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Cancer all-clear didn't persuade Direct Line to insure my trip
What did your children break this summer?
While it might be a particular joy to have had the children home over the summer holidays, hundreds of families will have been hit by bills for more than £500 thanks to their offspring.
Bonds can pay off, but not if there's a top-10 bank crash
Equity investors are not alone in closely monitoring the performance of banks: the fate of bond fund managers is also closely linked to how these financial institutions will fare over the next six months or so.
The Reporter
This time it's personalWhat's the point in us dutifully shredding sensitive documents and guarding our pin numbers with our life when - thanks to the actions of some idiot - our bank details can end up being sold on eBay? That's the question many people will be asking after it emerged this week that a computer holding a million people's personal details was flogged on the auction site for £35.
The benefit of going slow
Britain's population will "boom" over the next 50 years, EU statisticians said this week.
Tap water, sir? We don't do it
Two weeks ago Dr Anne Guilding and her friends were relaxing in a restaurant, celebrating her son's wedding the day before.
Ruffling a few feathers
The relatively unknown Ruffler Bank has jumped to the top of the cash Isas table and is now paying the top rate of 6.11%.
New ruling improves the lot of surviving partners
Partners of people who die without a will stand to be better off after the Ministry of Justice announced major changes to inheritance rules this week.
Insurer on its bike after blazing saddle row with cycling student
An undergraduate is warning students who use the specialist student insurer Endsleigh to check their policy's terms after the firm refused to pay her bike theft claim on what she described as an "absurd technicality".
How to buy: Burglar alarms
You've arrived back in Blighty, tanned and rested after a fortnight soaking up the sun in foreign climes.