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Chinese property: the mother of all bubbles?

00:01 | 12 Mar 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Is the Chinese property market 'Dubai times one thousand'? The signs are not good.

Are energy suppliers ripping us off?

00:01 | 12 Mar 2010 | By Victoria Bischoff

Wholesale gas prices have plummeted by 60%, while household bills have fallen by less than 10%. Energy price war? It's barely a price scuffle.

Pensions are changing: here’s what you need to know

00:01 | 12 Mar 2010 | By Rachel Vahey

There are several changes on their way which you should prepare for, writes Rachel Vahey at Aegon.

Morning Line: Should the Tories ditch George Osborne for Ken Clarke?

11:15 | 11 Mar 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Would Conservative fortunes be improved by making Ken Clarke shadow chancellor?

When you wish you were insured

00:01 | 11 Mar 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

Lorna Bourke learns first-hand about the disastrous effects of not insuring against ill health.

Steve Bee: The state pension is only a fraction of what we are owed

14:08 | 10 Mar 2010 | By Steve Bee

The current state pension rules are the fossilized remains of more than half a century of confused government thinking. But we have no choice but to try and make sense of it.

Morning Line: Five ideas for an election-winning budget on March 24

11:52 | 10 Mar 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Gordon Brown today announced that the Budget will take place in two weeks' time. What might he do to increase Labour's chances of an election victory on May 6?

The Citywire Debate: should we blame fund managers for the financial crisis?

00:01 | 10 Mar 2010 | By Charlie Parker, Tony Bonsignore

Former Gartmore chairman, and now the UK's City minister, Lord Myners thinks we should. Charlie Parker says no, Tony Bonsignore says yes.

Who needs enemies with friendly societies like these?

00:01 | 10 Mar 2010 | By James Phillipps

Rather than being the caring, sharing face of financial services, they are more than happy to rip monster charges out of investors' plans

Morning Line: Are there alternatives to Labour's 'job-killing' tax hikes?

11:01 | 09 Mar 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

The main parties are all in agreement on the need to hike income tax and national insurance. And they are all wrong.

Morning Line: Why Darling should think again on higher rate pensions tax relief

10:01 | 08 Mar 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

There is a strong case for restricting pension tax relief for the wealthy. But the government's current proposals are complex, costly and contradicatory.

Use the capital gains tax flat rate while you can

00:01 | 07 Mar 2010 | By Colin Jelley

Capital gains tax because it could be the government's next target for a rise to help increase revenue, writes Skandia's Colin Jelley 

Would redundancy leave you homeless?

00:01 | 07 Mar 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

One of the first casualties of the credit crunch and the ensuing rise in unemployment has been Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance.

Morning Line: Is war on the baby boomer generation justified?

10:15 | 05 Mar 2010 | By Richard Lander

It seems to be open season on the almost-oldies; is such hostility really necessary?

Ros Altmann: Pensions crisis will lead to a care crisis

00:01 | 05 Mar 2010 | By Ros Altmann

People need to plan for the expense of care requirements at the end of their lives. Pensions campaigner Ros Altmann says pensions might have a role to play.

Morning Line: Message to 6 Music campaigners – pipe down and connect

10:01 | 04 Mar 2010 | By Richard Lander

However good 6Music is, it’s now just one of a million sources of musical inspiration that surround us. Protesters should put down their placards and go find some of them.

Housing market’s unsound foundations will soon be exposed

00:01 | 04 Mar 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

The next government will find itself in the unenviable position of revealing the makeshift underpinning currently supporting the housing market.

Morning Line: The UK economy is down, but certainly not out

11:49 | 03 Mar 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

Britain has always come through when its back is up against the wall, and this time will be no different.

Steve Bee: Questions surround millions of people’s pensions

00:01 | 03 Mar 2010 | By Steve Bee

The choice of whether to save in a personal pension or workplace scheme faces a new twist.

Morning Line: Is a full-blown sterling crisis a real possibility?

11:49 | 02 Mar 2010 | By Tony Bonsignore

Is this the first act in a rapidly unfolding currency crisis, or simply a natural readjustment for an overvalued currency?

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