A few days from financial ruin
For anyone who is unlucky enough to lose their job or those that find themselves in the situation where they are unable to work through illness. It has been estimated that over thirty per cent would only be able to survive financially for just eleven days.
This terrible thought just highlights the delicate line that people [...]
£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 [...]
Bad News: Oil hits $130 a barrel!
As if things were not bad enough for everyone the price of a barrel of oil has now reached the heady heights of $130, meaning that the price of fuel is going to be more expensive as well as everything associated with it.
So it not only means that petrol goes up, but because food and [...]
More millionaires for UK in 2017
There may be fears that the credit crunch is going to take its toll on people in the UK, but in a recent study by Barclays Household Wealth Index it has been estimated that by the 2017 there will be 2.4 million households in the UK that will have an income of more that one [...]
March 7, 2008How to get a raise
When you have for the same employer for a number of years, you may feel that you are doing more now than you were when you first took on the job and yet your salary has remained the same, is this right? Well of course it is and maybe it is about time that you [...]
February 26, 2008Fund may sue Yahoo over Microsoft offer
When Yahoo turned down the $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft there were some really surprised people around, especially as this offer was well over the closing share price. Yet it was turned and since then they have been trying to find another buyer who can either match the price or preferably better it, AOL have [...]
February 25, 2008Investment 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 [...]
Tom Jones insures his chest
He may be getting a little older but apparently Tom Jones has still got it and he needs to insure it, his hairy cheat we are talking about here!
So in order for him to be able to continue his hip shaking and with his shirt undone to his trousers he needs to insure his chest [...]
$50 million painting stolen
Thieves broke into a museum in Brazil a got away with a massive haul of valuable paintings which included a Picasso and Portinari, the raid on the Sao Paulo Museum of Art only lasted three minutes but in this small amount of time the thieves got away with the top exhibits.
Among the haul was the [...]
How to stop the vultures
There is nothing worse when you see someone getting old, maybe they are in a home or something but one thing is for sure, as soon as they take a turn for the worse or in some cases sooner, the vultures begin to circle.
This is exactly what happens to one grandma, she was so fed [...]
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 [...]