Facebook employees face pay cuts if they move to cheaper areas

Facebook employees will have the option to permanently work from home, but can expect a pay cut if they move to less expensive areas to continue the job. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via livestream that he expects about 50 per cent of the company’s 50,000 staffers to work remotely within the next five to … Read more

Could the base rate cut usher in a wave of cheaper fixed-rate mortgages?

With the emergency base rate cut, a Budget and markets crashing amidst the escalating coronavirus crisis, many will be worried about how this chaos will hit their finances.  In theory, mortgage holders with tracker deals and most of those on standard variable rates and discount rates should see a slight reduction in their monthly bills … Read more

Energy from renewables is cheaper than from coal, says report

Burning coal as a power source wastes hundreds of billions of pounds because environmentally friendly renewables are a much cheaper option, says a new report.   In big energy markets such as the UK, the UK and Australia, it costs less to generate power from installing wind or solar farms than coal plants, Carbon Tracker says.  … Read more

Households losing out on £5bn to the Big Six, despite cheaper wholesale prices

More than 11million households in Britain risk overpaying £3.5billion on their energy bills this year as they stick to expensive standard variable tariffs from the Big Six, new research claims. The energy giants are all set to price their SVR within an average of £1.33 of the new price cap level, which is due to … Read more

House prices over 174 years – and the 70 year period they got cheaper

House prices have only ever been as expensive as they are now compared to wages twice in the past 120 years. That one of those occasions was at the peak of the 2000s property boom will come as no great shock, but that the other was around the start of the 20th century might be … Read more

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Ocado vows cheaper and better food after tie-up with M&S 

Ocado vows cheaper and better food than it supplies from Waitrose after tie-up with M&S By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 12 December 2019 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 December 2019 Ocado has claimed its tie-up with Marks & Spencer will deliver cheaper and better food than what it had been … Read more

Trump’s new plan to import cheaper drugs from abroad already FAILED in Massachusetts

On Thursday, President Trump insinuated that he would throw his weight behind the Florida governor’s proposed plan to help keep drug prices lower by importing medications from other countries.  It might be good for prices, but with recent reports of fake foreign drugs and widespread contamination in blockbuster medications manufactured abroad, it’s not clear the … Read more