Your Stars
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0 Comments | Daily Post; Liverpool (UK), Jul 13, 2010 | by Patrick Arundell
The Moon combines, if only briefly, with the bright and wide eyed Mercury. This combination can bring out the affectionate and playful side of your nature, and even if you are discussing something more difficult or trying, you can bring a light touch to proceedings. Call for more astral advice… Remember when social networking began? The biggest web sites were those that reconnected us to those people we’d been at High School or college with, or those we get to know from our worldly travels. Today, this is where you can find yourself, checking out an old face or name. Call for more…
If you’ve not heard from someone in your family for some while or met up with anyone in your extended family, today can be a good time to do so. In fact, the pull of the intimacy and care they can bring and share, can be powerful. You may look at old photographs. Call for more advice… If you are someone who has a strong regard for tradition, this part of your nature can strongly echo today. You can really appreciate the fabric of your world and all the people who contribute towards it to make your life special. Rebellious, umm, someone may irritate you. Call for your forecast… Just what you say may prove to be a little bit unpredictable. Even if you’re someone who usually carefully reasons what you utter, something can still unexpectedly rise up from the depths. An invitation can also come to share a barbeque with the folks next door. Call for more advice… Head for the hills today, or if you prefer some rather more philosophical escapism, your favourite bar. Thereafter, you can let the cool breeze soothe away the stress of your mind, or you can have a really good chinwag with a good friend. Any small change can be therapeutic. Call for more… When you look at your reflection, do you see, like me, a rippling hulk staring back at you? Yes, I can tell you have the same “fullcolour” fitness poster in your bathroom as me. But seriously, your self-discipline can fall off the cliff today, and a tasty morsel may be imperative. Call now for more… People are more aware that they need to treat you and your ideas with a good deal more respect. However, there may be one straggler who is finding this concept a little difficult to get their head around. So, what do you do? I think a refresher course is in order, for them that is! Call for more… If you are an arty Leo, your latest creation can give you enormous pleasure. People can make admiring comments and you can purr with all the attention
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TOP TIPS
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Sunday Mirror, May 23, 2010 by Anonymous
The worst burnt-on food stains on a glass oven door can be removed with a disposable razor before cleaning as normal. – Anne Grant, Glasgow
STOP shoelaces from fraying by dipping the ends in clear polish. – Caren smith, West Kensington, West London
To make it easier to thread a needle, run the cut side of the cotton through a polish brush. Roll the thread between your fingers a couple times and it will become stiffer. – Alice evans, Brighton
If your chopping board smells of onions, garlic or fish, rub it with half a cut lemon. – C
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Fleets to Face Significantly Higher Costs Following Emergency Budget, Says Swinton Commercial
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Market Wire, July, 2010
Increased VAT, changes to the capital allowance system and a hike in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT), announced in George Osborne’s recent emergency budget, will have a direct impact on fleet costs, warns leading business insurance retailer, Swinton Commercial.
The rise in VAT from 17.5% to 20%, which kicks in on 4th January next year means fleets that buy their vehicles outright will need to fork out an extra 2.5% in VAT on each vehicle – around GBP 450 extra for an GBP 18,000 car – and will be unable to recover this cost if the vehicles are used for private use as well as company business.
A reduction in capital allowances from 20% to 18% will mean reduced rates for claiming back expenditure on company vehicles and a longer timeframe to recover these business expenses.
The 1% IPT increase also means additional costs for fleets with 6% tax added on top of commercial insurance policies from January 2011.
The good news for fleets was the announcement that there will be no further increase in fuel duty beyond that which was already expected. However, fleets are still facing a 1p rise in October followed by a further 0.76p and the extra VAT in January.
Phil Moss, Commercial Vehicle Manager at Swinton said: “The VAT increase is likely to have a big impact on fleets in terms of vehicle list prices, maintenance and repair costs and fuel prices. Leasing vehicles may become a more attractive option for some businesses, given the VAT recoverability, whereas purchasing a fleet outright means businesses will need to absorb these increases.”
About Swinton:
-- Swinton Commercial is the dedicated commercial insurance division of the
Swinton Group
-- Swinton Commercial was awarded Commercial Lines Broker of the Year 2008
and was a finalist at the British Insurer Awards 2009
-- With 580 branches nationwide Swinton is the UK's largest high street
insurance retailer
-- Unlike many other companies in the financial services industry, Swinton
is committed to keeping its branches open for business, and part of the
community
-- Swinton provides a one-stop-shop for the insurance and related needs of
its clients, offering home, car, caravan, business, holiday, motorbike
and even classic car insurance
-- With a dedicated team on hand at every branch to search a panel of
insurers to offer quality cover at competitive rates
Contacts:
SKV Communications
Anoushka Done, Anna Asamoah or Mairead Rodden
0161 838 7770
www.skvcommunications.co.uk
Rate of default on RBS cards raises borrowing fears
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Rate of default on RBS cards raises borrowing fears
0 Comments | Herald, The; Glasgow (UK), Jul 29, 2010 | by MARK WILLIAMSON
A RATINGS agency has highlighted an increase in the rate of default on some of the credit cards issued by Royal Bank of Scotland, which may heighten fears about the scale of consumer borrowing.
Standard & Poor’s said it had placed some of the notes issued by a vehicle that was used to securitise credit card debts originated by RBS on negative creditwatch.
The agency said the rate of charge-offs, or bad debts, on the cards concerned had been rising since the end of 2008. Charge- offs reached a high of 11.14% in March.
The rate fell back to 9.24% in May 2010.
However, Standard & Poor’s said the three-month moving average charge-off rate increased for the past four months.
It noted that an increasing number of cardholders had moved on to repayment plans, indicating that they could not meet the original repayment schedule.
Taking both factors into account, the agency has increased its charge-off base case assumption to 10.5% from 9.2%.
Standard & Poors said it had placed negative creditwatch ratings on Arran Funding’s class B3, C1, and C3 notes, series 2005-B and its class A2 and A3 notes
It also affected series 2007-A, and Arran Funding’s class A notes series 2008-A.
All the other notes in the Arran Funding Trust were unaffected by this action.
It said the Arran Funding Trust is backed by UK credit card receivables originated by RBS.
RBS declined to comment.
FOR SALE IRELAND'S MOST EXPENSIVE SECOND-HAND CAR
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Sunday Mirror, Mar 28, 2010 by DARREN BOYLE
THIS is Ireland’s most expensive second hand car – and a snip at more than EUR300,000.
The 209mph Mercedes McLaren SLR 722 features a hand-built 5.4 litre V8 engine pushing out a monstrous 650 bhp.
The engine, which has 8,699 miles on the clock, is able to propel the car to 60mph in just 3.5 seconds, will hit 100mph in just 7.8 seconds and has a top speed of 209mph.
Stopping is also well taken care of – the car’s carbon ceramic front brake discs will not fade at temperatures up to a staggering 1,200C
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The more information you have
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The more information you have the better. And sites such as Yahoo Auto and Edmunds.com have a wealth of information that you can access freely and quickly to help you become better informed.
Once you have these advance steps completed you now know more than most of the car buyers out there as you start your shopping experience. This will help you save money and pick the vehicle that fits your needs best.
Jim Johnson writes on many consumer related topics including autos. You can find out more about how to buy used car online and new car buying tips by visiting our Auto Review website..
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If the monthly
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If the monthly p.i.t.i. payment is $ 2,000 a month; the lender may require proof of assets anywhere from $6,000 to $ 12,000.
A fixed rate second mortgage is a way to refinance higher adjustable rate second mortgages or home equity loans. If the interest rate on the second mortgage is below the adjustable rate, lower payments monthly would be a benefit of the second mortgage. 2nd mortgages can serve a number of purposes. They can be used to reduce credit card debt, consolidate high interest credit lines, make home improvements and pursue educational endeavors.
Stated income home equity lines are available to all borrowers but the mortgage lenders usually require the borrower to have a minimum fico score of 680 or better. The higher the credit score the lower the interest rate offered.
A stated income second mortgage loan is suitable for borrowers who have no verifiable income and have assets to meet minimum reserve requirements of the lender.
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Cyclists rig up booby-traps in 'guerrilla war' against thieves
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Cyclists rig up booby-traps in ‘guerrilla war’ against thieves
0 Comments | Evening Standard; London (UK), Jun 24, 2010 | by Ross Lydall
CYCLISTS are booby-trapping their bikes to guard against rising thefts.
An insurance company said one Londoner claimed to have attached fishing line to his bike, in the hope that a thief would be thrown off when the wire tightens. Another cyclist said he wired up his bike to his home burglar alarm, while a third said he had devised a system where moving his bike opened a gate that alerted a guard dog.
But the Environmental Transport Association, which runs ilovemybike. co.uk cycle insurance, warned cyclists that they risked prosecution if their “guerrilla tactics” ended up causing injury. Andrew Davis, director of ilovemybike.
co.uk, said the unusual measures emerged when cyclists called to obtain an insurance quote and were asked how they secured their bike.
He said: “We ask the question ‘how secure is your cycle?’ and one or two of them mention something that is out of the ordinary. The danger with wiring your bike up with fishing wire is that you would need quite a length before it works, and it might garotte a child.
“Personally I would go for a wicker basket on the front, or having masking tape over the manufacturer’s name. The problem is that the gain you get from having a very expensive bike is not as much as people think.
“You are reducing [the time of ] your commute but increasing your risk dramatically if you have to leave it on the street at the other end.”
A total of 23,748 bikes are known to have been stolen in London in 2009/10 — up 27.8 per cent on the previous financial year. But the true figure could be double that as only abou half of stolen bikes are thought to be reported.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said he had never heard of cyclists using fishing line to safeguard their bikes. Police advice is to buy a decent lock — “preferably two”.
This advice is endorsed by London cycling organisations. Barry Mason, of Southwark Cyclists, said: “We are really evangelical about using two good locks. All these gimmicks, like wiring your bike up to a burglar alarm, is all very funny
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Then you end
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Then you end up shaking your fist at another driver on the way home. You stop by the grocery store and get into an altercation with another customer or the clerk. When you finally get home, you then get into a fight with your spouse.
In this scenario, your angry energy is attracting anger back to you?remember, like attracts like. If you?re angry, you?ll attract people and situations that will bring even more anger into your life.
The interesting thing is that you get back what you focus on and put your energy into, whether it?s wanted or unwanted. So if you spend a lot of time and energy thinking and talking about what you don?t want in your life (or your marriage, your relationships with others, your job, your finances, etc.), then that?s what you?ll be attracting more of?what you don?t want.
For example, if Tom says that he wants a happy marriage, but he constantly focuses on what his partner does that dissatisfies him, he?ll just keep finding more and more reasons to be dissatisfied.
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Up – Champion Window Workers Veto Union
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Champion Window Workers Veto Union
0 Comments | Manufacturing Close – Up, Jul 28, 2010
Champion Window, Door and Patio Room Company said that production workers at the Champion Window manufacturing plant in Sharonville, Ohio, a small suburb north of Cincinnati, have voted against having the Iron Workers Shopmen’s Local 468 represent them as a bargaining agent in future negotiations with Champion.
In a release, Champion said that the Cleveland-based union petitioned for an election in May to represent full and part-time window manufacturing production, maintenance, and shipping workers.
“We are very pleased that Champion team members in the Sharonville window plant have chosen to continue to work with us directly to address employment-related issues and concerns,” said Dennis Manes, Champion CEO. “This experience has taught us a lot, and allows us to renew our commitment to work together in meeting the challenges of making Champion the kind of company we all want it to be–today and well into the future.”
The Sharonville window plant consists of 155 workers. Champion employs 1,700 workers in four manufacturing plants and 77 home improvement showrooms across the country. Currently, no Champion employees are unionized.
Champion Window, Door and Patio Room Company is a home improvement company
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