Credit card debt increasing
Britons spent ?540,000 a minute on their plastic last year as the popularity of credit and debit cards continued to soar, a report claimed today.
Consumer spending on c...
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Cashing in life insurance
Q My parents started a small life insurance policy for me when l was a child which now has a cash value of around ?3,000. Should l cash in this policy and use the money f...
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Merrill stumps up to end Sainsbury pension fund row
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has avoided another high profile legal action from a leading pension fund client by making a secret payment to the supermarket group Sai...
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Should I consolidate my debts?
Q I have several credit cards and a loan, totalling ?15,000 debt. I wonder which would be the best course of action to take to make just one affordable payment each month...
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Travel insurance
If you bought travel insurance over the phone, along with your holiday or your flights, can you remember exactly what was said? If an insurer asked you to prove that you ...
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FBI puts cuffs on former WorldCom chiefs
US officials continued their crackdown on corporate scandals yesterday with the arrest of two former WorldCom executives for their alleged part in the $3.85bn accounting ...
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Bantams win fight for survival
Bradford City's immediate future has been secured after creditors today accepted a rescue package for the struggling club.
Club chairman Geoffrey Richmond and two other...
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Shopping till they drop
According to a survey by Eagle Star Insurance, 75% of retirees are intending to spend all their savings living high on the hog, while only a quarter plan to leave their c...
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Executive under fire for payouts to 'flagship' of prison privatisation
Hidden subsidies paid to the privately run Kilmarnock Prison by the Scottish Executive for domestic rates and staffing costs make up nearly 70 per cent of its profits.
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Passenger outrage at Virgin Trains handout
The Rail Passengers Council has reacted with outrage to a £106m government handout to Virgin Trains, describing the payment to one of Britain's worst performing trai...
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