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Do men really save more than women?
By: nathalie bonney on Feb 1st, 2012
Statistics and surveys always need to be taken with a pinch of sodium chloride; while they are useful indicators of people’s habits they can only ever give an approximate picture.
A right Royal rant
By: laura staples on Dec 15th, 2011
OK, so Christmas is coming. That means one thing. T'is the season to queue up for hours in your local Post Office!
Christmas shopping savings in New York
By: nathalie bonney on Dec 14th, 2011
London has Oxford Street, New York has Fifth Avenue. London has Selfridges, Harrods and Liberty, New York has Macy’s, Bloomingdales and Saks. London has Primark, New York has Century 21. Both great cities, both equally good for shopping.
Three good things about inflation
By: Steve McDowell on Dec 1st, 2011
Adjectives that have preceded the word 'inflation' in the media over the last few months include 'spectre', 'damaging' and even 'devastating'.
There's more to rhetoric than words
By: Steve McDowell on Dec 13th, 2011
During the Second World War, when the stock of British politicians was at its height, there was an exquisite exchange in some forgotten House of Commons corridor between the legendary orator and then PM, Winston Churchill, and the robust, old school West Country left winger Ernest Bevin.
Watch out for the PPI scam
By: Johanna Gornitzki on Nov 29th, 2011
If you’ve found yourself watching daytime television recently, the chances are you’ve seen an advert for how you can claim compensation for mis-sold payment protection insurance (alongside Stannah stair lifts and funeral plans).
Shopping around for car insurance saved me £400 in 15 minutes
By: Le Fras Strydom on Nov 21st, 2011
This weekend I was reminded not to ever accept an insurance renewal quote without shopping around. I received a quote from my current provider, Tesco Car Insurance, in the post. It came to £978 for the privilege of having it insure me for another year - a whopping 18% up from last year despite not making any claims.
How to get a new iPod nano for free
By: Rebecca Rutt on Nov 16th, 2011
Apple has decided to recall one of its iPod nano models over safety fears and is offering free replacements. That’s right – Apple is giving away free iPods (if you qualify).
Changes in commenting on Moneywise
By: Le Fras Strydom on Nov 14th, 2011
We have made some changes to the way you contribute your comments to Moneywise.co.uk. We really appreciate your participation and your contributions, but also want to ensure that the comments we publish on the site are valid and useful to other readers, and so we are asking you to register in order to contribute in this way.
How I got more than £400 back from E.ON
By: Essex Man on Nov 7th, 2011
I received my quarterly energy statement from E.ON last week.
It advised me that my account was in credit to the tune of £130, it also indicated that it wanted to increase my monthly direct debit by £40, due to the increase in energy prices. I'd gone for a dual fuel direct debit discount several years ago so figured that i'd got a reasonable deal.
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