Business & Finance - 31 May 2007

My friend and i are planning on setting up a chinese take out restaurant. We really do not have money to pay a consultant to do this for us. We will appreciate any information and advise. We need advise on the business generally how best to go about it, utensils to use and menus.

2007-05-31 23:45:45 · 3 answers · asked by Hafsee 1 in Small Business

Please expound so i can understand it very well
Thanks.

2007-05-31 23:34:28 · 10 answers · asked by rav 3 in Credit

What kind of rate does lending like this attract?

They 'loaned' me 84p to pay a direct debit for which the money was in 12 hours later and charged me £30 for the privalige.

2007-05-31 23:06:15 · 19 answers · asked by Lovely Lady 4 in Personal Finance

what do they get out of it? personally. id feel rotten if talked to someone the way they talk to people. what do they get out of putting someone down? i dont understand what that must feel like to them to keep on doing it.? do they really think they are better than you and thats why they do it?

2007-05-31 22:41:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

What are advantages to the members of a Free Trade Agreement and disadvantages to the nonmembers? Are regional or bilateral free trade agreements good or bad for the world trade as a whole?

2007-05-31 21:57:14 · 3 answers · asked by Chloe 1 in Other - Business & Finance

Can someone please tell me how Bridging loans (uk) work?

we have a house that we need to sell but have found the perfect property would a bridging loan be able to help, and how much do they cost?

thanks

2007-05-31 21:33:27 · 6 answers · asked by sclodion 2 in Renting & Real Estate

2007-05-31 21:31:50 · 4 answers · asked by washed41 1 in United States

can a tenant who lives with her son in a 2 bedroom house,do a Mutual Exchange to a 3 bedroom house?

2007-05-31 21:04:31 · 4 answers · asked by soniacarter.stloyes 1 in Renting & Real Estate

Why? or Why not?

2007-05-31 21:01:34 · 17 answers · asked by Brian D 1 in Credit

Can you please tell me all the steps of how i would recvie payment through paypal is i was to sell something on ebay! Onece the item is won, do i get an e-mail from papypal to accept the payment...? does it go through automatically...???

Basically all i want to know is if i sell something on ebay and recive payment through paypal, then wat are all the staeps i have to take to complete the transaction!

Thanx!

2007-05-31 20:45:51 · 13 answers · asked by Matt 4 in Personal Finance

What does the 4 digit numbers mean that is written on the front right corner of personal checks

2007-05-31 20:15:10 · 3 answers · asked by free2speak44 2 in Personal Finance

We signed off our apartment a day early because it was clean, empty and ready to go. The property manager came and signed off on the final inspection and told us we were getting out full deposit back. This was around noon, at 8am the next day my boyfriend called and told him that I had left my watch and some make up in one of the bathroom drawers.

He said that he had thrown it out! My boyfriend asked him about the watch (my mother gave it to me and it wasnt cheap but it was more sentimental than anything) and he said "nope there wasn't a watch but I threw out the other junk." I know I should have double and triple checked all of the drawers, and I did execpt the bathroom. The tenancy wasnt even supposed to end until 1pm that day!
My question is should he have thrown my stuff out so quickly? It obviously wasnt junk I had some brand new still in the packaging cosmetics in that drawer! My watch was clearly not junk unless gold and silver are considered junk now?

2007-05-31 20:13:07 · 4 answers · asked by curlifries18 2 in Renting & Real Estate

Ok, someone I know is considering moving from Europe to the US, but is concerned after reading about the long hours some (most) Americans work.
So, question: Software engineer, Oracle & Java, programming, testing, etc...
Average # work hours for those with similar positions? Salary or hourly (w/overtime)?
Thanks!!

2007-05-31 20:10:14 · 3 answers · asked by Ky C 2 in Technology

2007-05-31 20:01:31 · 4 answers · asked by chica221 1 in Personal Finance

2007-05-31 19:40:03 · 1 answers · asked by kat 1 in Renting & Real Estate

If I received a 1099 Form from an employer, does that mean that I would have to pay to the IRS? If so, how do I find out how to figure how much I would have to pay?

2007-05-31 19:35:16 · 6 answers · asked by Kyle 1 in United States

I am sell a PS2 on ebay i got this letter

Hi, I'm Clara King a medical doctor based in United State.I urgently need to get this gift across to my grandson who is schooling in a missionary college in West Africa as a birthday gift,in which his dad works in an oil company. I'm not presently in the state to get the gift to him. I'll like to know if u can ship this item to West Africa. I'll prefer USPS Global Express Mail(EMS)3-5 Days Delivery for the shipment due to the matter of urgency,cos i want the package to get there on or before the very date. I'll offer you $400.00 USD for the item plus the shipping cost. Regarding payment:I'll be paying you via Alertpay Money Order, as it is very fast,secure and reliable. I will appreciate if you can kindly end the auction and get back to me with your full Names,Address and a valid email address for confirmation of payment from Alertpay, so that i can make the payment immediately. Thanks. Clara King

do i believe this or not? thanks for help

2007-05-31 19:28:36 · 5 answers · asked by Best S 1 in Small Business

anyone know of any free resources that might be of some help?

2007-05-31 19:28:21 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Small Business

I'm a consultant working with a sole practitioner on a potential EMR solution. I would like to keep costs below $25,000 dollars but the doctor that I'm working feels the costs are too high. I would like to illustrate the value of such a system by showing her that the system's benefits far outweigh the costs of the new system. I have searched the Internet and have not been able to find a study which shows the costs. The doctor that I currently work with practices Internal Medicine.

2007-05-31 19:23:49 · 1 answers · asked by Edward 2 in Corporations

This will be an alternative for home buyers to buying a property straight out and the purchaser having to pay a startup deposit & initial costs, as well as cope with interest rate rises.

2007-05-31 19:22:43 · 2 answers · asked by shano 2006 1 in Renting & Real Estate

Recently indian authority has removed the ban to show the fashion tv. Some adult channels are blocking from the transmission in a particular area , can i know the technology behind this?

2007-05-31 19:18:52 · 1 answers · asked by Shibu a 1 in Other - Business & Finance

2007-05-31 19:14:53 · 6 answers · asked by parth p 1 in Insurance

A colleague at the same level as I always feels threatened by my actions and repeatedly picks quarrels, bangs the phone on me and says that I’m always trying to please the Management. I sincerely don't do this and I know that my conscience is clear. How should one deal with this situation? It gets very frustrating and difficult to do work as every action is interpreted as trying to go one up against my colleague.

2007-05-31 19:01:16 · 6 answers · asked by jayeeta_jd 1 in Other - Business & Finance

I started a new job and after 3 days I realized that the owner of this business wasn't somebody who I wanted to be associated with...at all. So I quit.

I talked with the guy about getting paid for the 3 days I worked and he tried to tell me I only worked 2 days. Because of this, and several other reasons, I think that he is going to try to rip me off somehow when I get paid on the 15th of June. If he pays me for the 3 days I worked I should be getting $400, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if he tries to write me a check for $300 or so and say the rest went to taxes (but not report it or send it in to the government).

So my question is: Is there a law that states that an employer can't start taking out money for taxes until the employee makes a certain amount? I remember hearing something about this, but I'm not sure if it is true. What I heard was that employers can't start taking taxes out until the employee makes his first $500 with the company. Is this true? Resources?

Thanks!

2007-05-31 18:59:57 · 5 answers · asked by The ADvisor 3 in United States

et out the personal guarantees

2007-05-31 18:58:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Credit

When I collect Unemployment, what exactly does it cost my former Employer? I assume he has to pay something when that happens.

2007-05-31 18:55:53 · 6 answers · asked by ol_skater_boy 2 in Insurance

2007-05-31 18:53:16 · 4 answers · asked by jessicabrewerlovesfrank 1 in Other - Business & Finance

2007-05-31 18:52:48 · 1 answers · asked by JAMES R 3 in Other - Business & Finance

Q-Following is the body of a collection letter. Point out which letter is this in the series? Give a sound reason for your findings. (05)
“Consequently, unless we receive payment in full by the end of the business day, August 30, 2007, we will have to take the unpleasant step of turning your account over to a professional collection agency. We would rather not be forced do this since it will result in damage to your personal credit rating.”

2007-05-31 18:45:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Business & Finance

We have been getting calls for someone we do not know...apparently she had the phone number before we did. We have told the compnay repeatedly that the person they are asking for does not live here and explain that we have only had the phone number for a couple of months. We have also asked them, repeatedly, to stop calling. As they call from several telephone numbers and ones that are unavailable we cannot block all of their calls...too many different numbers. They refuse to give us the name of the company they are calling for bur want our personal information so they can update their files. As it is not our bill they are calling about there is nothing to update. We have spoken to the phone company and they have indicated that blocking the calls will probably not work. We just changed out phone number a couple of months ago (annoying calls) and do not want to do it again. We have told the callers that we will contact the police. How can we get the calls to stop?

2007-05-31 18:41:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Legal