With all the goings on with the Icelandic banks Icesave and Kaupthing, there has been little said about the other favourite foreign bank of recent times, India’s ICICI.
Month: October 2008
Petrol Prices Gradually Dropping
Thanks to a global recession and the supply of oil, petrol prices are gradually starting to come down to more respectable rates. As one of my colleagues put it earlier, you now only feel slightly swindled when you go and pay for your fill-up, rather than completely ripped off.
Up To 70% Off At House of Fraser & Debenhams
As This Is Not Work points out, seeing the words “up to” and “from” in advertising, and retail in general, usually means “come and waste an awful lot of time rummaging through tat we can’t sell because no one in their right mind would want it – and if you find the one thing at […]
Money Round Up: 15th October 2008
A round up of personal finance news for 15th October 2008.
Planning A Frugal Christmas
Apologies if you’re trying to avoid talk of Christmas this early in the year, but I’m going to write about how we’re planning for a cheap Christmas this year.
Money Round Up: 14th October 2008
A round up of personal finance news for 14th October 2008.
Money Round Up: 9th October 2008
A round up of personal finance news for 9th October 2008.
Cheap Stag Nights
I’m after for a few ideas for having a cheap last night of freedom.
Positive News: Commodity & Energy Prices Falling
It’s not easy to find any positives in the economy at the moment, so we’ll grab hold of any good news we can find. Amongst today’s big losers on the FTSE 100 were mining companies. The reason? Fears of global recession meaning that demand for their product will decline as countries go into recession. Oil […]
Has The Interest Rate Cut Affected Your Mortgage?
So, you may have heard that interest rates have been cut by 0.5% today, in an announcement that was made a day earlier than expected.
How has the rate cut affected your mortgage?