Google employee reveals last-minute trick to find ‘lowest prices’ on Christmas presents – even if you’re buying in shops

Google employee reveals last-minute trick to find ‘lowest prices’ on Christmas presents – even if you’re buying in shops

A GOOGLE employee has shared clever shopping hacks to keep your Christmas costs down. It’s easy to accidentally spend over the odds when you’re trying to stuff stockings – but there are some ways to shop smarter. 2 A Google employee has shared tips and tricks for finding the best prices online and in shopsCredit: … Read more

Jeff Bezos Sells 16.35M Amazon Shares Worth £2.41B as Blue Origin Gears up for New Glenn Launch

Jeff Bezos Sells 16.35M Amazon Shares Worth £2.41B as Blue Origin Gears up for New Glenn Launch

According to Form 4 filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos offloaded 16.35 million company shares with an aggregate market value of £2.41 billion ($3.048 billion) between 1st and 13th November 2024. Bezos notified the SEC of the massive Amazon share sale on 1st November via a … Read more

Bernie Sanders Backs Trump’s Plan for 10% Credit Card Interest Rate Cap To Save Americans Billions

Bernie Sanders Backs Trump’s Plan for 10% Credit Card Interest Rate Cap To Save Americans Billions

A surprising team-up is brewing between US Senator Bernie Sanders and President-elect Donald Trump on a long-standing issue that kept millions of Americans in debt for years while hampering their ability to save and grow money. During his campaign, Trump suggested temporarily imposing a 10% limit on credit card interest rates to allow people to … Read more

Couple in Their 40s Delay Wedding With £77K Net Worth, Zero Monthly Savings, and No Emergency Fund

Couple in Their 40s Delay Wedding With £77K Net Worth, Zero Monthly Savings, and No Emergency Fund

A couple in their 40s, living paycheck to paycheck with no monthly savings, has delayed their wedding due to lingering financial anxieties and unresolved money traumas. Dawn, 48, and Richard, 43, reside in a rented home in upstate New York, juggling complicated financial histories and deeply ingrained habits that have strained their relationship. The pair, … Read more

Retail inflation eases as food prices moderate

Retail inflation eases as food prices moderate

New Delhi: Retail inflation declined in November to 5.48 percent and came within Reserve Bank’s comfort zone mainly due to easing food prices, creating headroom for a rate cut at the central bank’s rate-setting panel meets under new Governor Sanjay Malhotra in February. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based headline inflation was at 6.21 per … Read more

ECB cuts interest rates again as inflation eases and growth falters – POLITICO

ECB cuts interest rates again as inflation eases and growth falters – POLITICO

The ECB also refrained from offering new guidance on the expected speed and scope of interest rate cuts next year, repeating that it will stick to a “data-dependent and meeting-by-meeting approach.” “Most measures of underlying inflation suggest that inflation will settle at around the Governing Council’s 2 percent medium-term target on a sustained basis,” the … Read more

Bill Gates’ Tesla Short Could Bankrupt Him if Shares Surge 200% To Top the Global Market

Bill Gates’ Tesla Short Could Bankrupt Him if Shares Surge 200% To Top the Global Market

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has long been a proponent of environmental initiatives and a sustainable future. However, according to Walter Isaacson’s 2023 biography of Elon Musk, Gates’ alleged undisclosed short position against Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) led Musk to view his actions as hypocritical. A short position is simply betting against the company, and … Read more

CPI ticks up 2.7% on an annual basis as the Federal Reserve’s inflation battle stalls out

CPI ticks up 2.7% on an annual basis as the Federal Reserve’s inflation battle stalls out

Inflation rose 2.7% on an annual basis in November, according to the latest government report on the Consumer Price Index, or CPI.  Last month’s CPI was forecast to come in at 2.7%, according to economists surveyed by financial data firm FactSet. The Consumer Price Index, a basket of goods and services typically bought by consumers, … Read more

Millennials rely on credit cards at record rate during 2024 holiday season: study

Millennials rely on credit cards at record rate during 2024 holiday season: study

Millennials are relying on their credit cards more than ever as they face their most financially challenging holiday season yet, according to new data. Since 2020, millennials have used credit cards for the majority of their holiday spending – between 70% to 80% – and the percentage has been climbing, according to a three-year analysis … Read more