World Gaming today became the first casualty of the US crackdown on online gambling, as its UK rivals lined up to abandon their US businesses
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Scotsman: UK Spending On Cards Hits £470bn
BRITONS are putting more on their plastic than ever before. In 2005 the UK spent a total £470 billion on charge, credit and debit and store card transactions, up 50 per cent on the level recorded in 2001, says analyst Datamonitor.
MoneyExpert: Current Account Overdraft Fees To Be Investigated
When looking for a current account to suit your needs it is important to check how much you will be charged for going overdrawn without permission.
This Is Money: Shell Trumpets Green Opportunities
Tackling climate change could create a market worth £30bn for UK business in the coming decade, according to research released by fuel giant Shell today
Motley Fool: Shareholders Should Weep
When a company sells part of its business it always leaves me uneasy. If that business is no good, why did they have it in the first place? But if it’s good enough that someone else is happy to pay money for it, why not keep it and make the most of it?
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.
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.
This Is Money: Banking Costs Hit Small Business
Small companies are being hit by higher bank charges, with costs for overdraft borrowing rising by 10% to £8.8bn in 2005
This Is Money: The Right Of First Refusal
The Daily Mail City team explain a rare sighting of a phenomenon not normally seen in British business deals
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.