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Taxpayer loses £6.5bn on banks bailout - Taxpayers have made a loss of almost £6.5bn on shares as the Government completes its £37bn part-nationalisation of three High Street banks



Taxpayer loses £6.5bn on banks bailout  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Taxpayers have made a loss of almost £6.5bn on shares as the Government completes its £37bn part-nationalisation of three High Street banks
'Golden hellos' for firms to employ jobless  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
An emergency £500m scheme to get the jobless back into work was unveiled by Gordon Brown today
Stock market report: Monday latest  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
12.30: The smoking ban plus a general lack of cash in people's pockets is continuing to take a heavy toll on the UK's big pub operators
Eurozone bargain hunters flood into UK  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Shoppers from countries in the eurozone are swarming into Britain and London in particular following the collapse of the pound
£570,000 bungalow raffled for £25  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
A property developer hopes to beat the stagnant property market by raffling his bungalow for £25 a ticket
Gas sold to Europe as energy bills soar  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Energy firms are keeping prices artificially high by exporting gas from Britain to mainland Europe
£3-an-hour sweatshop in UK 'supplied Primark'  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
High Street giant Primark was at the centre of an ethical storm yesterday over claims that some of its clothing is made in British sweatshops
Vauxhall tells workers 'pay cut or no job'  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Vauxhall workers in Britain will not be made redundant - as long as they take a pay cut or agree to new flexible working procedures
Crunch sees Tesco sales growth slow  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
The recession has caught up with Britain's largest retailer, sales figures from Tesco will reveal this week
Crunch devastates finance sector jobs  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Up to 25,000 jobs will be lost in the financial services industry within just six months, according to the Confederation of British Industry
Food firms forced to write off Aikens debts  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Suppliers owed almost £900,000 by Tom Aikens today spoke out after the celebrity chef was able to continue trading when his business failed
'Energy-guzzling' plasma TVs face ban  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Giant energy-guzzling flatscreens are expected to be banned under legislation due to be agreed by the EU this spring
Sainsbury's to star in new reality TV show  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Sainsbury's boss Justin King has given the go-ahead for a reality TV show - where ordinary staff compete to replace the boss
EDF plans to make UK nuclear leader  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
EDF plans to turn the former British Energy into a multi-billion pound centre of excellence capable of building nuclear plants around the world
VAT cut sparks return of copper coins  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
The Royal Mint is bracing itself for a surge in demand from shopkeepers for smaller coins as a result of Alistair Darling's VAT cut
Support by City may backfire on Tories  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Finally the savers have a voice  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
EDF's rather favourable Russian gas dispute  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]
Profits and pay needed to beat the slump  [01/12/2009 01:17 PM]