Business & Finance - 22 December 2006

The bank called me on 12/19 and asked me where i was i told them maryland well apparently someone in italy got ahold of my bank card number and charged over 1k worth of stuff well that was all christmas money. how do i tell everyone that ( especally the kids) that christmas wont happen on christmas my husband and i always shop on christmas eve spend all night wraping presents and drinking bloody marys. I have no money for christmas ive had to borrow money from my parents just to live this week - the bank says it will take 7to 10 business days to get the money back in my acct. once everything posts as of this morning they were waiting for 3 more charges to post.

2006-12-22 03:37:55 · 7 answers · asked by noel22f 3 in Credit

I am wanting to switch careers after working in IT Development the last 10 years. I am burned out and need change. I would like to get into a less hands on technical role and get into Management. I have an undergraduate degree in Information Systems and have pondered going back for my MBA. However, there are no guarantees this would help me find a better job. I don't mind staying within the Technology sector, but I just don't want to do development work anymore. Your comments are appreciated.

2006-12-22 03:36:56 · 7 answers · asked by audivroom 1 in Careers & Employment

Last Nov.7, somebody wrote me asking for assistance. She said she and her late husband have a hard earned fund deposited in STANDARD TRUST BANK (STB) in Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire amounting to 1.5m U$. She is very willing to donate it to orphan,charity institution should i allow myself to accept it.So i accepted it since part of it will be allocated for my service.She gave the contact detail of the bank where the fund is deposited.She said i should cooperate with Dr. Jean Nelson,a director.After so,i have been indorsed to GiroBank in UK,who will service the transfer from Cote d' Ivoire to my country.But due to AML law,i've been required to obtain a TAX BOND INSURANCE when a premium is required to pay worth £5,970.00.Since i dont have that money,i refused.I contacted STB again,and they advised me to open an account with them so the fund can be transferred to mine,this time they're asking $1,500.00 only for initial deposit.Are this true?How can i withdraw?I shall appreciate any legal advice

2006-12-22 03:34:25 · 6 answers · asked by jinrodge_sk 1 in Other - Business & Finance

2006-12-22 03:32:18 · 3 answers · asked by umang s 1 in Investing

I am currently in Australia. At the moment I run out of cash and need some money to pay my bills. It's hard for me to get any loan since I am not Australian. Are there any company willing to lend short-term loan to international students in australia? I need a loan for amount of AU$ 500-1000.

2006-12-22 03:32:16 · 4 answers · asked by bill w 1 in Personal Finance

2006-12-22 03:29:38 · 15 answers · asked by redslippers 4 in United States

i've never had a job before, but I need to get one, because i have to earn about 400 bucks before the 19th of January. any suggestions?

2006-12-22 03:26:55 · 7 answers · asked by britgirl 2 in Careers & Employment

What is the best way to do this (do I give the employees a check made out to "cash"") How do I still get a tax deduction for this. How do most small businesses do this?

2006-12-22 03:25:37 · 6 answers · asked by M 2 in United States

2006-12-22 03:24:47 · 13 answers · asked by we7ing 1 in United States

Our managment at work seemed to think it would be fun to tell all the temps that they "think" that our christmas bonus would be put into our checks from the temp agency instead of handed out in cash like the regular employees. Now don't get me wrong I never really expected a bonus, that is until they started "thinkinging" we would get one! They really shouldn't have opened their mouths, because now we didn't get one, and I for one am royally pissed off and want to do everything I can to bring these bastards down. So how do I do it, short of illegal measures?

2006-12-22 03:21:45 · 6 answers · asked by raistlinn55 2 in Careers & Employment

My wife was hit by another car about a year ago. She broke two fingers, which sounds trivial, but they were broken quite badly. She had one surgery where pins were inserted to heal the bones, and another to extract scar tissue that was limiting her movement. She was in hand therapy for a year, but she still doesn't have anything close to full movement in the hand with the broken fingers -- sometimes she needs help cutting a piece of chicken at dinner and things like that.

I estimate that the insurance company paid out about $20k for the hand therapy and another $20k for the various surgeries and doctor's visits.

I assume they'll be offering a pain and suffering settlement in the near future. How much should we expect? How will we know if they're lowballing us? If I'm pretty sure they are trying to screw us over, is it acceptable to tell them we'll get a lawyer if their offer isn't more reasonable?

2006-12-22 03:19:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Insurance

sketches,material consumption,report,labour costs

2006-12-22 03:15:42 · 3 answers · asked by Dusan S 1 in Other - Business & Finance

2006-12-22 03:14:04 · 8 answers · asked by tamomma 2 in Insurance

2006-12-22 03:13:55 · 3 answers · asked by Umesh B 1 in Investing

Can anybody help with finding a merchant service provider for my new online car hire company.

I need to check/authorise a transaction before we proceed with the hire agreement but i dont need to take the money until the car is returned. If there is no damage on the car then no money would be taken from the card.

I just need to check if the funds required to cover the deposit are available on the card or not

Any help would be much appreciated

2006-12-22 03:10:47 · 4 answers · asked by From Mars 2 in Other - Business & Finance

...and, would it be worth offering a good explanation of what you based your price on, or would that just offend?

The owner designed the house, and it is extremely, er, "unique." We like it, but the odds of other people liking it so much aren't so hot. And some elements of the design, whether anybody likes it or not, plain reduce the value -- extra-small rooms, etc. We're pretty much going to have to insult her designs, and her extremely high view of her house, pretty thoroughly.

Compared to what we can compare it to, it's absurdly overpriced. We want it, but not at the asking price. We also don't want to wait a year for her to figure out she needs to lower the price.

Should we:

Point out the reasons we think it's overpriced, not in the context of an offer, and see what the response is?
Make a lowball offer without comment?
Make a lowball offer, with a list of reasons why?

I grant that this is a bit of a silly question, but I'm curious as to what others would do.

2006-12-22 03:07:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

My personal credit is not that good. I want to establish separate credit for my business, but it's seem hard to get started.

2006-12-22 03:03:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Small Business

are we liable for the power bill, we never had anything written down, no tenancy and the electricity was never discussed, we provided power to his out buildings and the majority of the power was used heating the place with no central heating, we often asked for things to be fixed such as plumbing so we could use the bath and other small items but they never were, where do we stand in law?

2006-12-22 03:02:35 · 17 answers · asked by orfeo_fp 4 in Renting & Real Estate

2006-12-22 03:00:33 · 1 answers · asked by Umesh B 1 in Other - Business & Finance

education is power but what is the reason we are going to skool, for? isn't for the money. look at many rapper-some are not that well educated but guess what?-they having lawyers and others who have went to skool for years-are now working for them?
Isn't money is education as well? tell me,
holla back..

2006-12-22 02:59:14 · 17 answers · asked by ME 1 in Other - Business & Finance

2006-12-22 02:56:29 · 7 answers · asked by Sweet Belly 2 in Careers & Employment

2006-12-22 02:56:10 · 9 answers · asked by nicki1980 1 in Renting & Real Estate

2006-12-22 02:53:50 · 6 answers · asked by CuriousRickie 1 in Investing

2006-12-22 02:53:39 · 5 answers · asked by Raju R 1 in Insurance

Few days ago I was contacted by a lawyer saying I wind a great sum of money ,he asked for personal information saying I'll be contacted by a certain bank, soon after the so called bank sent me a document to fill and to turn back ,it was the Ned bank of South Africa and now they are asking me to pay 620.00 US$ to get the money I wined.I asked them to take the money from the wined sum but they replyed they have no right to withdraw from it.Iam afraid it's just a trick .what shall I do? Do you have any information????

2006-12-22 02:52:57 · 3 answers · asked by karigh 1 in Personal Finance

I live in the UK and have a capital of just over £100k (which I believe is about $250.000)...
Would I be able to buy a property (let's say a 2 bedrooms house) just outside Melbourne without having to borrow money from a bank?
Would you recommend it?
Thanks for your opinions...

2006-12-22 02:51:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

2006-12-22 02:48:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Careers & Employment

I just started an online boutique last month and am on a very limited budget. I would like ideas on where I could advertise cheap that would receive results as well as any specific types of advertising that would be better than others. I know some of the best ways to get your name out there is by word of mouth and I of couse have my website posted in my signature on forums and emails. I'm not targeting any specific location since it is an online store. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank You!

Amber
www.maddynme.com

2006-12-22 02:46:03 · 12 answers · asked by amber 1 in Other - Advertising & Marketing

How many:
- euros in a dollar?
- pounds in a dollar?
- yen in a dollar?
- yen in a shekel?
- shekel in a South African Dollar?
- S. A. Dollar in a dollar?
- euros in a yen?
- euros in a shekel?

2006-12-22 02:43:57 · 4 answers · asked by Sababa Slacker 1 in Investing

prejedous, unequality, and discrimination

2006-12-22 02:43:42 · 7 answers · asked by peter w 4 in Careers & Employment