Monthly Archives: November 2007

Fingerprinted at DisneyWorld

Last weekend I was fingerprinted twice, once on entering the USA at Miami Airport on Friday and the second time on visiting Disney World. On querying the rationale for the second fingerprinting I was told by the Disney employee that … Continue reading

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Oxford Union Debating Society Endorse BNP

I was deeply disappointed in the Oxford Union Debating Society’s decision to invite the British National Party to speak at an event on Monday 26th November. Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP, and Holocaust denier and historian, David Irving are … Continue reading

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Cross Referencing Identifiers : Know Your Instrument

When financial data is supplied by a vendor it tends to be keyed on that vendor’s own identifier e.g. Bloomberg unique identifer, Moodys issue id, etc. Market identifiers such as SEDOL, CUSIP and ISIN are sometimes but not always supplied. As part of the research … Continue reading

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