Finance Tart

Approval has been given by the Obama administration to help areas affected by the housing bust, as part of a $1.5 billion programme.
According to Treasury sources, plans for Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada have received approval.
Under the scheme, more than 90,000 homeowners are set to benefit broken down as follows:-
California will receive the most [...]

It has emerged that Britain’s five largest banks have agreed to bonus terms set out by the world’s leading nations at last week’s G20 summit.
The five UK banks that have accepted the curbs on bonuses are Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and Standard Chartered.
Under the new terms set out at last week’s summit, up to [...]