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Big companies delay suppliers' cash Big companies are delaying payment to smaller suppliers by more than 100 days in the biggest squeeze on small firms' cashflows since the early 1990s. Average home asking price down £4,000 on a year ago Homeowners are resorting to increasingly aggressive price cuts in an effort to sell their properties, with asking prices across England and Wales an average £4,000 less now than they were a year ago as a new realism sets in across the housing market. Banks try to offload £3.6bn of HBOS shares Two City banks will try to offload as much as £3.6 billion of unwanted HBOS shares today on to a highly nervous London stock market in one of the biggest tests of sentiment towards the banking sector. 'Gold standard' plan for mortgage securities Plans to introduce a “gold standard” for mortgage securities are to be considered this week. The Treasury will look at the proposals as part of an interim report to be submitted to Alistair Darling tomorrow. Need to know: Novartis expects growth ... John Lewis up ... Logica wins Economics Britons risk losing Spanish holiday homes Thousands of Britons face losing their dream homes in Spain as the country's property market lurches from paralysis into freefall. Westfield has ongoing vision for Olympic site It may not look terribly impressive, but a humble lift shaft starting to take shape on a former flood plain in East London offers concrete proof that the area around the site of the London Olympic Games in 2012 is an economic sanctuary from the problems facing the rest of the country. Forensic agency offers payment by results The government-owned agency that carries out forensic science tests for police forces across the UK is experimenting with a variation of no-win, no-fee charges. Thatchers threatened by rising straw prices Spiralling grain prices could mean that the classic country cottage may never look the same again. Is your house worth less than you paid for it? Click here to see when the past will catch up with your house price

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