A major UK energy supplier is urging households to make four simple changes at home to help lower their energy bills. OVO Energy, which serves around four million UK homes, says households can cut down on costs by using energy at greener times of the day. According to the firm, …
Read More »Mortgage rates fall to 6.63%: Freddie Mac
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman unpacks the state of the housing market on ‘Barron’s Roundtable.’ Mortgage rates fell for a seventh consecutive week to the lowest level since December, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the …
Read More »Halifax confirms deadline this year as payment service will end | Personal Finance | Finance
Halifax has issued an update to confirm a service is coming to an end this year. A person contacted Halifax and Lloyds Bank over social media to ask: “Is it true we will be unable to deposit cheques in Post Office branches from December 31 this year?” Halifax responded to …
Read More »Justice Department investigating surge in egg prices: report
FOX Business’ Jeff Flock visits a Pennsylvania farm that rents chickens to customers looking to offset the high cost of eggs on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the recent surge in egg prices, according to a report. Antitrust enforcers with the department are looking into …
Read More »Martin Lewis makes UK energy price forecast if Trump gets Ukraine deal | UK | News
Martin Lewis has examined the possible impact on UK energy prices of a peace deal in Ukraine. US president Donald Trump is attempting to secure peace in the war-ravaged nation three years after Russia invaded in 2022. Talks have been held recently between senior American and Russian foreign policy figures. …
Read More »RFK Jr. says U.S. ranks low in health outcomes despite outspending other nations
Robert Kennedy Jr., in an interview with Fox’s Dr. Marc Siegel, is promising not only to Make America Healthy Again but to also improve the U.S. healthcare system and pharmaceutical innovations. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argued the United States has one of the worst health …
Read More »Rachel Reeves is gunning for your Cash ISA – use it NOW or lose it | Personal Finance | Finance
There’s always speculation before a big fiscal event like Reeves’s Spring Statement on March 26. Rumours fly. So when I heard she was plotting to slash the Cash ISA allowance from £20,000 to just £4,000, I was sceptical. It’s an obviously unpopular move –eight million savers use their allowance every …
Read More »Trump’s creates ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ ahead of a White House crypto summit
Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda discusses the halt in probes into crypto firms, regulation, China’s presence in U.S. markets and efforts for technology independence. President Trump, late Thursday, signed an executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Crypto Czar David Sachs celebrated the move via a post on X. …
Read More »HMRC update over when tax refund payments will land in bank accounts | Personal Finance | Finance
HMRC has clarified the rules around when tax refunds are paid into people’s bank accounts. This was in response to a customer who was due an amount but which had yet to arrive despite several weeks passing. They contacted HMRC over social media to ask: “It’s now been over 5 …
Read More »SpaceX Starship megarocket upper stage lost again during 8th test flight; booster catch is successful
It happened again! SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft experienced another “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” It was visible from Miami on March 6, 2025. (Video: Tanner & Janessy Free) After a failed mission in January, SpaceX on Thursday launched its eighth suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship megarocket, a combination of the …
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