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A&L profit wiped out in £209m assets hit [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Profits at Alliance & Leicester (A&L) were all but wiped out today as it became the latest bank to be trashed by the credit crunch
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Air fares to soar as BA profits fall by 90% [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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British Airways profits have fallen by nearly 90% and its boss admits the airline industry is in crisis
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Market report: Friday latest [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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10.00:Worried by the prospect of margins being eroded, shares in the London Stock Exchange fell 19p to 811p
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Call for windfall tax on energy giants [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Ministers are considering a windfall tax on energy giants after the 'big three' made combined profits of £15.6bn
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Price rise is 'invitation to dodge' insurance [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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The number of uninsured drivers could rise in the wake of increases in motor premiums of an inflation-busting 6%
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US credit crunch still taking its toll [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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The fallout from the credit crunch continues to wreak havoc on both sides of the Atlantic as the one year anniversary of the crisis nears
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Nuclear plans hit as French dump BE deal [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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France's energy giant EDF has made a shock decision to back away from a £12bn deal to buy British Energy
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HBOS profit falls 51% on subprime blow [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Halifax owner HBOS today reported a 51% slump in profits after it was hit by writedowns of £1.1bn
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Sadie Frost's firm goes bust with £4m debt [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Sadie Frost's clothing company FrostFrench has gone into administration with debts of more than £4m
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Turner: State pension age must rise to 70 [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Workers will have to stay in employment until they are 70 as happened 100 years ago, the Government's pensions guru predicted today
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Shell racks up record profit of £8bn [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Shell fired up the argument for windfall taxes against major oil and gas companies today as it reported record first-half profits
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Buy-to-let yields 'stable' at 6.4% [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Buy-to-let landlords are continuing to benefit from strong rental demand as the property market takes a hit, according to new figures
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Record 8.1% fall in house prices [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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House prices are falling faster than the Nineties crash, down 8.1% on a year ago, says Nationwide
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Norwich Union policyholders to get £1,000 [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Insurance giant Aviva has offered one million Norwich Union customers an average cash windfall of £1,000 each | But is it a good deal?
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Confidence of consumers at a 34-year low [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Spiralling food and energy bills and rising unemployment have pushed consumer confidence to its lowest level since 1974, a survey has revealed
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Banks are to blame for mortgage madness [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Asia lights up the FTSE [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Trade talks collapse may put us in reverse [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas Extra share tips: Dragon Oil | Santander [08/01/2008 01:17 PM]
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