Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? 2
Posted by Cashzilla in Uncategorized on 24. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
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It seems as though things have moved on from simply taking a disused airplane and turning it into a house, as discussed in a previous post (See – Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane?)
According to an article on the BBC, a company based in Swansea has developed a new [...]
New FSA rules force financial firms to reveal complaint numbers
Posted by Cashzilla in Uncategorized, banking, credit cards on 29. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
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Under new Financial Services Authority (FSA) rules, financial firms who collect an excessive amount of complaints against them are to be named and shamed reports MoneySavingExpert news.
Over a six month period companies who receive 500 or more complaints will, under the rules, have to publish the numbers of complaints twice a year so [...]
Judge’s debt enforcement ruling condones Identity Theft
Posted by Cashzilla in Uncategorized on 27. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
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The BBC report that the OFT has issued guidelines to lenders and borrowers about when their loans and other credit may, and may not be enforced. The guidelines come in the wake of OFT fears that some debtors may be misled into their ability to have debts written off.
The OFT draft guidance [...]
Kraft takeover of Cadbury bad news for jobs, fair trade and dino digestion
Posted by Cashzilla in Uncategorized, lifestyle on 19. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
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Well it seems as though the deal is going through after management announced they would support the Kraft proposal to takeover Cadbury. This is despite comments by Gordon Brown and, the trade union, Unite’s warning that Kraft plans at least 10,000 job cuts worldwide to slash costs and repay the cash it [...]
How to tell your FTSE from your Ponzi
Posted by Cashzilla in Uncategorized on 15. Sep, 2009 | 2 Comments
Collection of silly finance definitions
Tories to scrap FSA in banking shakeup
Posted by Guest Dino in Uncategorized on 28. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
The financial industry is in for a major awakening should the Conservative party receive the keys to power in the next general election says Channel 4 News.
Plans outlined by the party has revealed that one casualty of their proposed financial shakeup would be the Financial Services Authority (FSA) with their power being transferred to the [...]
Review site which shows things from the customers point of view
Posted by Cashzilla in Uncategorized on 15. Oct, 2007 | No Comments
Hey Dinofans
Following a disagreement with my local bank which resulted in my biting the head off the manager and then rampaging through downtown Tokyo pursued by a troop of badly dubbed and poorly acted Japanese scientists and soldiers, I decided I wanted to rant and find out what the current view of the various banks [...]
