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The FTSE 100 closed down 193.58 points at 7141.40, as global markets plunged into the red on fears about future interest rate rises.

Amid frantic trading, the main US indexes opened about 2 per cent down, but then fought back with the Dow Jones moving back into the black.

Airlines are busy persuading us to book our Easter holiday flights with them. But before doing so, it is vital to get on top of all the crafty ‘extras’ that can turn a bargain into an expensive trip.

The FTSE 100 has given up all of the gains seen last year and many investors have been caught off-guard by sharp falls in global markets. So what should they do now?

The pensions provider said it was 'truly sorry', and its chair of trustees added: 'I want to emphasise that all money we’ve received is completely safe.'

Speculators around the world dumped bitcoin yesterday with the digital currency slumping as much as 12 per cent to lows of $7,179 - down from nearly $20,000 at its peak before Christmas.

Under the transition from the old to the new state pension, you are meant to get the higher of the two amounts calculated under the two systems. Could I be entitled to a £200 per week state pension?

Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed it now has over 1 million active clients after a 61,000 jump since last June.

Passenger numbers were up 8.7 per cent in January, a significant rise on a year previously. The latest announcement follows confirmation revenues hit £1.1 billion in the last three months of 2017.

The 109-year-old family-owned Morgan said exports were up 10 per cent in 2017. Sales rose 19 per cent to £36m, with profits rising to £2m.

I saw that Ryanair was offering flights for £4.99. But air passenger tax is more than that. How can it afford to do this? Is it effectively paying for me to fly?

There was a capital gain of £10,500 each on the stake owned by the grandchildren, which is below the annual allowance of £11,300. Do we still have to make a declaration to HMRC?

Online supermarket Ocado has reported a full-year loss in underlying earnings and warned that profits will dip in 2018, as it transforms itself to a technology provider.

Shane Bujold, a 32-year-old accountant, has accused former employer SC Johnson of unfairly withholding a chunk of his pension fund.

The global energy firm saw underlying replacement cost profit - BP's preferred income measure - soar to £4.4 billion for 2017, up from £1.9 billion the year before.

Figures from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG showed like-for-like retail sales rose 0.6 per cent in January, compared with a fall of 0.6 per cent for the same month a year ago.

I am concerned that I may, if I become absent-minded or forgetful as I age, accidentally click yes when I don't want my bank to share my data.

Chris Grayling told the House of Commons yesterday that the situation had become ‘much more urgent’ after the operators breached a ‘key financial covenant’.

Tesco’s appointment of whippet-smart Booker executive Charles Wilson as head of its UK operation, following the two firms’ £3.7bn merger, is interpreted as prudent succession planning.

The head of the Financial Conduct Authority and ante-post favourite to be next BofE governor Andrew Bailey says it is ‘blindingly obvious’ that London is the pre-eminent global financial centre.