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Deflation fear as price rises slow to 3.1% [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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The spectre of deflation - falling prices - loomed large today when official figures revealed inflation fell steeply from 4.1% to 3.1% in a month
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Sterling slips 2% on UK credit-rating fears [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Sterling plunged this morning to seven-year lows against the dollar as fears surfaced that Britain could be heading for a credit rating downgrade
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Stock market report: Tuesday latest [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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11.30:UBS has raised its rating on the newly enlarged Lloyds Banking Group from neutral to buy because it reckons the shares look cheap. That was the good news
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Slump will hurt UK the most, says EU [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Britain will suffer the steepest slump of any major European economy this year, the European Commission has warned
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Plan to help financial sector 'not enough' [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Confidence in Britain's tattered banking system decayed further yesterday despite a government rescue effort worth at least £410bn
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PPI victory as banks stop sales [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Some of the nation's largest High Street banks have agreed to stop selling the worst type of rip-off Payment Protection Insurance
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Darling warns economy could collapse if bailout fails [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Banks will take a further step today towards full-scale nationalisation as hundreds of billions is pumped into banks to try to save the economy
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Yet more losses looming for RBS [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Royal Bank of Scotland is facing further mammoth losses during 2009 as the economy sinks ever deeper into the mire, its chief executive warned
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Bank is given the green light to print more money [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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The Bank of England was today given a licence to print more money to bail out the failing economy
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Calls for RBS boss to lose knighthood [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Gordon Brown's closeness to former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Sir Fred Goodwin came under fire amid calls for him to be stripped of his knighthood
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Nationwide slashes fixed-rate mortgages [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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The UK's biggest building society is to slash the price of its fixed rate deals giving hope that the frozen mortgage market continues to thaw.
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Savings expected at Lloyds despite HBOS loan fears [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds Banking Group attempted to quash fears over the HBOS loan book, and said it expects to make annual cost savings of at least £1.5bn by the end of 2011
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EU will buy your old banger for £1,000 [01/20/2009 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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FSA rule change to ease bank lending [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Banks could have billions more to lend to credit-starved companies and households after banking rules were relaxed yesterday
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Barclays fightback fails to ease fears of rescue [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Initial euphoria that Barclays had escaped the worst of the banking crisis evaporated today as analysts predicted the bank will need a handout
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Our house was repossessed by mistake [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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A family returned home to find the locks changed and a repossession order in place. But it should have been the neighbour's house to be seized
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Banks' rescue has barely begun [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Labour calls on banks to clean up their acts [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Whether or not you are a believer in government interference, no one can accuse Gordon Brown or his Chancellor Alistair Darling of undercooking their actions
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Equitable delay truly beggars belief [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Banks need flexibility on toxic debts [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Hetherington: Abbey's nasty habits [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Cadbury and Young's [01/20/2009 01:17 PM]
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