Our own Hilary Benn, backed by the rest of Europe, has the neoconservative World Bank chief Wolfowitz on the ropes
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Motley Fool: The 15m-An-Hour Investing Opportunity
It is estimated that total UK personal debt currently stands at £1, 237b. Additionally, personal debt is growing at a rate of £1m every four minutes! That equates to an increase of £15m an hour. What’s more, one person is falling victim to insolvency every minute, and in the last four years the average age of a bankrupt has dropped from 43 to 41.
Motley Fool: The Goldilocks Portfolio
Twenty years ago the cutting edge of grocery was the bin shop, where cocoa, cornflakes and custard powder were arrayed in laundry basket size tubs. I loved shovelling soup powder and soap powder into plastic bags (separate ones), imagining how much money I was saving with every scoop.
MoneyExpert: Student Barclaycard Condemned For Irresponsible Lending
Debt campaigners have condemned Barclaycard after it announced that it has doubled the amount of credit on offer on its student card.
Motley Fool: The Three Key Pension Questions
I’d like to start this article on a positive note and Scottish Widows has given me just the opening. According to the BBC, a Scottish Widows survey of nearly 6,000 showed that, on average, people think they need £30,000 a year to live comfortably in retirement.
Motley Fool: The Hidden Costs Of Getting Credit
One thing which financial firms are incredibly good at producing (other than annoying adverts) is small print.
Motley Fool: This Massive Rip-off Needs Killing Off!
Since I first started writing for The Motley Fool in January 2003, I’ve criticised rip-off payment protection insurance (PPI) over five hundred times. (Payment protection insurance meets the repayments on a credit card, loan or mortgage if you are unable to work due to accident, sickness or unemployment, and pays off your debt if you die.)
This Is Money: YouTube Signs Landmark Music Deal
Video-sharing website YouTube and Warner Music have signed a landmark deal allowing artists’ videos to be shown
Motley Fool: Money Talk: Get Out Of Debt
David Kuo, Stuart Watson and Neil Faulkner talk about why so many us are in debt in these days and what we can do to solve our debt problems.
Scotsman: Watchdog Chief Slams ‘failing’ Pensions Firms
SIR CALLUM McCARTHY, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, has hit out at Britain’s pensions and savings industry, saying it “fails miserably” to create long-term relationships with customers.