Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Money.
Savers are having their nest eggs ploughed into ticklish investments which leave them at risk of losing all their currency, an investigation has revealed.
Teak farms in central America, Mexican golf catamenia, property in the Balkans and country clubs are among the dodgy investments that more savers are holding as part of their pension.
These schemes are [...]
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Money.
House prices are falling to the degree that the number of people able or willing to buy a property shrinks swiftly, the Nationwide building society said.
One of the key reasons by reason of the dearth of buyers is that tens of thousands are worried here and there the crippling impact of the Government’s austerity plans.
And [...]
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Money.
By Louisa Peacock, Jobs EditorPublished: 6:45PM BST 29 Jul 2010
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The calculate of 70-year-olds in the workplace is set to greaten following new rules.
The warning came after the Government announced it would construct it illegal to force workers to retire when they reached 65 from October 2011. Campaign groups hailed the plans a “conquest” because older [...]
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Business.
Aegis Group pays $363m during Mitchell Communications Group
MORE than three decades after he started his media-buying trade, Harold Mitchell has sold out in a $363 million takeover deal.
An pr~ from Britain’s Aegis Group to buy the ASX-listed Mitchell Communication Group was recommended to shareholders ~ dint of. the MCG board, which Mr Mitchell chairs, yesterday [...]
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Money.
Rachel CooperPublished: 6:00AM BST 29 Jul 2010
Engineering con~ed, Invensys, which makes rail signaling mechanisms and controls for washing machines, was in the midst of the biggest fallers on a day when the FTSE 100 dropped back 45.99 points to 5319.68.
Although Invensys uttered it was on track to deliver growth for the year for a solid [...]