Big Money Winners Lined Up For Olympics

Jane Harris 16 apr 2012 

On your marks, get set. Go get rich! It seems that when the starting gun fires on this year's London Olympics, it will be media, credit card, technology and telecoms companies who will be ...

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How To Spend Your Lottery Millions

Richard Ricci 04 apr 2012 

The $656 million Mega Millions draw in the US has focused attention on what people should do when they win big on the lottery.

The massive jackpot, which came after weeks of rollovers, was split ...

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Banks Face Extinction

James Johnston 15 mar 2012 

It sounds like the sort of thing that many people have been asking for. Bankers have been warned they could be heading the way of the Dodo as new technology changes the financial industry.

The ...

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China's juggernaut could soon hit the buffers

Jane Harris 28 feb 2012 

The juggernaut that is the Chinese economy may be about to hit the buffers. That’s the warning from a joint report by The World Bank and China’s Development Research Centre. 


China has, of ...

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Rising Prices Spark New Oil Boom in US

James Johnston 22 mar 2012

US President Barack Obama has fired the starting gun on a new American oil rush.Like the rest of the world the US is being hit by soaring fuel prices as the cost of crude oil continues to rise.In recent months US motorists have had to contend with a 30 per ...

America's Insurance Picture Is Far From Healthy

James Johnston 10 apr 2012

An extraordinary snapshot of US health insurance has revealed that millions of Americans are dying in part because of a lack of proper health cover. Health has been an increasingly bitter debate in the country since President Barack Obama came to power promising to change the fact that America is ...

Apple Has More Cash Than America

Isabelle Monte 01 mar 2012

Here’s a really scary thought. Technology giant Apple has more cash to spend that the entire US Government. Yes, you heard that correctly. It has more cash than Washington has at its disposal to run the country. The figures are quite staggering. Last year, the company that Steve Jobs made ...

Luxury Shoppers Driving America Out Of Recession

Richard Ricci 02 mar 2012

If anyone doubted that America is inching its way out of recession all you need to do is look at the profit figures it’s most upmarket store, Neiman Marcus just posted. The luxury group, which also owns the Bergdorf Goodman chain, reported that quarterly earnings climbed 91% with record spending ...

US Consumers Paying Off Credit Cards

Jane Harris 27 mar 2012

Consumers in the USA appear to have undergone a radical shift in the way they use credit cards.Research from America suggests people are now making paying off credit card debts a number one priority.In fact many people in the US seem to be letting their mortgage payments slide as they ...