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Oil price powered by hurricane fears

The oil price shot up again tonight amid fears of hurricane damage to oil platforms and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico

New Star drops as stockpickers lose touch

There are few signs of recovery yet at New Star Asset Management, which revealed tumbling profits and admitted customers have deserted in droves

EC probe into BA's 3-way tie-up

European anti-monopoly authorities today launched a probe into British Airways' planned tie-up with American Airlines and Spanish carrier Iberia

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Oil price powered by hurricane fears

The oil price shot up again tonight amid fears of hurricane damage to oil platforms and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico

New Star drops as stockpickers lose touch

There are few signs of recovery yet at New Star Asset Management, which revealed tumbling profits and admitted customers have deserted in droves

EC probe into BA's 3-way tie-up

European anti-monopoly authorities today launched a probe into British Airways' planned tie-up with American Airlines and Spanish carrier Iberia

Energy giants complete fuel price rises

Npower and Scottish Power have both hiked the price of gas and electricity for a second time this year, becoming the last of the big suppliers to raise prices

Right side of the track

The queues and delays of air travel take the pleasure out of owning a holiday home. So why not reach your holiday home by train

Selling your house in a slow market

The news is not all bad. People are selling in today's market, and a lot of them are achieving the asking price. So, what is their secret?

How hot is great £33bn Indian takeaway?

When Tata's Indian steel behemoth won the £6bn auction of Corus last year, it began what India's newspapers dubbed the Great Indian Takeaway

Get leaner and fitter to climb out of this

COMMENT:Anthony Hilton, Financial Editor of the Evening Standard, argues for prudence and stoicism in the face of recession

Mobile call receivers face charges

Mobile phone users face being charged to receive calls and texts under plans being considered by Ofcom

Crisis plan for property as crash feared

PM Gordon Brown is drafting emergency plans to help homeowners and first-time buyers amid fresh warnings house prices could fall by more than 30%

Swiss clean out S Africa Krugerrand coin maker

The sole maker of South African Krugerrands today ran out of the iconic bullion coin after an 'unusually large' order from Switzerland

Another 1200 jobs may be axed at Lehman

Embattled Lehman Brothers is set to take the axe to 5% of its workforce, with another 1200 jobs at risk in the fourth round of job cuts this year

Regus joins the rush to quit UK

The drift of companies moving out of the UK to looked like turning into an exodus today as temporary-offices giant Regus said it was moving to Luxembourg

Oil services

We explain what oil services are

High Street in the vice of recession

Grim trading figures from the High Street have stoked fears the economy is heading for a recession that will surpass the slump seen in the early 1990s

£3.5m Bloomsbury puts faith in Buffett

Bloomsbury reckons a new Warren Buffett biography will help it thrive in a post-Harry Potter world after half-year profits rose 6%

UK economy: Darling to get out red pen

Sticking with his forecast for at least 2.25% growth next year won't be an option for Chancellor Alistair Darling in the autumn Pre-Budget report

Credit crunch pain hits £5m homes

The housing market collapse is spreading to central London as all but the very richest are hit by the credit crunch, says Knight Frank

A round-up of the newspapers: Friday

A summary of stories from the City pages of national newspapers: Merrill Lynch's losses in last 18 months equal quarter of its profits over 36 years

Premier Foods in a debt pickle

Branston Pickle maker Premier Foods (down 51¼p to 92p) saw investors bite 5.4 off its share value because of debt fears.

Aer Lingus warns losses will hit hard

Irish carrier Aer Lingus set alarm bells ringing after revealing it expects heavy losses and that it needs to cut costs

Firms fear Russian grip on UK energy

UK energy bosses warned that Russia's belligerence poses a major threat to the security of the country's power supply

Organic food sales fall 20%

Organic food sales have slumped as families struggling with the credit crunch switch to cheaper groceries

Give carers £110 a week wages, MPs demand

Relatives of the sick and elderly should be paid a salary of up to £110 a week for looking after them, MPs are demanding

North-South divide 'widest for 60 years'

The North-South divide is now greater than at any time since the Second World War, according to new research

B&B crashes into red and bad debts rocket

The scale of the job facing new B&B boss Richard Pym was underlined today as the troubled lender crashed into the red and reported soaring bad debts

Thousands in chaos as Zoom is grounded

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded and tens of thousands more left with worthless tickets after the collapse of budget airline Zoom

Market report: Friday close

17:00:The lack of spare cash in drinkers' pockets appears to be having a detrimental effect on the UK's big pub chains

Yesterday's trading: FTSE buzz gives a boost

It was just like old bull market times as rumours of an imminent multi-billion pound Footsie takeover bid helped the market shrug off depressing news

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