Tuesday Papers: House sales fall to lowest level for over 30 years -- other news
* Dow recovers 130 points and Nasdaq gains 37 points
* House sales fall to the lowest level since the 1970s, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
* Property veteran Sir John Ritblat has warned that the property investment market would not see any recovery until next year
* Poor economic figures have revealed inflationary pressures rising to levels not seen in 20 years, and further data are expected to show important parts of the economy stagnating
* UK April producers' input prices rose 2.4% in April from March, way above analyst forecasts for a 2% increase
* UK trade in goods balance with the rest of the world improved slightly in March to a deficit of £7.4 billion
* Government backs down on corporate tax under threat of business exodus
* Rail Maritime and Transport union to ballot 17,000 workers for industrial actionin two separate disputes
* BP abandons plans to build a plant to capture and store carbon dioxide
* Bond insurer MBIA reports a £1.2 billion first-quarter loss on write-downs on derivative contracts
* Barclays may need to raise £6 billion to drive its tier one ratio to 6.5%, according to Citigroup
* European Union ministers to launch assault on UK bankers' big bonuses
* EMI owner Terra Firma to cut 1,000 more jobs
* Jewson, owned by St Gobain, calls in police over £1 million fraud probe
* Sprint Nextel first-quarter deficit widens on fewer customers
* Financial Services Authority fines Land of Leather for insurance failings
* Argos faces strike threat - Mirror.
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