The Financial Mail’s top stock picker take a closer look at South African company Investec and says the shares look like a bargain
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This Is Money: Bread To Hit £1 A Loaf
The escalating cost of grain is great for farmers, but will be more bad news for David and Ruth Archer as well as shoppers in real life
This Is Money: Channel 4 Joins Freesat Venture
Channel 4 has joined the BBC and ITV in a proposed joint venture to supply free digital satellite TV to homes that cannot receive the Freeview service
This Is Money: Banks To Seal Debt Escape Route
Thousands of people trying to escape some or most of their debts could be stopped in their tracks by a new centralised service offered to banks and other lenders
This Is Money: Fresh Hope For Farepak Victims
A legal loophole could help 150,000 customers of collapsed Christmas club company Farepak to reclaim more of their lost cash. Join the fightback here.
Scotsman: Left High And Dry By Flood Insurance
THE Scottish Executive’s multi-million-pound flood defence programme, which has made considerable headway in ensuring Scots homeowners are protected from being flooded out of their homes, is being ignored by insurers when it comes to the premiums they…
Scotsman: Expect Bush’s Problems In America To Hit Your Wallet
I WAS on the phone a few months ago to a dear American pal, discussing the things old friends chat about across continents: the war, house prices, next year’s holiday… and then we got on to Bush.
Scotsman: Anchor Your Mortgage Now
THE wicked fairy of higher mortgage bills will arrive next month to spoil the Christmas party, after Britain’s biggest mortgage companies announced they will be increasing interest rates from December 1.
Scotsman: Calls For Regulated Savings Club After Farepak Collapse
SCOTTISH money advisers and charities are calling for the establishment of a properly regulated not-for-profit savings club, after the collapse of the Farepak Christmas club left 150,000 families facing a miserable festive season.
Scotsman: Capital One Criticised Over Credit Card Cheques
A LEADING debt campaigner has described Capital One Bank as “reckless” after it sent its customers unsolicited credit card cheques.