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Rock twice as likely to repossess homes - Government-owned Northern Rock is twice as likely as other banks to repossess family homes, new figures reveal



Rock twice as likely to repossess homes  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Government-owned Northern Rock is twice as likely as other banks to repossess family homes, new figures reveal
Watchdog warns it will get tough on banks  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
The days of light-touch regulation in the City are over, Financial Services Authority chief Lord Turner has warned the big banks
Market report: Friday latest  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
12.00:Morgan Stanley is urging clients to switch into Irish upstart Paddy Power at the expense of industry giant William Hill
Raid on credit card fraud site 'Darkmarket'  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
An international website used by criminals to illegally buy and sell credit card details has been shut down
Cameron: Brown to blame for finance woes  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
David Cameron ended the political truce over the financial crisis today with a savage attack on Gordon Brown's 'broken economy'
Forecourts fury as petrol prices stay high  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Motorists today reacted with fury at 'extortionate' petrol prices as forecourts risked investigation by failing to heed Gordon Brown's call for lower rates
Queue here for the Currys credit crush  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
The televisions may have been half price at the Currys Megastore sale yesterday - but getting hold of one came at a cost
Brown may ditch ban on dividends for banks  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Gordon Brown has held out the prospect of easing the terms of his £37bn bank nationalisation to make it more attractive to private investors
Kaupthing to sue Treasury over asset raid  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Icelandic bank Kaupthing plans to sue the British Government in a claim that could run into billions of pounds
Minister attacks electricity rip-off  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Energy companies who force families using pre-payment meters to pay more for their electricity have been warned they face a Government crackdown
Brown demands petrol price cuts  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Petrol retailers were today threatened by Gordon Brown with an inquiry unless they bring down prices at the pumps in response to dramatic falls in the world oil price
Lloyds TSB puts up cost of mortgages  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Lloyds TSB is hammering families with higher mortgage costs only days after securing a £5.5bn taxpayer lifeline
Pru and Aviva worry as FSA eases capital rule  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
City watchdogs have informally offered to lower capital requirements for life insurers in an attempt to avoid a major failure in the industry
Fears for Nectar and Tesco Clubcard company  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
The company that has provided cards for the Nectar and Tesco Clubcard loyalty schemes was today set to collapse into administration after being hit by the credit crunch
Demands for rate cut as Footsie falls again  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
The FTSE 100 followed stock markets in America and Asia with a huge sell-off, plunging 6%, fuelled by growing fears of a global recession
Mortgage rate hope as lending crunch eases  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Nervous banks are finally starting to respond to Gordon Brown's historic rescue package by lending more freely to each other
Economists: UK in recession which will get worse  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain is already in the grips of a recession and the economy will shrink in 2009, economists said tonight
The big test in raising £37bn  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Banks owe us an apology and some thanks  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
BHP Billition: Bad time for top of the market deals  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas: BP, Shell, Vodafone and Aviva yields look good  [10/17/2008 01:17 PM]