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• Facebook and Twitter users face pricier insurance as burglars 'shop' for victims' personal details on networking sites
  

  Published 27th Aug 2009

  Users of social networking websites could face higher insurance premiums because burglars are using them to 'shop' for victims' personal details

• Banks boost margins with 12% loan rates
  

  Published 25th Aug 2009

  Borrowers looking to take out personal loans are having to pay double digit premiums over the base rate as banks increasingly stretch their profit margins

• Ten days left to buy traditional lightbulbs: EU ban means only low-energy ones will be on sale
  

  Published 22nd Aug 2009

  Traditional lightbulbs will disappear from our shops in just ten days

• Bon chance in France
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  Property prices remain steady in France although there are regional variations..

• New property tax for Egypt
  

  Published 18th Aug 2009

  Egypt plans to introduce new residential and commercial property taxes in January next year as part of a series of plans to help modernise the country's outdated taxation system and boost the economy - but the tax stands to have a negative impact on international investors as it may put them off buying property in the country..

• Holiday home owners face tax penalties over foreign bank accounts
  

  Published 16th Aug 2009

  More than one million people face swingeing penalties in a crackdown on offshore and other foreign earnings from this weekend

• Ireland fears deeper property loan writedown
  

  Published 14th Aug 2009

  A court decision to appoint a liquidator to one of Ireland’s leading developers has raised concerns that the country’s banks could be hit by deeper property loan writedowns