Today's Newspaper Headlines - 14th October 2008Today's Newspaper Headlines - 14th October 2008
Financial Times
Top bankers fall as state steps in – US to unveil $250bn plan today, front page
Fears RBS will shrink overseas after rescue plan, p.2
Lloyds positive about all-share HBOS deal, p.2
Hand of state returns to tiller of commerce – Lenders will focus on shareholder value despite constraints, p.3
City will come out stronger, says Brown, p.5
Lenders must meet last year’s levels, banks told, p.6
Treasury lends £100m to Landsbanki arm to prevent ‘domino effect’, p.7
Companies & Markets
Emerging nations hit by growing debt fears, front page
London interbank lending rates ease, p42
The Times
Markets soar as world acts to rescue banks, front page
The day they dropped a bomb on the banks, p.4
State’s intervention pushes public sector above 6 million, p.7
Agents sell only a couple of houses a week (11.5 a month, London agents worst hit), Nationwide raising rates and withdrawing deals for all but the most cash-rich buyers – 15% deposit required p.8
Superman on a mortgage mission – but can he be hero to the masses?, p.8
Business
Bush poised to follow UK with $250bn seizure of bank stakes, p.40
Barclays shuns state funding and puts faith in its own shareholders, p.46
Lloyds TSB blames market turmoil for cut in HOBS terms, p.47
Germany and France pour billions to rebuild trust in their banks, p.49
Iceland considers joining EU after £100m aid to Landsbanki, p.49
Property feeling out in the cold after banks’ shake up, p.55
Daily Telegraph
Brown takes over the banks, front page
£37bn deal with so much riding on it – implications for the public, p.2
Scots; ‘dream of independence may lie in ruins – Banks’ takeover spells end for nationalist vision, p.3
US to follow Britain’s lead with rescue plan for banks, p.5
Is the future looking a bit brighter? – positive effects for customers may not be so immediate p.6
We sell only one home a week, say estate agents, p.7
Business
Bail out to change the face of banking, front page
Recession on the way warns MPC’s, front page
HSBC shares rise as it rejects capital, p.2
Corporate banking to be slashed after RBS returns to a conservative line, p.3
Interbank lending rate shows promise, p.4
The changing face of UK banking – stats on the key institutions, p.6-7
Banks pledged top lend to small businesses, p.8
The Independent
The banker who wouldn’t say sorry (Sir Fred Goodwin), front page
At last, the world fights back as one, p.6-7
How the nationalisation of the banks was hatched, p.7
24 hours to rescue the high street, p.8-9
Business
Markets rebound as US government readies bailout, p.37
Nationalised banks’ shares slump on fear of central control, p.38
Nationalisation pushes debt to 100% of GDP (first 5, p.40
Barclays’ gamble to go it alone raises hackles among competitors, p.41
The Guardian
Day the markets breathed again, front
Bosses pay the price as taxpayer moves in, 4-5
Charities welcome help for homeowners in arrears, p.6
Brown and City regulator clamp down on bonuses, p.7
Financial
US following European lead in bank bail outs, p.28
Rate cut prospect as prices fall, p.28
RICS sees way out of basement, though house sales fall to record low, p.30
Daily Mail
Greed that fuelled a crash, front page
The £37bn price of nationalisation, p.6-7
Mortgage lenders still won’t play ball, p.8-9
City & Finance
Wall St bounces back, p.61
Nationwide to raise £500m, p.61
£5bn a year for taxpayers from rescue package, p.63
Daily Express
Britain bounces back, front page
Credit where it’s due: Darling is helping to give us confidence, p.12
City & Business
Interbank rates fall, p.48
Daily Mirror
We’ll be your rock, Brown’s epic rescue, p.4-5
Property sales fall flat, p.42
The Sun
Rate escape – hopes rise for more rate cuts, p.40