Top bosses’ pay rose by 43% last year, with the chief executives of the UK’s 100 largest listed companies earning an average of £2.9m
This Is Money: Card Applications ‘dent’ Credit Ratings
Credit card customers could risk damaging their credit ratings by applying for the best deals on the market
This Is Money: A Battle For Hearts And Minds
Today more than 3,000 sub-postmasters will descend on Westminster to present Tony Blair with a petition signed by almost 4m post office supporters
Scotsman: Advisers: Pensions No Longer The Deal Breakers
WITH pension deficits now appearing on the balance sheet and treated as an unsecured creditor, final salary pension schemes are considered a core part of a business.
Scotsman: Individual Investors Are Spreading Their Wings
SCOTLAND’S angel investors are flying high. Growing numbers of high net-worth individuals are investing risk capital directly into early-stage businesses, encouraged by generous tax breaks and the promise of attractive returns.
Money Links For 17th Oct 2006
Links to other interesting money articles on 17th Oct 2006.
Motley Fool: Five Money-Saving Tips From Your Dentist
If your dentist was to retire and settle for the easy life as a Foolish personal finance writer (don’t tell my editor I said that) he might write five money-saving tips like this:
Motley Fool: Top Loans You Can Pay Off Early
They lend you money, but they sure don’t want it back! Many lenders with cheap personal loans allow you to take repayment holidays, because they get paid more interest. However, if you want flexibility the other way, it can be hard to find a competitive loan because lenders don’t want you to pay it off early.
Motley Fool: How Much Savings Accounts Actually Pay
Perhaps the greatest love affair on earth is that between financial firms and their jargon. Indeed, in The Devil’s Dictionary Of Money, Your Financial Jargon Buster and What They Say – And What They Mean, I warned Fool readers to be very wary of the gibberish and mumbo jumbo which financial companies use as part of their ‘confusion marketing’.
Motley Fool: Ditch Your Rip-off Protection Today!
Since January 2003, I’ve been waging a war on rip-off payment protection insurance (PPI).