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As many households and small businesses are denied loans, some big corporations are saving, not investing, vast sums they borrowed for next to nothing through a policy meant to help the economy.

Michael Geoghegan, the chief executive of Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L), is set to give his bonus to charity, newspapers have reported, following a high-profile row over the sums paid to bankers.||Three British...

Last week’s column on credit scores generated a lot of comments and questions. Olga, who says she has excellent credit, sent me an e-mail that sums up the frustration of so many.

“I feel that no matter what a consumer does, no matter how careful you are with your credit, whatever you do, they tell you it could lower your credit score.

A consumer cannot win!”

As China spends huge sums at home in an attempt to offset weakening demand overseas, there is no conclusive sign of whether the stimulus program will succeed.