UK report: 25% of families will have no disposable income in 2009

The UK has been a credit-loving country for years and like the US, is going to have to learn how to survive with less easy credit. It's also interesting to see that the Tories in the UK are proposing tax incentives for savers as opposed to handouts for spending. This is the heart of the problem that we're facing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:38:01

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Four. One Million Use Credit Cards for Mortgage or Rent

4.1 Million Use Credit Cards for Mortgage or Rent According to housing and homelessness charity Shelter, about 85% of the UK’s £1 ... Breaking point’ report revealed that ‘4.1 million households (16%) used credit cards to help meet ... , is that they normally come with a lower APR (Annual Percentage Rate) than unsecured debts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:18:32

Blu-ray recorders in Japan

... the small sample size, so hopefully I can make amends with this detailed report from DIMSDRIVE ... , even getting onto Google News UK’s front page, but any credit to me got lost on the way. Mind [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:39:09

Gap year grannies’ dreams dashed

If you are dreaming of spending your retirement travelling, you may be in for a shock. New research from the fifth annual Scottish Widows UK Pensions Report suggests that funds will often be sorely lacking when it comes to crunch time. Scottish Widows has found the over 50s are one of the groups hardest hit by the credit crunch in terms of saving for retirement , despite pensions savings increasing overall since last year. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 15:32:42

In times of crisis, the old school tie rules

I hate to say this, but does the media create this gloom and doom in the markets? ... do, and then brace myself for the bad news report which states that the Confederation of British Industry (CBI ... , UK "Until a few weeks ago the credit crunch seemed to happen to other people, but had little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:37:43

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 6/5/08

Below you'll find the best of the best articles published today in our corner of the blogosphere, ... attorney Daniel Clement at his blog, the New York Divorce Report UK government vets gagged on badger cull ... High conflict custody cases - "get some credit in the bank" - Philadelphia lawyer Charles Meyer [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 22:08:40

Credit crunch fuels growth in cybercrime

UK cybercrime has rebounded to levels not seen since 2006 as a result of the recession and consumer complacency, according to Garlik's annual UK Cybercrime report. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 19:31:32

Contrasting recent Oklahoma City and Winnipeg morning radio coverage about education

I had a moment of significant cognitive dissonance this morning driving in to work, listening to the radio. photo credit: rakkasan69 This past Friday morning, for THREE HOURS, I was a minor guest ... them put down with disgust a news report about a school (in the UK, I think) where the school [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:10:21

Is Debt Management the only solution?

by Phillip Evans Are we in the UK drowning in Debt? According to the insurer AXA, some 11.6 million people (25 per cent of the adult population) ... , admitting their finances are entirely out of control. The report suggests that over 3.7 million people are reported to be struggling to cope with mounting credit card bills and just over a million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:18:26

Increasing volumes in the UK

Alchemy Worx has just launched their twice-monthly newsletter Email-Worx, ... Index, or AWCM Index for short. One of the findings in this month's report was that email volumes ... of the credit crunch, retailers are under a lot of pressure to reduce their margins so it is not really [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:46:45

“A frightening deterioration in the UK economy”

The British Chambers of Commerce report today that orders, investment and demand for labour all fell heavily in the last quarter of 2008 ... you are not encouraging an old firing at the same time. If you are offering a guarantee to banks for offering credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:48:33

Deflation Hits The UK; Free Money In Japan

The Times Online is reporting Ministers admit that tax rises will follow Gordon Brown's tax cuts ... later on” and Mr Brown himself accepted that the Pre-Budget Report (PBR) stimulus would be “ ... , global wage arbitrage is king, and most importantly Peak Credit Has Arrived.Barclays Attempts To Placate [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 10:19:00

Microsoft prepares to sue over loss of Woolworths stock

According to this Time Online report, Microsoft is preparing to launch a class action suit against UK high street retailer Woolworths in a bid to ... reclaim several millions of pounds worth of stock. The chain is set to close its doors to the public tomorrow as the recent credit crunch took its toll early last month. ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:39:56

Wanna Get Away? Get Banks OK in UK

If you "wanna get away" and you live in the UK, make sure your bank nose..otherwise you'll have "slim pickin's" when it comes to payment options.. ... , when they go away, according to a recent report in the newspaper The Times.This is in the aim of combating credit card fraud, where several holiday goers found their debit or credit cards frozen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:36:00

Police hacking

Recent news that UK government approving Police hacking into suspected home computers has caused a bubble in the info-sec world ... of users who are suspected of terrorism, pedophilia or identity or credit card theft will be targeted ... program that the Feds can hack into your machine to log and report all keystrokes back to them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 07:39:24

UK New Car Registrations reflect world Motor Manufacturers difficult trading positions

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders say December market falls, but not as far as expected: New car registrations fell 21 ... to finance and credit across the economy is essential if long-term damage to valuable industrial ... s ninth annual Sustainability Report from the SMMT web [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:23:15

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