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Taxpayers to take 58% stake in RBS after investors snub share offer [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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RBS today becomes the first bank to be part- nationalised under the Treasury's £37bn bailout scheme after existing shareholders rejected a £15bn new share issue
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House prices down 10.1% on year - official [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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House prices in England and Wales are continuing to fall at an ever-greater rate, with an annual fall of 10.1% recorded in October by the Land Registry
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Stock market report: Friday latest [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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12.30:Supermarkets may have been a safe haven for investors amid the recent turmoil, but titan Tesco may be unable to deliver the goods next week
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Big banks cash in on customers' loan misery [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Big banks have been fattening up their profit margins by cashing in on their customers' money troubles, according to research
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Woolies: fears of 'messy' collapse as creditors circle [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Creditors of Woolworths began to emerge today, a sign the fallout from the collapse of the once-loved retailer could be protracted and messy
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Seller slashes price of house by £1.2m [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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A landlord trying to sell a house in St John's Wood has been forced to slash the asking price by almost half after it languished unsold for a year
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Poor sales signal tough Christmas for John Lewis [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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John Lewis today reported another fall in sales as the High Street braced itself for its toughest Christmas in several years
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Rents fall in wealthier London boroughs [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Rents in the most affluent London boroughs have fallen over the past three months as the economic gloom deepens, while those in poorer areas have risen
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Queen's Speech to focus on economy [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown has ordered urgent changes to next week's Queen's Speech after the mini-budget came under fresh criticism
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Oil dips below $54 and 'may soon test $40' [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Oil prices fell back below $54 a barrel today ahead of this weekend's crucial meeting of the Opec oil exporting countries in Cairo
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Brown's standing as economic leader slips [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Prime Minister's leadership in the economic crisis has been dealt a blow in a new poll
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VAT war kicks off weekend of discounts [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Supermarket giant Tesco has triggered a VAT war by cutting the tax three days early, while other retailers are also planning a weekend of discounts
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Property tycoon Ronson: It's survival of the fittest [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Tycoon Gerald Ronson warned the crumbling property
sector is in such dire straits that it is now a case of 'survival of the fittest'
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Brown repeating cheap credit mistakes says Merkel [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown claims to be leading the world out of the economic crisis suffered a blow today after German leader Angela Merkel attacked his soaring borrowing
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MPC dove Blanchflower takes swipe at Bank [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England has been 'reacting' to the financial crisis rather than cutting rates to prevent recession, the Bank's most outspoken rate-setter has said
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Equitable pulls £7bn sale of with-profits [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Equitable Life is ditching plans to sell its £7bn with-profits fund after failing to find a buyer
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House price slump eases off in November [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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A rare glimmer of light emerged for the housing market today as figures showed that prices fell much less sharply in November than October
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31,000 jobs at risk at Woolworths and MFI [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Tens of thousands of workers with Woolworths and MFI face losing their jobs before Christmas after the retailers went into administration
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Treasury faces £7bn payout after BAT victory [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Treasury faces having to pay out up to £7bn after the High Court ruled today in a landmark case that UK firms' dividends on foreign earnings should not have been taxed
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Credit card companies given ultimatum [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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The credit card industry has been given two weeks to reform itself for the benefit of its customers or face Government action
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Stores slash prices to get us spending [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Desperate to get families to open their wallets, supermarkets and retailers are falling over each other to offer Christmas discounts
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French property slump as Brits stay away [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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The number of Britons buying properties across the Channel has slumped by up to 50% this year, French estate agents have reported
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FSA failures in Lehman fallout [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Investors spooked by Currys' first-half loss [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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You have to feel for new DSG CEO John Browett: reporting a first-half loss just after Woolies and MFI went into administration wasn't ideal
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Obama offers us a fresh shot to get mad about Larry [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Centrica rights issue [11/28/2008 01:17 PM]
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