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Bank Advert That's Not for Prudes

· 19 May '09 ·
Bank Advert That's Not for PrudesThis is a very clever advert for a finance company in Germany, though it's not really for children or the prudish, so depending on your company, it may be NSFW too.
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Borrowing Money is Now Almost Free in the UK

· 05 Mar '09 ·
The cost of borrowing money in the UK has hit an all time low and is nearly free. The BoE dropped interest rates to a record low of 0.5% today. Sadly this isn't quite as good as it sounds. The drop doesn't really help many people as most of the banks aren't passing this on in reductions in mortgages and ...
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Buck The Trend, Buy Shares NOW!!

· 17 Oct '08 ·
Yup, you've read the title correctly: Buck the trend and buy shares now. Warren Buffet, one of the worlds most successful investors is, and I agree with his thinking: A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. I mentioned about this time last month that then was a good ...
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FTSE Bounces Back

· 19 Sep '08 ·
FTSE Bounces BackSee, I told you Friday or Monday would be a good day to bung your money into an index tracker ISA. Check what the FTSE 100 has done today: You'd have made yourself an easy 7.58% in one day. This of course assumes your ISA company invests your money at the beginning of the day, and not the end like ...
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The Lehman Brothers Have Been Found

· 19 Sep '08 ·
The Lehman Brothers Have Been FoundThe Lehman Brothers have been found...
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The Banking World Is Crumbling

· 17 Sep '08 ·
The Banking World Is CrumblingWell, well, well. It appears the banking world is finally being taught a lesson that gambling is bad, especially if it's not your money. In a sanctimonious sort of way, I can't help by think to myself "I told you so". I've been thinking about the every growing greed of the banking world over the last few years and the ...
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Reverse Parking Saves You Money

· 30 Jul '08 ·
I heard something interesting today: reversing into a parking space, or onto your drive can save you up to £100 a year in petrol. Apparently it's because a cold engine can use up to 4 times as much petrol than a warm engine. So naturally you want to get things warm as quickly as possible without wasting fuel and what ...
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BBC Responsible for House Price Crash

· 18 Sep '07 ·
Ok, the title is a little bit off the mark and is more of a tenuous prediction than fact at the moment, but hear me out. As you may have heard, Northern Rock is having a bit of a problem convincing its customers that it's NOT going bust. This comes after the BBC reported that Northern Rock had approached the ...
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