UK Finance Discussions

Northern Rock - Legal Challenge

I see in the light of the nationalisation announcement, that the largest shareholders Monaco-based hedge fund SRM are c...

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posted by me

86 comments posted 18yrs posted by me

Withdrawing Cash Abroad - New Ripoff?

Hi All, I feel especially aggrieved about the way I've been treated by Alliance and Leicester on my most recent holiday...

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posted by steven.hirschorn

26 comments posted 18yrs posted by steven.hirschorn

Jim Cramer for Treasury Secretary?

I used to laugh at the Oprah Winfrey show. I found it pathetic the way she could take every single guest and every sing...

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posted by veracity

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by veracity

EMAP offer: CGT or income+CGT?

Advice please There's a bid currently in place for EMAP The offer seems to be: special dividend of £4.61 per share cash...

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posted by invalid

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by invalid

Savings account for Ltd company

It seems all the obvious best interest bearing accounts are only for personal savings. Can anyone point me in the right...

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posted by fred__bloggs

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by fred__bloggs

Northern Rock is Nationalised

And again Vince Cable was proved correct. However, the question now is whether the Government can make a fist of managi...

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posted by JCE

10 comments posted 18yrs posted by JCE

Lotteries & Rationality...

Suppose there was a Lottery where tickets cost 1 and you have a one-in-a-million chance of winning 500,000 (no other pr...

25 comments posted 18yrs

posted by me

25 comments posted 18yrs posted by me

Fraud Kills

John Madden, the most popular play-by-play commentator in NFL history, has always said, ?Speed kills.? In a chase-and-t...

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posted by veracity

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by veracity

Re: This is going to be the most dishonest action in the last 100 years.....it should not be allowed

> The proposed monoline split into good bank/bad bank is so palpably > dishonest that governments around the world shou...

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posted by raffles-101

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by raffles-101

Get some money back if you flew long haul with Virgin or BA Aug 2004-Mar 2006

A class action suit has managed to claw back about £10 per person per 'leg' of the flight. If you were (like me) 'stung...

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posted by JCE

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by JCE

CGT Advice

Hi All, I have several properties (2 flats, 2 house's), I may for forced to sell these due to divorce. I need to know w...

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posted by james.mawson

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by james.mawson

Did A Hedge Fund Create the Current Credit Crunch?

Jacob Zamansky, of Zamansky and Associates, a New York-based securities arbitration firm, writes, ?Many argue that fail...

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posted by veracity

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by veracity

ISA 30 Days transfer notice

Attracted by ICESAVE interest rates I decided to transfer my Northern Rock and Halifax 30 days cash ISAs to them. ICESA...

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posted by me

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by me

6 month LIBOR dropping like a rock

I'd be interested in hearing some opinions as to why the 6 month LIBOR is dropping so drastically compared to the other...

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posted by claudeballsjr

6 comments posted 18yrs posted by claudeballsjr

The unfolding insurance nightmare fraud from hell.

The unfolding insurance nightmare fraud from hell. Click on the mp3 llinks: Intro (3,5 MB) http://iamthewitness.com/aud...

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posted by zzzxtyryyetytryey

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by zzzxtyryyetytryey