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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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