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Bank urged to cut rates as services suffer - Calls on the Bank of England to slash interest rates mounted today after a key part of the economy sank deeper into recession



Bank urged to cut rates as services suffer  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Calls on the Bank of England to slash interest rates mounted today after a key part of the economy sank deeper into recession
Fuel bills rising twice as fast in UK as in EU  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Gas and electricity bills are rising more than twice as fast in the UK as in neighbouring nations, it has emerged
Stock market report: Wednesday latest  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
11.30:It was not so much an Obama Bounce as an Obama Flop in London today, as City investors appeared underwhelmed by Obama's victory
Icesave payments to begin this week  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
All the 230,000 savers should get their money by the end of this month
ITV: 'Huge star salaries now unaffordable'  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
ITV said today the days of excessive star salary hikes were numbered as the economic downturn signalled more tough times ahead for television advertising
Icelandic chill hits the Costa pensioners  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Hundreds of pensioners living in Spain could lose their homes after signing up to an equity-release scheme with failed bank Landsbanki
Gas guzzlers 'to pay double for road tolls'  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Gas guzzlers face paying road tolls up to double those for less polluting cars under new Labour plans
Shares soar as 'guru' calls the bottom  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Shares, already up 20% from the recent low, bounced yesterday helped by 'buy' advice from a market 'guru'
Sky resolves channel row with Virgin  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
The long-running and often bitter fee row between BSkyB and Virgin Media has been resolved
Parents help first-timers to £67k deposit  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
First-time buyers who get financial help from their parents are putting down an average deposit of £67,000 in London - £15,000 more than their salaries according to new figures
Next set for Christmas woe as sales plunge 4.4%  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Fashion chain Next today added to the gloom on the High Street as it reported tumbling sales and warned the key Christmas shopping season may be no better
Boom times over in world's fine art markets  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
The boom times are over in the world's soaraway art markets, experts agreed yesterday after a lacklustre New York auction at Sotheby's.
Abbey hikes tracker mortgage rates  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Mortgage giant Abbey has raised the cost of tracker mortgages just two days before a widely predicted bank rate cut
M&S dives to £308m and warns it'll get worse  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose today offered little comfort for rival retailers, predicting the High Street is facing much more bad news
Watchdog plots tougher rules for banks  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
The FSA has launched proposals to take banking regulation out of the hands of banks following the nationalisation of parts of the industry
Our morally bankrupt banks need action  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Obama spells hope for a real market bounce  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
We challenge the stock tippers...beat our cat  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Will the bankers ever learn?  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's High Street banks are struggling to come to terms with the new world in which we are living
Midas share tips: Spice and Albidon  [11/05/2008 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's Midas' latest share tips take a look at Yorkshire Electricity spin-off success Spice and miner Albidon