17 May 10

Sunday Best

A round up of this week's most interesting consumer news.....

Euro hits four-year low on fears debt crisis will spread
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/17/euro-four-year-low-debt-crisis


YouTube hits 2 billion daily downloads
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8676380.stm


George Osborne starts to cut spending
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/16/george-osborne-cut-spending-blanchflower


Workplace stress: why the Sunday blues are ruining our weekends
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/may/16/workplace-stress-sunday-blues


Petrol expected to fuel inflation
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7731212/Petrol-expected-to-fuel-inflation.html


Google apologises for collecting personal web data
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7727907/Google-apologises-for-collecting-personal-web-data.html


Dieters 'underestimate how many calories they are eating'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7730374/Dieters-underestimate-how-many-calories-they-are-eating.html


Some school-leavers and graduates are lacking basic skills
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7128366.ece


Higher earners £18,000 a year worse off
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/7636789/Higher-earners-18000-a-year-worse-off.html


General Election 2010: how the coalition deal will affect our personal finances
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/7715122/General-Election-2010-how-the-coalition-deal-will-affect-our-personal-finances.html


Wartime foods make recession comeback
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/7715026/Wartime-foods-make-recession-comeback.html


Elderly turn to wartime thriftiness during recession, says Age Concern
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/5303320/Elderly-turn-to-wartimethriftiness-during-recession-says-Age-Concern.html


Worldwide: GOOGLE has been inundated by Facebook users trying to find out how to delete their accounts after the social networking website's latest round of privacy changes
http://www.news.com.au/technology/facebook-users-search-for-how-to-delete-accounts/story-e6frfro0-1225866756133