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Dwarf tossing on Wall St, work experience at the FSA and an unfortunate pensioner. It's IFAonline's slightly leftfield round-up of the week.

McDonalds launches degree Just when we thought the McDiploma saga had passed, the fast food giant decides to launch its own degree in business management for its UK restaurant bosses. It's just a guess, but IFAonline does not expect Mark Hoban to bring this up at Monday's RDR debate in the House of Commons. Pensioner loses £80,000 An unnamed pensioner who did not trust banks withdrew his entire £80,000 savings and kept it as cash. That is until he left the money in plastic bags on the top of his car, and drove off. Bags found. Money gone. Police appealing. This is a true story. ...

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