The Guardian explains: interest rates on almost a quarter of all saving are languishing at or lower than 0.5% base rate. British savers are receiving a poor deal from banks, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Its analysis of the £700bn total savings market revealed that around £160bn in deposits are earning equal to […]
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Last year, Coca-Cola’s UK and Ireland operations announced a two-year sponsorship deal with the owners of the London Eye, with the general manager expressing hopes that the partnership would “help us play an even greater part in future moments of happiness and celebration in the capital”. However, this has been met with criticism from some,
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Huffington Post has the lunacy from the party needing Hispanic voters in 2016? The Republican National Committee announced on Friday that Univision, the most-watched Spanish-language network, did not make the cut for the 2016 presidential debates. This is being closely monitored, as the network reaches a key demographic for either party vying for the White
Priceonomics has the story… Militias in the United States have a long history, dating back to the colonial era. In 1774, citizens formed private militias in response to the British attempting to disarm them, and these militias fought the earliest battles for US independence. The Militia Act of 1792 defined a militia as being composed
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The Arctic is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide. This warming has caused a worrying spread of methane across the Northern Hemisphere. Stuart Scott, Deputy Director General of IESCO and founder of the United Planet Faith & Science Initiative, presented a video titled Rethinking Economics in the
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Cheryl Shuman, founder of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club, arrived at the Perennial Holistic Wellness Center in Los Angeles in a red 2010 Ferrari California, a gift from a friend. The upmarket medical-marijuana dispensary was the destination for supplies for the “mansion party” that Shuman and her daughter, Aimee, were hosting the following evening to
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ThinkProgress explains the problems facing Washington’s owner Dan Snyder. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice intervened in the legal battle over whether Washington’s football team should be able to trademark the name “Redskins”. Attorney General Eric Holder has described the name as “offensive”, but the Justice Department is only intervening “for the limited purpose
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Analysis by the group Texas Appleseed has revealed that payday lenders in Texas are routinely using courts to intimidate borrowers into paying their debts, despite the fact that this practice is illegal. The analysis found that prosecutors filed or threatened to file charges in nearly 1,600 separate debt cases between 2012 and 2014. This follows
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, moving closer to a possible presidential run, has resigned all of his corporate and nonprofit board memberships, including with his own education foundation, his office said late Wednesday night. He also resigned as a paid adviser to a for-profit education company that sells online courses to public university students in
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The Washington Post explains the dilemma… President Obama is pushing ahead with a major initiative to establish a vast free-trade zone, with the aim of enlisting Republicans as partners and testing his belief that Washington can still find common ground on major initiatives. This has stirred up traditional political alliances, as the White House plots
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