San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond voices opposition against the California county’s plan to tax highway drivers for every mile with a new tolling system. New Jersey is paying a hefty price for toll cheats, and it’s not alone. The state faced $117 million in losses last year because of …
Read More »Interest rate rises from Bank of England mean ‘more misery’ for homeowners | Personal Finance | Finance
Experts are forecasting “more misery” for homeowners as the Bank of England is set to raise interest rates once again. In the past year, mortgage repayments have risen substantially due to a wave of constant base rate hikes from the central bank. These have been carried out by the Bank …
Read More »Financial expert cautions Fed’s rate hike ‘experiment’ will have ‘unintended’ consequences
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer founder and editor Jim Grant weighs in on the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting and U.S. recession probability. As Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to announce the central bank’s next rate move, one Fed watchdog and financial expert warned of “the final consequences” coming for U.S. …
Read More »Child Trust Funds: More than £1.7billon worth of savings left unclaimed | Personal Finance | Finance
Nearly one million young adults are owed a share of a £1.7billion savings pot, a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found. The money is wrapped up in forgotten-about Child Trust Funds (CTF) and it’s estimated that the average value of unclaimed accounts is around £1,900 each. CTFs …
Read More »Mega Millions hits astounding $820M, 8th largest jackpot in game’s history
The owner of Las Palmitas Mini Market, Navor Herrera, received a $1M check during a press conference with Powerball officials on Thursday morning. (FOX 11) The Mega Millions jackpot prize now sits at an estimated $820 million after no players claimed to match all numbers since April. The numbers drawn …
Read More »‘I was fired from my job for posting on TikTok but now have a six-figure salary’ | Personal Finance | Finance
One woman is sharing how she was let go from her previous employment for allegedly posting a TikTok which was filmed in the workplace. Content creator Nadia Khaled has since been able to turn her life around and now owns a business that earns her a six-figure salary. She has …
Read More »LARRY KUDLOW: Send Joe Biden into retirement
FOX Business host Larry Kudlow calls out the Democrats’ war on appliances on ‘Kudlow.’ When will they leave us alone? Just yesterday, the Biden administration banned water heaters. Folks, enjoy that cold shower you’re heading for and you can turn those dials as much as you want, it’s going to …
Read More »Side hustle: Money expert shares how he earned £550,000 last year | Personal Finance | Finance
A 27-year-old is revealing how he was able to earn £550,000 last year after experimenting with multiple side hustles. Cody Berman is known as the Passive Income Expert and was able to reach financial independence by the age of 25. He learned about passive income and how it is possible …
Read More »Elon Musk suggests tweets will now be called ‘X’s’ amid rebrand
Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Technology & Innovation director Jessica Melugin discusses Twitter’s new CEO and the ‘unintended consequences’ of children using A.I. Billionaire Elon Musk suggested Monday that tweets will be called “X’s” amid the platform’s rebrand. “So now that Twitter has been rebranded to X, what are tweets …
Read More »Best ISAs, easy access, and fixed rate savings accounts this week to ‘double’ your returns | Personal Finance | Finance
Best savings accounts this week to ‘double’ your returns (Image: GETTY) While inflation continues to erode purchasing power, Britons are being urged to do what they can to make their money work harder for them. Finance experts have said one way to do this is to take advantage of the …
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