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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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Icesave customers start to receive money

Savers with money trapped in accounts with the Icelandic bank should be fully refunded by the end of November, according to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Iceland agrees deal on foreign bank deposits

The agreement with Britain and other European countries on guidelines covering Icesave accounts is likely to clear the way for a stalled IMF support package for Reykjavik

Property asking prices fall 7 per cent

Average asking prices for properties have fallen 7 per cent in the past year, according to Rightmove, as sellers are forced to take action to attract new buyers.

Buy-to-let troubles linked to new rules

A study finds that roughly half of outstanding buy-to-let mortgages show higher levels of arrears than those packaged earlier, before underwriting standards were relaxed

Employers forecast severe UK downturn

Britain is set to enter a recession as severe as that of 1991, with the economy shrinking by 2.5 per cent from its peak before reaching a trough late next year, according to a sharply revised forecast from the CBI employers' body

Pension fund deficits could double economists warn

Workers may not receive the pension they hoped for as experts warn that pension fund deficits could double to £200 billion over the next year.

Cut your festive food bills

Soaring food prices needn't ruin your Christmas. Here are five ways to enjoy the festivities for less.

Savings accounts rates cut research shows

Savers are being hit by a base rate drop as 14 providers cut their rates by more than 1.5 per cent a new study has found.

Up to 40pc of buytolet borrowers face negative equity

Up to 40pc of buytolet borrowers face falling into negative equity by mid2009.

Shares4Schools: Students hope to build on last year's performance

Pupils at Bablake School have picked a tricky subject in the Shares4Schools competition as recession bites and volatility continues to dominate stock markets.

Interest rates: Savings rate falls exceed Bank of England's cut

Some banks have cut interest rates on savings accounts by 2 percentage points.

Icesave customers start to receive their money

Almost £250m has been paid to 10000 Icesave customers whose money had been frozen.

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