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All eyes on the BoE
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09/09/2010 18:08:44 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Sterling has performed well particularly against the Euro in the last couple of sessions. The trend was bolstered by July’s UK Manufacturing report showing gains for the third month coming in 0.3% and posting the biggest annual gain since 1994, signalling the economic recovery is persisting. The report suggests that strength in the domestic economy [...]
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Data still mixed
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08/09/2010 11:46:03 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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We can all agree that the economic data releases at the moment are confusing. In the UK, the Nationwide survey last week showed UK house prices declining month on month by 0.9%, today the Halifax Survey reports house price increases of 0.2% from July. Positive consumer confidence figures were followed by disappointing PMI index figures, [...]
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The Euro stress tests - the real results
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07/09/2010 10:54:09 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Back in July, 91 of Europe’s largest banks were required to disclose how much government liability from European countries they held on their balance sheets. Regulators said the data showed banks’ total holdings of that debt as of March 31st. At the time, worries about the Banks’ government-debt holdings were fanning fears about the health [...]
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US payroll data boosts confidence
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06/09/2010 11:02:22 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Today is Labour Day in the US and in Canada which means very little work will be done anywhere.
Going back to Friday, the stripped out version of the non-farm payrolls figure produced much stronger numbers than had been anticipated. The market now feels that removing the seasonally volatile short-term Government hirings gives a much more [...]
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Market awaits US jobs number
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03/09/2010 14:20:54 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Today is the first Friday of the month, so all aboard the good ship Payroll, as US jobless figures are released this afternoon amid the usual scrum of forecasts and media hype. But it is an important data release, and the Dollar is treading water against the Pound and Euro until we get to see [...]
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Donating in July and August 2010. How did we do?
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02/09/2010 16:26:51 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Well summer has come and gone, and despite the dip in attendance in the office due to holidays we have managed to raise the princely sum of £381.80 during July and August. This is a great achievement as we haven’t had any additional activities, this is just good honest donating on Dress Down Friday!
So [...]
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A mixed menu
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02/09/2010 12:27:42 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Yesterday was an eventful day for the Euro as it made significant gains versus both Sterling and the Dollar. The British pound hit a 3 week low against the Euro as the UK Manufacturing PMI came in well below expectations at 54.3 in August following a reading of 56.9 in July. Nationwide house price data [...]
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Meet the team: Zoe Duncombe
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01/09/2010 12:25:29 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Zoe Duncombe: Head of Global Strategic Partners
With 10 years of sales and marketing experience within the foreign exchange and payment arena, I have followed the private client, commercial client and the strategic partner model with great interest. There have been some obvious developments and changes, especially within the traditional affiliate model in the UK. Private [...]
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Protecting Your Inheritance
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01/09/2010 11:28:31 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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If you’re one of the 1.2 million British pensioners planning to enjoy your retirement abroad, it’s really important to protect your inheritance by understanding the tax implications for your inheritance which are not only affected by UK law but also by taxation law in the country you are now resident in. Forewarned is forearmed!
Every country [...]
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Tips: How to generate traffic to your website
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01/09/2010 11:25:26 Foreign exchange and currency rates blog
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Building a search engine friendly website or webpage is not rocket science. Here are our top tips to help maximise your chances of getting your website listed higher in search engine results.
Make quality content a priority.
Structure content using h1, h2, h3,<strong>, <p> tags.
Title, keywords, descriptions relevant to each page.
Use and link keywords and phrases within [...]
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