This email was sent to Money Box subscribers on 27 October 2006

Dear listener,

It really is a historic day today. Twenty years ago BBC Radio 4 cleared the morning schedule and sent Money Box's Vincent Duggleby down to the Stock Exchange to witness the end of shouting out share prices and the launch of electronic trading. Vincent and others who were there return to tell us what it was like and what the change meant for investors. Is it really better, cheaper, quicker now?

You may never use an ATM again after hearing Bob Howard's report on skimmers - thieves who use clever devices to steal data from our cards and then take money from our accounts. They're not called cash machines for nothing!

New hope this week for up to 100,000 people who have lost most of their pension after their employer went out of business or closed down the pension scheme. The High Court agrees to consider if ministers had the power to ignore the findings of the ombudsman who said the government was guilty of maladministration and should pay compensation.

And how fond are you of your cousins? If you don't make a will and there are no closer relatives they could get everything when you die.

More on all those stories on Money Box - Saturday at noon, Sunday at 9pm and on the web any time - and there's more information on our website about these items now.

Best wishes,

Paul Lewis

PS Don't forget if you missed last week's programme you can still hear all the items or read the transcript on our website. Where you can also have your say on money issues and do loads of other interesting things. http://www.bbc.co.uk/moneybox

 

 


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