The FTSE 100 Index dipped into negative territory today after poor earnings from US groups General Electric and Bank of America knocked investor confidence.

The owner of estate agent business Your Move said today it had cut 315 jobs and shut 12 branches in response to the UK housing market slowdown.

Living next door to a lorry driver or someone who keeps a caravan in their drive can knock thousands of pounds off the value of your home, UK research warned today.

Aviva plc has sold its Your Move estate agency and e.surv surveying businesses to Lending Solutions Limited, backed by Barclays Private Equity, for £42m (€62.9m).