Gender discrimination is a horrible thing. Men who hold open doors for you, offer to pay for dinner and carry your bags, might be what most women want, but we also wish for equality.
We should be more careful about what we wish for.
Who would have thought that gender discrimination might actually be working in our ...
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- Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 12:28
- Featured, Personal Finance
January. Urgh.
It’s horrible. There’s nothing very good about January once you’ve got past new year’s day and Sherlock has finished. Then everyone is dieting (why would you do that to yourself?), it’s cold and rainy and even if you could find someone to go to the pub with, you can’t afford more than one ...
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- Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 13:07
- debt, Featured, Personal Finance
With Christmas and the New Year now firmly behind us, it’s time for many to take the brave step of checking their online accounts and assessing the damage wreaked by any over-exuberant festive spending.
All but the savviest of consumers are likely to have overspent to some degree over the holidays, whether in the lead ...
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- Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 11:46
- Featured, Personal Finance
Every year we make resolutions whether it be to lose weight, exercise or to write that novel and, let's face it, most of them are forgotten by Valentine’s day.
This year make a promise to make a few financial resolutions that you need to keep.
1. Never leave a bill, statement or invoice unopened
Even ...
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Money is one of the biggest causes of quarrels among couples aged over 40, according to a new study by Prudential.
A survey by the financial services firm found 27% of middle-aged people said finances were the most common cause of arguments in their household, despite the fact that one in five admitted they felt uncomfortable ...
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- Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 18:55
- Personal Finance
Earlier this year, the US cable network TLC screened the first season of a show called
Extreme Couponing. The program followed the shopping habits of a group of American consumers who put an inordinate amount of time into searching for money saving vouchers to cut their monthly grocery bills.
Some would spend hours a month ...
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- Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 15:22
- Personal Finance
More than 21,000 people aged over 65 have a state-funded funeral or cremation each year because they have no friends or family who can afford to fund a decent send-off.
The figures were obtained under a freedom of information request by the older people’s charity Anchor. Department for Work and Pensions data showed that although ...
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- Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 13:18
- Personal Finance
House prices rose for the third consecutive month in November, according to the latest monthly report from Nationwide.
The building society said prices rose by 0.4% over the past month leaving the average UK home worth £165,798. Year-on-year, prices rose by 1.6%. An impressive performance in the current climate, but some way short of the Consumer ...
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- Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 12:22
- Featured, Personal Finance
UK banks are currently owed hundreds of billions of euros by the countries currently at the centre of the European debt crisis. France owes British banks €227 billion, while Ireland, Spain, Italy and Portugal owe €104.5 billion, €74.9 billion, €54.7 billion and £18.9 billion respectively, according to data from the Bank for International ...
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- Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 18:12
- Banking, Personal Finance
Banks have entered into a voluntary agreement to make overdraft charges more transparent and send customers alerts when they are near to going into the red.
The changes, announced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and HM Treasury, will see consumers get an annual statement outlining exactly how much their current account ...
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