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Money problems? Here's how to fix — or avoid — them

3 November 2014
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Kakeibo: The Japanese art of saving money

Kakeibo, a century-old Japanese technique for budgeting, is a no-nonsense way to take charge of your finances.

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Shrinkflation: How food giants try to trick you

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The truth behind the Nordic myth of endless wealth

How does the world’s happiest country deal with one of the seven deadly sins?

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CEO Secrets: ‘It’s OK to make losses early on’

The co-founder of Beans Coffee Club says it’s OK to make losses when you start your business.

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CEO Secrets: 'We gave our staff shares, not salaries'

The start-up that paid its staff in shares instead of salaries.

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US shares open in the red as blockade looms

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A heart-pounding ride on roaring rapids of Victoria Falls

The Travel Show takes on Zambia's Victoria Falls, plunging straight into its wild rapids.

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Inflation in the US rises to its highest in two years

Inflation in the US rises to its highest rate in two years, as energy prices jump due to the Iran war.

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Are landline phones making a comeback?

Katty Kay on the ongoing effort by some young people to revive the landline phone for the digital era.

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On the hunt for fatbergs beneath our streets

Tech Now investigates how AI is exposing the hidden world of fatberg formation in Britain's sewers.

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Markets watching interest rates closely after the ceasefire

Oil prices are climbing as cracks show in the fragile US-Iran truce and stocks are opening lower.

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Markets exhale as US and Iran agree to a ceasefire

Richard Saperstein at Treasury Partners says the ceasefire remains 'fragile', despite market relief.

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The mystery of Europe's most famous bog bodies

Denmark's Tollund Man and Grauballe Man are two of the best-preserved bodies from the ancient world.

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Markets react with volatility ahead of Trump Iran deadline

Jeff Grills at Aegon Asset Management says markets are realising there is no quick end to the war.

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The mysterious origins of the temple older than Stonehenge

Göbekli Tepe, an 11,500‑year‑old temple, offers clues to humanity's first steps toward settling down.

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Apple at 50: The tech devices that defined a generation

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