Hire Purchase
Hire Purchase is a form of credit under which you hire goods from the finance company until you've paid the final instalment.
You can't end a hire purchase agreement u...
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Dumas accused of Giacometti auction swindle
A former French foreign minister and the country's leading auctioneer appeared in a courtroom in Paris yesterday accused of defrauding the estate of one of the 20th centu...
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$210m settlement in AOL fraud inquiry
Time Warner agreed to pay $210m (£108m) yesterday to settle criminal fraud charges related to its internet service provider America Online.
The media conglomerate w...
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Conditional Fees
Conditional Fees make an "American-style" arrangement for the payment of lawyer's fees. They allow you to instruct a lawyer to act for you on a no win no fee basis. If ...
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Can he fix it?
We all know someone who has been through the mill at the hands of a cowboy builder. Whether it's bodged work, shoddy materials, lost prepayments and deposits, or even th...
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Labour tries to mend fences with rural plan
Labour yesterday sought to build bridges with rural Britain with the publication of a wide-reaching five-year plan.
The strategy, from the Department for Environment, Fo...
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ABI calls for end to takeover bonus bonanza
City investors yesterday launched a campaign against large payouts to directors whose firms are taken over and called for the payment of cash bonuses to be more closely l...
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Charity donations can add to tax bill
I am a lower-rate taxpayer and give to charities throughout the year using Gift Aid. Near the end of the tax year, I do not know if I have any allowance left.
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Isas U-turn and cash for the young
The chancellor cheered up Britain's savers by announcing a stay of execution for higher Isa allowances and a boost for the new child trust funds, due to be launched in Ap...
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Signalled weakness hits SMG
SMG, the Scottish radio and television group, resumed its downward trend yesterday as a leading broker slapped a sell rating on the stock on the grounds that a bid from ...
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