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Record price rises for car insurance premiums mean you must act to reduce the cost
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An investors' survival guide
Sunday, 31 January 2010
As the spectre of a double-dip recession looms, where can you safely put your money? Or – maybe – even make it grow? Julian Knight investigates
Julian Knight: The FSA fiddles while debt-laden souls burn
Sunday, 31 January 2010
City watchdog needs 'stop now' powers to put a quick end to lenders' unfair or exploitative practices and shift the burden of proof
Wealth check: I want to save for a flat, but I'm really in the red
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Lauren Prince-Wright, 21, lives on her overdraft. Student debt and city life take all her salary, so how can she build up a deposit?
Britons trawl internet for iPad news
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Apple's unveiling of its iPad has piqued the interest of British shoppers, according to retail price comparison service InvisibleHand. It found that on the day that Apple presented the iPad – which has many of the functions of a laptop as well as the iPhone – to the world's press, 5 per cent of total internet searches in the UK for retail goods were for the new product.
Funds that smooth the highs and lows
Saturday, 30 January 2010
A multi-asset investment strategy can reduce the sometimes alarming effect of stock market fluctuations. So, how does it work?
Alice-Azania Jarvis: 'My simple tip for a thrifty February: ignore your Valentine'
Saturday, 30 January 2010
In The Red
Questions Of Cash: 'Shameful NatWest turned 87p debt into £400'
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Q. Lloyds wrote to me in November, stating it was closing all my accounts. I have been with Lloyds for 12 years, have a overdraft facility, always been in credit and always had £5,000 to £17,000 in savings with them. I called the closure unit who said they were within their rights and did not have to provide a reason. I have spoken to several Lloyds' managers, who said they could not intervene.
Wealth Check: 'I want my savings to grow while I travel'
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Tom Gould, 26, is an IT engineer from Bristol. He plans to take a year out from his construction firm job to travel with his girlfriend, Kerry.
Simon Read: Don't get caught out by con tricks
Saturday, 30 January 2010
There's something quite reassuring to read that hard man Jack Bauer has become a victim of a Ponzi scheme. Actually, it's not Jack who's been caught out but Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who plays him in the hit television show 24. He was persuaded to hand over $869,000 – around £540,000 – to a steer-roping promoter for a lucrative cattle deal which was set to net the actor a handsome quick profit. But the cattle never appeared and the cash vanished.
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