shell, Vodafone and Aviva yields look good [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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Real money was made in this crisis, but not on TV [10/16/2008 01:17 PM]
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