Credit woes 'hit finance firms'
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Business at the UK's financial services firms is falling at its fastest rate in almost 17 years, warns the CBI.
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Small UK firms are struggling to secure the loans they need to expand or even survive, a business group warns.
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Final salary pension schemes' finances have been dented by the credit crunch, the Pension Protection Fund says.
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Funding woes fuelled by the credit squeeze forces the collapse of takeover talks for UK chain Carpetright.
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Recession fears are weighing heavily on U.S. corporate finance chiefs, pushing optimism down to a fresh three-year low, according to a survey on Wednesday.
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Stocks slid on Thursday as a profit warning from credit card company Capital One Financial Corp  added to concerns about the impact of the credit crisis and housing slump on the economy.
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European equity markets turned sharply lower on Friday, with banks struggling in the wake of further unsettling writedowns related to the credit squeeze.
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Swiss banking titans UBS and Credit Suisse risk losing clients to smaller rivals as annual results next week reveal the heavy impact of the US subprime crisis on their balance sheets.
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The outlook for small UK firms has worsened in recent months, a survey from Bank of Scotland suggests.
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Fresh writeoffs at big European and Japanese banks on Wednesday threw the investor spotlight firmly back onto the credit crunch after days gazing at Societe Generale's stunning losses, which it blames on a junior trader.
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Banks, which have used a glut of cheap money to help fuel a boom in real estate and leveraged company buyouts, may face a rough ride when lending conditions turn sour, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday.
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With no end in sight to the current credit crisis, Europe&#39;s finance chiefs have launched a drive to lift the shroud of opacity over the rarefied world of high finance, which they blame for the turmoil.
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Fourteen firms are under scrutiny for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations tied to loans made to borrowers with weak, or subprime, credit.
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The FTSE 100 suffered one of its worst sessions in recent years despite moves by the world's leading central bankers to combat the credit squeeze.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, hit by losses in financial companies after Bank of America Corp  reported a sharp drop in earnings, stoking concern the credit crunch was dragging on profits and the economy.
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The US housing downturn may damage investment funds linked to sub-prime lending, experts say.
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Rising interest rates, record oil  prices and geopolitical instability may send chills down the  spines of finance directors of debt-strapped global  corporations.