British savers queue up for Airbnb’s multi-billion-dollar float despite red flags over a possible tech bubble Hargreaves Lansdown last week asked customers to register their interest 4,000 private investors have said they are thinking of buying Airbnb shares By Harriet Dennys For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:03, 28 September …
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THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST: Even a crisis can’t knock fund off track By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02, 28 September 2019 | Updated: 22:02, 28 September 2019 Little distracts Job Curtis, manager of investment trust The City of London, from his quest to generate …
Read More »How to avoid becoming a victim of fraud if you’re a first-time homebuyer as scam rates soar
New homeowners have been warned against becoming victims of fraud, after new research found they are being increasingly targeted by crooks who steal personal details . Credit report agency Experian says it has seen a 35 per cent rise in the number of young first-time buyers becoming fraud victims in …
Read More »Fraudsters hijack eBay parcels in a postcode lottery | Money
Anastasios Siampos was suspicious after selling an iPhone for £275 on eBay. The buyer claimed it was defective and, though Siampos contested this, eBay instructed the buyer to return it using Royal Mail’s 48-hour tracked delivery service. Two days later eBay refunded the buyer, insisting that Royal Mail’s tracker showed …
Read More »Royal Mint to allow savers to invest in gold without buying bullion
Royal Mint to allow savers to invest in gold without buying bullion, putting their money in a tracker fund which is traded on the stock market By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:56, 9 September 2019 | Updated: 22:41, 9 September 2019 The 1,100-year-old coin maker …
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Questor Income Portfolio: we have a heavy domestic bias, which is doing us no favours when it comes to share prices, although our income is holding up nicely As it is the first Friday of the month we publish today our performance table for the Income Portfolio. It tells a …
Read More »RUTH SUNDERLAND: Firms should look beyond the small pool of middle-aged male ‘talent’
In what parallel universe did it seem a good idea to appoint Kevin Loosemore, the top boss at battered software business Micro Focus, to be the chairman at De La Rue? Did anyone think investors at the bank-note group would be delighted at his arrival? And what about Micro Focus’ …
Read More »Are you sitting on a gadget gold mine? Britons hoard 40million old devices… here’s how to cash in
We all have a ‘bits and bobs’ or ‘messy’ drawer. It’s probably home to some string, spare light bulbs, old batteries — and, collectively, an estimated 40million forgotten electronic devices, according to a report last week. The Royal Society Of Chemistry warned this is an utter waste of rare earth …
Read More »Want notes not coins? Banks don’t care about our cash, investigation finds
For the first time in almost half a century the Treasury has ordered the Royal Mint to stop producing any 1p or 2p coins. The crackdown on coppers comes at a time when all our cash is under threat – with banks preferring that we pay for goods online or with …
Read More »The £45,000 deposit for our first home was stolen and the banks did nothing | Money
Back in March, everything was looking good for Nikhil Dudeja. He and his wife Richa were about to buy their first dream home with the £45,500 deposit they had saved up with significant help from their parents, and the purchase was progressing well. While they were away on holiday Nikhil …
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