Walmart Stats: Walmart has reclamed the top spot on the Fortune 500 list. They promise “low prices – always” but what’s really going on behind this bahemath? Read on for some amazing figures about America’s #1 Corporation. [...]
The state pension age looks set to rise to 66 in just six years’ time, and may be extended far further -possibly to 70.
As the Government announces large sign-up charges for their new NEST pension plan, what alternative savings options are on the market to help prepare for a comfortable retirement?
The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) first came into being in 2005, as a means to offer an occupational retirement scheme to more than 10m employees who were not already signed up to a pension plan. With the product due to be launched in 2012, the finer financial details are now coming into the public domain, including designs to incorporate an initial contribution fee of 2% for all new participants.
The fee has been instigated as a means to cover the financial costs of set-up, ensuring that the bill doesn’t fall into the tax-payers lap; however financial commentators have suggested that it will transform this into one of the most expensive pension options on the market today, especially for late stage, short-term savers who join in the first few years. [...]
For people who can’t keep up with payments to their unsecured debts, a debt management plan can be the best way forward. It can make their payments affordable again, simplify their finances and take away a lot of the stress that debt problems can cause. [...]
The majority of people today often find that the act of going to a new and exciting location on vacation is a much anticipated happening. Whether the trip is for business travel, a ski trip or for that matter any special trip you need only to determine that it would be a great time to go on a trip and simply go. The problem is that can be an expensive proposition. Not everybody can afford to buy an airplane ticket or can they afford to book a deluxe accommodations or in some cases they just do not have the required funds to spend when they get to their chosen location for their planned trip. Well it so happens that if you know where to look for it traveling does not have to be expensive. If this idea invokes your interest then you must continue reading this article.
If you have a boss, you’re probably looking for ways to impress him. Your boss has the most direct influence over your work life, and as far as your ability to advance, his power over your career is second only to your own. And, deep down, your boss isn’t that different from anyone else: he loves good news and he loves when things are going well. That’s why telling your boss the right things will put a smile on his face every time. Notice that everything on our list is work related — don’t be that guy and resort to brown-nosing or “Gee boss, that’s a nice tie.” That’s beneath you. Keep it about the work and read on for 10 ways to keep your boss smiling throughout the work week.
Job-posting site CareerBuilder recently released the top-paying jobs you can get without a college degree. Take a look at the following results before you begin your job search. (All salaries represent the annual median salary.)
Everyone knows that taxes are one of life’s only certainties. But while most of us are well acquainted with income and sales taxes, few of us are aware that some countries tax prostitution. The same goes for tax breaks. No one bats an eye about writing off some office supplies, but did you know that Germany (until recently) allowed businesses to deduct the cost of bribery? The United States and the rest of the world tax – and exempt from taxation – strange activities and behavior that virtually no one would have expected, or has any rational explanation for. Today, BillShrink combs some of the top financial websites online to gather thirteen of the weirdest taxes – and tax breaks – from around the world.
Motorists who buy electric and other ultra-low-polluting cars will receive a 25per cent discount up to a maximum of £5,000 off the price, the Government announced today.The grants will be available from January 2011 when a range of eligible vehicles are expected to be available.Among the first cars to qualify will be so-called ‘plug-in’ petrol-electric hybrids, which are charged from the mains but also have a conventional petrol or diesel engine.
Britain’s benchmark inflation rate may be catapulted to 4pc, perhaps as soon as Tuesday’s release of January’s data, economists have predicted.
