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CHINESE WHISPERS

Sep 1, 2009
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If you know a Mandarin speaker with a US passport or green card and a good dollop of operations experience, give Spinnaker's Amy Travell a call. She has a lovely job for you in New York City.

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INTERNATIONAL COST OF LIVING

Sep 1, 2009
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TWICE a year Mercer sends a whole load of lucky people to the shops to find out how much things cost. 200 things to be precise, from a loaf of bread to a glass of moon juice. They also throw in the cost of accommodation and then benchmark 143 cities against the cost of those same things in New York which is given the base value of 100 in the index.

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MARKET COMMENTARY – AUG/SEP 2009

Aug 1, 2009
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We're all economists now. That, along with a growing interest in religion and social responsibility seems to be one of the few benefits of the recession. Now, the only topic of conversation in bars and pubs the world over is not your local version of the TV show Big Brother in which a bunch of morons live in a house together until the blessed day when the last one emerges victorious into a world of cheap celebrity

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INTRODUCING UNITEAM YACHTING

Aug 1, 2009
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ROMAN Abramovich is not a name most people associate with shipping. But with a fleet of superyachts the size of many commercial shipping fleets, he's no dinghy sailor. A name you may know though is Jonathan Holloway, the man who's been running Mr Abramovich's fleet since 2005.

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MARITIME RECRUITMENT OPTIONS

Jul 1, 2009
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WHEN we set up Spinnaker in 1997 to be a dedicated maritime recruitment agency focusing on commercial, technical, legal and insurance recruitment, the only other option available to maritime employers was press advertising. Lloyd's List was the market leader and Tradewinds the young pretender…

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CUTTING YOUR CLOTH

Jul 1, 2009
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IT'S amazing how short term our memories are. The economic boom of the last few years was just that, a boom. Why then is it human nature to kid ourselves that it's the norm?

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PENSION TRAPS (& LOOPHOLES FOR HIGH EARNERS)

Jul 1, 2009
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IF you are a UK worker earning more than GBP100,000 it may be worth dragging your eyes away from the sports or fashion pages for ten minutes to think about your pension contributions. The Budget in April reduced the tax relief available on pensions to those earning over GBP150,000 from 2011. The UK tax authorities have put in place measures to avoid people chucking loads of money into their pensions in the meantime in order to get round the change

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UAE PROPERTY PRICES

Jul 1, 2009
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A UAE property developer says that speculators are still “driving” the market. Another great press release euphemism that, but it's pretty hard to swear in writing nowadays with Orwellian firewalls censoring our every blasphemy.

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