Personal Finance
If you have a 30 year mortgage you may think about refinancing for a shorter term loan. But is refinancing the best thing to do with the extra cash you have?
With the cost of the gas going higher and higher every day many car owners think about replacing an older car with a more efficient, higher mileage one.
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Personal Finance
 Should I refinance my mortgage, or prepay? Which option is better for me? How advantageous are extra payments?
Use this online tool to see if you're better off refinancing... or not.
 A powerful, yet easy to use online tool for all your currency conversion needs.
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Personal Finance
Luxembourg, Austria and Belgium all figure on the OECD's 'grey list' of countries who are not yet up to standard in taxation rules. MEPs discuss the implications of the OECD standards in Europe.
Iceland
Iceland's new rules on foreign exchange put in place foreign exchange controls. Among other things, they prohibit foreign exchange related to capital account transactions and require domestic parties to submit all foreign currency they acquire, either from the sale of goods and services or in another manner, to a domestic financial institution.
No. 1130 of December 15th, 2008
No. 1082 of November 28, 2008
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European Union
 I have not been alone in mentioning that in Europe 2009 will be a very, very difficult year. As regards 2010, I always mentioned not only our own diagnosis, but the fact that an overwhelming majority of observers, economists and international institutions would say that in the course of next year there will be a progressive gradual recovery.
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Key ECB Interest Rates, effective from May 13, 2009
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English Edition. July 3, 2009
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