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Hidden credit card costs - don't slip up when paying for your après ski
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Yahoo! - Wed 23 Nov, 11:41 AM
Heading off to the slopes this winter? All those ski passes, après ski drinking sessions and cheesy fondues could end up costing you more than you expect.
Christmas spending binge - How's your credit looking?
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Yahoo! - Tue 15 Nov, 10:47 AM
The annual Christmas spending binge is almost upon us, so prepare to throw caution to the wind, and to splurge on expensive gifts, and lots of them.
Tie me up, Tie me down
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Yahoo! - Tue 01 Nov, 12:05 PM
We Brits may not have an international reputation for being footloose and fancy-free, but when it comes to mortgages that's exactly what we are, especially when compared to our US and European cousins.
Pre-Christmas mortgage bargains
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Yahoo! - Wed 26 Oct, 01:08 PM
Christmas is a-coming, and the goose is being checked for signs of bird flu. Santa may not be descending down your chimney for another two months, but shops and restaurants around the country are already putting up their decorations and dusting off their Slade Christmas Classics CDs. Grrrrrr….
Energy efficiency
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Yahoo! - Wed 19 Oct, 01:01 PM
I have been stricken by guilt - global warming guilt that is. Having started writing about all the ways to make your home more energy efficient, it occurred to me that I am as guilty as the next girl of selfishly plundering our planet's energy resources.
Pensions, property and alternative investments – your questions answered
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Yahoo! - Wed 12 Oct, 03:07 PM
In six months time, pensions get a whole lot more flexible. From April 6 next year individual investors will be able to hold residential properties within a self-invested personal pension (Sipp), as well as "alternative" investments like wine, classic cars, and racehorses.
Protection Rackets
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Yahoo! - Wed 14 Sep, 03:18 PM
When you think of protection rackets, you might think of Tony Soprano wielding a baseball bat, but probably not a sober-suited bank manager or loan adviser wielding a pen.
Student Accounts
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Yahoo! - Wed 10 Aug, 03:23 PM
The sickening wait for A Level exam results is almost over. Eight days from now the grades will start plopping onto doormats throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the scramble to take up university places will begin in earnest.
Claim your forgotten billions
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Yahoo! - Tue 02 Aug, 12:29 PM
We're always losing things. Keys, glasses, umbrellas, sense of humour… but £20 billion? You'd think we'd notice!
Kiss goodbye to late return fines
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Yahoo! - Wed 27 Jul, 12:34 PM
Fed up with forking out up to £4 every time you want to rent a film from your local video shop? Hacked off with paying the inevitable fines when you forget to take it back?
Protect yourself against internet fraud
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Premium Bonds
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Wedding invitations: How much we spend on other people's big day
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Tax freedom day
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Personal loan lenders' dodgy practices
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