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Recession here for two years, Darling admits [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Fears of a two-year recession crept closer today as Chancellor Alistair Darling admitted that the downturn would be even worse than expected
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Tumbling sterling 'headed for $1.20 rate' [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Sterling tumbled to fresh lows today as traders warned that the pound could crash below the $1.20 barrier by the summer
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Market round-up: Another bank bailout [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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The week on the stock market:Shareholders in the UK's banks suffered yet more chaos following the unveiling of a second rescue package
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Where will survive the recession best? [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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The UK economy has finally officially been declared in recession, but where in the country is best placed to deal with the slump?
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Barclays plunges amid new bailout worries [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Barclay's shares tumbled sharply again today as investors ignored chief executive John Varley's attempts to calm the markets
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UK enters recession as economy shrinks 1.5% [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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The British economy was officially declared to be in recession today as Gordon Brown admitted he had failed to foresee the financial crisis
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Britain avoids credit rating humiliation [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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The influential Moody's agency said today it did not think it would be downgrading its guidance on the UK's credit rating
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Northern Rock and RBS cut mortage rates [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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There was good news for mortgage holders today as bailed-out banks Northern Rock and Royal Bank of Scotland cut the prices of their mortgage offerings
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Quarter of final salary schemes to close [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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One in four gold-plated pension schemes will close their doors to existing workers in the next five years, a report has revealed
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Middle classes join home counties dole queue [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Dole queues have doubled in a year in 12 commuter areas as the recession bites in the South-east
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Treasury 'hiding' true bailout cost, say MPs [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Chancellor Alistair Darling should come clean over the true cost to the taxpayer of the Government's multi-billion-pound bank bail-out schemes, MPs said today
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Tory donors profited on Barclays fall [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Partners at a hedge fund which made about £12m betting on a fall in the Barclays share price have donated more than £300,000 to the Conservatives
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British Gas price cuts 'still not enough' [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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British Gas slashed its bills by 10% yesterday, but it was not enough to stop calls for an inquiry into 'painful' energy prices
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Cameron: Money 'could run out very soon' [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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David Cameron yesterday warned Britain faces a real risk of needing a humiliating 1970s-style bail-out from the International Monetary Fund
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Microsoft slashes 5,000 jobs worldwide [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Microsoft has finally outlined the vast scale of its redundancy programme as it declared 5,000 jobs would go worldwide
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Accounts fiction that landed us in it [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Cuts that ignite deflation fear [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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The era of deflation could soon be upon us. British Gas has led the way in bringing down utility bills, with a 10% cut in gas prices
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The scaremongers selling us short [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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The trouble with bosses today [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Cadbury and Young's [01/24/2009 01:17 PM]
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