BP invests in eco fuels
BP has been marketing themselves as a green oil company, they have changed their logo to look like a flower and now they are investing into an eco fuel business named Verenium.
This is the first time that BP have actually become involved with green fuels, but they are not doing by halves the investment is [...]
Can we have our £80 billion back?
Friday the 13th October 1307 is supposed to be the origins of the unluckiest date, and there is good reason for it, because on this day an alliance between Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France smashed the organisation known as the Knights Templar.
Many people will know of this because of the film [...]
Tesco to open bank
It had to come sooner or later, the superstore, which wants to provide everything that their customers need is now going into the banking industry.
The thought of all of those customers going through their stores, but still using outside facilities for other services is just getting too much for the management of Tesco’s.
So instead [...]
Banking crisis could show loses of £800 billion
At lot has been said about the credit crunch, but in reality this may be revised to a credit crisis! As warnings are coming out that banks worldwide are bracing themselves for a series of massive loses.
The problem is that some people would be inclined to say that it’s their own faults and get on [...]
How to control your credit card
Getting into the credit card trap is so easy for some people to fall into these days, with so much credit being offered sometimes it is just too hard for some people to say no, even though they know that they could be heading into trouble.
Here are some tips to help avoid the trap:
Restrict yourself [...]
Interest rates cut in the US
As food and fuel prices still carry on rising, the Federal Reserve in the States have cut interest rates again for the seventh month in row, but as prices continue to rise is this just delaying the inevitable?
It is believed or hoped, that the rising prices of fuel and food will not continue past a [...]
Banks looking to borrow £23 billion
The UK banks are looking to borrow anything up to £23 billion from the Bank of England in emergency loans, which just show the extent of the financial pressures being forced upon them by the crisis in the states.
The trouble that the banks are having at the moment is that it costs too much to [...]
Investment tips
Obviously if you are looking for some great investment tips, then maybe you should be rethinking your long term plans, as this is an area where experience and knowledge really counts, it’s not like betting on the Grand National.
So here are some tips that should make you realise what would be involved:
Tip 1: Get advice [...]
Googles banking tool
Despite what some people may say or think, banking online is safe, secure and more importantly the banks open all of the time, so there are no queues, parking or time wasting as there is with normal banks located in the high street, that’s if you could find one!
Now Google have introduced their iGoogle finance [...]