Darling calls for market action
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Chancellor Alistair Darling says policy makers must act quickly to tackle "enormous" problems in world financial markets.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s central bank chief has urged the government, business and labour to reconvene talks to come up with a solution over the recent crackdown on prices by authorities, reports said Saturday.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is to make a statement to parliament Monday regarding the future of troubled mortgage lender Northern Rock.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling comes under fire from the Tories and Lib Dems over his handling of Northern Rock.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced proposals to help sell the struggling bank to a private buyer.  Will the government's plan work?
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A doctor who first sounded an alarm about heart problems and the prescription pain killer Vioxx now is calling on the government to rein in aggressive prescription-drug advertising, a factor
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Britain's financial watchdog is to be given new powers to intervene in failing banks to avoid a repeat of the Northern Rock crisis, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said in an interview out Friday.
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Alistair Darling has asked to meet with Ofgem to discuss gas and electricity price rises, a report says.
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Finance Minister Alistair Darling will defend the state of Britain&#39;s economy Sunday despite a recent bank crisis, as the Labour Party conference begins amid rumours of a snap election.
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British Chancellor Gordon Brown believes action must be taken to protect economic growth. Photo: AP. The global economic recovery is at risk unless governments tackle growing trade imbalances
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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King warned on Wednesday that the rosy era the country&#39;s economy has been enjoying in terms of low and stable inflation and falling unemployment
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A British economist calls for urgent, sweeping action. Some Americans call him alarmist. Who is right?
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The pound was in focus today after Bank of England (BoE) governor Mervyn King defended the central bank&#39;s arms-length approach to the instability sweeping the world&#39;s financial markets weighed on the pound.
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The Governor of the Bank of England tells the BBC he wishes mortgage costs were part of the inflation target.
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The action should come fast and furious, with retail sales figures kicking off Monday morning and a Federal Reserve event grabbing traders&#39; attention Tuesday.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling says he is looking at ways of guaranteeing people's savings of up to Â£100,000.
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Not everyone wants the market to keep going up.