It’s not often you see a FTSE 100 company cancel a previously announced dividend. In fact, I’d never seen such an announcement until last week’s release from PartyGaming (LSE: PRTY).
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This Is Money: Google Buys YouTube For £880m
Goodle is buying YouTube for £880m, indicating how important online video is expected to become as viewers and advertisers migrate from TV
This Is Money: Leading Firms ‘will Flee UK Taxes’
The ‘trickle’ of companies abandoning Britain could become a ‘flood’ if the government does not reform its tax regime, the CBI has warned
Scotsman: Critical Illness Costs Norwich Union £80m
NORWICH Union, the UK’s biggest insurer, paid out £80 million on critical illness (CI) policies in 2005 – 23 per cent more than the previous year.
This Is Money: Airbus Chief Departs
Airbus lost its second chief executive in three months today following the departure of Christian Streiff
Motley Fool: Who Will Steal Your Online Money?
Although the Internet is a terrifically useful tool to help us manage our finances, it’s also a thieves’ den for thousands of online scams and frauds.
Motley Fool: How Insurance Firms Avoid Paying Out
Last month the Law Commission published its tentative proposals to change the law relating to misrepresentation and non-disclosure clauses in insurance policies. About time too considering there have been various reports calling for reform dating right back to 1957!
Motley Fool: Cashback Loans: Gimme Or Gimmick?
Last week, Nationwide BS hiked its personal loan interest rates and launched a new cashback deal for borrowers.
This Is Money: Profit From Homemade Energy
Homeowners who generate their own electricity will soon be able to sell it back to the national grid
This Is Money: ID Cards Will Cost Taxpayers £5.4bn
The national identity card scheme will cost £5.4bn to set up and run over the next 10 years, the Home Office revealed today.