Baby bond scheme launched
Gordon Brown made a bid for the parent vote yesterday as he officially launched the government's flagship child trust funds, which are aimed at giving every youngster a g...
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Is there a deadline for firms to bill me?
Q I regularly use my credit card for work purchases as well as personal spending, and clear the debt each month. To keep track of the separate spending I write individual...
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Gordon's legacy of fine words
Guess who wrote this: 'If society is to have inheritance tax, it must be operated fairly. Yet at present, while the very wealthy avoid the tax, many others are being draw...
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A tax on art to foster future Hockneys and Caros
Max Hastings's concerns on the introduction of artist's resale right (Art failure, January 3) are unfounded. He wrote of British art-market fears that those selling conte...
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German cabinet to vote on biggest donation
The German government is expected today to approve the payment of up to €500m (about £350m) of aid for the regions devastated by the tsunami disaster, a figure ...
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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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