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Nationwide: Mortgage market to fall by 80% [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, today said it expects the mortgage market will this year slump to just a fifth of its value last year
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Brown sends strong signal on tax cuts [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown today gave the strongest hint yet that he will unveil emergency tax cuts to help families cope with the recession
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Stock market report: Monday latest [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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11.30:Shareholders of South African miner Lonmin were again contemplating what might have been had they agreed to the offer from Xstrata
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HSBC profits up despite $5bn writedowns [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, has announced that its profits rose in the third quarter despite it taking almost another $5bn (£3.2bn) of writedowns
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China bid to perk up economy spurs oil and metals [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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China has unveiled a £375bn fiscal stimulus package aimed at pumping up demand in the world's fourth-largest economy
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Lenders' small print ruse to block rate cuts [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Banks may use the small print in mortgage contracts to prevent borrowers benefiting from future interest rate cuts by the Bank of England
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HBOS rises after rebuffing grandee plot [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Shares in HBOS rose after the bank rejected a plan by two former leading Scottish bankers to scupper its £6bn takeover by Lloyds TSB
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More post offices on brink of closure [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Thousands more post offices will close if the network loses a contract for paying pensions and benefits, an MPs' report will warn today
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Council houses for life 'to be axed' [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Council house tenancies for life are likely to be scrapped under radical Government plans to ease the chronic housing shortage
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Bailed-out RBS blows £300,000 on party for execs [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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RBS has blown £300,000 on a secret champagne junket for executives - less than a month after being given a £20bn handout by the taxpayer
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Firms slash jobs for first time in 18 months [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Companies are slashing jobs for the first time in 18 months after the economy tipped into recession, a report will warn
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Lenders cave and slash mortgage rates [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Government pressure finally forced the big banks to reduce their floating mortgage rate on Friday to reflect the huge 1.5% cut in the base rate
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Scots bid to scupper £12bn HBOS merger [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Lloyds/HBoS merger was facing uncertainty this weekend after two of Scotland's most prominent businessmen moved to scupper the deal
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Prescott's mortgage misery [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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John Prescott's attempt to follow Tony Blair in becoming a property magnate is lying in tatters as he falls victim to the housing crash
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The early 75% sales on the High Street [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Prices are being cut by up to 75% this weekend as retailers prepare for a 'bargain basement' Christmas
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Fraud fears over nurses' data [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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The firm that lost highly sensitive taxpayer records in a pub car park faced fresh criticism last night over nurses' personal details
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'These stupid rules will bankrupt us' [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Comment:The world will be lucky to escape without a tighter, more burdensome and more expensive regulatory system
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5000 jobs at risk in GM meltdown [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Five thousand British jobs are in jeopardy following a shock warning from General Motors that it is on the brink of collapse
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Hilton: Bright spot for the insurers [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Dogs of Footsie crash out [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: Thrifty, Vehicle Vision, B&B [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Libor and bank rates: A huge cut, but it's the wrong one [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Nationwide bungling is a sick joke [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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Keynes: The naked truth [11/10/2008 01:17 PM]
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