http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Economics & Finance"  in "West Europe" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:26:52 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 130154 | Statement from Nationwide Building Society http://en.redtram.com/go/152378065/top100/ 152378065 Further to coverage in today’s media, the Board of Nationwide Building Society can confirm that it is in advanced discussions with The Derbyshire and The Cheshire Building Societies over the terms of independent and proposed mergers. Further announcements will be Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:34:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152378065/top100/ 50530 | Retail round up - The Sunday papers http://en.redtram.com/go/152357361/top100/ 152357361 M&S boss joins Boris Johnson's London advisory board, Asda chases after M&S customers by ditching Coleen Rooney, Woolworths to shake up executive rewards, John Kinnaird steps into Faith shoes, MFI cooks up merger with kitchens rival Homeform, Hard road ahead Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152357361/top100/ 52662 | Hetherington: bogus BT con men http://en.redtram.com/go/152354846/top100/ 152354846 Financial Mail's investigator looks into bocus BT con man, Abbey bonds and Woolwich Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354846/top100/ 52662 | Stamp duty break just a futile gesture http://en.redtram.com/go/152354851/top100/ 152354851 Brown said that the stamp duty concession would cost taxpayers £600m. But it emerges his calculations were based on the markets functioning as robustly as in the past Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354851/top100/ 52731 | Energy boycott is dark side of globalisation http://en.redtram.com/go/152354837/top100/ 152354837 It is hard to think of a more comprehensive drubbing for the politicians than the one just meted out by the energy companies Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354837/top100/ 52731 | Cut the banks down to size http://en.redtram.com/go/152354838/top100/ 152354838 After decades of mergers, all waved through on the grounds of efficiency, synergies and the need for 'world-class players', our main banks are now 'too big to fail' Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354838/top100/ 52731 | Midas share tips: Serco & Oxford Catalysts http://en.redtram.com/go/152354835/top100/ 152354835 Financial Mail's top stock picker runs the rules over RAF trainers Serco and fuel pioneer Oxford Catalysts Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354835/top100/ 52662 | 'Sneaky' overdraft rises rake in millions http://en.redtram.com/go/152354831/top100/ 152354831 Banks have been accused of a new rip-off - quietly putting up interest rates on overdrafts already agreed with customers Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354831/top100/ 52662 | Anger over U-turn on windfall tax http://en.redtram.com/go/152354829/top100/ 152354829 Gordon Brown faced a Labour backlash after ruling out the possibility of a windfall tax on energy companies Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354829/top100/ 52662 | 'Menacing' TV licence adverts face axe http://en.redtram.com/go/152354825/top100/ 152354825 Menacing commercials showing TV licensing authorities tracking down evaders may be scrapped following a licence fee review Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354825/top100/ 52662 | TUC calls for super-rich tax shake-up http://en.redtram.com/go/152354822/top100/ 152354822 Plans to impose minimum tax rates on those earning more than £100,000 a year would raise £5bn, a report claims Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354822/top100/ 52662 | House prices won't recover until 2016 http://en.redtram.com/go/152354827/top100/ 152354827 House prices could take until 2016 to rebound to the levels they reached at their peak last year, researchers say Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354827/top100/ 52662 | £50 'invisible levy' on energy bills http://en.redtram.com/go/152354815/top100/ 152354815 Gordon Brown is set to trumpet that he has forced the top six energy firms to pay an extra £900m to ensure that homes are insulated Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354815/top100/ 52662 | Ticket war escalates at Ryanair http://en.redtram.com/go/152354817/top100/ 152354817 Up to 500 people a day are being turned away at airport gates as Ryanair continues to refuse tickets bought on third-party websites Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354817/top100/ 52662 | Junk mail to be sent by the boxload http://en.redtram.com/go/152354821/top100/ 152354821 First it was junk mail, then there was smelly mail and now, in a desperate attempt to boost sales, Royal Mail plans to send junk parcels Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354821/top100/ 52662 | A-Z of the Sunday newspaper http://en.redtram.com/go/152354813/top100/ 152354813 Here's our summary of what the Sunday Papers are reporting from the world of finance and business Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354813/top100/ 52662 | Recession fears over industry slowdown http://en.redtram.com/go/152354819/top100/ 152354819 Fears that Britain is sliding into recession are likely to be heightened this week with another set of poor industrial production figures Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:50:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152354819/top100/