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Finance
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World Gambling Club
Published : March 19, 2008 | Author : MoneyMan | Unrated |
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 Given the huge swings in recent days on world stock markets, the financial mechanisms that run our economies are starting to look like gambling clubs, only with much higher stakes.
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Rip-Off Britain Alive and Kicking
Published : March 14, 2008 | Author : TakeNote | Unrated |
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 Rip-off Britain, a phrase we used to hear quite often in the past but less so now. I look at whether our businesses have fallen into line and now play fair or whether they have just found better ways of hiding just how much of our hard-earned money they are fleecing us for.
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2008 Budget Review - part 3
Published : March 12, 2008 | Author : cashsaver | Unrated |
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 Darling is still trotting out his budget speech and we continue with our live ( and sometimes critical) report on how the general public are likely to be affected.
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Incompetent Money Management
Published : March 07, 2008 | Author : MoneyMan | Rating :   |
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| If you ran a small business you'd expect your local accountant to have had some professional training and you'd be unlikely to offer him extra rewards, especially when things were not being done correctly. That's fairly obvious, so why is the Government happy to put up with these happenings in one of it's largest departments. You'll be shocked when you read on.
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MoneySuperMarket Shares
Published : March 04, 2008 | Author : admin | Unrated |
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 We reported on the public offering of Moneysupermarket when it happened back in July last year. The stock has enjoyed a rollercoaster ride since, so we look at the reasons why this online finance company may or may not be a good investment.
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Financial crisis to worsen
Published : February 27, 2008 | Author : LoanStar | Unrated |
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 The impact of the world's financial difficulties are really only visible to those in the industry at the moment, unless you've applied for a loan or changed your mortgage recently. A deputy governor at the Bank of England has spoken about how they think the impact will widen over the months to come and could worsen to the extent that consumer demand is significantly reduced.
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Confusing Finance
Published : February 22, 2008 | Author : missmoney | Unrated |
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 I pride myself on being able to read, digest and understand most financial commentary but the remarks made this week by a member of Monetary Policy Committee that sets our interest rates presents a confusing picture and a developing situation that seems largely out of the control of the people who are tasked with trying to do exactly that.
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Current Bank Accounts
Published : February 20, 2008 | Author : MoneyMan | Unrated |
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| There seems to be a renewed focus on bank current accounts with the main players clammering for new customers. I was going to write about Alliance and Leicester's new offer yesterday but ended up too busy - just as well because today they kindly sent me some product information on their Premier Direct Current Account offer - first prize for the longest product name at least.
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Finance depression sets in
Published : February 18, 2008 | Author : cashsaver | Unrated |
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| After reading the weekend papers, with their downbeat roundup of the state of UK finances, anyone already struggling with their personal finances could be forgiven for thinking that times are set to get a whole lot tougher with more expensive mortgages due, loans harder to come by and home expenses already rising at alarming levels
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Cut sparks debate on even lower rates
Published : February 11, 2008 | Author : TakeNote | Unrated |
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| Last weeks interest rate cut was widely expected but almost as soon as had it been announced a wide range of commentators were already talking of more reductions to come if the UK is to avoid the economic slowdown everyone fears.
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