From zeroes to heroes
Income chasing investors can zero in on low risk, long term 9% yields - and those gains will be income tax free.
Or thanks to commissions and charges they could buy the...
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Net accounts for only 3% of card fraud
Only 3% of UK credit card fraud relates to the internet, according to experts, yet consumers are still concerned about buying online.
Last year there were 5.9bn of cred...
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Web security breach forces users to cancel cards
Thousands of people today discovered that their credit cards details and personal information had been made freely available on a Consumers' Association website.
The CA ...
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It's a Maxwellian tangle
The collapse of Independent Insurance was described as "Maxwellian" in its complexity yesterday by the insolvency expert dismantling the commercial insurance group.
Expl...
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Housing benefit set to get two-tier reform
Housing benefit for pensioners looks set to be replaced as part of a new pension credit in a two-tier reform of the payment, the government revealed today.
The new minis...
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Insure your child's safety
Although you may have thought of insurance for your house, your car, your health and even your pets, have you thought about accident insurance for your children?
This is...
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PwC to probe Independent
Independent Insurance has called in accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers to examine the alleged reinsurance contracts that sparked its financial crisis and caused it to clos...
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Help me escape my tourist tax trap
We went on holiday to Canada and, as non-residents, were entitled to claim back the purchase tax on items we bought there.
We claimed through a private agency called In...
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CGNU strengthens Australian base
CGNU, Britain's biggest insurer, is strengthening its presence in Australia with the purchase yesterday of the general insurance company Fortis Australia for A$293m (...
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Loss-making Tate pushes US sell-off
Tate & Lyle, the world's biggest sugar group, yesterday announced a £228m pre-tax annual loss but sweetened the pill for investors by saying it was making progre...
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