Isa’s suffer first ever fall in Savings

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The first reason why more people are choosing to ignore Isa’s is the low interest rates they offer. Interest rates have plummeted over the course of the last two years, with research from Moneyfacts highlighting that returns had fallen by 70pc over this period. The main reason for this is that competition between lenders has capitulated due to lack of need to attract savers’ money. The Governments Funding for Lending Scheme has been earmarked as the main culprit for this, as banks and building societies use the scheme to attract new customers by offering reduced rates on personal and business loans.

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Protesters to Plainfield Park Board: 'Garrett's Got to Go'

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Complicating matters even more, the previous park board in March voted unanimously to name former Superintendent of Planning Cameron Bettin as Bott’s successor. Bettin, who has been serving as assistant executive director since April 1, has a contract to take over the role on July 1.

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RBS hands out £607m Bonus, despite making loss of £5.2bn

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The bank, which is 82pc owned by the tax payer, made the loss after having to pay huge charges related to the mis-selling of products, as well as accounting. However RBS did reveal that overall business had improved in 2012, and disregarding the mentioned charges, the bank actually made operating profits of £3.46bn, up 1.6bn on the previous year.

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US Bank FlexPerks Travel Rewards Review – Get 17,500 Bonus Points

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U.S. Bank FlexPerks Travel Rewards Visa Signature card is an excellent travel rewards and balance transfer credit card for people with excellent credit score who want to earn rewards on their everyday spending. This card offers both a signing bonus of 17,500 points and 12 months of 0% introductory APR on purchases and balance transfers. Compared to some other travel credit cards with annual fees, this card may not be the best, but it does have some great benefits in terms of points earned and other perks. It mainly gives you 1 point per dollar spent on all purchases, except for a select category that you may earn 2 points per dollar each month. We recommend that you also check out the Capital One Venture Rewards card or Chase Sapphire Preferred, both of which are some of the best travel cards in the market.

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iGate statement on Phaneesh Murthy

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Fremont, Calif, May 20, 2013 - iGATE Corporation (NASDAQ: IGTE) announced today that its Board of Directors has decided to terminate the employment of President and CEO Phaneesh Murthy. Concurrently, the Board has appointed Gerhard Watzinger as President and CEO on an interim basis. All changes are effective immediately.

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