Britain's biggest building society is offering a cracking new credit card with 18 months of zero credit on spending and 0% on balance transfers for 17 months. And you even get cashback. But there's one sticking point.

 
The FTSE 100 has regained early losses after investors took heart from a rumour about a planned $1trillion boost to IMF coffers.

 
Unconfirmed reports are circulating that the IMF wants to boost its lending resources of around $400billion by a further $1trillion to insulate the global economy against the eurozone crisis.

 
Fashion and homeware retailer Next mistakenly listed a pair of sofas worth £1,198 on its website for just £98 after a discount reduced the cost by £1,100 instead of the intended £100.

 
As we've warned for years, Britain's collective wealth looks unlikely to grow fast - stock markets will suffer and rates will stay low. Now, the economy looks likely to return to recession. Andrew Oxlade explains all.

 
Normally fan heaters will use around 1 or 2 kWh of energy, which means that for an hour of running they will probably cost between 15p to 30p.

 
The bank cut its growth outlook for developing countries this year to 5.4 per cent from 6.2 per cent - but it halved that for developed countries to 1.4 per cent from 2.7 per cent.

 
Unemployment jumped sharply again in the three months to November as another 118,000 workers lost their jobs taking the total to its highest level for more than 17 years.

 
Insurance firms Churchill and Direct Line have been fined £2.17million by the Financial Service Authority for tampering with customer complaint files that were submitted to the regulator.