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• Bush copies Brown with £143billion bank bail-out

  

  America has followed Britain's lead and announced a massive bailout for leading US banks. Treasury secretary Henry Paulson has confirmed that the US government is to partially nationalise its leading banks through a £143 billion package.

• No compensation for offshore savings account customers

  

  British savers with money saved in offshore accounts stand to lose all, or most, of their money because the accounts are not covered by the UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), it has been revealed.

• Returns from savings accounts swallowed by inflation but security remains key

  

  Savers are seeing returns from their investment eaten up by soaring inflation, but finding a safe haven for their money remains a top priority amongst global economic turmoil.

• Alliance & Leicester launches inflation busting bond

• Northern Rock will not sue former executives for negligence

• Keeping savings safe… Building societies over banks? Joint accounts? How safe are the UK's savings?

• Mortgage lending in August down 63% on last year

• Rising energy bills push CPI inflation to 5.2 per cent

• Barclays and HSBC shares rise after rejecting Government bail out

• Stock markets bounce back: Has Gordon Brown 'saved the world financial system'?

• Scots sacrifice savings accounts to pay off debts, finds Lloyds TSB

• Wide differences in children's savings account habits, says Halifax

• Landsbanki offered £100m loan from BoE to repay UK Icesave savers

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