Money savviness taken into account - The pitfalls of consumerism have infiltrated the classroom - now children as young as 10 are learning how to pay off mobile phone debts.
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CHEAPER HOME LOANS AS INTEREST RATE IS CUT - CHEAPER home loans for millions were on the way today after the Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter of a per cent. The Halifax, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, immediately announced a cut in its standard variable rate and other building societies are expected to follow suit.
posted by Dwayne McKenzie at 8:31 AM
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Viewpoint: Vision for a Bering Strait tunnel - TUCSON, Ariz. -- The land from Battle Harbour in Labrador, on the North American continent, to Land's End in Cornwall, England, is now nearly one continuous landmass, interrupted in only two places by narrow bodies of water.
British Airways resumes many flights - AUG. 13 4:31 P.M. ET British Airways resumed hundreds of flights Saturday at one of the world's busiest airports, while pleading for continued patience from thousands of passengers stranded by a ground-crew walkout.
posted by Dwayne McKenzie at 12:00 PM
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OFT to look at debt collectors' methods - LONDON (Reuters) - The Office of Fair Trading will investigate how often debt collectors threaten, misinform and overcharge debtors as demand for their services grows amid record individual insolvencies.
Business notebook - Strength in numbers: Merck's osteoporosis drug Fosamax can be enhanced by adding a hormone that rebuilds bone, two studies in the Aug. 11 New England Journal of Medicine found.
posted by Dwayne McKenzie at 10:09 AM
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CHEAPER HOME LOANS AS INTEREST RATE IS CUT - CHEAPER home loans for millions were on the way today after the Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter of a per cent. The Halifax, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, immediately announced a cut in its standard variable rate and other building societies are expected to follow suit.
posted by Dwayne McKenzie at 11:35 AM
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CHEAPER HOME LOANS AS INTEREST RATE IS CUT - CHEAPER home loans for millions were on the way today after the Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter of a per cent. The Halifax, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, immediately announced a cut in its standard variable rate and other building societies are expected to follow suit.
posted by Dwayne McKenzie at 2:08 PM
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House prices up 5.4% last quarter - Money: House prices in England and Wales rise 5.43% in second quarter of 2005, the lowest annual rate since 1996.
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