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Jobs crisis deepens as BT slashes 10,000 [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Telecoms giant BT is axing 10,000 jobs across its workforce as it tries to cut costs after it issued a shock profits warning last month
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Rightmove loses 300 estate agents a month [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Property website Rightmove has reported that up to 300 estate agents are quitting the service each month amid falling property prices
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Stock market report: Thursday latest [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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12.30:It's official - industrial output in China is slowing, causing raw material prices to slide across the globe today
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Oil prices slide as fears grow of global slump [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Oil prices fell to just above $50 a barrel today, marking a loss of two-thirds in value from their peak in July
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Rip-off loan insurance faces full ban [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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The competition watchdog has proposed a ban on the sale of payment protection insurance alongside credit agreements
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Darling: Economy will bounce back in 2010 [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain will suffer a short, sharp recession next year, Chancellor Alistair Darling has signalled, but will bounce back in 2010
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MPs save 3,000 post offices with £1bn deal [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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More than 3,000 post offices were hoping for a lifeline today as ministers were expected to confirm a £1bn contract to distribute benefits
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Germany's economy dives into recession [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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The European economy took a new and unwanted battering today as Germany plunged into recession
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Loans crisis 'devastating' for UK firms [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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The collapse in bank lending is having a devastating effect on British businesses, Mervyn King warned
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Darling urged to ditch tax rise on small firms [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Chancellor was yesterday urged by MPs and small businesses to abandon an 'awful' tax increase on small businesses
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Bank will drop rates 'as low as necessary' [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Substantial rate cuts into next year were on the cards today after the Bank of England forecast inflation to fall below 1% and said the economy would need a substantial boost
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Sterling savaged as rates set to fall [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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The pound fell to an unprecedented low of €1.19 and a six-year low of $1.49 as the expectation of further rate cuts compounded its chronic weakness
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Banks suffer as US rejigs bailout plan [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Barclays and RBS suffered a damaging set-back after the U.S. government abandoned its plan to create a dumping ground for toxic assets
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Private sector pensions under threat [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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The pensions of 13m private sector workers face a new threat, it was claimed yesterday
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Shareholders force Barclays into rethink [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Barclays has signalled it is prepared to rethink the terms of its controversial £7bn fund raising in order to placate angry investors
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Pre-Budget report set for 24 November [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Alistair Darling will dleiver his pre-Budget report to the country on 24 Novemmber: the Evening Standard City editor says it is the most significant speech in recent years
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Sterling savaged as rates set to fall [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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The pound fell to an unprecedented low of €1.19 and a six-year low of $1.49 as the expectation of further rate cuts compounded its chronic weakness
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ING posts first-ever loss [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Dutch banking giant ING today reported the first loss since it was formed in 1991, in what was another dismal day for continental financial services firms
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Minister: Tax cuts now 'will mean tax rises later' [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Any tax cuts by Gordon Brown to beat the recession will be shortlived, a Cabinet minister admitted yesterday.
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Barclays poker game over sovereign wealth [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Building societies: The mutual fall guys [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Time to come clean on tax [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Comment:The UK parties are united on the need for budgetary changes but, unfortunately, there is no agreement on what form this should take
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Risky business from the HBOS dealbreakers [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Some banks avoid the fray [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Dogs of Footsie crash out [11/13/2008 01:17 PM]
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