Deadlocked Congress brings U.S. government to edge of shutdown

The U.S. Congress, still in partisan deadlock on Monday over Republican efforts to halt President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, was on the verge of shutting down most of the U.S. government starting on Tuesday morning....

Donations of more than $110,000 (£67,000) have poured in from across the US for a Boston homeless man who returned a lost bag with $42,000 in it.


Read more----> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24170670


What would you do ?

I am compiling a list of all banks/lenders from 2006 - from those below can you notice any missing and if so, name them in a reply to the thread please.

I am aware that nowadays a lot of those listed will not be in existence but that's irrelevant, I want to list all lenders for a specific...

Where would you go if money was no object? Where would you visit again if you could? Where's your favourite holiday destination?


If money was no object I would go to Mozambique

[img]http://www.buzzle.com/images/travel-destinations/mozambique/island-of-mozambiqu[/img]...

As the title suggests, thought we could use this thread to reminisce about the good or not so good things we remember about the 'old' days.
It can be anything you like, such as the toys you played with, songs you listened to, where you went etc etc.


I'll start............

Tentative Noob Asks:
Hi,

I'm in a pickle -
I'm a third executor (beneficiary), with my two sisters, on my Father's estate.
'A state' would be the best way to describe it.
Basically, one of my Sister's (and Partner) are now living in the apartment my Father...

Drive-thru banking to be launched in Britain by Metro Bank next month

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th April 2013 08:46.

*but will it be a hit?* When you think of a drive-thru the most likely thought to pop into your head is American fast food chains where...

Morning all,

Had a random letter yesterday from Canada Square Operations (new name for Egg from what I gather form letter).

It is in relation the Cardholder Repayment Protection that was on the card (CRP). The card is enforceable (Niddy checked) and been paying cabot financial...

Between June 2009 and September 2011 I paid a fixed weekly fee to pay off a defaulted loan with Egg. The payment was agreed by a judge when a court case was brought against me (it was settled out of court, in my favour). The payment was made to EGG as the claimant - a collection agency I see mentioned...

I had an Egg Loan which was paid off in around 2007. I wrote to them to reclaim PPI and the last correspondence I had from them was in Feb 2009 saying that they were referring it to their customer services department but I never heard any more.

The loan was a bridging loan to pay for a...

I had a loan with Egg which I defaulted on in 2008. I repaid all owed funds shortly after. Soon after this, Egg banking were disbanded and accounts were divided between a number of organisations.

Annoyingly, incorrect information about my Egg loan is showing on my credit reference....

Go on then. Plan them

I have a few:

Get my blood pressure down to managable (less salt, more exercise)
Get knowledgable about debt so I can help people like Niddy helped me back in the day (this means being more active on this forum)
Become a Headteacher (my...

I called Santander today as I had an old loan with Cahoot, I just asked if i had taken PPI with that loan, they told me no I hadn't, there wouldn't be any chance that they told me a fibber (god forbid a bank lying to customers) would there? I can send them a SAR but to save a tenner I thought I would...

Sun Life fined £600,000 by FSA for poor management

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 18th October 2012 17:46.

Life insurance company Sun Life of Canada has been fined £600,000 for poor management of its £1.2bn with-profits investment fund. Its fund managers......

Hi,

I have have an issue with Barclays Bank plc that I have detailed in this post:

Default notice sent but never received - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums

Since I haven't yet had any constructive replies I wondered if you guys could help. Any advice would be...