House Prices hit a new 4 year high.

August 31st, 2009

House prices have risen more in the last month than they have in the the last 4 years a new report out shows.
House prices rose an average of 1.7% in England and wales in July.  The best since 2004.
Every region across the country recorded a rise in house prices across the board, But the news [...]

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India’s economy continues to increase

August 31st, 2009

Indias economy continues to increase faster than forecasted. The Countrys GDP grew 6.7% more than the same time last year, the first quarter of the new year.
This is good news for the indian government in times of global recession and just goes to show that somtimes its better not to be a world economic leader [...]

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Disney Marvels at comic books

August 31st, 2009

The entertainment behemoth that is Disney is set to take over the comic book franchise Marvel.
In a deal reported to be worth in excess of a cool £2.5billion YES BILLION pounds.
Diseney will ge the rights to over 3000 marvel characters including all the old favorites including spiderman, superman, the incredible Hulk and the ever popular [...]

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Its Better to burn out than fade away

August 31st, 2009

The good old fashioned electric light bulb may have had its death warrant signed very shortly, new EU legislation is banning the importation and manufacture of the old fashioned 100 watt bulb in favour of its energy efficient cousin.
Energy efficient bulbs are said to use 80% less energy than is full fat brother and if [...]

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Price of petrol to increase over night

August 31st, 2009

The price of 1 litre of unleadead fuel is to increase by 2p overnight.
The increase in fuel duty is the third in nine months, and considering the current economic climate the increases are expected to hit every body hard.
The total increase once the dreaded VAT man has taken his additional sums comes to [...]

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X-box lowers price

August 31st, 2009

Microsoft have lowered the price of the mid packaged X-box in an attempt to prolong the life of the console and encourage more useres to buy in the wake of the new motion capture gaming techniques unveiled in san fransico earlier this year.
The Nintendo Wii has shoned the rest of the gaming world just [...]

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One in Six households UNEMPLOYED

August 26th, 2009

A shocking report out suggests that one in six households in the UK is 100% without employment. the months April to June saw 3.3 million houses left with no viable source of income.
The statistic is based upon at least one person over the age of sixteen being of employable age within the household, yet no [...]

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Resession starts to shrink!

August 26th, 2009

A report released last week suggests that the recession has finally hit rock bottom.  Confidence amongst the business professional elite has risen, leading a report by the chartered  accountants to say the only way is up.
The “index of business confidence” saw a rise to 4.8% as opposed to -28.2% the previous month.
The report concludes that [...]

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