Thursday April 1, 2010
WHEN I was a kid, dogs had fleas, ate Pal and chased cars. Now dogs are labradoodles, schnoodles and cavoodles. They wear coats, go to day care and have regular grooming appointments. And vet bills.
Saturday February 13, 2010
BY NOW the credit card statements cataloguing our summer spending splurge have arrived, prompting horrified cries of "oh my" - or something rather more profane - from recipients.
Saturday December 19, 2009
ANZ is confident it can start reducing provisions for bad debt now the worst of the economic cycle has passed, but warned tougher liquidity requirements set to be introduced by the banking authorities could drain future dividend payments.
Saturday December 19, 2009
ANZ is confident it can start reducing provisions for bad debt now the worst of the economic cycle has passed, but warns that tougher liquidity requirements could drain dividend payments.
Wednesday September 30, 2009
Helping hand
Sunday July 19, 2009
THE US market's financial health is showing continuing signs of improvement as Citigroup and Bank of America announced billions of dollars in profits.
Monday June 29, 2009
WHEN the Western banking system was bailed out on the brink of disaster during the past year, it was expected that the bad habits of the banks notably, excessive greed would not survive, at least until the danger had passed. But old habits die hard; bad habits die hard. During the boom years, the culture of entitlement among the executive class became so entrenched that the top executives of large financial conglomerates paid themselves enormous sums on the basis of profits built on speculative short-term profits. The most absurdly symbolic moment of corporate hubris was when the heads of America's loss-hemorrhaging car-makers, who also happen to be large financial companies, flew to Washington to ask for billions of dollars in hand-outs, and did so in their corporate jets.
Wednesday January 14, 2009
Find out what credit cards St George can offer you today.
Monday December 15, 2008
If you want to save money over the Silly Season, the ANZ Low Rate MasterCard credit card might be able to help. Find out more about this low rate credit card.
Tuesday December 9, 2008
Everyone I know is horrified by the Government's plea to spend its handouts rather than pay off the credit card and save the house in the face of imminent recession. Our insatiable appetite for big houses, big cars, fast food, novelties and travel has apparently turned to nausea. Keynesian force-feeding is a desperate attempt to prolong the orgy.
Wednesday November 12, 2008
THE banks have done something unusual in the past couple of weeks - cut their credit card interest rates.
Monday October 20, 2008
Take a look at one of the cheapest credit cards around €“ the St George Platinum credit card.
Wednesday October 8, 2008
If you feel your bank isn't providing you with the necessary protection you need against credit card fraud, then consider a balance transfer credit card today.
Wednesday December 10, 2003
The strategy To get a grip on my credit card debt.