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This depends on the fund. Those trading in bonds or exotic intruments would often loose 15k on bid-offer alone.

Haha, close enough! With all the aid available savers indeed end up footing the bill. Say, whether parents can pay for the colledge (or are eligible for grants) is determenined on the basis of their assets, not (past) income. So, those who spend it all may actually feel pretty secure. On...

Apparently, in the muslim community they do call miss Dati "muslim" though everyone seems to agree she is not a "practicing muslim". Like in Christianity. There are people who have been baptised. They may not go to the church every Sunday and may not observe fasting. However, they would marry...

Was the thread with this name deleted while I was reading it? I thought suspecting brokers of double-dealing wasn't against the rules of the forum...

We'll see if he is out of prison within days.... On an unrelated topic: "Kenneth Clarke’s future in the Government was in doubt last night as he was forced to make a grudging apology for suggesting only attacks by strangers constituted ‘proper’ rape." (Kenneth Clarke is Justice...

Only in connection with the current and future managing directors of IMF. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O_l4ZP8dyQ

Thansk for the correction. It's not the kind of expression you find in a typical highschool French dictionary. So, I presumed the meaning from the following blog entry: http://personals.boiseweekly.com/blog/519/post_2053.html which you are saying is incorrect :( I guess it's a lesson for...

You suggestion is unfounded. First, in countries with high proportion of HIV-infected people many receive it at birth. Second, check out the love life of this muslim woman: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article5453777.ece

There are articles on the topic with juicier details: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/dominique-strauss-kahn/8517179/Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-acted-like-chimpanzee-on-heat-woman-claims.html

luisHK, thanks for corrections. Here is another attempt at the translation. I hope it's more coherent. L'affaire DSK en chanson "Dominique nique nique" Dominique === Dominique nique, nique === dick dick traverse tous les continents, ===...

Anyway, here is the lyrics with an amateur translation from French. L'affaire DSK en chanson "Dominique nique nique" Dominique === Dominique nique, nique === dick dick traverse tous les continents, === on all continents fait don de son...

Apparently, I must have been right. You see a trademark portrait of Sœur Sourire at about 2:18 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-6aP9TMwwE

The problem with British penitentiary system is the inheritance of the late Middle ages when it was particular concern that "justice" was cheap. So, (except for a few V.I.P.s) a convict would be let go (usually with a fine), sent to a (for profit) labour camp or subject to capital panishmenet...

I appreciate Daily Mail is not the most reliable source. (Thought their covergae of the factual side is ussually pretty precise. It's the interpretation and comments you should take with agrain of salt.) It's just the first article I found on google that presented the events from tha angle I...

I believe the tune (complete with "Dominique nique nique" line) is from "Dominique" by Sœur Sourire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjsU4mqSdhU I missed the pun in "Dominique nique nique". I guess they don't teach this vocabulary in "French for natuiral sciences" course. Thanks for the...

In a way, DSK was lucky he was in the US. In some popular tourist destinations just using "abusive" laguage with the hotel stuff in a £1,000 (approx $1,600) per night hotel is enough for the police to ensure the "offender" doesn't live long enough to see the trial. (article in a major...

Apologies for re-posting it. I didn't mean to be insensitive. The video is hilarious though. The tune is from a 1960s hit, isn't it? The problem is my French isn't good enough to understand all of the lyrics (maybe that's why I don't see how tasteless it is). Do you have an English translation?

was this song originally posted in a different thread? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-6aP9TMwwE

... and women

Well, if you opened a margin account you probably expect to use margin some time. Not necessarily in the form of leverage. Suppose you want to buy European stocks priced in Euro in a dollar account. Of course, you can convert currency in the account manually. The problem is this way you are...