A company (or person) making an unwanted, hostile bid for another.

The difference between (i) turnover and (ii) the cost of making a product or providing a service,.

In the US, assets owned by a company but undervalued on the balance sheet and accordingly not.

See: 'Cat.

A measure of the rate of change in an option's delta for a one-unit change in the price of the.

A measurement of the movement of the price of a particular stock compared with the movement of the.

A mutual organisation whose funds, after the deduction of running costs, are owned by its.

A bank organised in the US which provides all the stock transfer and agency services in.

A reversal pattern in technical analysis.

Slang term for a disreputable brokerage.

The price at which units in a unit trust are bought by investors. Also known as the offer.

Insurance which extends the term of a warranty, typically covering repairs on appliances and cars,.

An index of the share prices of the 300 largest European companies, by market.

A bond, issued and underwritten by international syndicates of banks and issuing houses and sold to.

September 16, 1992: the day the pound was driven out of the Exchange Rate.

See: 'National Insurance (NI).

When a company decides to list its shares on a stock market it has to go through an elaborate.

Notice of intention to deliver a commodity in fulfilment of an expiring futures contract can be.

The highest rate of income tax in the UK which in the 2002-2003 tax year is 40%. The rate is.

The number of shares of a company on sale to the public at a given time.