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Mutuals end talks; Sainsbury's delay; Merrill Lynch: avoid risk but look for opportunities; MPC members unanimous on holding rates; Osmond eyes next move on Resolution

Sudden fall in inflation may stay need for more rate rises; Cadbury opts for demerger as private equity comes up short

Citigroup buys out Thomson pensions; Goldmans in $2bn fund bail out; Markets rebound after banks calm investor fears; Credit turmoil hits banks funding Delta's offer for Sainsbury

Growth threatened by market turbulence, say economists; DC schemes may run into trouble without reforms; Pensioners owe £57bn in debt; Schemes influence policy

ECB forced to inject cash into banking system as US mortgage malaise spreads; Schroders profits leap 40pc at half time; Postal action suspended; BVCA chief moves on

PPF unlikely to raise annual levy; Talks fail to resolve Qatari bid for Sainsbury's; Investor casts doubt over Friends' merger with Resolution; Bank signals further rise in interest rates this autumn to tame inflation

Top 100 firms put £13bn into pensions; Sainsbury's and Delta Two meet face to face as tensions mount over £10bn bid; Sipps give a lift to sales at Standard Life

F&C records its first profit since merger with Isis three years ago; Cost of teacher's pensions rises; Upheaval in world markets undermines hedge fund action plans; AHM bankruptcy triggers jitters in Europe

Pension funds shed gains in solvency; Standard Life hires Merrill as it considers bid; Couples hit by fall in pensions income; Aima appoints Baker to fight UK hedge fund clampdown

Sainsbury's urges Delta to win over pension trustees; Rivals in talks on Resolution deal; Bank holds rates to assess results of past rises