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New £200bn bailout for UK banks [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Taxpayers will be exposed to potential losses of £200bn under the biggest Government bailout yet for Britain's banks - due to be announced tomorrow
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Treasury bid to kick-start home loans [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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The Government will attempt to kick-start the housing market this week by announcing plans to guarantee mortgage lending
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Market round-up: Banks battle to survive [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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The week on the stock market:Hopes that the banking sector might have been through the worst have been mercilessly quashed in the past week
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Report shows UK economy is in 'freefall' [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Britain faces the steepest fall in output since the Great Depression an influential report will claim tomorrow
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EU will buy your old banger for £1,000 [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Car owners may be paid £1,000 to scrap their old model if they buy a new 'greener' vehicle under plans being promoted by the EU Industry Commissioner
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Bank chief: Recession worst for decades [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England deputy governor John Gieve today warned that Britain faces its deepest downturn in decades
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M&S slims down models' budget [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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The supermodels who have fronted M&S's hugely successful advertising campaigns are expected to disappear from promotions - for a while, at least
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11,000 KPMG staff offered four-day week [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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KPMG's 11,000 staff members have been offered sabbaticals or a shorter working week as the accountancy giant braces for the downturn
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State-run 'bad bank' to buy billions in debt [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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A state-owned 'bad bank' could buy up tens of billions of pounds worth of bank debts in a fresh attempt by Gordon Brown to shore up Britain's fragile financial industry
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Dublin shares dive after Anglo Irish nationalised [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Shares in top Irish banks continued to plummet today and bosses at newly nationalised Anglo Irish Bank were met by protesting shareholders
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Struggling Citigroup rocked by $8bn losses [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Citigroup has unveiled a worse than expected $8.29bn loss for the fourth quarter amid speculation the US government nationalise the bank
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NU cuts with-profits bonuses [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Savers in Norwich Union with-profits funds will see their final bonus payment slashed by up to 15%, compared to those a year ago
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Bank of America gets lifeline after Merrill hit [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Bank of America today grabbed a $138bn lifeline from the US government and finally admitted the vast scale of losses at Merrill Lynch
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Equitable: Most victims will get nothing [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Victims of Equitable Life were dealt a final insult after the Government revealed a paltry compensation scheme that will leave most with nothing
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Scheme to fight repossessions expanded [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Thousands of families facing the threat of repossession were today being offered Government help as a mortgage rescue scheme was rolled out across England
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Private equity: dead or just resting? [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Time to treasure National Savings [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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The great Equitable Life sellout [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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The shabby treatment of Equitable Life policyholders is not an aberration but part of a consistent theme of the last 11 years
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Bernanke maps a way out of the woods [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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Snake oil won't insure we still put our trust in Aviva [01/18/2009 01:17 PM]
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