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- Organise yourself against ID fraud
Here are some steps you can take if you're worried you might be at risk of identity fraud - however the crooks try to target you.
- Inflation: what other weapons do we have?
There are really a very few options anyone can take against inflation: pursuing an incomes policy, tighter control of money aggregates, and doing nothing. Curiously, the last policy may turn out to be the most effective.
- Can consumerism save Communism?
Raul Castro is making some tentative and politically dangerous steps on the road to consumerism.
- Be a winner in the energy wars
Looking back, July 30 2008 might well be marked as a watershed date for Britain's energy consumers. What should we do to protect ourselves?
- What does your wallet say about you?
Behaviour expert and MSN agony aunt Dr Pam Spurr gives you the low-down on what your wallet says about you at a personal level.
- The biggest gamble in gaming?
Just because there is a recession looming people don't stop having a flutter on the horses or trying their luck on gaming machines.
- August interest rates held
The Bank of England has held interest rates firm at 5% for July in a bid to control still-high levels of inflation.
- Payday loan traps
More people are taking out so-called payday loans that charge interest of up to 2,000%.
- Gambling through a downturn
While small shareholders have been shying away from the stock markets during the 12-month-old credit crunch, the spread-betting industry is thriving.
- Darling not ruling out stamp duty suspension
Chancellor Alistair Darling refused to rule out a suspension of stamp duty during an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
- How much of a nest egg do you need?
We're a nation of financial ostriches, yet with dark clouds looming and state pension benefits unpredictable, it's more important than ever to stockpile a nest egg.
- Is your account a class act?
Graduation is a time when the reality of care-free student days hit home as the realisation dawns that the debts racked up over the past few years have to be repaid.
- The latest on the mortgage market
The state of the mortgage market continues to dominate the headlines but what on earth is really going on?
- How to boost your income in a month
It's no good spending time working out where to go to save 10 pence on bread if you're missing out on a way of getting an extra hundred pounds a month.


