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Investment manager Jupiter is to launch its Jupiter Strategic Bond Fund on June 2nd - the fund aimed at investors with a medium to long term outlook and who are seeking income with the potential for capital growth.

When house prices are rising strongly, we tend to save less. But something painful happens when we start to save more...

There could be a buying opportunity at Carphone Warehouse after today's deal with a large US retailer.

Neil Faulkner explains how renters can save hundreds of pounds in seven easy ways.

As the BBC and ITV announces the launch of Freesat, a new way of receiving high-definition TV, thisismoney.co.uk looks at how to receive the service

The biggest casualties of the slump in the housing market are sellers of £1m homes, estate agents said yesterday

The Bank of England today resisted calls to make its first back-to-back cut in interest rates in nearly seven years as the threat of rising inflation persisted

If the banks were strapped with cash in April the same couldn't be said of the oil majors - Royal Dutch Shell and BP - both of whom posted record profits as the price of crude headed north of $115 a barrel. Royal Dutch Shell made profits of £3.9 billion in Q1, while BP posted £3.38 billion - up 48%.

As expected the Bank of England has opted to keep base rate on hold at 5%. Indeed, last week only 5 of 65 economists polled by Reuters were forecasting a rate cut.