A company (or person) making an unwanted counter bid for another company, whose intentions are.

One of the main USA share indices which monitors the movement of 30 industrial companies traded.

A region in which businesses get special tax advantages (including exemption from business rates) as.

A company which invests the funds of small private investors in a range of securities. This enables.

In the UK the four large clearing banks: Lloyds TSB, Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of.

(IMF) A fund formed in the mid 1940s by industrialised countries to stabilise exchange rates, promote.

(GPM)A mortgage scheme in which monthly payments commence at a lower level and increase over a period of.

The results reported by a company for the first six months of its financial year. In general,.

A currency which is deposited in banks outside its country of origin. For example the eurodollar,.

A clause in an insurance policy which specifies items or conditions not covered.

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

See 'redemption.

A Transferable Letter of Credit allows the beneficiary to pass on the benfit of a Letter of Credit to one or more third parties. Normally used by companies that source rather than produce goods.

Taxation of corporate earnings and subsequently taxation of.

A reversal pattern in technical analysis.

A system for the distribution of bank giro credits and other credits between banks to enable funds.

When an option holder takes up his option to buy or sell the underlying instrument (for example.

An accounting term which refers to the amount of income a company receives in the form of interest.

(EDSP)The price which determines the price for physical delivery of the underlying instrument or the price.

The Financial Services Act 1986 defines investment business to include dealing, arranging deals in,.