Nationwide Building Society today announced that it is cutting the price of some of its fixed rate mortgage deals by up to 0.30%. With effect from 16 May 2008 the Society will reduce the rates on its two year and

You may have to think again if you thought that September 17, 2007, the day the government guaranteed the deposits of Northern Rock, was New Labour's bleakest day

The financial services industry has a seemingly incurable propensity for giving a less than full account of what is really on offer - it is now time to stop this with annuities

The Midas Dogs of the Footsie experimental portfolio has rarely experienced such upheaval as over the past three months - but while the short term looks shakey there is still hope

Charles Dunstone has seen the future and acted on it. The partnership with American electronic retailer Best Buy in the United States has been a runaway success and now the two companies have bonded in Europe

The High Street suffered its worst performance for three years in April as retail sales fell for the second month in a row, figures have shown

Earnings at Centrica will tumble by hundreds of millions as the price it charges for household energy fails to keep pace with wholesale gas prices

Asset manager JPMorgan Chase has taken a bold step in calling on the Government to treat financial health as seriously as public health

Shares in mining giant BHP Billiton rose 88p, or 4%, to a record 2108p in London today on rumours that a Chinese buyer is building a stake

Comment:Gordon Brown might be considering lastminute changes to corporation tax but some heavyweight businesses are already making plans to leave

A culture of seven-figure bonuses is 'absolutely wrong' as it has encouraged City banks to take too many risks with investors' cash, said private equity baron Jon Moulton

House building giants Redrow and Galliford Try heaped further gloom on the property market as they warned of dramatic falls in sales

Some of the highest-paid executives in the Square Mile and Canary Wharf have been sacked as the world's financial markets go into paralysis

BAA's Spanish owners Ferrovial added to suspicions that it is profiteering from its near-monopoly on UK airports by forecasting a doubling of profits

Shipbuilder VT Group expects the government to make a decision on two key contracts within the next few weeks

There's no end in sight to the propery termoil warn housebuilder Barratt Developments and London office developer Land Securities

JPMorgan Chase could cut as many as 4000 of its own employees worldwide to accommodate an intake from failed rival Bear Stearns

Johnston Press, publisher of regional newspapers ranging from the Yorkshire Post to the Worthing Herald, stunned investors by asking for £212m

The number of fund managers who believe UK shares are undervalued has slumped, new research shows

Mobile phone company, O2, outperformed its rivals in the first quarter and said it had seen no significant drop in customer spending or usage