Business & Finance - 27 November 2007

someone (a bank official) recently told me that it illegal to keep cash in a safety deposit box within a bank ? is this true ? if so why

2007-11-27 01:13:29 · 6 answers · asked by surveyman5285 3 in Personal Finance

Let's say you owned a house, your brother owned a house, your sister owned a house, and your parents owned a house. If each person quitclaim deeded their house to the next family member so that another family member owned their house, so no one no longer owned the house they live in and then paid "rent" to the family member that now owned the house, how could each person that owned the new house not claim the house as rental property and then claim depreciation on their taxes?

2007-11-27 01:12:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Renting & Real Estate

ticker symbols?

2007-11-27 01:07:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Investing

hi there, i work at costco 10hours a week. i do 4 hours on friday evening and 6.5 hours on a sunday plus the occasion saturday. i have been there for 18months now and i am the best cashier the store have got. I went to the store manager and said to him, that i need a new challenge, i am the best cashier and i meet all the set targets and goals and i want you to set me new targets set new challanges to make the job more intresting. The store manager then said to me "am i flexible and avaliable to work saturdays" i said yes depending on how exciting the challenge is. He then went to the cashiers manager and said something to him, and the the cashier manager came up to me and said am i avaliable on saturdays ? i said "yes" he then said he is looking for a supervisor for weekends and i meet all the conditions. He then said he going to look in to it and get back to me. what are the chances ill get the supervisor job ? or how could i ask him on friday when i go to work ?

2007-11-27 01:04:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Corporations

2007-11-27 01:02:47 · 1 answers · asked by pedababu 1 in Small Business

I am in the process of buying a home. The current owner has been letting his daughter and grandson live there, but claims he is selling because he's tired of them living off him for free. I told him to get her out before we sign paperwork, because I will not buy a house with her in it at the time of closing. I'm supposed to close on dec. 15th............how can I speed this up?????

2007-11-27 01:02:21 · 6 answers · asked by mrsakurz 2 in Renting & Real Estate

1) As a Secret Shopper it is important to hide from the store sales people during your shop to ensure they do not see you watching them.
a) True
b) False
2) If you are sent on a shopping assignment and your friend is working there you should let your friend know you are a secret shopper so they don’t do anything wrong while you are evaluating the store.
a) True
b) False
3) Since all apartment evaluations are basically the same it would be ok to use the questions and answers from your last apartment shop since you can’t find the questions for the current shop you are assigned to.
a) True
b) False
4) After your server is rude to you when you order your food, it’s ok to tell the server that he did a bad job and that he will get what’s coming to him, because you’re a secret shopper.
a) True
b) False
5) A PDA and a Scanner are required equipment to be a Secret Shopper
a) True
b) False
6) It’s ok to see if you can “get away” with taking merchandise from a store you are shopping at since the employees should be paying attention anyway.
a) True
b) False
7) You don’t really need internet access or email to be an effective Secret Shopper.
a) True
b) False
8) Secret Shopping reports should be written like an editorial really letting the store management know what they should be doing differently.
a) True
b) False
9) Companies may base corporate policies and important management decisions on the information provided by a secret shopping report.
a) True
b) False
10) During a shop it is not important to pay attention to the names of individual employees.
a) True
b) False
11) If after you complete a shop you can’t remember the answer to one of the questions on the shopping report, it’s probably ok to make up an answer because it’s better to submit a fully completed report than one that is missing answers to questions.
a) True
b) False
12) As a “typical customer” it is ok to be rude and offensive to the employees at the store you are secret shopping since they probably get lots of rude customers anyway and they should know how to handle it.
a) True
b) False
13) It’s ok to bring friends or other guests along on a Secret Shop since it makes you look more like a typical customer.
a) True
b) False
14) If you notice that you’ve accidentally written the wrong date on your report, you should neatly correct it rather than submitting an incorrect report even though it means your report will be a little bit late.
a) True
b) False
15) When you are Secret Shopping it’s a good idea to ask questions about products that you are curious about to see “what the employee will say” and then make notes in your report about how they answered.
a) True
b) False
16) If you got really excellent service during a shop you should:
a) Write the manager of the store telling them they really had excellent staff and you wrote a good report about how well they are doing.
b) Let the employees know while you are there they are doing a really good job and that you will make a note of it in your report.
c) Wink slyly and say “I’ll let them know you did a good job” since the employee won’t know who you are talking about”
d) Write a detailed report including the excellent service and submit it on time to the secret shopping company.
17) If you just shopped a boutique retail store and you are leaving and you realize you left the forms in the store you should:
a) Go back and see if you can pick them up before someone else finds them.
b) Just go home and print new ones because it doesn’t matter if the employees find the forms since you’re already done shopping.
c) Go back and ask if the employees noticed your store evaluation forms lying around anywhere.
d) Call in anonymously and ask that the store employee please rip up the forms since you’ll get in a lot of trouble if anyone finds out you left the evaluation forms at the store.

2007-11-27 00:56:00 · 2 answers · asked by MOOK 1 in Other - Business & Finance

A friend is being sued in Texas for a debt. 2 years ago he was sued over a debt his ex defaulted on. There was a default judgement and I doubt he paid the debt. I think the new suit is an attempt to collect on the judgment. What happens if he doesn't go to court and still refuses to pay? he works on commission. I assume the court will garnish his wages? Is there anything else they can do?

2007-11-27 00:41:37 · 10 answers · asked by sweetladyu2 1 in Credit

I have a debt with capital one.... and I couldnt afford to pay it so it was sent to a creditor..

This creditor called me this morning.. They refused to tell me what company they were.. They lady was YELLING at me, telling me I didnt need to know and I should just pay my debt.

She finally told me MCO financial systems? She was completely rude telling me she didnt need to tell me any information. I asked her for her name, she refused. I asked several more times and she hung up on me..

Yesterday they called also, and i siad i couldnt pay the bill and hung up. they called right back, I hung up again and said i cant afford it and to not call back, he called back 4 times.

Is there any laws against this harrassment? what should i do..
and dont tell me pay the bill, i dont have the $

2007-11-27 00:36:52 · 4 answers · asked by Ashley A 1 in Personal Finance

My apartment complex sent me a notice that they were not renewing my lease as of October 1, 2007. I left September 22, 2007. I returned the keys in an envelope to the place where I received the keys with a note that said my name and address. I get a letter of eviction from them because I didn't pay October's rent. Then I call them and they say well you didn't tell us you were leaving, you owe us October's rent and court cost. Then they said I didn't return the keys and if I did I returned them to the wrong place. I get a notice yesterday that I owe $842. IF I don't pay it within 30 days they will place it for collection. What can happen here? Can they garnish my paycheck? What can I do?

2007-11-27 00:18:44 · 3 answers · asked by Patrick 1 in Renting & Real Estate

whether it is calculated asper MD tax rates or TX tax rates, because MD has more tax than TX.......clarify?

2007-11-27 00:15:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States