The Benefits Of Private Medical Insurance

Reports on how the government is cutting costs makes daily headlines. The NHS is one of the primary targets, and this means that patients are the ones who suffer. Added to that, we have the situation where we are now living much longer than our parents did. The result of this is long waits to see a consultant, not to mention the length of time people have to wait to have surgery on the NHS. So you may want to think about taking out private medical insurance.

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Signum Finance UK Regulatory Announcement: Early Repurchases

LONDON----Issuer ISIN Markdown Amount V/D Payt Date Nominal Prior to Repo Nominal After Repo Signum Finance XS0504206714 325,000,000.00 6/24/2011 9/8/2011 325,000,000.00 0.00 Signum Finance XS0504207282 356,000,000.00 6/24/2011 9/22/2011 356,000,000.00 0.00 Signum Finance XS0504206474 5,000,000.00 6/24/2011 7/26/2011 5,000,000.00 0.00 Signum Finance XS0504205823 20,000,000.00 6/24 ...

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BlackBerry under attack in corporate cradle

NEW YORK - The BlackBerry, once ubiquitous in business, faces deep challenges in that market as more companies allow employees to pick their own smartphones and add third-party security applications.

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Campaign finance joke is on voters

WASHINGTON -- The comedian Stephen Colbert flew down to Washington last week to parody the nation's campaign-finance laws. But there was a flaw in his plan: The campaign-finance system already is a parody.

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Comedian Colbert Forming Campaign Finance ‘Super PAC’ With FEC Approval

Comedian Stephen Colbert got permission from the U.S. Federal Election Commission to form a “super PAC” that can raise unlimited money from corporations, unions and individuals to support or oppose candidates in 2012.

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How Colbert Gave Campaign Finance Reformers the Fright of Their Lives

While many enjoyed today's FEC visit by Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert, an unlikely subset of D.C. insiders were deeply worried about it's potential ramifications: campaign finance reformers. On its face, these were the people who seemed most likely to appreciate Colbert's experiment seeking approval of a super PAC: after all, it was widely seen as a clever way of lampooning America's ...

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Weak mortgage approvals show consumer woes

LONDON - Mortgage approvals ticked up only slightly and consumer credit growth remained weak in May, Bank of England figures showed on Wednesday, highlighting the soft outlook for consumer spending ahead.

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Axe hovers over Credit Suisse jobs in London

LONDON, June 28 - Credit Suisse has launched a consultation on jobs at the UK end of its investment bank, a person familiar with the matter said, potentially extending staff cuts at the Swiss bank which are already set to hit other regions.

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Tesco plans autumn push in banking

LONDON - Tesco, the world's third-biggest retailer, will make its long-awaited push into banking this autumn, and will not do so by buying Lloyds branches or bidding for state-owned Northern Rock.

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ICB sees conflict of interest in bank ringfence

LONDON - The Independent Commission on Banking conceded its proposal to ringfence a bank's retail arm from its investment banking unit could lead to conflicts of interest within individual banks.

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