National Savings and Investments put further distance between itself and the Post Office on Thursday with the announcement that it will stop selling certain products through its branch network.
The equity release market showed signs of stabilising during the third quarter of the year on the back of rising house prices, figures have shown.
Sales of investment funds during August reached their highest level on record for the month as consumer confidence continued to increase, figures showed.
Lord Mandelson is seeking to regain the initiative in the public spending row by claiming services can improve without more major investment.
The London market reached another high for the year as rising gold prices boosted miners and more merger news added to positive sentiment.
Equitable Life policyholders are launching a legal action over the Government's failure to implement in full compensation recommendations made by a parliamentary watchdog.
Japanese car giant Nissan has announced plans to create hundreds of new jobs in a £200 million investment to build batteries for electric cars.
The body set up to manage the Government's stake in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland said that it has been sitting on paper losses of £10.9 billion.
Sales of investment funds rose for the fourth month in a row during May as consumers hunted for higher returns on their cash, new figures show.
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