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Property: Buy homes under repo threat, Lib Dems tell government
The government should intervene to save families under threat of repossession by offering to buy their homes, the Liberal Democrats said yesterday.
Housebuilding: Taylor Wimpey suffers huge £1.5bn loss
Taylor Wimpey, Britain's biggest housebuilder, crashed to a £1.5bn loss in the first half of the year, hit by the slump in the market and huge write-downs.
Property: US house prices fall a record 15% but light appears at the end of the tunnel
The downturn in the US housing market is slowing, giving rise to hopes yesterday that the economy could be edging towards stability.
Investment funds: Singapore sovereign fund fuels fears by targeting distressed western assets
Sovereign wealth fund Temasek, which came to prominence last year after a controversial investment in Barclays, yesterday joined the chorus of concern that the global credit crisis has further to run.
How safe are my bank details?
You shred every document containing your details, you guard your pin number from shoulder surfers, and even your partner doesn't know your bank log-on password.
Don't just buy the music, fans told - now you can invest in big names of the future
It may not be the most obvious investment choice in these turbulent economic times.
Against all the odds, the world is becoming a happier place
Despite deepening economic gloom and impending climatic destruction the world is becoming a happier place, according to an analysis of quarter of a century of data on wellbeing from 45 countries around the globe.
Shortages push up pay
A slump in the number of graduates and the growth off-shoring within the IT industry has created a shortage of workers which is fuelling wage inflation, according to a report today.
Property tax leaves cities 'looking like broken teeth'
One of the government's most senior advisers on the regeneration of cities has warned that a tax imposed on empty commercial buildings is threatening to derail efforts to breathe new life into some of the most blighted parts of Britain.
Is the BBC anti-men?
It was a ridiculous question, harrumphed Jeremy Paxman when asked whether television was a man's world.