Apr 18
Last August I started getting calls from a debt collector for a debt to NatWest I do not owe. After about three weeks of telling them I did not have any accounts with them and that they had the wrong person, the calls stopped. In one of the calls I had foolishly told them my date of birth. Just before Christmas the calls started again, this time followed by letters demanding £1,535.93.
I got my credit reference from Experian and the scales fell from my eyes. It is clear that last August NatWest linked me to someone with a similar name, unrelated to me and living miles away, who does appear to owe them money.
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Tags: Debt, Debt Triggers
Apr 12
Why is agriculture important? The concept of ‘food security’ is fundamentally important, and for that reason, agriculture is important. The task of feeding its people has been perhaps the first priority of its rulers throughout history. As such, agriculture is considered to be the very basis of political and social stability of a nation since times immemorial.
Moreover, the agricultural sector plays an important role in the sphere of providing large scale employment to people. Large and moderately large farms employ workers to undertake the various jobs relating to cultivation of crops and care of farm animals. In most of the countries of the world, agriculture still remains the biggest sector responsible for the employing and feeding a large percentage of the population.
Agriculture is also important from the point of view of appraising the standard of a country’s development, based on the competence of its farmers. Poorl
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Tags: Agriculture Important, Important
Apr 03
Gas rewards credit cards can take the edge off high gas prices 
Very recently, the British media marked a new record high in that countrys gas (sorry, old chap: petrol) pump prices: £1.40 a liter. That translates into $8.40 a U.S. gallon for regular. Does that make you feel any better about paying roughly half that to refill your car? Probably not. The fact that, as a result of tensions in the Middle East, the whole world is suffering but that doesnt really reduce your pain.
Rewards credit cards ease sting
On March 23, The Palm Beach Post suggested something that might just take the edge off: using your rewards credit cards at the pump.
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Tags: Gas Prices, High Gas, High Gas Prices, Prices