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Wesabe and Telegraph Media Group Partner to Provide UK Readers With Personal Finance Management Tool (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Social personal finance website Wesabe and Telegraph Media Group, publisher of the UK's biggest selling quality daily newspaper The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and Telegraph.co.uk , announced a partnership to bring free money management tools to the Telegraph's readers.

Jessica wins stunning £170000 for vet

Our consumer champion's intervention wins payout on critical illness policy.

Gilts ride to income seekers' rescue

Low interest rates are bad news for savers. Gilts could be the answer.

3000 Post Offices saved after Government scraps competitive card process

Three thousand post offices could be saved from closure after the Government announced a major reversal of its policy on the postal network.

Grab a savings deal before rates hit zero

Interest rates are falling so now's the time to lock in to a good deal.

Prudential cuts withprofits bonus rates by 10pc

Withprofits savers with Prudential will receive up to 10pc less if their policies mature this year compared with 2007.

Price of personal loans expected to increase following PPI proposals

The cost of personal loans is expected to increase after banks were told they should be banned from loading them with "extortionate" insurance policies.

Standard rates may be best deal for borrowers

Borrowers coming to the end of cheap mortgage rates could be better off staying with their existing lender, rather than switching to a new deal, following last week's base rate cut.

Wealthy homeowners flock to release equity

Owners of properties worth half a million pounds or more are releasing equity from them in far greater numbers, despite an overall slowdown in the equity release market.

Tax refunds for heirs

Bereaved families may be able to slash inheritance tax bills because of plunging property and share prices.

Gilts are looking good after interest rate cut

Last week's dramatic interest rate cut has prompted fixed-income fund managers to buy into gilts in the belief that they will offer more attractive returns than other asset classes

Depleted retirement funds

Pension savers nearing retirement are having to make large top-ups to their schemes or defer taking benefits

Flat sales for flat-pack homes

Prefabricated homes feel the impact of adverse economic winds

Treasury to keep banks at arm's length

The state's £37bn stake in part-nationalised banks will be held at arm's length with no direct boardroom representation, say those charged with managing the investments

Number of people facing bankruptcy hits 20000 Ministry of Justice figures show

Bankruptcy levels reach their second highest since 1995.

Britain faces whiplash epidemic

The number of people with avoidable whiplash injuries is soaring.

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Strike-hit German rail operator makes new pay offer

Deutsche Bahn, the state-run rail operator, made an improved offer Thursday in an ongoing wage dispute with employees that led to crippling strikes this week, the company said.

Corruption fight 'matter of life and death', UN business summit told

An anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday warned business leaders at a United Nations summit to urgently tackle corruption costing the global economy some 2.5 trillion dollars (1.8 trillion euros) to help lift millions out of poverty.

India cuts some alcohol duties, raises others

India has cut liquor duties as required under global trade rules following complaints to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the United States and European Union, an official said here Thursday.

Sarkozy in the hotseat with EU partners on budget, deficit policies

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be in the hotseat next week in Brussels where his plans to slow French momentum toward a balanced budget have unsettled some European partners.

British private equity firm locks up deal for Samsonite

A British private equity firm sealed a deal Thursday to buy prominent US luggage maker Samsonite Corporation for 1.7 billion dollars in cash, including debt assumption.

ECB holds key rates steady as markets bet on September hike

The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady as expected here on Thursday, but ECB watchers were betting on a further rise in eurozone borrowing costs in the coming months, most likely in September.

Britain's key interest rate hits 5.75 percent

The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 5.

EU regulators clear takeover of Spanish energy giant

EU regulators approved on Thursday the takeover of Spanish energy company Endesa by Italian rival Enel and Spanish construction group Acciona.

Dubai fund buys 3.0-percent stake in EADS

European aerospace giant EADS got a vote of confidence Thursday as the Gulf state of Dubai bought a 3.12-percent stake in the company and voiced support for an EADS plan to revive the group's Airbus aircraft unit.

US warns WTO trade talks at risk of 'hibernation'

A top US official warned Thursday that global trade talks risk being stalled for years unless a breakthrough is made this year, as APEC ministers called on all sides to go back to the table.

Can adult offspring be adopted?

Can my husband legally adopt my adult children from a former marriage to help us get round French property inheritance laws?

S&N profits suffer in the rain

Scottish & Newcastle sent a shiver through the drinks industry as it said the market has been hit by the bad weather and rising interest rates

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