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Re: EXPOSED: RSPB caught in bed with pro hunt partners when it's supposed to be protecting wildlife! CC
the same as to food and drink, just ignore or kilfile, *never* x post a reply
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Guide for help you to chose a good name
Guide for help you to chose a baby name for free List of websites to help you chose a good name. Baby Names, Name Meanings, Baby Boy Names, Baby Girl Names, Name origins, meaning, baby names, list,...
 
Cash gift from parent
My mother-in-law is soon to sell her home and move into rented sheltered accomodation. She has suggested gifting her two daughters a lump sum in the region of £50k each which they will use to pay-off...
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Tax Relief on interest for loan to buy Shares
Hi, Can someone tell me if an individual can claim tax relief for the interest on a loan taken to buy shares in listed UK companies in the same way that the interest on a buy-to-let property is...
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After April 2008 10% tax band stays for unearned income?
Hi, Can anyone confirm this, I have read that the lower 10% tax band, although being abolished from this April, will still remain in place in respect of "unearned income"? Does this mean that for...
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Transferring Money International?
I will need to transfer a sum of money between £10.000 and £20.000 to Colombia Bogotá (no it's not for drugs;). What would be the cheapest way of doing this? Those international money transfer...
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Money Management For Financial Comfort
We have all heard the phrase money management before, whether it is in advertisements or on financial education segments in the news. To be honest, many people are not even completely aware of their...
 
MFE or CFA?
hi, I work as an Application developer for a large investment bank. I would like to work as a Financial analyst. I have Masters in Computer Science. 1) Is CFA certification the best option for me and...
 
FT: Northern Rock sells mortgages
Northern Rock sells mortgages Financial Times Published: January 11 2008 09:35 | Last updated: January 11 2008 19:58 There are plenty of distractions around Northern Rock ­ a Monaco-based hedge fund...
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dynamics of a currency
The following is taken from a mainstream book on financial derivatives. "The price of currency A expressed in terms of the price of currency B follows the process dS=(rB-rA)S*dt+sigma*S*dt where rA is...
 
Flat Management Fees
I previously posted : A relative owns a flat in a block of 7. Each resident pays £250 per quarter. He has just had final bill for the year and there is a one off £560 extra charge per resident - he...
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CGT and Spouse problem
Hi, Suppose that I have 2 lots of shares, SharesA and SharesB (which I do). I've had them for many years, so they have a deal of indexation and taper relief. They are different, by the way. Time to...
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Another bank sting!
The high-profile chairman of Barclays Bank has become the latest victim of identity fraud after a conman stole 10,000 from his personal account in a credit card scam. Marcus Agius, 61, who took over...
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Barclays: PINSentry: "PIN is correct"
[Related to the "Online Banking - Are card readers legal?" thread, but I couldn't face getting buried in the bottom of that lengthy discussion, so starting a new thread] Interesting letter in...
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Moving an ISA
As interest rates are likely to fall soon, SWMBO "advised" me to move an old cash ISA and TOISA earning 5% to Nationwide's 6.1% fixed for 2 years. But that may well drop before the 30 days it takes to...
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