A student killed himself after his bank called in his £1,000 overdraft, an inquest heard yesterday
This Is Money: Carphone Pays For Free Offer
Carphone Warehouse said today that its 'free' broadband offer will cost it £20m more than expected after facing huge demand
This Is Money: TV Quiz Phone-ins Face Probe
TV quiz channels are facing a crackdown after claims that they are ripping off contestants with expensive phone-calls
Scotsman: First-time Buyers Face Growing Crisis
FIRST-TIME buyers in Scotland are increasingly struggling to get on the property ladder, despite housing still being more affordable than south of the Border.
Money Links For 10th Oct 2006
Links to other interesting money articles on 10th Oct 2006.
Motley Fool: Five Great Credit-Card Deals!
Nerdy facts: a credit card has an area of roughly six square inches, and there are around 75 million in circulation in the UK.
Motley Fool: Banks Behaving Badly!
Although these days I think of myself as a good guy, I used to be on the dark side of the financial Force.
This Is Money: Peugeot Brings Forward Plant Closure
Unions have reacted angrily to Peugeot’s announcement today that it will close its Ryton plant in January, six months earlier than it had promised
Motley Fool: Cover For Nasty Ailments
What are the disadvantages of critical illness? I mean the insurance policies, not any actual illness. We all know the disadvantages to the latter, but hopefully not too intimately!
Motley Fool: Shares Tips From A Nobel Prize Winner
Many congratulations to Professor Edmund Phelps for snapping up this year’s Nobel prize in economics. Along with Milton Friedman, Prof Phelps helped to show that governments cannot reduce unemployment below a natural rate by boosting demand. Curiously, no one knows precisely what the natural rate of unemployment is, though it is reckoned that 5% is a reasonable ball-park figure.