Miss Singh, Mr. Smith, and Uncle Tito explain to Mia and Tomâas the many different methods of paying for something, including by cash, credit card, or check.
When the corpses of a lusty school official and her security-guard lover are discovered in a school broom closet, and the prime suspect, Pete Kelsey, the woman's husband, proclaims his innocence, Detective J.P. Beaumont goes into action.
Robin Cook, master of bestselling medical thrillers, answers the "What's the worst thing that could happen?" question in this plot-twisting novel in which villains with no sense of ethics or social responsibility get their greedy hands on the newest cloning technology. It starts when a couple of Harvard graduate students answer the Wingate Clinic's ad for egg donors. The women figure on financing a year in Venice and the down payment on a Boston condo with the extraordinary sum they're promised. But a year later, the heroines feel the emotional need to seek out the children they've made possible for infertile couples.
At the great Scottish manor house of Westerbrae, a London theatrical company gathers to hear a controversial new play. By the evening's end, the beautiful playwright has been brutally murdered in her bed-and Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley becomes immediately embroiled in a crime whose genesis is tangled in the obligations of love and the consequences of betrayal. With orders to keep the case from the press as long as possible because of the notoriety of the principal suspects, Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers travel to the isolated estate.
A Short Course in International Payments: How to Use Letters of Credit, D/P and D/a Terms, Prepayment, Credit, and Cyberpayments in International Transactions by Edward G. Hinkelman
If your international transactions involve the payment, receipt or transfer of money, this book will prove indispensable. Described in detail are the four primary payment methods: documentary letters of credit, documentary collections, pre-payment and credit transactions. Step by step instructions, accompanied by skillfully designed illustrations, are provided for both standard and special letters of credit, including revocable and irrevocable, confirmed and unconfirmed, back-to-back, deferred payment (usance), red clause, revolving, standby and transferable types. This book introduces each party to each transaction, contains lists of what can go wrong and provides solutions for common problems. The book is an excellent training tool for traders, bankers and brokers. Also covered: - Foreign exchange (forward contracts) - Documents used in trade (major chapter) - Letter of credit application and instructions - Incoterms 2000 - Cyber transaction on the Internet - Glossary and bibliography --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.