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Have you money to burn?
What's the story with saving money? p
VALUE FOR MONEY: ALCOHOL-FREE BEERS
Cobra Zero Per Cent €4.99 for 4x330ml, €3.78 per litre Highs: This award-winning beer has a familiar feel to it, although the gold label to be found on the more traditional Cobra has been replaced with one of a greenish hue, perhaps in celebration of our national holiday (okay, probably not). p
Long chase for a chaise longue
SOUNDING OFF : Ripped off? Stunned by good value? Write, text or blog your experience to us p
Grocery prices
BLOG ON HERE : The most salient point that the NCA makes (and makes every time they issue a report) is the value of shopping around. p
THUMBS UP
Next week REM's new album, Accelerate , will become the first by a major artist to debut on the social-networking application iLike, which between its website and Facebook version boasts more than 15 million users. p
THUMBS DOWN
A series of TV ads for hair styling equipment which used part of the Lord's Prayer alongside "eroticised" images of women praying were judged to be offensive to Christians by the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) last week. p
