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UK banks lose billions by Wall St fraudster - British banks and investors including HSBC, RBS and Abbey have lost billions in the world's biggest fraud, it was revealed today



UK banks lose billions by Wall St fraudster  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
British banks and investors including HSBC, RBS and Abbey have lost billions in the world's biggest fraud, it was revealed today
Barclays: House prices will drop another 15%  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The head of Barclays Bank said today that property prices would fall another 15% next year after the 'madness' of 100% mortgages
Stock market report: Monday latest  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
11.35:Centrica was one of today's biggest casualties with brokers warning its recent rights issue may overhang the market
CBI: Cut 'eye-watering' public sector pensions  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain's public sector pensions bill is approaching £915bn and is 'set to get much worse', the CBI has warned
We will not prop up the pound, say MPs  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
One of Gordon Brown's closest allies says the Government would not risk a repeat of Black Wednesday by propping up the plummeting pound
£7bn taxpayer bail-out for post pensions?  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Lord Mandelson is on a collision course with Labour MPs over the future of Royal Mail amid fears that he is preparing to partly privatise it
Heat on Darling over Equitable Life victims  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Pressure will intensify today on the Government to compensate a million victims of the Equitable Life scandal when a powerful group of MPs calls for swift justice
Major: Give savers £5,000 tax break  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Savers should get a tax break on the first £5,000 of income from their nesteggs to help them through the recession, Sir John Major has declared
Malcolm Hurlston and CCCS  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The 'secret' 4% premium on British Gas charges  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
British Gas has been charging customers different amounts for the same 'fixed-price' package, with an internal memo revealing some people have been paying more for the Fixed Price August 2010 offer
Bills to rise as the water firms take over drains  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Millions of households will have to pay even higher water bills under a shake-up of the sewerage and drainage system
Council tax warning as town hall receipts dive  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Householders face above-inflation rises in council tax because of the economic slowdown, with three out of four councils saying the money they collect to pay for front-line service has dwindled
Families 'have £100 less to spend each month'  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
A third of families have seen their disposable income slashed this year by more than £100 a month, the Bank of England says today
Recession?: It's not all gloom  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Government figures this week suggest reasons to be, if not cheerful, then at least a little less glum
Sales stall at John Lewis  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Despite a record rush, weekly sales at John Lewis fell 4% compared with the same period last year
Why City will thrive in future  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Licensed by the OFT...to cheat  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: BTG and Omega  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
West Bromwich shows its vulnerability  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
UK workers pay price for foreign rule  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Real cash is not so cranky  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
We must get the balance right to solve this crisis  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Why we want to save our savers  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
HBOS: Labour ties Lloyds in knots  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Troubled waters ahead for these offshore havens  [12/15/2008 01:17 PM]