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Standard Life has added a panel of structured deposit accounts to its International Bond.

Northern Rock has announced it will stop paying interest on some of its bonds until further notice.

Lloyds Banking Group retained the top mortgage lender spot last year with a 30.3% share of the market, compared to 28.2% in 2007, Council of Mortgage Lenders figures show.

The Dow Jones climbed in early trading on Tuesday despite a marked slump in US housing starts.

The founders of financial planning software firm 1st Software have invested £250,000 in Sammedia in return for a minority stake in the company.

City firms have cautiously begun to hire again after the financial meltdown, according to recruiters.

The Julius Baer Absolute Return Bond Fund Defender has outperformed its benchmark in its first year since inception, spurred by an allocation to credit markets.

Thousands of investors in collapsed structured products provider Keydata yesterday voted to establish an action group in a last-ditch bid to recover their missing millions.

The number of direct products rose for the fourth month in a row as mortgage activity fell in July, according to the August TrigoldCrystal Product Index.

A strong start for the mining sector this morning is helping the FTSE 100 rebound from yesterday's 1.4% decline.