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Car makers raise prices 5% after bailout - Vauxhall and Ford are slapping price increases of 5% on cars in the UK - less than a week after the taxpayer bailed out the British motor industry



Car makers raise prices 5% after bailout  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Vauxhall and Ford are slapping price increases of 5% on cars in the UK - less than a week after the taxpayer bailed out the British motor industry
Woolworths to be reborn as online store  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
High Street brand Woolworths is to be relaunched as an online store after the name was today bought by the UK's biggest internet and home shopping retailer
Stock market report: Monday latest  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
10.30:Bank shares were beating a retreat again today despite the best efforts of some brokers to breathe fresh life into their shares
Ryanair cuts fares as hopes rise for profit  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Fares are being slashed at Ryanair as Europe's biggest budget airline said its ticket prices are tumbling 20% this winter and will be cut by a further 10% over the next year
Moody's cuts Barclays' credit rating  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Barclays Bank was back on the rack after Moody's downgraded its credit ratings two notches from Aa1 to Aa3
Anger as snow puts the brake on trading  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Shares in London were hit by the cold snap today, falling sharply in thin trading
Business confidence lowest in 30 years  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
British businesses are at their most pessimistic for almost three decades, according to research
Glaxo ready to axe 10,000 in global cull  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Workers at drugs giant Glaxo-SmithKline will become the latest victims of the jobs bloodbath
Dramatic rise in long-term unemployed  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Britain's long-term unemployment is set to soar to more than 300,000 people, Whitehall officials have admitted for the first time
Car deal finance is 'not a problem'  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Dealers from all major car manufacturers are still offering cheap finance packages
Building societies rebel against banks  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Building society chiefs say the massive cost of bailing out collapsed banks will force some of them into the red this year
A to Z of the Sunday newspapers  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday | Sunday newspaper share tips
Government's £2.7bn boost for housing  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
The Government is planning a £2.7bn boost for the affordable housing sector to increase the supply of new homes
Kaupthing 'propped up own shares'  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Icelandic bank Kaupthing is under investigation amid claims that it lent cash to investors to buy its own shares to prop up its value
Camelot misses good cause target  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Camelot, which begins its third licence period today, has raised only two-thirds of the £15bn it promised to bring in for good causes
Rule-breaking is out of order  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Hetherington: A fake ad, but Auto Trader didn't tell buyer  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Midas share tips: Lloyds Banking Group and Peter Hambro Mining  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Take some sober advice...  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Shareholders should use their power  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Save us from foreigners giving protection  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]
Banks bounce but volatility is not over  [02/02/2009 01:17 PM]