In a push to get more supporters of the American Jobs Act, the White House has designed a cool interactive calculator to show how much money you may be missing out on if the Act is not passed by Congress. President Obama has been urging Congress to pass the act as quickly as possible, the deadline is coming up in just 20 days.
If you think you may not be able to remember the upcoming deadline, dont worry the white house came up with a cool interactive graph for that as well.
The American Jobs Act had quite the introduction, along with hugely watched nationally televised address, the Act its very own tour led by President Obama.
Proposed on September 8, 2011, Obama saw no reason the bill shouldnt be passed right away.
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Retirement specialist, Age Partnership, has been ranked amongst the UK’s fastest growing private companies in the Sunday Times’ Fast Track 100 for 2011.
Despite its core market of equity release having gone through a challenging period, Age Partnership managed to achieve impressive annual growth figures of 57.11% over the last 3 years, placing it at number 73 in the prestigious league table.
Founded in 2005, Age Partnership has become the UK’s leading over-the-phone equity release adviser, accounting for almost a quarter of all plans taken out in the UK today.
At the start of the year, the company launched an innovative annuity comparison service, giving customers the ability to compare and buy annuities free of charge. Whils
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A money market account can provide you with a great opportunity to save your money. Unlike a traditional savings account a money market account will come with a higher interest rate. Having a higher interest rate can give you a chance to build up your savings faster and it makes it much easier for you to justify using a money market over a standard savings account.
If you are not sure what a money market account is, allow us to explain! A money market account is similar to a savings account only it has some limitations on it. Typically a money market will ask for a deposit requirement amount and it may also have account maintenance fees.
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So as another year draws to a close in the heady world of French mortgages, it is always useful to look back and reflect on what the year has brought us. This time last year, we were experiencing some of the lowest ever fixed rates seen in France with the record set around 3.35% fixed for 20 years. Not bad if you can get it. As inflation began to unsettle the then head of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet, we saw increases in the main ECB rate from 1% back up to 1.50%.
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The effectiveness of Canada’s inflation-targeting regime, adopted in 1991, is well established, and partly responsible for the strength and relative stability of the Canadian economy, Governor Mark Carney of the Bank of Canada said today. “Over the past twenty years, Canadians have enjoyed a more stable and prosperous economic environment. Even during the recent crisis, the Canadian economy proved more resilient and recovered faster than our advanced-economy peers.”
In a speech to the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, the Governor discussed three issues related to the inflation-targeting framework, which was renewed earlier this month.
Optimal level of inflation: Bank of Canada research suggests that, in a perfect world, the optimal rate of inflation is closer to, or even slightly below, zero. “But
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Despite banks being blamed for our economic woes, their retail customers are happier with the service they receive than a year ago, according to the J D Power and Associates 2011 UK Retail Banking Satisfaction Study.
HSBC’s First Direct takes first place with a score of 774, followed by The Co-operative Bank (734) and Nationwide (723).
The study takes account of six factors in all: problem resolution; account activities; fees; product offerings; account information; and branch facility.
Overall satisfaction among retail banking customers has nudged up to 698 on the 1,000-point scale (2010: 683) with the branch facility factor helping to drive the improvement. <
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