Interest is interesting international investors
Contributed by David Johnson Commercial foreign exchange dealer Halo Financial Ltd OF ALL the market moving data, the expectations for interest rate adjustments are the most influential at the moment.
Diospyros to Gleditzia – Part Three
By STUART MERELIE I THINK I received one of the best gardening tips last week. Shall I share it with you? “The best way to garden in the Algarve is to
Hand baggage rules set to change … again
FEARS OF widespread confusion for travellers have been prompted by the British Government’s decision to make a fourth change in security procedures at British airports since the terror alert of
SOMALIA
Prime minister asks for international help Interim Prime Minister, Ali Mohamed Ghedi, has appealed for aid against the Al Qaeda and terrorist expansion in the country. He spoke in Kenya
NEPAL
Rebels accused of human rights violations A United Nations human rights agency has accused Nepalese Maoist insurgents of continuing to commit human rights abuse. The Office of the High Commissioner
HUNGARY
Demands for prime minister’s resignation BUDAPEST SAW the largest rally yet by Hungarians demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyursany for lying to the nation. A crowd of between
Watersports safety tips
WATERSPORTS OPERATORS in popular holiday destinations could be putting holidaymakers in danger with unsafe equipment and poor operating procedures, warns the Holiday Which? magazine. In all, 11 out of 18
Taking up fiscal residency in Portugal – Part two
Contributed by DENNIS SWING GREENE International fiscal consultant, EuroFINESCO S.A. The exit: becoming non-resident JUST BECAUSE you leave your home country, you will still have to take overt steps in
Success and suspicion
By MARGARET BROWN BIG BROTHER is watching you! The book by George Orwell entitled 1984 came out in 1949 and, at the time, the very idea of “thought police” monitoring
TECHNOLOGY
Toshiba recalls laptop batteries TOSHIBA IS to replace around 340,000 Sony laptop computer batteries worldwide, the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony since mid August. The batteries, used