BBC News | Business | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Fall in house prices is confirmed- September 16, 2008 The fall in house prices during the past year has been confirmed by the government's own house price index.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7618660.stm HBOS shares bear brunt of selling- September 16, 2008 UK bank HBOS shares fall 34%, part of a steep decline in UK stocks as turmoil on financial markets intensifies.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7619242.stm XL holidaymakers still stranded- September 16, 2008 Thousands of holidaymakers who booked their flights with the collapsed airline XL are still desperately trying to get a flight back home.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7619278.stm US consumer prices fall in August- September 16, 2008 US consumer prices fell in August, marking the first monthly drop in nearly two years due to lower energy costs, official figures show.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7619548.stm A&L shareholders clear takeover- September 16, 2008 Alliance & Leicester shareholders approve Banco Santander's proposed 1.3bn takeover.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7618037.stm Lehman pension scheme in deficit- September 16, 2008 About 4,000 current and former Lehman employees in the UK have been told that their final salary pension scheme is in deficit.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7617454.stm Consumer inflation rises to 4.7%- September 16, 2008 The UK's inflation rate jumped to 4.7% in August, up from 4.4% in July according to the Office for National Statistics.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7618286.stm Curse of the football shirt: predicting crunch victims- September 16, 2008 Over the years, a variety of unorthodox predictors have emerged to signal that a company is heading for financial trouble.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7618852.stm EU scrutinises Yahoo-Google deal- September 16, 2008 The European Competition Commission joins its US counterparts in ensuring the deal is within antitrust laws.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7618255.stm Out of pocket- September 16, 2008 See how inflation is hitting your spending powerhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7610430.stm |