Financial IPOs Over Promise
Caroline Lucas, the Brighton hippies’ MP, gets into a muddle over energy statistics
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP for the hippies of Brighton, has written an open letter to David Cameron outlining what is needed to make this a green and pleasant land. It’s over here at The Guardian. The “Dr” in Ms Lucas’s full title (something we Brits tend not to use outside strictly relevant academic [...]
House price rises added £68,500 to average homeowner’s wealth over the last decade
House prices increased by twice as much as inflation over the last decade, boosting the average homeowner’s wealth by £68,500 each – or a gross total of £1.8 trillion – according to Halifax. That’s good news for millions of members of the squeezed middle amid the economic bleak midwinter but it’s unlikely to be welcomed [...]
OECD warns of worldwide depression if no action is taken over the euro crisis
In predicting a “mild” recession for the UK and the eurozone for this quarter and next in its latest economic outlook, the OECD stresses that this is assuming nothing untoward happens on the Continent, and that policy-makers take sufficient action to avoid disorderly sovereign defaults, a sharp credit contraction, systemic bank failures and excessive fiscal [...]
A Lot More Scots Picking Protected Trust Deeds Over Every Other Debt Solutions
Trust Deeds Scotland Lately, Scottish people have already been taking up a brand new kind of legal debt legislation to assist all of them with their unsecured finance that they’ve been attempting to pay for. A Trust Deeds Scotland is really a form of procedures developed through the Scottish government to assist operating individuals and [...]
Lloyds and RBS called to account over ATMs
Lloyds Banking Group and RBS – formerly Royal Bank of Scotland – are being called to account about restrictions they have placed on more than 1m customers’ use of automatic teller machines (ATMs). Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury select committee, has written to the banks, asking them to explain why basic accountholders are not [...]
Fed under fire over default talks
With the debt deadline approaching, Wall Street insiders say the central bank is refusing to engage in preparations for any US downgrade or default View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Obama raps Republicans over debt talks
Investor fears about gridlock in Washington mounted further as political leaders jousted over competing solutions to avert a possible debt default View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Investor fear rises over US gridlock
Investor fears about gridlock in Washington mounted further as political leaders jousted over competing solutions to avert a possible debt default View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage