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Interest rates slashed: Bank of England cuts bank rate by 1.5% [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Interest rates today came down by a whopping 1.5 percentage points to 3.0% - the lowest level since 1954 - in a dramatic statement of intent by the Bank of England to stave off the UK's imminent recession
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House prices tumbled 2.2% in October [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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House prices are down 15% in year - their worst annual fall since 1983 - according to figures from Britain's biggest mortgage lender
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Stock market report: Thursday latest [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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12.30:Bank shares have never been cheaper, but Morgan Stanley warns it is still too early to start thinking of buying the sector
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Tracker mortgages pulled before rate cut [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Two major lenders today pulled their tracker mortgage ranges, just hours before the Bank of England is expected to announce an interest rate cut
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Obama in the deep end as US woes grow [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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The economic crisis facing Barak Obama was made starkly clear today as corporate America hit the president-elect with a barrage of bad news
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Marks & Spencer hit with bad credit rating [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Marks & Spencer has been downgraded by the credit rating agency Moody's, which could make it more expensive for the retailer to borrow cash
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C&G pledge to pass on interest rate cut [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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One of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders has pledged to pass on in full any cut in the Bank of England's base rate today
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New car sales slump by a quarter [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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New car sales - a key indicator of consumer confidence - slumped again last month while BMW is to shut down Mini production for a month
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Easing food prices clear way for rate cut [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Food price inflation is dropping sharply, bringing relief to millions and removing fears of higher prices that have delayed interest rate falls
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Icelandic chill hits the Costa pensioners [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hundreds of pensioners living in Spain could lose their homes after signing up to an equity-release scheme with failed bank Landsbanki
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Icesave payments to begin this week [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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All the 230,000 savers should get their money by the end of this month
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Sky resolves channel row with Virgin [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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The long-running and often bitter fee row between BSkyB and Virgin Media has been resolved
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Fuel bills rising twice as fast in UK as in EU [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gas and electricity bills are rising more than twice as fast in the UK as in neighbouring nations, it has emerged
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Boom times over in world's fine art markets [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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The boom times are over in the world's soaraway art markets, experts agreed yesterday after a lacklustre New York auction at Sotheby's.
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Gas guzzlers 'to pay double for road tolls' [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gas guzzlers face paying road tolls up to double those for less polluting cars under new Labour plans
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Our morally bankrupt banks need action [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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End of a fun run, not the world [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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We challenge the stock tippers...beat our cat [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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King faces the boldness test [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Now that Obama is safely home as President-elect, the recovery in markets on both sides of the Atlantic has cooled as investors wait to see who moves into the Treasury
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Midas share tips: Spice and Albidon [11/06/2008 01:17 PM]
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Financial Mail's Midas' latest share tips take a look at Yorkshire Electricity spin-off success Spice and miner Albidon
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