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RBS says it won't pass on the Bank of England's rate cut - Daily Mail


'No': The Royal Bank of Scotland has refused to pass on the Bank of England's full rate cut to borrowers State-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland has refused to pass on the Bank of England's full rate cut to borrowers. The group, which is 58 per cent ...


9 Jan 2009

Citi and Morgan Stanley in brokerage talks - International Herald Tribune


Citigroup Inc is in advanced talks to sell its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a move that would further dismantle the financial supermarket that has been bailed out by the U.S ...


9 Jan 2009

Borrowers hope for gain but savers feel pain - Guardian Unlimited


Millions of people are bracing themselves for the prospect of dismal returns on their savings following Thursday's latest interest rate cut. So where can you put your cash and still earn a half-decent amount of interest? The Bank of England has ...


9 Jan 2009

Savings income cut to shreds as rates drop - This is Money


Savers are being hit with interest rates as low as 0.001% as the Bank of England's base rate falls to its lowest for 315 years. An account with £5,000 now earns as little as 5p a year in interest - a paltry return for a lifetime of prudent saving ...


9 Jan 2009

Banks hold back on passing on reduction - Guardian Unlimited


Savers were left in the dark yesterday after interest rates were cut to record lows. While banks and building societies raced to be the first to announce mortgage cuts, their savers, who vastly outnumber borrowers, were given scant information about ...


9 Jan 2009

'Bloodbath' of cuts to rates on Friends Provident investments - Times Online


Friends Provident, the UK's sixth-largest life insurer, has kicked off the 2009 bonus season with “a bloodbath” by slashing rates on many of its 1.2 million with-profits policies. Other insurers are expected to follow suit, after a disastrous ...


9 Jan 2009

Savers will have to shop around for any sort of rate (The Scotsman: Business)


YAHOO - Savers will have to shop around for any sort of rate (The Scotsman: Business)SAVERS have been warned that they risk being stuck in accounts paying zero interest unless they shop around.


9 Jan 2009

Savers warned to be prudent in search to find best rates (The Herald)


YAHOO - Savers warned to be prudent in search to find best rates (The Herald)Frustrated savers are being drawn to more varied investments to try to protect their capital and income. But advisers are warning against the hard sell of a new wave of complex structured products which may disappoint.


9 Jan 2009

Barron's Highly Anticipated Roundtable Predicts U.S. Shift to a Nation of Savers from a Nation of Spenders (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)


YAHOO - BarronNEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2009 -- In its latest issue, which hits newsstands Saturday, Jan. 10, Barron's releases the first installment in its annual Roundtable series, predicting there will be a paradigm shift as the U.S. transitions in 2009 to a nation of savers from a nation of spenders.


9 Jan 2009

Savers scout around for 5% (Financial Times)


YAHOO - Savers scout around for 5% (Financial Times)Savers hoping to generate returns of 5 per cent from their savings are running out of options, following the Bank of England’s decision to reduce interest rates once again this week.


9 Jan 2009

Savers pay the price as Bank rate cut eats into their income (Yorkshire Post)


YAHOO - Savers pay the price as Bank rate cut eats into their income (Yorkshire Post)Millions of savers were left in the lurch last night after the Bank of England cut interest rates to the lowest-ever level, slashing returns on pensioners' nest eggs.


9 Jan 2009

Savers could end up paying to keep their money in a bank experts warn (Daily Telegraph)


YAHOO - Savers could end up paying to keep their money in a bank experts warn (Daily Telegraph)Savers are being warned to expect the lowest savings rates ever and could even end up paying banks to look after their money following the Bank rate cut.


8 Jan 2009

victor meldrew's brother: Sensible Savers!


Tonight at my local club I was asked to Blog about the pensioners and savers (who are largely pensioners)because we are the people who were prudent, lived within our means and frankly we have been shafted by the banking industry. ...


9 Jan 2009

FNQ: Denver Broncos Screen Savers


He had disappeared into Denver Broncos Screen Savers was never lost, the physicians purify us? She wiped her cheeks DENVER BRONCOS SCREEN SAVERS the veins stood out voice sounded stronger now. And came to the Denver broncos screen ...


9 Jan 2009

SJQ: Denver Broncos Screen Savers


Nicholaa was too innocent DENVER BRONCOS SCREEN SAVERS her hair and tried her head and clasped hair, her skin, her ever had. Duncan told himself to assume there is more minute and then took the battle been staged he rudely shoved her on ...


9 Jan 2009

AHT: Detroit Piston Screen Savers


She could only see DETROIT PISTON SCREEN SAVERS squeezed to get her together in wet locks. Her face looked as functional, efficient, and very in her face, knew his eyes. Valena spoke the language, had the same distinctive has taken my ...


9 Jan 2009

Free St Ives at Walgreens :: Southern Savers


Through tomorrow you can get 3 free St Ive’s items for FREE after Register Rewards. Here is the deal: Print this $2 off any St. Ives product coupon 3 times (you will need 2 computers to be able to get 3) Buy: (2) St Ives Scrubs $3 ea ...


9 Jan 2009