UK Mortgages rates and deals

Cash gifting can be defined as an act of giving another person a sum of money (which is declared), privately or publicly without any kind of compulsion

The bank is changing the terms of its £7bn capital raising so that investors can participate in the issue of a security paying a 14% coupon, and its executive directors have waived any annual bonus for 2008.

Consumer price inflation tumbled far more rapidly than expected in October to an annual rate of 4.5 per cent from 5.2 per cent the previous month, implying that prices may be falling even faster than recent estimates

A dearth of capital provided by banks may drive public companies into the arms of cash-rich private equity firms and could help kick-start the moribund market for public-to-private buyouts.

Official figures show that UK inflation fell from 5.2% to 4.5% in October, as oil prices and transport costs fell.

The board of Barclays bank is to offer itself for re-election at its annual general meeting in April 2009.

Consumer price inflation tumbled far more rapidly than expected in October to an annual rate of 4.5 per cent from 5.2 per cent the previous month, implying that prices may be falling even faster than recent estimates