Monthly Archives: December 2010

He Earns How Much?

Tis the season to be jolly. That is of course unless you are Carlos Tevez. Reportedly tired, depressed and disillusioned with life, the Manchester City superstar has this week handed in a written transfer request complaining of relationships with ‘certain executives’ at the club as being ‘broken and beyond repair’.

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What is Middle Britain?

You’ve probably heard of the expression banded about in the press, by politicians and political commentators – Middle Britain. Ed Miliband talks of the ‘squeezed middle’. What about middle income, middle class? The mean (or is it median?) of the British population these days seems to hold centre stage wherever you look. From column inches to rolling news. A fiercely contested economic and political battleground, where exactly is Middle Britain?

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Tis the season to splash the cash

You don’t need a cash counting machine to know that this time of year can be a severe test for even the healthiest of bank accounts. There’s something about Christmas that seems to relieve many of us of our financial senses, sweeping us along on great tidings of comfort and joy all the way through the party season to the January financial hang over. Washed up and spent out.

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World record for spare change behind the sofa.

Can you beat this hoarding record?

Estimates of spare change lying around in UK homes stands at a staggering £400 million pounds, but the world record is held by a US resident. Edmond Knowles, today broke the world’s record for the largest ever personal penny collection with a cash-in of 1,308,459 pennies (or $13,084.59) at Escambia County Bank’s Coinstar machine in Flomaton, Alabama.

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