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Merchants Profiteer By Charging More For Credit Card Transactions

Retailers, cinemas, airlines and even Government departments are all featured in a list of firms, which have come under fresh attack for the exorbitant fees charged to clients who pay by plastic. Many organisations are increasing their credit card char... Read >
Author: michael challiner

Internet banking users may be at risk

Internet banking has become a widely used tool among todays consumers, but many are unaware of the potential risk of losing money when transferring cash between accounts. A loophole in e-banking law means that through making a mistake when filling out ... Read >
Author: Sam Gooch

Research reveals UK households are overpaying for energy

According to new research carried out by ICIS Heren - a world-leading publisher of gas, power and carbon market information, energy suppliers are failing to pass on the price cuts of lowering wholesale prices to customers. Energy companies are now faci... Read >
Author: Sam Gooch

Fixed rate bond rates increase to fund mortgage deals

Savers are beginning to enjoy better rewards again after banks and building societies continue to offer more competitive deals in order to raise money to fund new mortgages and clear previous wholesale borrowing before the financial crisis. Figures fro... Read >
Author: Which4u

Wellbeing Business Fails to Meet Necessities

One of President Obamas tactics to cut national costs has fallen short again. The proposed $2 trillion savings proposal that was announced and praised a few months in the past has fallen short by quite a few hundred billion dollars. Healthiness business o... Read >
Author: Robert Bell

Criminal Justice set to change in Scotland: But are community sentences too expensive to work?

Changes in community sentences planned by the Scottish National Party's Kenny MacAskill have come under fire due to the unprecedented cost they will take to implement. But at a time when criminal justice at community level is clearly due for reform (acco... Read >
Author: MarkeD

If You're Having Problems Making Credit Card Payments Then Fasten Your Seat Belts!

Credit card companies are quickly raising fees and interest rates, and also lowering their customer's limits before new laws take effect in about seven months from now, and their actions are angering both members of congress and consumer advocates. Loo... Read >
Author: Michael Redbourn

Card Customers Being Surprised By 'Trailing Interest'

Credit cards customers who are trying to clear their debts are being surprised with further charges even though they may think they have already cleared the balance. An egg customer and Guardian reader brought the problem to the media attention, the pr... Read >
Author: seamus

Motorist Driven Round The Bend By Potty Behaviour

A driver has been left gobsmacked by the recent reaction from his local council, after he filed an accident claim, due to his car being damaged by a pothole. Motorist Ged Moore of Jarrow, South Tyneside, has branded South Tyneside Council as 'potty', w... Read >
Author: catherine

Women May Need To Watch Their Step

A shopper has won a significant sum as a result of a lapse in public care by a major high street retailer. The shopper has received a tidy sum of almost £30,000 following a fall in a Marks & Spencer store. The lady fell on two grapes and as a result ... Read >
Author: Darren

US Navy Helicopter Crash in Southern California, May 2009

According to CNN, three members of a U.S. Navy helicopter crew were killed after their helicopter went down in the waters off San Diego California, late Tuesday night, a Navy spokeswoman said. Rescuers are still searching for the two remaining crew membe... Read >
Author: Su Piercy

Online Debt Settlement

In general, only unsecured debt (not secured by real assets like homes or autos) can be settled for less than owed. Many people report success in negotiating a debt settlement for themselves . It's possible for a consumer to imitate the methods of profess... Read >
Author: Renu

Cameras on U.S.-Mexico Border are Not Proving as Effective to Curb Illegal Immigration

Countless proposals have been made at both the state and federal level in the past couple of years to address the problem of illegal immigration. Some politicians want to build a fence across our entire southern border. Yet other politicians advocate the... Read >
Author: Tony R. Bertolino

New Policy for the Credit and Debit Cards by Nationwide

One of the major banks and building societies Nationwide recently, launched new policies for its Visa cards customers. For a long time credit cards customer had been using their visa cards in foreign also on without any transaction charges. Nationwide had... Read >
Author: Gian Brett

Life insurance – high risk: high cost

Life insurance is a requirement for anyone with a family, to ensure that when you are gone they are not left destitute and relying on government handouts. If however your job can be classed as ‘dangerous' then life insurance is a must from the outset.... Read >
Author: michael challiner

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