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Woolworths to refund online customers
Woolworths customers who ordered goods online are to be given a refund because the orders cannot be met, the administrators said today.
Who is passing on the base rate cut?
Mortgages
What will the base rate cut mean for mortgages?
Tracker mortgages
Viewpoint: When moral hazard can lead to fiscal calamity
The case against the government's plan for two-year mortgage holidays is easy to make.
The percentage play
The one percentage point cut in rates was entirely the right thing to do, given how sick this economy has become.
The bright side: Corby's getting a new swimming pool
We may still be the wrong side of Christmas, but that doesn't stop us making plans for spring.
The bills: Crime, welfare and finance top agenda
Banking
Savers braced for rate cuts
Interest rates on savings accounts are under review following today's 1 percentage point cut to the Bank of England base rate.
RBS faces backlash over refusal to give One customers full rate cuts
One of Royal Bank of Scotland's mortgage divisions has come under fire after refusing to pass on last month's interest rate cut in full, despite having "promised" to follow Bank of England base rate moves.
People rush for government bonds - but experts fear they will become part of the problem
Government bond yields have fallen to record lows this week all around the world as investors have sought refuge from the turmoil gripping the world economy in the traditional haven of sovereign debt.