Category: Finances

Rugby titan tackles tough side of farming

Rugby titan tackles tough side of farming

The muscular 191cm (6ft 3in) frame that once led the fearsome All Black pack in their 1960s heyday is stretched out on a worn leather sofa, the trousers and shirt faintly redolent of the greasy-woolled ewes he has just been crutching.

AOL announces it will close Bebo if it can’t find a buyer

AOL announces it will close Bebo if it can’t find a buyer

Jon Brod, who runs AOL’s startup acquisition and investment unit said Bebo would need a ‘significant investment’ to remain competitive.

Election 2010: Parties gear up for fight to the finish

Election 2010: Parties gear up for fight to the finish

IT’S one of Scotland’s most marginal seats and almost anything could happen. Labour has held Edinburgh South for the past 23 years, but at the last general election th

RI budget cut plan to release Thursday

RI budget cut plan to release Thursday

Rhode Island lawmakers have pushed off for a day the announcement of a plan designed to close the state’s $220 million budget shortfall.  

Texas Appliance Trade-Up Rebate Program Starts Wednesday

Texas Appliance Trade-Up Rebate Program Starts Wednesday

Texans have a chance to save some money while saving electricity and water. On Wednesday the window opens to reserve your place in the Texas Trade Up – Appliance Rebate Program. Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports.

CME Contract Volume Rose 2% In March

CME Contract Volume Rose 2% In March

CME Contract Volume Rose 2% In March

Hold Onto Recession Lessons, by Stacey Tisdale

Hold Onto Recession Lessons, by Stacey Tisdale

Remembering the sting will serve you well in the long run Sheconomics | Today 12:00 am Editor’s note: Stacey Tisdale is the author of The True Cost of Happiness: The Real Story Behind Managing Your Money . A financial expert, Tisdale appears on NBC ’s “Today Show,” and has appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and more. Tisdale has filed business and consumer reports for all of the CNN networks …

Mandelson attacks Barclays chief over pay

Mandelson attacks Barclays chief over pay

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson Saturday called the president of Barclays bank the “unacceptable face of banking” in an unusually personal attack ahead of an imminent national election.

Let’s Stop The Public Indiscipline

Let’s Stop The Public Indiscipline

I want to make my opinions known and recorded on the appearance in court as reported in the media, by former President Kufuor in support of the former Ministers of his administration charged with crimes.

Saudi Arabia seeks private finance for $1.6bn airport

Saudi Arabia seeks private finance for $1.6bn airport

Saudi’s General Authority of Civil Aviation to hold roadshow in Dubai.

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