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<title>Bad News for U.K. Commercial Property</title>
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<description>The U.K. commercial property market appears to be losing steam. People who care about U.S. real estate should take note...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Lot Worse: UK Mired In _5 Trillion Of Debt</title>
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<description>Britain has sunk into a pit of debt which is five times deeper than previously feared, with the country now owing the equivalent of _200,000 per household...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cuts &amp;#145;to return debt burden to banks&amp;#146;</title>
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<description>Public spending cuts will push debt problems from governments back to banks, although British outsourcers should benefit, according to the manager of the _1 billion Artemis UK Special Situations fund...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Worries about the banks, shares plunging and a faltering housing market... Are we on the brink of a new crash?</title>
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<description>The nervy mood on global financial markets of recent days bears an uncanny resemblance to that at the start of the credit crunch three years ago...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 2 Jul 2010 12:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Investors told to go global as UK market gets rocky</title>
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<description>INVESTORS are being urged to go global to protect their finances from rocky markets as the UK enters a period of severe spending cuts...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What&amp;#146;s the worst that could happen?</title>
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<description>On Tuesday chancellor George Osborne will deliver his emergency Budget setting out the coalition government&amp;#146;s public spending cuts. Caroline Thorpe dreams up three scenarios that could leave housing in rude health, with a mild temperature or in need of intensive care...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Government Deficit Reduction Plan Could Mean 725,000 Job Cuts</title>
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<description>LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. public-sector job cuts could total 725,000 by 2015 if the government cuts spending as sharply as expected, a report said Thursday...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WORLD FOREX: Debt, ECB Worries Send Euro To 4-Year Low</title>
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<description>LONDON (Dow Jones)--The euro fell to a new four-year low against the dollar Tuesday as concern over euro-zone banks, euro-zone sovereign debtors and the future of Angela Merkel's coalition government took their toll...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The US and UK need more stimulus</title>
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<description>Increasing debt is not the problem. If anything, the US and UK have enacted fiscal stimulus packages that are much too small...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Repossessions &amp;#145;won&amp;#146;t be as bad as 1990s&amp;#146;</title>
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<description>Head of City watchdog moves to allay fears of property market meltdown.
MORTGAGE arrears and repossessions could be at a lower level in this recession than in the 1990s slump, the City watchdog said last week, as lenders warned against tighter regulation. </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DEBT-CANCELLING FIRMS HIT BY NEW LEGAL RULING</title>
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<description>CONSUMERS who were led to believe they could get their loan and credit card debts written off by claims management companies &amp;#151; in return for an upfront fee &amp;#151; may not get a single penny wiped off the sums they owe...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK: Consumer Confidence Plummets, Says Nielsen / BRC Survey</title>
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<description>Consumer confidence in Britain has dived a further 9 points since last October, reports market research company Nielsen &amp; the British Retail Consortium (BRC)...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 9:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barclays master of its destiny as John Varley&amp;#146;s gamble pays off</title>
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<description>Bank will only take part in the Government&amp;#146;s toxic debt insurance scheme if the price is right, writes Philip Aldrick...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Homeowners at risk of losing their home from unmanageable debt.</title>
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<description>Homeowners could be at risk of getting into serious debt by over-committing themselves with loans and other forms of credit, say national charity Citizens Advice...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Low-income families 'lured into high-interest loans</title>
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<description>As many as 2.3 million people on low incomes in the UK are taking out loans at rates as high as 183% APR, a charity said today...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK house prices set to tumble</title>
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<description>Nominal house prices fell in the early 1990s by c 15%. It was NOT because unemployment had risen...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Impact of the Credit Crunch on UK Borrowers Debt Mountain Going into 2008</title>
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<description>The credit crunch originally sparked by hedge funds in June going bellie up due to US subprime exposure, quickly spread to a freeze of the interbank money markets during July 07...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 9:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Consumers 'anticipate Christmas debt'</title>
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<description>People from the UK are concerned that they will get into debt over the Christmas period, a new report has warned...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2007 9:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>House price gloom as the wealthy turn away</title>
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<description>House prices fell for the first time in two years this month, sending a shudder through millions of homeowners already hit by rising mortgage repayments and more expensive borrowing...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Credit crunch 'to hit UK growth'</title>
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<description>UK economic growth will slow next year as a result of the credit crunch...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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