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  1. On the plus side, at least the baby boomers are cashing in bit.ly/KagZZv 5:41 AM May 23rd via web
  2. But the BoE rate rise horizon has now moved out to January 2016 bit.ly/JR7qk6 5:40 AM May 23rd via web
  3. Best deals ever have vanished: what next for mortgage rates? bit.ly/JTT68E Chelsea BS former record low 3.19% five-year fix now 4.09% 5:39 AM May 23rd via web
  4. And then Taleb on why the banks should be culled in return for bailouts and I Feel Love to end, that's why the licence fee is worth it. 3:24 PM May 17th via web
  5. Good debate on Newsnight on GM food and Rothamsted, but not sure whether a ranty farmer from Iowa adds much to a British issue 3:13 PM May 17th via web
  6. Entire ski chairlift nicked in Czech Republic bit.ly/JFtpYv via @whitelinesmag 'British metal thieves consider yourselves schooled.' 1:46 AM May 16th via web
  7. Why do we believe the euro cannot fail? Trying to save it may prove worse than letting it fold bit.ly/KYvqML My comment piece 8:09 AM May 15th via web
  8. Olympic organisers be embarrassed about how bad your ticketing process is. Awful every time and still as a Londoner I have no tickets 4:24 AM May 13th via web
  9. How long until the euro rescue? Is Germany softening on inflation to dodge footing the whole bill bit.ly/JCU2LD from @zerohedge 6:23 AM May 10th via web
  10. Social travel: cut costs, make money or crib a local's knowledge. @taraevans takes a look bit.ly/JeflFc 6:20 AM May 10th via web
  11. Who wouldn't agree with sticking it to those money-grabbing sandwich landlords? 10:33 AM May 3rd via web
  12. Reader comment of the day: Well done Co-op for stopping the interest free mortgage's - now if you would also stop it for the BLT landlords 10:32 AM May 3rd via web
  13. Co-op pulls plug on interest-only and warns not to always rely on house prices rising bit.ly/JRCZWZ Stable door, horse, etc. 9:30 AM May 2nd via web
  14. @rhizomepr Book that snowboarding trip for next winter with it! 9:28 AM May 2nd via web in reply to rhizomepr
  15. 'Expedia made me wait almost a year to get a refund for my dead daughter's flight' bit.ly/IVvvlN Until our @taraevans stepped in 4:01 AM May 2nd via web
  16. Classic council idiocy bit.ly/JzofNT Enfield's new park rules include: 'No person shall without reasonable excuse climb... any tree' 6:47 AM May 1st via web
  17. Play Recession or No Recession - economic geekery with the interactive European slump map bit.ly/IGgUI7 3:36 AM May 1st via web
  18. Why mortgage rates are being hiked: don't expect any favours from the banks that crashed our economy bit.ly/K2zBfI My comment 3:34 AM May 1st via web
  19. If we must have more printed money, let's at least do something useful with it. bit.ly/JWGHzy My debate piece from Friday 8:24 AM Apr 30th via web
  • Name Simon Lambert
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