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Darling knew of Iceland's problems - Alistair Darling was alerted to the possibility of a meltdown of Icelandic banks 'weeks' before they collapsed



Darling knew of Iceland's problems  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Alistair Darling was alerted to the possibility of a meltdown of Icelandic banks 'weeks' before they collapsed
Oil giants' £4m profit every hour  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
BP and Royal Dutch Shell will this week report massive third-quarter profits totalling nearly £9bn
Market report: Friday close  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
17.00:The collateral damage to shares caused by the banking crisis has been laid bare for stock-market investors by Cazenove in its latest UK strategy briefing
Icesave savers to get fast-track refunds  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
More than 200,000 savers with the UK branch of Icesave will get back their savings in November through a fast-track refund scheme, the FSCS has said.
Opec curb on output fails to halt crude slide  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Saudi-led attempts to rig the oil market today failed dismally as global prices of crude continued to plunge on fears of a slump in worldwide demand
Pound and FTSE 100 plunge on economic figures and recession fears  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
City analysts have warned that Britain could be facing a severe recession as 'truly dire' official figures revealed that the economy is contracting much faster than expected
Home owners desperately seeking buyers  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
With house sales plummeting by up to 60% in the capital, we went to New Kings Road Fulham to find out just how bad things are for prospective sellers
Pension victory for ½m women after U-turn  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of thousands of women will win the right to a full state pension after a government change allowing them to top-up National Insurance payments
Slimmed-down Royal Mail posts £177m profit  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Profits at the Royal Mail have more than doubled amid deep cuts in services and 2,500 post office closures
Candy bros to sell Chelsea barracks stake  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy have been in negotiations over the sale of their stake in the £1bn Chelsea Barracks, the Evening Standard can reveal
'Downturn could be the worst in 50 years'  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
A former Bank of England official gives a pessimistic prognosis as figures are expected to show the economy has shrunk for the first time in 16 years
Rock staff get £50m despite bonus pledge  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Workers at the failed bank Northern Rock will scoop bonuses worth up to £50m over the next three years
Property website cuts staff as sales slump  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The crisis facing estate agents deepened today when the country's leading property website axed more than a fifth of its workforce
600 jobs axed at Goldman Sachs  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Investment bank Goldman Sachs is sacking 10% of its UK headquarters' workforce, in one of the largest City job culls since the start of the crunch
Hetherington: A racing con and a missing Isa  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
FSA charade treats savers with disdain  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Aveva and Rotala  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Recession looms  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
With-profits investors kicked again  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Why Asia buy would be Pru coup  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Five years ago, AIG was worth more than the combined value of the eight largest insurers. Today, the business is on the block, only just surviving by way of an $80bn bailout
Shameless spin from banks' sinless wonders  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The dollar returns to sender  [10/26/2008 01:17 PM]
When the crunch first became a reality, many said that even if Western democracies fell into recession, the world would be saved by the robustness of emerging market