Is the US Dollar about to crash?
There is a saying “That is has to get worse before it gets better” and this looks like what we are all going to have to look forward to over the coming months.
In particular the US economy is struggling not just with the financial problems hitting the mortgage and banking industry, but from foreign investors, [...]
Who are the richest people of all time?
When we think of the wealthiest people around, normally the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and the Sultan of Brunei spring to mind. But although these people hold some serious wealth in today’s crazy world, their wealth when worked out in relation to the economy is fairly small.
So just who are the richest people [...]
Food prices increasing due to bio fuels
When bio fuels first started appearing they were greeted as the next greatest thing to hit the automotive world. But as this new form of making our fuel resources last longer has become popular, there are now concerns that maybe bio fuels aren’t as great as we first thought.
Environmental campaigners are now claiming that the [...]
Cutting the cost of filling up
As the price of fuel seems to increase almost on a weekly basis, we have several choices to combat the fuel price crunch. We can just grin and bare it, don’t drive at all or we can take some positive action and find ways of cutting the price of filling up.
Below are some ideas to [...]
Channel Four pays £150,000 ransom
Paying kidnappers is supposed to be a definite no for anyone or organisation to even consider as an option. For one reason there is the possibility that the hostage will not be released, or that the payment will just encourage them to do the same thing over again as it is a good money spinner.
Obviously [...]
£40 million for a Monet
When it comes to finance there people around that do not appear to be affected by the credit crunch, this can be normally found true when it comes to fine art auctions. This is most certainly true when it comes to the fins art sale at Christies in London this week.
They had a particularly nice [...]
Is the credit crunch a conspiracy?
Despite all of the media coverage about credit crunch and how it is affecting almost everyone no matter what they or where they live, there are some people n fact around thirty eight per cent of a survey conducted for the insurer Zurich, believe that the credit crunch will not affect them.
This boldness could be [...]
Chancellor says “Times of tough”
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling has been quoted as saying “Times are tough” thank goodness for that, we must be all sleeping better now! But in all seriousness he has insisted that the UK will be able to survive the current credit crunch.
However since mentioning that we will all come out of this [...]
Iran makes a withdrawal
There is no doubt that the next six months will be slightly hair raising to say the least, with changes happening around the world with oil and different outlooks. It seems that certain nations around the world are also keeping an eye on things too.
Could this be why Iran has withdrawn something in the region [...]
Doctor gets £35 per week
With many services being stretched to the limit, it must be strange to find people who are highly qualified people living in this country but because of their circumstances cannot work and cannot return to their own place of origin.
Welcome to the life of an asylum seeker, where there are many fully qualified professionals, who [...]
Gay marriage business worth millions
The wedding industry has always been a big business, but with marriages not being as popular as before times could have been tough, but as with many areas of business every cloud has a silver lining and this cloud came just at the right time.
Gay weddings are now the big business which is fuelling other [...]
How to be smart with money
The time to start to have look at how your finances are going is now, when time are beginning to get tight. Things like the credit crunch may not be having a direct effect on your finances yet, but it will eventually as food and fuel prices begin to bite.
So what can you do to [...]
The cost of burying your pet
Arranging funerals for pets is fast becoming a big business and as this sector of industry expands the more companies become interested in getting involved.
With prices ranging from £50 right up £500, there is the potential for a good caring business which can help grieving pet owners say goodbye to their faithful friends in a [...]
Making the most of reward programmes
With so many reward schemes around these days, it is just too difficult to gauge which ones are worthwhile, after all you only get a small amount of which can be described a discount or saving.
These schemes can be in the form of discount cards, points awarded on how you spend in a certain store [...]
TV stars earning millions
As many people are feeling the credit crunch, it seems that this is not the feeling that the stars on TV and Radio are getting. With recent reviews of spending and costs it has been revealed that around forty of the most popular faces of TV and Radio are earning over one million pounds per [...]
May 30, 2008The finance of oil production
As the price of oil increases on a day to day basis, it is getting seriously hard for average motorist to sit back and keep paying up, but as they need their cars for family and work they are finding themselves no option but to pay up and get on with it.
But why is the [...]
The Pentagon misplaces $15 Billion
Everyone who is in charge of any organisation whether it is large or small, private or publicly funded, always feels a little bit of anxiety so we can only imagine how the person in charge of the Pentagon feels when the auditors come back saying that there is $15 billion missing!
But we should not be [...]
Soak your cash to make double
There has been some really good scams around that like selling Tower Bridge to the Americans and so on, then there are those that are really outrageous and make you wonder how on earth some people get sucked into these ideas.
Take the Vietnamese man based in Norway, he found a Frenchman who had a new [...]
The most expensive day
Could the 6th May actually be the most expensive day on the yearly calendar for UK residents? Well if we listen to the Carphone Warehouse then we would just have to agree. They have been doing a bit of research and have found the real reasons behind why this date is so significant for the [...]
April 23, 2008Is £50 billion enough to save the economy?
What would seem to be the largest amount cash that the Bank of England have ever put into the banking system, it is in order for the UK banks to be able to lend more money out to the UK consumers, but will this amount be enough to save the UK economy?
At present the [...]