THE Government has taken steps to improve the plight of women who still require 39 years of National Insurance Contributions to qualify for a full state pension, despite law c

TWO-thirds of the 11 million homeowners in the UK without a pension had planned to rely on their properties to fund their retirement before the crash sent prices reeling.

I TOOK voluntary redundancy/early retirement a few years ago but continue to work part-time. My pension and mortgage provider are the same: Aviva Norwich Union. While it may s

ON DECEMBER 1 the Scottish Government will introduce the Home Report (the seller's single survey) - a document which will have a major impact on those buying and

I ALWAYS thought the Mr Bean joke was wasted on Prime Minister Gordon Brown. If there is a Bean look-a-likee in Westminster he surely sits on the opposition benches.

MORE than a thousand investors with Edinburgh firm Cameron Farley may have to wait months to hear whether they will get any of their money back after City watchdogs petitioned

Take charge of your payments and make sure you claim your rebate, writes Teresa Hunter

It's official: the economy is shrinking and we are heading for a recession. Teresa Hunter looks at what we can expect

LIKE an unending chain of explosions, markets and economies continued to slump last week. Stock markets are tumbling to multi-year lows and some of the world's biggest br

CLYDESDALE Bank has shrugged off the potential challenge of the proposed Lloyds-HBOS superbank and insisted it can fight its own corner as a niche player.

A FINANCIAL services firm has unveiled a petition calling for the Government to use taxpayers' money to reduce personal mortgage debt rather than pump billions into strick

JIM FAULDS is expected to stand down as chairman of Dunfermline Building Society in April unless the board asks him to stay on.

The presidential candidates differ on the merits of tying health insurance to a job.In few policy arenas are the choices as fundamental as they are for health care. Barack Obama favors increased federal control to build a "universal" system in

One of the campaign themes this election cycle is "affordable" health care. Shouldn't we ask ourselves whether we want the politicians who brought us the "affordable" housing, that created the current financial debacle, to now deliver us affordable health care?

In another sign of deepening financial crisis, Stearns Bank will acquire the failed Georgia-based Alpha Bank and Trust, making it the 16th American bank to fall this year. On Friday, the US authorities seized the operations of Alpha Bank.

Parsvnath Developers is expected to sack its non-performing staff post Diwali as part of its cost cutting measures. "Non performers have to go. Cost cutting measures will start in 15 to 20 days,'' said Pradeep Jain, chairman of Parsvnath, told

The airline has also finalised its plans to lease out five of its Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft to a Turkish carrier, sources add. The airline has been able to negotiate a premium for the deal in a market where lease

Describing sustainable development as one of the biggest challenges faced by the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said a lot of cooperative work was needed to transform it from a mere buzz word to an operational strategy for development. Singh

The world needs more regulation today, not a return to autarky