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Simple accounting
Not sure if a post I made elsewhere will be read quckly enough. This ng seems to have been the best place. Anyway, if you know your accounting in regard the capital & shares I've posted some basic...
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Std life MIO
Hi - my endowment matures soon ... and because I had paid off much of the mortgage there is a surplus. They offer a "tax efficient" maturity investment option (MIO), where the money is immediately...
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Exposing financial scams
Hi Everyone, My name is Dave, I am new to the forum so please be nice! We are looking for stories from anybody who has been on the wrong end of a financial scam or con. We recently launched a website...
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hi from london
im James from London, new here but thought id say a quick hello! Im really into cars, have a little Mitsubishi shogun that I love; its my beast. I work with exchange and mart, looking forward to...
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Re: Quick solution to a short term financial crisis
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St James's Place
Does anyone have experience of St James's Place? Have they a good reputation and range of products? I've a redundancy cheque to invest but I've been warned off them because the advisors are 'tied'?...
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home care fees
Due to a variety of reasons an elderly person has not claimed help with home fees until a long way below the savings limit. Are there any circumstances in which the local authority might backdate the...
 
Tax refund: is it correct to claw it back?
I am struggling to get my head around this one. So, for 2007/08, my tax return resulted in a refund, which my tax return for 2008/09 demands that I repay.... The Revenue says: "Tax refunded or set off...
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Going paperless
Just about every bank, BS and utility I deal with now wants me to go paperless - ostensibly to "save the planet" but of course it saves them printing and postage costs too. So ... - if I download and...
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HSBC Transfer
Does anybody have knowledge of, or better still has actually set up a facility with HSBC bank so as to transfer money out to another bank? Its called an Interbank Transfer??? Reason i ask is hubby and...
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Prepay debit cards
When I wanted to renew my Symantec Norton 360 program, I was forced to agree to a continuing authority on my credit card. I was told on the Symantec website that if I didn't want to go ahead with...
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Problems finding out the truth why a transfer was reversed
A client transferred money from Italy. On the same day my bank account was debited with the same amount but without any details. I phoned my bank and asked if the debit related to the credit. I was...
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Student Load Advice Please
My son started a university course when he left school. This would have been about 1999. He got a student loan but after about 18 months decided the course wasn't for him and left. Our understanding...
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Advice please. Can this financial advisor do more to help a friend?
I've been listening to a real-life dispute about professional responsibilities which was inconclusive. I would like some info about it. Essentially, would a financial advisor get into professional...
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15/7/2009 - The Current Market Sentiment
The greenback is still under pressure as the US stocks market could hold its gains yesterday. Dow could add 27 points more and S&P could close above 900 again up by .53% at 905 as the strong earning...