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Markets react to rate cut sentiment
FTSE 100 surges on growing expectations of an interest rate cut tomorrow, which would bring much-needed relief to homeowners. By Ashley Seager -
Mortgage lenders told to prepare for worse times to come
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Cash exodus heaps pressure on Northern Rock board
Northern Rock is in a race to find a buyer before Christmas as ministers make preparations to nationalise the bank should a private sector solution fail to emerge. By Phillip Inman -
Moss Bros to miss profit targets
Menswear group hit by declining consumer confidence. By Fiona Walsh
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Party season brings good tidings to Asos
Sales are booming at online fashion retailer, boosted by strong demand for Christmas party dresses. By Fiona Walsh -
David Cameron jibe prompts calls for Paul Myners to go
Tory anger at 'young toff' attack on Question Time puts Guardian chairman's pension role under fire -
BT seeks Asian expansion with £70m deal
BT is hoping to reap more rewards from the fast-growing Asian market after buying a Singaporean information technology firm for almost £70m. By Katie Allen
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Interactive: Northern Rock
In pictures: Christmas bestsellers| FTSE 100 | +178.6 |
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| 6493.8 | |
| Closed |
| Dow Jones | +196.23 |
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| 13444.96 | |
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| Nikkei | +265.2 |
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| 15874.08 | |
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| DAX | +135.83 |
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| 7944.77 | |
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| Moving up FTSE 100 | Price | Change |
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| TAYLOR WIMPEY | 0.00p | +0.00% |
| DSG INTERNTL | 0.00p | +0.00% |
| ROYAL BANK SCOT | 0.00p | +0.00% |
| BARRATT DEVLPMNT | 0.00p | +0.00% |
| VEDANTA RES | 0.00p | +0.00% |
| Moving down FTSE 100 | Price | Change |
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| NORTHERN ROCK | 0.00p | 0.00% |
| YELL GROUP | 0.00p | 0.00% |
| MITCHELLS & BUT | 0.00p | 0.00% |
| TESCO | 0.00p | 0.00% |
| CARPHONE WAREHSE | 0.00p | 0.00% |
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Hoaxers target Big Oil
Environmental campaigners establish bogus website and send out press release committing BP and Shell to 90% cut in carbon outputs by 2050 with no strings attached. By Terry Macalister -
Chinese steel giant 'considering' bid for Rio Tinto
Baosteel, China's largest steelmaker, is considering a bid for Rio Tinto according to the president of the group -
The crash that 'won't happen here'
A US-style housing freefall in Britain could wipe £50,000 off the value of the average home -
The NatWest Three are, in reality, Arthur Daleys in suits
On America: As this week's guilty plea demonstrated, they have nothing in common with the Birmingham Six or the Guildford Four except for the handy shorthand of a numerical name -
Economist says crisis may pull in readers
The publisher of the Economist is upbeat about weathering an economic downturn and even hopes it can drive up readership of the news magazine. By Katie Allen
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Market forces live
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'After two days of falls, the market confounded expectations today with a near 3% increase'
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- FTSE beats losing streak
- Nick Fletcher,
- Dec 5 2007, 5:05pm.
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- Shhh... Chrysalis in takeover talks
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Comment and columns
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Mandelson in China calls a spade a spade
On Europe: The message, sometimes producing a theatrically hysterical or glacial response, is: the time for fine words has run out, let's see some action. Or what? -
Eat, drink and be miserable: the true cost of our addiction to shopping
Madeleine Bunting: Today it seems politically unpalatable, but soon the state will have to turn to rationing to halt hyper-frantic consumerism -
Viral video: Merle Hazard
This week a brilliant country music song on the fate of a mortgage bond trader -
Bali: now the rich must pay
Nicholas Stern: A fair and global effort to tackle climate change needs wealthy states to take the lead in CO2 cuts -
Shanghai surprise
Where 20 years ago the streets were full of bicycles, the car is now king and it is choking the city. Where better to host an eco-car contest
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