Car insurance: Your stories
Young drivers are being hit the hardest by the increasing cost of car insurance. Figures from the AA show 17 to 22 year-olds are paying 50% more than they were at the start of the year. Read more from the original source: Car insurance: Your stories
Card game draws out your attitudes about money
We don’t talk about money enough. There are lots of discussions about consumer spending habits, especially this time of year, but the therapeutic conversations that keep people from making major financial blunders often never take place. So Syble Solomon, who gives lectures on the psychology of money, came up with a creative way to get people to open up about their finances. Original post: Card game draws out your attitudes about money
Northern Rock unveils first Virgin accounts
The first new savings accounts to be made available in Northern Rock branches since Virgin Money acquired the business have been unveiled. Related Stories Tourism sector gets major boost as visitor levels up 6% Dragon could breathe new life into failed leisure business Emigration leads to unemployment drop in Republic Second director of kitchen and bathroom company is disqualified Euro slumps to …
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First Person: Why I View Money as a Person
*Note: This was written by a Yahoo! contributor. Do you have a personal finance story that you’d like to share?
Continue Reading »Virgin completes Rock deal despite delay calls
Virgin Money completed its acquisition of bailed-out Northern Rock yesterday, despite calls for the sale to be delayed while the UK’s national auditor investigates if the deal is good value for money. Related Stories Europe losing investment appeal Teaching software’s top of the class at awards Crop damage forces corn prices to increase ‘Debt crisis will make Euro even stronger’ Going private …
Continue Reading »Does Money Matter More To Millennials?
Gen Yers are money conscious and better savers than their Boomer parents. Or so claims a recent piece in Time, which reported that Gen Y is more optimistic about its financial future and taking steps to ensure post-career prosperity than those approaching retirement. Sensing the survey numbers might not tell the whole story, I set …
Continue Reading »2011′s Top Ten stories: Finances, wind energy and a baby’s disappearance
The top three local news stories, as voted by The Muskegon Chronicle newsroom, all are tied to financial matters.
Continue Reading »Money-transfer businesses in Minnesota stop accepting money bound for Somalia
MINNEAPOLIS — Money-transfer businesses that cater to Somali immigrants in Minnesota stopped accepting money bound for the famine-stricken East African country Thursday, a day before a key bank was due to stop processing the transactions. Hinda Ali, a spokeswoman for the Somali-American Money Services Association in Minneapolis, said 15 money-transfer businesses stopped taking the money because …
Continue Reading »Biggest money stories of the year
From gyrating markets to anemic interest rates, it’s been a financially stressful year. Here are 8 stories that had a lasting financial impact — and what to do now.
Continue Reading »How to Set 2012 Money Goals That Work
Despite the fact that studies repeatedly show that most New Year’s resolutions fail, Americans continue to set them. TD Ameritrade recently found that 9 in 10 Americans plan to make at least one resolution for 2012. “Have more fun” and “relax and reduce stress” were the most common goals mentioned, but money goals weren’t far behind: Half of respondents said they wanted to reduce spending as …
Continue Reading »Pezzano: Stories worth telling
At any given time of the year, there is a bowling tournament being contested somewhere in the world, or an important meeting of an organization or product maker that keeps on the lookout for rule and equipment changes.
Continue Reading »Stern Advice: The top 10 money stories of 2011
WASHINGTON – Remember way back in January, when Washington was arguing about taxes, homeowners were having trouble getting refinanced and investors were dumping gold? Hmmm…that makes it seem like 2011 was an uneventful year
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