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Christmas Day sales kick off online - Millions of people are expected to go online as desperate retailers offer massive discounts on their websites today



Christmas Day sales kick off online  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Millions of people are expected to go online as desperate retailers offer massive discounts on their websites today
The best (and worst) funds of 2008  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
It has been a terrible year for investors, but have any experts delivered? This is Money rounds up the best and worst funds of 2008
Stock market report: Wednesday close  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
13.00:The credit crunch and subsequent stock market crash have made life difficult for the likes of 3i Group which saw its shares slump today
Zavvi placed into administration  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
More than 3,000 jobs at high street music retailer Zavvi were at risk today after the company was placed into administration
Jobless total 'heading for record 3.5m'  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The number of jobless will almost double to 3.5m over the next two years, a leading economist has warned
Officers Club is latest High St name to fall  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Men's fashion chain The Officers Club was last night the latest British retailer to fall into administration
Cartel move sparks fears of gas price surge  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The price of natural gas could rise after the world's biggest suppliers agreed the basis for a cartel as powerful as the oil exporters' Opec
House prices 'will fall another 10% in 2009'  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
House prices look set to dive by a further 10% during 2009 but sales should pick up, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Whittard saved from collapse at 11th hour  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
City watchdog shows teeth with record fines  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The FSA has imposed a record number of fines this year, with mortgage fraud high on the list of offences targeted
Death records move to beat identity theft  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Death records are being used to stop fraudsters from stealing the identities of the deceased
50% tax relief on giving to poor  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The wealthy are to be encouraged to give more money to charities under a Treasury plan to offer 50% tax relief on gifts to the poorest
Royal Mail to put 3p on a first-class stamp  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Royal Mail announced the biggest ever rise in the cost of a stamp yesterday
'Historic' recession fear as forecasts dive  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
The UK economy is contracting faster than expected according to the latest GDP data, which emerged amid claims that the Treasury is set to downgrade its growth forecasts
Tumbling demand leads to decreasing worker output  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Prodictivity has shown its steepest fall since the late 1980s as workforces stand idle while demand tumbles
Shoppers queuing outside stores for bargains  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Shoppers began queuing before stores even opened today in the hope of picking up last minute Christmas bargains
Midas Extra share tips: Year in review  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Whittard is reason to be cheerful  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Hope amid ashes of greed  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: Beware unlicensed brokers  [12/26/2008 01:17 PM]