New online payment system
Using an online payment system can have a nasty kick when you check out exactly how much it is going to cost you, it may be ok if you only use it once, but if you are running a business or working freelance and being paid via one of these services, then you really do [...]
January 8, 2008Jeremy Clarkson’s bank account blunder
He is a person that you either like or hate, he is outspoken about most things and his no nonsense approach to things has made him very popular, but when the government mislaid the details of twenty five million people in the UK, he just had to put his little bit into the arguments that [...]
December 28, 2007Writers strike could cost TV revenues
The viewing figures that many TV channels have come to take for granted and therefore use to attract advertisers who are the life blood of the channel, may be at risk and for no other reason than the writer’s strike that has crippled the production of many of the world’s favourite programmes.
The strike has been [...]
Six million families struggle with debts
It’s a sad fact but in a recent report by the National Consumer Council it was found that around six million families in the UK are struggling with debts of which eighty per cent are made up of credit cards, loans and mortgages.
In the last six years the amount of people who have been seeking [...]
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 [...]
Man gets £41,000 phone bill
Signing for mobile phone that costs only $10 per month for unlimited mobile browsing sounds like a great idea, which is why Piotr Staniaszek from Canada signed up for it, but when he received his first bill, he could not believe his eyes, the total was around $65,000.
Clearly this was a mistake, so he left [...]
Banks get cheap money
There is a real move going on to revive the world banking industry, this is being coordinated by the US Federal Reserve and involves banks from the UK, Canada, Switzerland, USA and Europe. Where they will provide billions pounds worth of loans to banks that need it, but at very attractive rates of interest, the [...]
December 10, 2007Mobile phone number madness
In these days of excess, it would seem that there is nothing that the super rich would not buy and in many cases the price has no bearing on the actual value of the product.
In this we are talking about a simple mobile phone number, clearly its not going to be your average number like [...]
Women take control of finances
A role that has been traditionally that of the man of the house, the main earner, is being taken over by the woman. This is partly down the fact that there are more women these days who are earning more money than the man of the house, in fact in the past five years this [...]
December 4, 2007Sperm donor to pay child support
For anyone who has donated or thinking about donating sperm, perhaps they should read this first.
Two people who work together, she wants a baby and so her co worker in the name of friendship donates what’s needed. She has a baby and they remain friends, but he sends them both gifts and cards on special [...]
Man told that he owes bank $211 Trillion
If you are worried about how the festive season is going to cost you, then fear not because there is always going to be somebody else who is worse off than you.
Just imagine, getting a letter a from your bank, saying that you owe them a mere $211 trillion, just to put that amount in [...]
$1 million painting found in rubbish
A rare oil painting by the famous Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo was found with some rubbish by a skip by the road on Manhattan’s Upper West Side by New Yorker Elizabeth Gibson, she originally past it by, but something inspired her to go back and get it.
After a bit of research she learned that the [...]
UK pension worst in Europe
In a study produced by the consulting company Aon looking into the state pension, has shown that it will only cover a mere 17% of the average earnings for the pensioner! This is embarrassingly low compared to the rest of Europe where the average over all European countries is 57% of the average earnings. Even [...]
November 20, 2007Low borrowing rocks the global markets
The global financial markets are in a dire position, the melt down which stated in the States is spreading around the world and every time there is a slight bump the whole industry flinches. Given that the property values have not really been entered into the equation, there is a very delicate situation.
With all of [...]
The UK’s inflation worries
Inflation we have lead to believe was under control, and yet the annual output price inflation has risen from 2.8% to 3.8%, this is the highest rate in twelve years! Food, chemicals and petrol are said to be the main reason for this, but considering the former Chancellor of the Exchequer is now the PM, [...]
November 13, 2007That’ll do nicely
With hundreds of credit cards around it is easy to get put into a category, there are so many with different logos, images and designs on, unlike in the early days of credit cards when there were only a few which all had their own sort of status attached to them. But today is so [...]
November 12, 2007Bad news from banks this week!
The financial markets in the States are bracing themselves for some bad banking news this week as the banking sector will be reporting on its forth quarter, it is estimated that there may be as much as $20 billion in loses. This is due to the anticipated problems with the mortgage based loans and other [...]
November 8, 2007Banks put pressure on credit card users
Surprising as it may seem, in the past two months or so the banking industry has added nearly 125 different rate increases and other fees in order to obtain even more money out of their customers. This coupled with the fact that there has been a huge increase in the amount of credit card applications [...]
November 6, 2007Money expert’s site attacked
The man who likes to save us all money by informing us how to complain properly has seen his site recently suffer from an attack which caused a massive denial of service meaning that effectively the site was down for a number of hours.
Now when you have a campaigner or crusader who battles against insurers, [...]
Store loses $10m to Phishers
It seems that it’s not just the general public who get scammed by phishers, in the states one of the big supermarket chains has also suffered at the hands of a phishing email.
Supervalu Inc have conned out of more than $10 million, by transferring the cash into two accounts that had been set up just [...]