<t>Argh. Sorry, but the inate uselessness of this request has brought me out of hibernation.Standard Chartered a huge bank across the Emerging Markets (Middle East, Asia, South America). So where are you going to be based? I would take a bet that their Kenyan desk isn't very expert on Derivatives, b...

<t>There are many difficulties to this part of Balance Sheet management. Firstly, there are no hard and fast rules. For PVBP, I would put any current accounts as overnight myself – that is where they reprice (unless the bank has a procedure, at which the most it will get to is month 1), and that is ...

<t>Nonius: mostly crap, although on the house side I do like the Nuyorican Soul shit and some other NY garage stuff.Please don't take that as a slant at your record collection below! Ebay just seems to be a weird world for buying and selling things. I do recommend having a look to see how much it sh...

<t>I'd be interested In knowing what you have, Pedro. Otherwise, I'd say just ebay it. amazing what p.o.s. things go for quite a bit of cash on there, and great stuff goes for nowt.Stereo is an Arcam amp, Cambridge audio DAC and CD, A turntable (can't remember who made it), Mordaunt-Short speakers (...

It sure would be nice to have a gif/jpeg of [a frog being boiled] so I could use it as a signal in e-mails, or just to have reallyHave you considered medication / rehabilititation for these emotions? The RSPCA would not look kindly on this, I assure you...

We had a mouse fall from the ceiling in the middle of a training course, land on the trainers laptop, look quite puzzled, then dart off.Funniest and biggest learning experience of the two days. I have never sat under one of the 'hole in the sky' light fittings ever again.

<t>If you are feeling that little bit braver, give these ambient / weirdness types a tryNurse with WoundCurrent 93CoilNurse with Wound have an album (out recently) "Salt Marie Celeste" - it sounds like 60 minutes on a ghost ship. I would class all these Bands and "Chill-out" but 99% of the populatio...

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"Frank Zappa / Elvis Costello (Unknown)

Besides you would need to be around 14st to stand any chance Sounds like your a heavyweight dog, then. Master been feeding you too much Pedigree Chum? You ever worked on the basis that lighter people can move quicker than you?!

<t>have a big chip up your ar*e.. That reminds me of a joke about a Monkey and a Pomincho Cherry.....As for the original question, I would raise the question as to whether you would judge anything of a significant size having shown an improvement on 4 weeks data.And when has a recruitment firm said ...

Has this thread decended into nonsense, Nonius? I know I should know as I am actually you, but I am a little virulent and have lost some of my code on what is going on.Is Roulitabille a bug in the programme, or is his characteristic that his HTML isn't too hot*?!

<t>Gotan Project is "la Revancha del Tango" - there are various 12" available but I guess, from listening to sade, that may not be your game.Tony Bennet is pretty cool 'lounge' music. Personally I think you should go back to the jazz standards - Ella, Nina, Peggy, Billie and all.Herp Albert is loung...

No problem - we all had to start somewhere (though not many of us from law school!) Glad you get the picture - all to do with how its explained, I guess...

<t>The idea is that it costs you to close out the position.If you stick to the conclusion of the bet, you get the ultimate result. It depends on whether you see it to be to your benefit to close out losses / wins.Consider it more a transaction cost. You don't close out, you don't incur the cost. In ...

<t>I do have one query though....does that mean spread betting has more loss potential than gain potential? Take our example, cuz we bet long and bought at 37 we gained 5 points once the spread moved to 42-47...a 5 point gain for us and we would close at 42 to lock in our profit. But had we bet the ...