No cash for Scottish Life members
A wealth of windfalls could be on the horizon if a number of rumoured insurance company takeovers come to fruition - but policyholders of Scottish Life hoping for big cas...
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Oxfam calls for better debt management
The World Bank and the IMF are "exaggerating" how much their flagship debt relief programme has reduced the loans burden on the world's poorest nations, a report by Oxfam...
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MG Rover tells BMW it wants more
MG Rover, the car manufacturer, last night said it was seeking more cash to boost profitability and separately was hoping to squeeze more money out of its former German o...
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Don't rely too heavily on harried Hector
The official deadline for completing your tax return is just 12 days away if you want the Inland Revenue to calculate your bill for the year 1999-2000. But don't panic if...
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Plastic without the drastic
The launch this week of a plastic payment card specifically aimed at teenagers will cause more than a few parents to shudder at the idea of a "credit card for kids".
Th...
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Court threat to Axa over payout that 'short-changes' policyholders
The Consumers' Association yesterday threatened to mount a legal challenge against insurance group Axa's plans for dividing up £1.7bn in surplus cash after claiming ...
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Widowers fight for just tax deal
Men are rarely viewed as the victims of sex discrimination, but in the past six years almost 200,000 widowed men have been denied a tax relief - typically worth around &#...
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Ignore the scary tales about internet fraud. It's quite safe, honest
If you are a regular reader of the papers you might think there were only two types of internet businesses.
One forlorn group comprises those companies that are strugg...
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Help - how do credit card companies calculate their interest charges?
Customers who pay their credit card bills in full by the statement demand date pay no interest at all, with a few exceptions. Those who do charge even when you clear the ...
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UN rocked by flood of fraud cases
The United Nations has been hit by an unprecedented wave of fraud, waste and corruption. Officials at its antifraud investigation unit say they are expecting to have to r...
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