Personal Finance

Treasury yields were last little changed Wednesday as investors weighed big wins from Democrats in the U.S. midterm elections.

Personal Finance•The Guardian

The £10,000 refugee tax must be scrapped | Letters

Such a punitive measure will leave people at risk of exploitation and severe poverty, says Mark Joselin of the Refugee Council Cabinet ministers are right to be worried about the potential impact o…

Personal Finance•The Guardian

Our house purchase is at risk from a frozen Revolut account

Access to our £37,000 deposit in a savings account is restricted after a ‘routine security review’ My wife’s Revolut account was frozen in what it calls a “routine security review” over a week ago.…

Midterms historically precede a strong year for the S&P 500. What to know if Democrats win back Congress

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Guaranteed pension income ‘resurrected’ for 17m private sector workers

Ministers propose new guided retirement scheme to help give savers protection for life Millions of private sector workers will be offered a guaranteed pension income for life under new rules design…

Personal Finance•The Guardian

Car finance: Barclays becomes first big lender to offer payouts for mis-selling of loans

Bank to make ‘early settlement’ offers before outcome of legal battle, with those who accept likely to get money before Christmas Barclays will this month start offering compensation to tens of tho…

Prediction markets still show the Republican incumbent favored to win a fourth term, but the odds have narrowed in recent weeks.

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Rent rises of up to 88% still passing in England despite Renters’ Rights Act

Exclusive: While tenants are challenging increases in record numbers, renters and landlords say system is ‘not working for anyone’ The rent tribunal system is “not working for anyone”, tenants and…

Blackstone President Jon Gray says AI infrastructure needs more equity as debt investors face concentration risks amid massive spending plans.

Personal Finance•The Guardian

British Airways lost my father’s vital life-saving machine

He needs a dialysis machine to survive, but on a flight it was first damaged, then it was lost My father suffers from terminal renal failure and relies on a highly specific dialysis machine every n…

Personal Finance•The Guardian

British Gas resumes force-fitting prepay meters months after £112m settlement

Regulators lift block on supplier, enabling it to install meters in homes of people unable to afford energy bills British Gas has resumed force-fitting prepay meters in the homes of people unable t…

Personal Finance•The Guardian

Control of Britain’s 39m smart meters passes to non-profit startup

The handover marks the end of a 13-year licence for Smart DCC, a subsidiary of Capita, after years of spiralling costs and delays Control over Great Britain’s 39m smart meters has passed to a non-p…

Personal Finance•The Guardian

What to look for if you’re buying a smart lock in the UK

More people are fitting keyless devices to their front door – but are they worth it and do they affect your insurance? As the nights draw in, thoughts turn to home security. A growing number of Bri…

Personal Finance•The Guardian

Country diary: As winter approaches, all eyes here are on heating oil prices | Nicola Chester

Inkpen and Combe, Berkshire: If the price goes down, the village WhatsApp group lights up Beyond the reach of the gas mains, there is tension about the coming winter. Many rural homes have an open…

Personal Finance•The Guardian

Affordability top of mind for voters in final sprint to midterms: ‘I have to pick between medicine or groceries’

Cost of living has loomed over this election cycle as workers and unions champion candidates fighting for higher wages and tackling rising prices For millions of Americans heading to the polls on T…

Two high-profile security incidents this week, including the largest crypto theft in history, have raised custody and safety concerns.

North Dakota's state-owned bank has broad Republican support and is drawing interest from public-banking advocates in other states.

The comments from Federal Reserve Presidents Alberto Musalem and Lorie Logan offer the first morsels of insight into what leaders at the Fed see happening next.

The outage comes just days before the platform is expected to experience heightened trading during the U.S. midterm elections.

Higher cocoa and sugar prices are fueling above-average cost inflation for candy

Coinbase posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, largely due to a recovery in the cryptocurrency market.

Aon CEO Greg Case said concentration risk at AI data centers could constrain insurance capacity and alter financing for new projects.

The prediction market platform one year ago was valued at $5 billion.

The DoubleLine founder spoke with CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Wednesday after the Fed held interest rates steady.

This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policymaking meeting in September.