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Barclays shares tumble as pressure grows to nationalise Lloyds and RBS [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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Shares in banking giant Barclays took a fresh pummelling today as investors continued to fret over the outlook for the beleaguered industry
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Pound abandoned on UK credit rating fears [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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The pound crashed again today against major currencies, on fears that national debt and bank rescues could see Britain lose its AAA credit rating
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Stock market report: Wednesday latest [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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11.30:Shares on the London stock market were heading lower again this morning, stretching its losing streak to nine out of the past ten trading sessions
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Soaring lay-offs push jobless near to 2m [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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A record number of people are being made redundant and job vacancies are falling as unemployment hurtles towards two million, official figures showed today
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Britannia and Co-op to create 'super-mutual' [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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Two of the UK's biggest customer-owned banks, Co-operative Financial Services and Britannia Building Society are to merge to create a 'super-mutual'
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Pensions credit 'con' punishes 550,000 [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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More than half-a-million pensioners are being 'conned' out of hundreds of pounds in benefits because the Government exaggerates the interest on their savings
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Battle to save jobs at Jaguar [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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Desperate moves to head off widescale redundancies at Jaguar Land Rover are under way as ministers were urged to act by unions
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PPI victory as banks stop sales [01/21/2009 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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Deflation fear as price rises slow to 3.1% [01/21/2009 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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Darling warns economy could collapse if bailout fails [01/21/2009 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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Calls for RBS boss to lose knighthood [01/21/2009 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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Slump will hurt UK the most, says EU [01/21/2009 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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Bank is given the green light to print more money [01/21/2009 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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Barclays fightback fails to ease fears of rescue [01/21/2009 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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Plan to help financial sector 'not enough' [01/21/2009 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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The scaremongers selling us short [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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Sterling takes the strain [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Cadbury and Young's [01/21/2009 01:17 PM]
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