The FTSE 100; it’s something we’ve all heard mentioned with increasing frequency as news and media focus on the economy, but do people really know what it is? An abbreviation of Financial Times Stock Exchange, the FTSE (or footsie as it’s pronounced) 100 is a share index of the 100 most highly capitalised companies listed [...]
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The FTSE100; what is it and what is it to you?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economy, finance, ftse, ftse100, shares, stock exchange, stock markets on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Media is Helping Kill the Economy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged business, david cameron, economics, economy, election 2008, election2008, finance, finances, government, john mccain, mccain, media, news, politics, recession on September 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The U.S House of Representatives rejected President Bush’s 700 billion dollar rescue bid aimed at bailing out Wall Street (though they couldn’t show this sense when their intelligent leader decided war was needed). With Wall Street’s Dow Jones index taking its biggest one-day points fall in history after the deal was denied, European share indexes [...]
Get Your Motor Running Cheaper
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cars, economy, finance, motoring, motors on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Petrol prices, car tax, insurance, repairs; motoring is not cheap and as more countries around the World hint at a recession it’s not getting any cheaper. As people look to get rid of their gas guzzlers quick to save money, here’s a few ways to keep motoring and to save money.
Many people with larger engined [...]
Gordon Brown Re-Writes His Own Rules
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged budget, current affairs, economy, fiscal rules, gordon brown, government, labour, politics, recession, tax, taxes on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Surely most of us have been in a financial quagmire at some point in our lives and learned that borrowing your way out is not the answer. Not Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
As the global recession lumbers closer, the government has announced its latest attempt to cope; re-writing the rules. With less money coming in [...]
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