Sunday, 14 March 2010

EU countries agree to €25bn Greece bailout

Plans for a bailout, which would be as a last resort, will be put to a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers on Monday


Mortgage lending falls as buyers leave market

The end of the stamp duty holiday sends demand for home loans down, especially among first-time buyers


Sterling dives on surprise factory output fall

UK manufacturing production slumped unexpectedly in January, stoking fears over the strength of economic recovery


Pound takes new beating on growing trade gap

Sterling below $1.50 as falling exports push deficit with the rest of the world to the largest since August 2008


The great bank account sting

More than a fifth of all mortgages now require you to take out another product with the bank compared with only 4.3% two years ago

Beware the Chancellor's forgotten taxes

The cars, pensions and homes of Middle Britain are about to be hit by a stealth attack from Alistair Darling