European equities markets were lower again Wednesday on more bad economic news from the United States as new home sales dropped to the lowest on record in July, while durable goods orders rose there last month, but by much less than had been forecast. After the National Association of Realtors reported [ Read More → ]

European equities markets were higher Friday, with gains coming on hopes that the economic recovery is proceeding in a healthy manner. The FTSE 100 added 0.54 percent to 5,132.94 in London, while the FTSE 250 was 0.27 percent higher to 9,745.79 as the Office for National Statistics said that producer prices [ Read More → ]

Only 18 months ago, Wade Thomas had credit card debt of $16,480 on his 20 credit, retail and gas cards. But when the Austin, , travel planner lost his job in July 2009 at a company for which he had worked for 11 years, he decided to use some of his [ Read More → ]

uSwitch.com are urging consumers to look out for a brand new annual energy statement that could be the key to saving over £1,000 on their energy bills. Energy suppliers have from tomorrow (1st July) until 1st December to provide customers with their first annual energy statement, detailing their current energy plan, [ Read More → ]

Households are paying £84 a year in ‘hidden taxes’ on their energy bills to help meet the cost of combating climate change. But mounting pressure could see these taxes more than double to £176 a year within the next decade, warns uSwitch.com. Households currently spend an average £1,194 a year on [ Read More → ]

The Federal Reserve’s chief policymaking group has vast power over the finances of ordinary Americans, businesses and investors. The consequences of its interest-rate decisions range wide: from people’s ability to get affordable loans to the price of cereal at the grocery store or gasoline at the corner station. Here’s a look [ Read More → ]

It would be the height of foolishness to load up on debt now, right?Just look at the news these days. Homeowners are being foreclosed on at a record clip. Governments around the world are lurching toward insolvency. Job growth in the U.S. remains feeble at best. And at the center [ Read More → ]

Confused.com is warning home owners to avoid door-to-door energy salesmen this summer as they could end up paying over £180 more than they need to on their bills, as door-to-door salesmen look to dupe consumers by not showing them the … Read the original article at Totallymoney

Many consumers are forced to pay up to £189 extra a year on their energy bills purely because of where they live a new study by uSwitch.com has found – a situation referred to as a ‘postcode lottery’. This postcode lottery has been commonplace on suppliers’ old fashioned standard energy plans, [ Read More → ]

TRENTON, N.J. - Motorists are paying sharply less at the pumps in New Jersey. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of regular gasoline was $2.69 in the Garden State on Friday, a 7-cent drop from a week ago. A year ago, motorists were paying $2.30. The national average price also fell this week, [ Read More → ]