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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says a mortgage price war could break out among the country's major banks if interest rates rise as predicted over the next couple of years.

Deborah Hill Cone: Not rich, not poor, just nowhere

The last week has been such a shambles that I haven't had time to focus on anything other than my own dopey suburban matron problems.