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- 'Je ne regrette rien' - millions haven't saved and they don't care
- Almost 14 million of us failed to save a single penny in 2008, and one in seven aren't concerned about it, according to research from Alliance & Leicester. In a survey by the bank, 64 per cent of respondents - equating to around 31 million Britons - said...
- Research articles 2008-12-21
- Abbey owner to cut 1,900 British jobs next year
- BANCO SANTANDER, the Spanish owner of Alliance & Leicester, Abbey and Bradford & Bingley's saving business, plans to cut 1,900 British jobs next year, adding to the toll the credit crunch has taken on financial workers. The group, which shocked the market with an emergency 7.2bn (6.4bn) rights...
- Research articles 2008-12-13
- Your money: Overdraft costs me just 50p a day
- CHRISTIAN Standage switched his current account so that he would be charged less when he goes overdrawn. "I dip into my overdraft from time to time, especially at the end of the month, so I've always kept an eye on overdraft rates," says Christian, 29, a construction...
- Research articles 2008-11-30
- Your money: DODGE THE 'DRAFT
- MILLIONS of us will go into the red to pay for Christmas - and with banks busy hiking overdraft rates, the New Year could bring a painful financial hangover. Even though the Bank of England base rate has been cut by 2.75 per cent in the past...
- Research articles 2008-11-30
- Legal eagles hover, ready to pick banks' bones on PPI
- For good or ill, litigation has become a part of the British way of life. It started with law firms offering to win compensation for people involved in accidents. They operated on a no-win, no-fee basis and tempted consumers with catchy advertising slogans such as "where there's blame, there's a...
- Research articles 2008-11-02
- Title in my grasp, says Hamilton
- Briton snatches pole as Massa feels heat after tyre temperature problems. By David Tremayne at Fuji Having bided his time in the Q1 and Q2 qualifying sessions, with second- and third-fastest times respectively, Lewis Hamilton played second fiddle to Kimi Raikkonen during the first runs in Q3...
- Research articles 2008-10-12
- A&L investors have four weeks to sell
- Shareholders in Alliance & Leicester are running out of time to sell their stock and avoid additional tax and paperwork. With the takeover of the bank by Santander Central Hispano set to be approved at an extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday, shareholders have until 10 October to sell...
- Research articles 2008-09-13
- LLOYDS TSB VANTAGE ACCOUNT
- Lloyds TSB claimed to have "raised the bar in the battle for current accounts" this week, when it launched its new Vantage account that pays 5 per cent interest on balances as high as 7,000. This is certainly a departure from traditional high interest current accounts, which tend to only...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
- Underwriters left with 72% of B&B rights issue
- The majority of shareholders in Bradford & Bingley have rejected the chance to participate in the group's tortuous rights issue, picking up only 28 per cent of the 400m offer, as the clock starts ticking for the underwriters to offload the rest. The news came on the day...
- Research articles 2008-08-19
- Name Gok Wan Occupation Stylist Passion Chinese chicken soup
- Why I love...... I struggled with my identity when I was young and denied my dad's Asian heritage. When my grandmother came to visit from the northern territories of Hong Kong, I made myself hate the food she cooked us - the tasteless broths and dried fish....
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- You're a smarter investor if you can close Alliance & Leicester's
- ***I have written to Alliance & Leicester three times with no reply. My son had a "young worker" account that A&L changed to a premier current account, despite his already having one. My son requested that one of these accounts be closed and cut up his card. In January, A&L...
- Research articles 2008-08-16
- Your Money: Move means Christmas bonus
- SUSAN Hart is switching accounts from HSBC to Alliance & Leicester to take advantage of their pounds 100 offer - and because they will take care of the move. Susan, 29, an assistant manager from Swadlincote, Derbyshire, said: "I've been with HSBC for eight or nine years and have been...
- Research articles 2008-08-03
- HOLS KIDS COST pounds 350m
- PARENTS are set to spend more than pounds 350million on keeping school kids entertained during the six-week summer holidays. As Britain's 8.1 million school children break up, researchers for Alliance & Leicester estimate it will cost families around pounds 46 per pupil on visits to theme parks,...
- Research articles 2008-07-20
- A&L shares fall as prospect of counter-bid to Santander fades
- Alliance & Leicester shares fell yesterday as hopes dimmed of a counter-bid to trump Santander's 1.3bn offer for the bank. The shares dropped 3.2 per cent to 324.5p, leaving them just 5 per cent higher than the 308p value of Santander's bid, including a proposed interim dividend. ...
- Research articles 2008-07-16
- Europe
- WORLD MARKETS Stocks rose in trading domin-ated by merger activity, while a US mortgage rescue plan underpinned the broader equities market. Global stocks took heart from a US plan to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Banks were the top gainers, helped by Spanish bank Santander's deal to...
- Research articles 2008-07-15
- Alliance & Leicester reports 1.26-billion-pound takeover offer
- LONDON AFP — British bank Alliance & Leicester said Monday it was in advanced discussions on a takeover worth 1.26 billion pounds (1.57 billion euros, 2.5 billion dollars) but did not name the suitor. The news sent the bank's share price rocketing by 43.1 percent to 313.75 pence in...
- Research articles 2008-07-14
- POOL COTTAGE, NEWTON REGIS
- CAN YOU AFFORD IT? Price: 599,950 Agent: John German 01530 412 824 What you get: This Grade II-listed thatched cottage is on the market for the first time in 25 years. The pretty exterior is rivalled by its interior: beautiful exposed beams and brickwork,...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- Alliance & Leicester tumbles over capital fears
- MARKET REPORT Alliance & Leicester was weak yesterday after Panmure Gordon, mindful of the "unenviable combination of operating losses and declining credit quality/rising risk weightings", highlighted the need for additional capital at the FTSE 250-listed bank. The broker slashed its target price for the stock to...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- They got to the church on time but they didn't arrive there on
- WEDDING FINANCE With most couples overspending by thousands, Laura Harding sees how to keep costs down Oversized hats are selling faster than festival wellies and men every- where are off on 4x4 driving stag weekends. It must be the wedding season and "for richer or for poorer" has...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- Dirt cheap doesn't mean it's a bargain
- PRIVATE INVESTOR Looks like I managed to call the house-builders right. My sixth sense, if you like, told me they were a bad bet, even at the current depressed valuations. Well, when I say sixth sense, I suppose I really mean the published accounts and trading statements, especially...
- Research articles 2008-06-21
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