BRITAIN Briefing: CAR BUYERS GET BEST DEALS.(News)
CASH-conscious car buyers are getting the best deals for eight years with average discounts of nearly pounds 2,000. With the economic downturn biting, some cars are being offered at 45% off the list price, research by What Car? magazine found.

Publication: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

Deals that aren't in your best interest.
Byline: Neil Simpson Ten days after the shock 1.5 per cent cut in the Bank of England base rate and very few lenders are playing fair with their customers. Less than half of all banks and building societies have agreed to cut their standard interest rates by the full 1.5 per cent. Big names

Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)

HOME DEALS: Tracker rates looking good.(Features)
Byline: Tim Twiddy The global response to the credit crisis continues with China and the United States reducing bank base rates. The Bank of England monetary policy committee has also recently reduced the rate by 1.5 per cent in the UK. With rates in the States now at one per cent we still have a

Publication: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Price-cuts and marketing deals lift Barratt visitors; CONSTRUCTION Sales are up as buyers seek better value for money.(Business)
Byline: ALUN THORNE Head of Business Barratt Developments yesterday reported an increase in visitor numbers to its sites after launching new marketing deals and cutting prices. While the housebuilder described trading conditions as the worst in memory, Barratt said sales rates had improved since

Publication: The Birmingham Post (England)

STAR TRIBUNE QUARTERLY DEAL REPORT: THIRD QUARTER 2008; State-related investment banks take big hit; IPO activity has essentially ground to a halt as companies are either pulling or postponing stock offerings, preferring to wait for better times.(BUSINESS INSIDER)(QUARTERLY DEAL REPORT)
Byline: THOMAS LEE; STAFF WRITER UNPUBLISHED CORRECTION OF 11/17/08: The column name and headline were incorrect in the original version of this article; this is the corrected version. CORRECTION PUBLISHED 11/04/08: This story incorrectly stated the investment bank that advised EP MedSystems Inc.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)

Deals Are Plentiful (but Bring Good Credit) - NYTimes.com
CAR dealerships have been lonely places this fall, with many customers driven away by the economic tsunami of 2008. Sales have plummeted, and no one knows when these customers will be back. "Because of all the uncertainty, consumers are understandably reluctant about plunging into a big-ticket

Publication: The New York Times