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Funding for Lending ‘put on steroids’

Bank Of England

Credit creation programme failing small business

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Estate agent ©Bloomberg From GLOBAL ECONOMY 12:02am

Home sales point to market ‘picking up’

Council approvals for new houses highest since first quarter of 2008

Two elderly ladies shelter from the rain beneath umbrellas as they walk along the high street in Guildford, U.K., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook on Britain's top credit rating to negative, citing weak economic growth and a worsening debt profile. ©Bloomberg From PENSIONS Mar 11, 2013

Women ‘better off’ in old pensions system

DWP says 85% will get more by not qualifying for flat-rate scheme

FT Women Inside ©Clare Mallison From INVESTMENTS Mar 8, 2013

Mars and Venus – how women invest

Women are more risk-averse than men

Logos of Lloyds TSB, Barclays, Natwest and HSBC ©Bloomberg From INVESTMENTS Mar 8, 2013

Bank payouts creep up

Dividends still lower than pre-crisis levels

A woman browses residential properties for sale and to let in an estate agents window in Putney, South London, U.K., on Monday, Jan.10, 2011. U.K. house prices fell the most in three months in December and may extend their decline this year as uncertainty about the economy deters homebuyers. ©Bloomberg From PROPERTY & MORTGAGES Mar 8, 2013

Lack of mortgage choice for landlords

Most lenders target smaller landlords

The logo of the Nationwide Building Society sits on a sign outside one of the company's branches in London, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Nationwide Building Society, the U.K.'s largest customer-owned lender, said pretax profit rose 17 percent after the company issued more mortgages and increased its consumer business through credit cards and personal loans. ©Bloomberg How to... from INVESTMENTS Mar 8, 2013

How to . . . invest in Pibs and prefs

Esoteric and illiquid, but a hunting ground for income

A stacker reclaimer stands over a pile of iron ore at the Rio Tinto Parker Point ship loading terminal in the Pilbara region of West Australia in this undated file photo. Australian shares rose 0.6 percent early on August 5, 2010 propelled by a 1 percent gain in Rio Tinto ahead of the release of earnings by the mining giant, and as another coal miner held talks with potential suitors ©Reuters From INVESTMENTS Mar 8, 2013

Investors urged to keep faith with miners

Advisers think long-term picture is still positive

Melanie Mitchell Markets Insight from ADVICE & COMMENT Mar 8, 2013

Anyone for bubbly in high-yield bonds?

Talk of a bond bubble is all relative, says Melanie Mitchell

HMRC HM Revenue & Customs ©Daniel Lynch From TAX Mar 8, 2013

Tax take from CGT surges by 43%

HMRC steps up investigations into buy-to-let income

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