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• Season ticket sales slide as passengers rebel against cost of rail travel

  30-12-2017 21:14
  Latest figures suggest fed-up commuters are abandoning the train as fares are set to rise againThe number of rail journeys made using season tickets has fallen to a seven-year low, as passenger groups warn that fare rises are forcing commuters to abandon the train.Figures slipped out by the Department for Transport before Christmas reveal a 9.4% drop in season ticket sales between July and September 2017 compared with the same quarter the previous year. There was a double-digit drop the previous
  
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• ECB: bitcoin threatens Europe’s financial stability

  30-12-2017 16:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN’S soaring value poses a threat to the financial stability of Europe, a European Central Bank boss has warned.
  
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• Eight things that will (probably) happen to your money in 2018

  30-12-2017 11:00
  Rail fare rises, interest rate hikes and pension changes are on the horizon – what will the new year bring for consumers?1. Prices will continue to rise more than your pay for most of 2018The cost of living is increasing at a near six-year high of 3.1%, having more than doubled during 2017, largely as a result of the fall in the value of the pound following the EU referendum in June 2016. Meanwhile, average wage growth is running at 2.3% (or 2.5% if you include bonuses) which means that re
  
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• Bitcoin price BOOST: Cryptocurrency here to STAY even after predicted CRASH

  30-12-2017 09:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN price continues to fluctuate in its very volatile market, but considering the "huge year" it has had the cryptocurrency is here to stay, according to Tech Investor Roger McNamee.
  
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• Bitcoin price WATCH LIVE: Will the cryptocurrency survive? – LIVE ANALYSIS

  30-12-2017 09:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN price remains steady after the Christmas holidays’ big decline made cryptocurrency holders fear they were going to lose everything.
  
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• A record-breaking year - the global economy in 10 charts

  30-12-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  A stock market boom, a bitcoin bubble, trade indices at recent highs, a low fear factor, even eurozone GDP is rising. But 2017 hasn’t been all good
  • The most-read business stories of 2017 Continue reading...
  
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• A fraction of Persimmon boss’s £110m bonus could house all homeless of York

  30-12-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Top executives of property developer that benefited from help-to-buy scheme face calls to donate part of their ‘obscene’ bonuses to charitiesThe boss of York-based housebuilder Persimmon is under increasing pressure to donate some of his £110m bonus to charity, as calculations reveal that his pay deal could be used to provide a council house for every homeless family in Yorkshire. Jeff Fairburn, 53, who joined Persimmon as a trainee when he was 17, will on Sunday receive the fi
  
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• Ripple to OVERTAKE bitcoin? Ripple rises as other main cryptocurrencies fall

  30-12-2017 08:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  SOUTH Korean regulators discussing implementing tighter regulations surrounding cryptocurrencies hurt the value of most major blockchain currencies, except for ripple.
  
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• We need more inheritance tax, not less | Patrick Collinson

  30-12-2017 08:00
  Few things are liable to cause more anger than proposing a hike in IHT. Yet that’s just what the country needsThere is nothing more natural, we’re told, than a parent’s desire to leave money to their kids to ensure their security. And there’s nothing that provokes more fury among the middle classes than the prospect of an average home, particularly in the south of England, being grabbed off them at death by the evil taxman. Except that it’s a complete load of codswa
  
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• Switching energy supplier: here's what you can save

  30-12-2017 08:00
  Moving provider is easy – and it can save you hundreds of pounds. Here’s how the figures stack up for different customersIt’s the easiest way to save money, and it takes just a few minutes. So why do so few of us regularly switch gas and electricity supplier – especially as our figures show that some households will save in excess of £400 a year? In the run-up to Christmas, the energy regulator Ofgem revealed that 57% of standard households reside on their energy su
  
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• How do I clean up dog poo in my home?

  30-12-2017 08:00
  I’m at the end of my tether – the kids run in with it in on their shoes and even after using stain remover the carpets look a messEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• Customer service: what were the best and worst firms in 2017?

  30-12-2017 08:00
  Readers have complained about travel, phone and financial companies among others. Here are the repeat offendersThis was the year in which Parking Eye became the UK’s most hated company (at least judged by our mailbag). British Airways managed to go into near-complete meltdown, and hotel, car hire and other travel-related problems dominated the Consumer Champions column.In our annual roundup of the issues faced by Guardian Money readers over the past 12 months, we sadly have to report
  
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• Terry Smith – the man who beat the market in 2017

  30-12-2017 07:59
  With a £1,000 investment in Fundsmith in 2010 you’d now be looking at a gain of 264%Terry Smith has emerged as Britain’s top investment performer once again after another year of stellar returns – while Neil Woodford languishes at the bottom of the tables after his worst year on the stock market for two decades.When Smith launched Fundsmith Equity in November 2010 he boldly promised it would be “the best fund ever”, and would give the “fat and complacent
  
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• Firms to 'overcome Brexit investment slowdown by issuing their OWN Bitcoin to sell'

  30-12-2017 06:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  COMPANIES can overcome investment slowdown and raise revenue by issuing their own cryptocurrencies to sell to investors, a Bitcoin professional has revealed.
  
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• Real currency is the bubble NOT Bitcoin, cryptocurrency professional warns

  30-12-2017 02:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN is not a bubble but a reflection of the corruption of real currencies, a Bitcoin professional has claimed.
  
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• Uber is hailed as Japanese group buys $9bn stake

  30-12-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A CONSORTIUM led by Japan’s Softbank has secured a 17.5 per cent stake in ride sharing firm Uber for about $9billion .
  
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• Holiday firms' 'hurry' deals dupe customers, says Which?

  30-12-2017 01:01
  Consumer group says holiday firms may be breaking the law with adverts falsely portraying deals as time-limited bargainsHoliday firms including Virgin, Expedia, Lastminute and Sandals Resorts have been criticised after a Which? investigation into “hurry” deals that the consumer group said duped holidaymakers into paying hundreds of pounds over the odds.Which? said holiday firms may be breaking the law with adverts portraying a deal as a time-limited bargain “when in fact it is
  
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