Millions of South Africans exchange billions of rands annually but disputes involving these transactions hardly ever appear before the country’s courts.
Cutting disability benefits while providing little by way of education and job training is only going to lead to increasing poverty and an increasing disability wealth gap.
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Canadians with disabilities often have little to nothing left after paying for food, shelter and other living expenses. We need policies that target the root causes of their inequality.
Canadians, like many other people around the world, are stressing about money and have amassed a lot of credit-card debt.
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People are stressed out about money, with most of us struggling to make ends meet due to abusing credits cards and amassing consumer debt. Some tips on how to change your spending behaviour.
Saving for retirement is crucial, but people think about this in different ways.
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It’s never too early nor too late to start your saving program. Whether it’s an RRSP or TSFA – or preferably both – they are both important and easy ways to help you achieve your financial goals.
Girls in Kenya face a range of challenges.
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Children’s savings account programs are springing up around the country. A researcher says these special accounts could help pave the way to college for America’s poor.
South Africa might want to consider raising its retirement age to 70 to cope with a challenge of an ageing population that’s under-insured and relying on an already pressured public purse.
The changes to the cap on non-concessional contributions is one of the features of the latest superannuation reform proposals.
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The Coalition has reached a compromise to get its superannuation reform past its own party, but the changes will make it harder for women and older workers.
Put it all on green?
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The presidential candidates are largely ignoring one of the biggest economic issues facing Americans: more than half are struggling to save enough for retirement.
The Penny Bank by George Harvey (1806-1876).
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One of President Barack Obama’s main goals this year, as laid out in both his 2015 budget and State of the Union address, is to provide relief to the middle class. The divergent responses to two of his…