Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘money’

Paying the Amazon tax

Paying the Amazon tax

Yay, taxes! It looks like more and more states are considering forcing the likes of Amazon and Overstock.com (note: I’ve never bought anything from there!) to pay taxes. This is good and bad: it helps, however little, state governments balance the books, but it also raises the cost of “doing business” in [...]

Stirling Moss: ‘I bought the land for my house for £5,000. It’s worth £10m now’

Stirling Moss: ‘I bought the land for my house for £5,000. It’s worth £10m now’

Sir Stirling Moss: ‘Do I bank online? Good lord no’ How do you invest? I endeavour to use money to my advantage by investing it in property. My father used to say there is no better hedge against inflation than bricks and mortar and [...]

It’s Spring rebate season for Canon

It’s Spring rebate season for Canon

If you’re thinking of putting down some bread for a new Canon lens, be sure to avail yourself of the various rebates in effect. Not that you’ll save more than $50 on a purchase of like a grand, but hey, that’s a couple filters or a lens bag right there. That 85mm [...]

‘Psychic’ US share tipster Sean David Morton charged with fraud

‘Psychic’ US share tipster Sean David Morton charged with fraud

Sean David Morton, who was on Thursday charged on a number of counts of securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), raised the funds by telling potential investors he could accurately predict stock market movements using psychic abilities. In one edition of his newsletter, Mr Morton, whose website shows him with [...]

RBS reports £3.6bn loss for 2009

RBS reports £3.6bn loss for 2009

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Stephen Hester: "The starting point for RBS was unenviable" Royal Bank of Scotland [...]

Worst January On Record For UK Finances

Worst January On Record For UK Finances

Britain’s finances suffered another blow last month as the public sector was forced to borrow money in January for the first time on record.[Read more...]

Radio 2 ‘must broaden its appeal’

Radio 2 ‘must broaden its appeal’

The Trust said Radio 2 must do more to attract older listeners BBC Radio 2 must do more to attract ethnic minority listeners and those over 65, the BBC Trust has said.In a major review, the trust also said the station needed to [...]

Pirate boss to make the web pay

Pirate boss to make the web pay

Flattr will funnel cash to sites to reward their work One of the founders of the Pirate Bay is kicking off a venture that aims to help websites generate cash.Called Flattr, the micropayments system revolves around members paying a fixed monthly fee. At [...]

Share investments soar as consumers hunt for returns

Share investments soar as consumers hunt for returns

Net sales of UK-based unit trusts and OEICs (open-ended investment companies) shot up to £25.8bn, the highest level since records began in 1992, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA). The figure was 45pc higher than the previous record set in 2000, when new investments totalled £17.7bn. It was six times higher than [...]

Goodnight Moon Mission: Obama redefines NASA goals

Goodnight Moon Mission: Obama redefines NASA goals

Well, son, I know you wanted to go to the moon and all, but it looks like that’s just not going to happen. In the meantime, I guess you’ll just have to be satisfied with a sojourn on the International Space Station. It seems that Bush’s moon initiative kind of fell through, [...]