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Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie

2010-11-20T05:28:00.000-08:00

Madonna Louise Keegan, Ritchie Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958) and known as Madonna is an artist registration and U.S. singer and director, born in Bay City - Michigan, and raised in Rochester Hills - Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City, to work a career in modern dance. After performing their roles as a member of two groups of pop music: Break Fast Club Breakfast Club and Emmy Emmy; launched her album entitled name and the first appearance of an individual in the year 1983, and then produced the sequence and interdependence of logical three studio albums ranked lists of Billboard 200 (Billboard 200) in the eighties. Madonna is known for exploratory work Rmaziat religious treatises and nationality, which also formed numerous criticisms by the Vatican in the late eighties of the last century. In 1992 founded Madonna and Frederic Deman Frederick DeMann and Ronnie Dashiڤ Ronnie Dashev company specialized recreational Maڤirik Maverick, owned and managed by the Group and Warner Music, the company name was derived from the initials for the name of Madonna (MAdonna VEronica) and the end of the name of its director (FredeRICK DeMann), Deman out of the company in March 2004, established a Madonna and Maڤirik a lawsuit against a group, Warner, parent company Time Warner, Time Warner Incorporated in the lawsuit alleged mismanagement of resources and bookkeeping lean, which cost the company millions of dollars, WMG has appointed a lawyer for the accounts on the other hand, claiming that Maڤirik lost tens of millions of dollars alone, Madunamhnp Madonna has been active again in 1998 when the launch of her album Ray of Light "Sunbeam", which accumulated acclaim conflict of cash.

BBC chief faces crisis of confidence

2010-11-06T09:43:00.000-07:00

The BBC is facing a leadership crisis with growing doubts being expressed by senior corporation executives about the judgement of the Director-General Mark Thompson.

At a time when most of the BBC's journalists, including many of its best-known presenters, are out on strike, Thompson has been dealt a damaging blow by one of the most powerful figures in the BBC newsroom, who has accused the Director-General of undermining the organisation's reputation for impartiality.

Stephen Mitchell, deputy director of news at the BBC, told an audience at the University of Kent that Thompson's decision to sign a letter to Vince Cable, calling on the Business Secretary to intervene in the proposed takeover of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, compromised the ability of BBC journalists to cover an important story.

The Water Myth: Debunking the dilution solution

2010-11-01T03:21:00.000-07:00

Water. I have nothing against it. There are seas and lakes of it. It flows in rivers, brooks and streams. Sometimes it falls from the sky – great news for plants but not if you've just put the washing out.

Without it, we wouldn't have lovely cups of tea, or chicken soup, showers, baths or – if you are Japanese – a shower and then a bath. And when you're thirsty, there is nothing more refreshing than a glass of it.

But drinking a glass every now and then is rather different from having to drink two litres a day, which is what we should all be drinking, if you believe them: the Water Fascists.

Water Fascists. I have everything against them.

They are everywhere, preaching about the need for two litres a day and its umpteen health benefits. It's the best thing for your skin. It's the bestthing for your liver. It's the best thing for your kidneys. Water is "the forgotten nutrient". Without it, your legs will drop off and your pelvis will explode at a time that might not necessarily be the most convenient for you (while you're in Sainsbury's, for example).

I approached a department store's cosmetics counter the other day to buy an exorbitantly priced skin cream. It probably wouldn't live up to a single one of its promises but, what the heck, I was going to buy it anyway.

But what happened next made my jaw drop. The girl behind the counter (the sort who looks as though she has applied her foundation with a JCB) interrogated me not only on my fluid intake, but also on my output! "What colour is your wee?" she asked. Listen, love, some things are private, you know. "Is it dark?" she persisted.

Not telling. Go away. Just rip me off quickly, cleanly and efficiently. "It should be a pale, straw colour," she concluded, decisively, probably because she was wearing a white coat. On the counter was a little sign that read: "Dehydration is every woman's number one enemy". Mine's actually the VAT man, but there you go.

Now, as I've said, I've nothing against water; it's just the Water Fascists. And what about my parents' generation, who as far as I can see drink little or no water? Indeed, I can't recall my mother ever drinking a glass of water.

I call her up. "Do you ever drink water, Mum?" "No," she replies. I tell her that, by rights, she should be dead. "Well, I'm not, but I'll just check with your father" she says. "Denis! Am I dead?" she bellows. Mum returns to the phone with the verdict: "He confirms that I am not."

See? Not only not dead, but also, at 82, still in full possession of her marbles. Furthermore, she doesn't suffer from fatigue, headaches or muscle pains, and neither does she look like a shrivelled raisin. She also plays tennis every day (badly, and with no backhand, but that's not the point).

Right, let's take the Water Fascists' main claims and see if they stand up. First, two litres a day. Essential? Yes, in fact. Can't pick a fight here. Your body does use two litres of fluids a day. You're actually losing moisture all the time. Breathe on a mirror, if you don't believe me. But does it have to be two titres of water? Well, according to them, yes. Tea and coffee don't count because they are diuretics, they say – they actually make you lose more water than you retain. True? No, not really. Okay, coffee is quite diuretic – although you will still always retain some fluid – while tea, according to a recent review of the literature in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, actually hydrates the body as effectively as water.

Indeed, as Tom Sanders, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at King's College London, says, "Tea is the most widely consumed beverage throughout the world, and there must be a reason for that. It's actually a functional food." Hydrating, you mean? "Yes."

He also adds that you get a heck of a lot of water from food. Fruit and vegetables can contain up to 95 per cent water. Cucumber is water, more or less, but in the shape of a stick. A jacket potato contains 70 per cent water. An egg is 70 per cent. Chicken is 65 per cent. On average, we all consume a litre of water every day through food, plus our bodies produce water metabolically.

So, is there any scientific research showing that above and beyond what we might eat and drink we also need to drink two litres of water a day? The answer, in short, is no.

According to Claire Williamson, nutrition scientist with the British Nutrition Foundation: "If you take into account what you eat, you only need1.2 litres of fluids a day, and that fluid does not have to be water. Tea, coffee, fruit juice – they all count, as does alcohol, so long as it's not too strong." But if I don't drink a ton of water my skin will shrivel off, won't it? Again, no. Or, as a recent study by the foundation puts it: "There currently appears to be little scientific evidence relating to the effects of water consumption on skin hydration, and whether drinking more or less water actually has any impact on skin appearance."

The next claim is the one that perplexes me most: if you are thirsty, you have left it too late; you are dehydrated already. Hang on. Isn't this like saying that if I feel hungry I've left it too late to eat? Surely the safest bet is just to follow your body's signals in these matters? I'm thirsty. I'll have a drink. Now I'm not thirsty. Problem solved. Aren't we in danger of putting thirst out of business otherwise?

Back to Professor Sanders, who says, "There is evidence to show that cognitive function improves on drinking water when you are thirsty. But there is no benefit from drinking lots of water when you are not thirsty."

I wonder, if you are going to drink water, is it better to drink bottled water? "We would never recommend bottled water over tap water," says Claire Williamson. "Although some people do prefer the taste." As for themineral content, according to the World Health Organisation, it is of no proven benefit whatsoever.

Lastly, have you actually tried drinking two litres of water a day? I did for nearly a week, most of which was spent seeking out public toilets and getting up 12 times a night. To make it more scientific, I got my friend Alison to try as well, which was rather cruel, I admit, as she cycles from north London into central London every day. She says that, on her first morning, if it hadn't have been for the nice man opening the Argos on the Holloway Road (who allowed her to use the facilities), there would have been a nasty and shaming accident by Highbury Corner.

One final thought: writer HG Wells once said that the prime aim of any industry is to sell you air and water. Now you can buy bottled water with added oxygen. Not even the great science fiction visionary could have seen that particular scam coming.

Liquid Lunch

The facts reveal that there is plenty of water in the food we eat every day

Egg: 70%

Cucumber: 95%

Fruit and vegetables: 95%

Chicken: 65%

Jacket Potato: 70%

Deborah Ross / Easy Living © The Conde Nast Publications Ltd

'Obeisant' spells Scrabble triumph for transsexual

2010-11-01T03:19:00.000-07:00

Casual players of Scrabble, take heart. Even in yesterday’s final of the national championships, the two opponents were unafraid to adorn the board with words more usually suited to the playground.

Alongside “zinebs” (an agricultural fungicide) and “cothurni” (leather boots worn by Athenian actors), spectators were treated to a few smirks at the appearance of “tit” and “nads” along the way. When Mark Nyman played “cut”, perhaps it was the thought of his own young children watching at the back of the auditorium that stopped him from deploying his “n”.

There comes a time in every Scrabble player’s life when you have to choose whether to play that word against your granny, one spectator laughed.

Returnees flee as Indonesia volcano spews more ash

2010-11-01T03:05:00.001-07:00

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia: Thousands of evacuees who risked a trip home near a deadly Indonesian volcano fled in panic as the mountain spewed more searing ash clouds Sunday, while rescuers finally resumed aid to tsunami victims in the country’s other unfolding disaster.

The number of people killed in the twin catastrophes climbed to almost 500 on Sunday, as dozens more bodies were found in the tsunami-ravaged Mentawai islands.

Indonesia, a vast island nation of 235 million people, is prone to earthquakes and eruptions because it straddles a series of fault lines and volcanoes known as the Pacific “Ring of Fire.” Warning sirens blared, and people sprinted down the slopes of Mount Merapi or sped off in cars and trucks while others who had returned amid a brief lull to check on their livestock jumped into rivers hoping to protect themselves when the volcano erupted, local disaster official Rusdiyanto said.

No new casualties were immediately reported in the latest blast, which sent massive clouds of ash down the less-populated southern and eastern slopes, an official said. The volcano has killed 38 people since it began erupting Tuesday.

Authorities have been frustrated that many of the more than 53,000 evacuated since the eruptions began Tuesday keep going back during the daylight hours, ignoring warnings of the danger. More than 2,000 troops had to be called in Saturday to force men, women and children to leave.

Residents of the once-fertile slopes of Merapi — which means Fire Mountain — say they’re just trying to salvage something of their lives.

“My farm has been destroyed by volcanic debris and thick dust. ... All I have left now are my cows and goats,” said Subarkah, who lives less than two miles (three kilometers) from the peak. “I have to find grass and bring it up to them, otherwise they’ll die.” The 46-minute eruption Sunday shot dust about a mile (two kilometers) into the air and a cloud of hot ash a half mile (a kilometer) down Merapi’s eastern and southern slopes, said Surono, chief of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation.

“There should be no casualties from the new eruption because the flow of hot ash is lower and far from populated areas,” Surono said.

The airport in the city of Solo, 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Merapi, was forced to close Sunday for at least an hour due to volcanic dust that fell like rain, said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the transportation ministry. He said the facility would reopen later Sunday night.

National airline Garuda Indonesia also rerouted flights from the airport at Yogyakarta indefinitely out of concerns volcanic dust from Merapi, 18 miles (30 kilometers) to the north, would damage plane engines, airline spokesman Pujobroto said.

In the last century, more than 1,400 have been killed by Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanos.

Since Saturday’s large eruption, the volcano has had 63 lava bursts and nine small gas emissions, said Subandrio, an official with the volcano’s monitoring agency.

“The trend seems to be that the volcanic activity is increasing,” he said.

Surono warned that heavy rain Sunday increased the danger of another larger eruption because water falling into the fiery crater can create sudden vapor pressure in the lava dome, he said.

More than 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) to the west, a break in stormy weather made it possible for boats and helicopters to ferry aid to the most distant corners of the Mentawai Islands, where some coastal communities were pounded by waves up to 18 feet (six meters) high last Monday. The tsunami swept entire villages to sea, and hundreds of homes, schools, churches and mosques were destroyed.

A military helicopter evacuated badly injured survivors who had languished in an overwhelmed hospital with only paracetamol to ease their pain, said Ade Edward, a disaster management official. Among those evacuated was a baby girl born in a shelter after the tsunami and a 12-year-old girl with a life-threatening chest wound.

A C-130 transport plane, six helicopters and four motorized longboats were ferrying food and emergency supplies Sunday, he said.

Relief efforts were brought to a complete stop Saturday by stormy weather and rough seas.

“We’re really glad to finally see the relief workers, doctors and rescue teams able to reach devastated areas,” Edward said, adding that two navy ships arrived Sunday with many more police and soldiers deployed to speed up relief efforts.

The tsunami death toll climbed to 449 on Sunday with the discovery of dozens more bodies, said Nelis Zuliastri from the National Disaster Management Agency.

The fault that ruptured Monday, running the length of the west coast of Sumatra island, also caused the 9.1-magnitude quake that unleashed a monster tsunami around the Indian Ocean in 2004, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

Imran Abbas

2010-11-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

Mr Pakistan Imran Abbas

Aisha wife of the Prophet Muhammad

2010-11-01T02:54:00.000-07:00

Mother of the Believers Aisha bint Abi Bakr, may Allah be pleased with:
Is one of the wives of Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah, peace be upon him, and Mothers of the Believers.
I was born in the fourth year after the mission, Ruth Aisha, may Allah be pleased many of the hadith of the Prophet peace be upon him, especially with regard to his private life,
(Numbered 2210, including 316 Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Rates of the mother of believers Aisha, may Allah be pleased:
Father: Abu Bakr ibn Abi dipper Othman bin Amer bin Amr bin Ka'b bin Saad bin bin time Tim ibn Ka'b bin Loay bin Ghalib bin Fahr bin Malik bin Al Nadar Kenana Khuzaymah Ben Ben Ben Ben Elias aware Mudar bin Nizar bin contagious bin Adnan.
Her mother: mother of Roman bint Amer bin Omair bin stunned Ben Dahman bin Harith bin Tim bin Malik bin Kenana Khuzaymah Ben Ben Ben Ben Elias aware Mudar bin Nizar bin contagious bin Adnan.

Marriage the mother of believers Aisha, may Allah be pleased:

Married the Prophet peace be upon him after the death of his first wife, Mother of the Believers Khadija Bint and his marriage to the mother of believers black girl Zama Amiriya Qurashiyyah,
That was two years before the migration, although it appears that was six years old,
While married the Prophet peace be upon him and nine years when it was built as stated in Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim
This, however, responded to the tongue only after I grew older did not return to the San Prophet peace be upon him, therefore, that this was a subject of controversy among scientists
He said some of them, such as Sheikh Khaled soldier that his marriage was the largest of it, especially since the birth dates were not recorded at the time and then the real age of fourteen years old
Depending on the measurement of the age-old big sister Asma bint Abi Bakr, has lived with the Prophet peace be upon him eight years and five months.
Some reports also say that Aisha, may Allah be pleased by the amount to women when they married the Prophet peace be upon him.
And also that Ibn Hajar narrated from Abu Naim that Asma bint Abi Bakr, sister of Aisha, may Allah be pleased by the Great was born before the migration is twenty-seven years old,
This means that Aisha, may Allah be pleased she was seventeen years ago when migration
Any time he married the Prophet peace be upon him grow up because the names of Aisha, may Allah be pleased about ten years.
And that I'm Qutaybah text that Aisha, may Allah be pleased died in fifty-eight was almost seventy,
This means that it was when her marriage to the Prophet, peace be upon him at the age of about thirteen, because marriage is such as migration Prophet Muhammad

The most prominent characteristics of the mother of believers Aisha, may Allah be pleased:

Three areas characterized by including Aisha, namely:
Knowledge and education
Mrs. unexplained the updated
Mrs. fiqh
The reason I have a yoke and a sharp intelligence and knowledge, God bless them gm
And has an effective role in serving Islam through the transfer of the conversations and the interpretation of many of the life of the Prophet peace be upon him.
To go beyond its role as a woman to become a mentor to a whole nation, namely the Islamic nation as a whole.

Hillary Clinton scandal - Smiley

2010-11-01T02:39:00.001-07:00

Hillary Clinton scandal - Smiley

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem addresses a press conference at the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi on Saturday

Dirt out of her nose

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US blacklists 37 alleged front companies for Iran

2010-10-28T07:23:00.000-07:00

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: Oct 28, 2010 00:43 Updated: Oct 28, 2010 00:43

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is putting new pressure on Iran by blacklisting 37 shipping companies in Germany, Malta and Cyprus that the US links to Tehran’s nuclear program.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that all are front companies owned or acting for the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, which the US says is used to advance Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.

The blacklisting is the latest in a series of actions by the UN, as well as the US and other countries to punish Iran for its disputed nuclear program. The US measures are also intended to pressure Tehran into agreeing to taking steps to prove that the program is not used to make bombs.

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2010-10-28T07:20:00.001-07:00

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GAIN Capital to Acquire the Retail Forex Business of Capital Market Services, LLC

2010-10-28T07:19:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK and LONDON, October 18, 2010 - GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc., a global provider of online trading services specializing in foreign exchange (forex or FX) and contracts for difference (CFDs), has reached an agreement to acquire the retail forex business of Capital Market Services LLC (“CMS Forex”), pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.

GAIN Capital, through its regulated subsidiaries, agreed to purchase the retail customer accounts currently held at CMS Forex’s regulated subsidiaries in the United States, Bermuda, United Kingdom and Japan. The transfer of CMS Forex’s U.S. and Bermuda customers was completed on October 15, 2010. The transfer of the retail customer accounts of CMS Forex’s regulated subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Japan is scheduled to be completed in the coming weeks, pending regulatory approval and other closing conditions.

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Indonesia tsunami toll hits 343 as bodies found

2010-10-28T07:13:00.000-07:00

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: Oct 28, 2010 14:51 Updated: Oct 28, 2010 15:22

MENTAWAI ISLANDS, Indonesia: Rescuers searching islands ravaged by a tsunami off western Indonesia raised the death toll to 343 Thursday as more bodies were found and said the number is likely to climb higher because hundreds of missing people may have been swept away.

Elsewhere in Indonesia, the volcano that killed 33 people this week began erupting again, though there were no reports of new injuries or damage. Mourners held a mass burial Thursday during a lull in Mount Merapi’s rumblings.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was to meet Thursday with survivors of the twin catastrophes, which struck within 24 hours in different corners of the seismically charged region, severely testing the nation’s emergency response network.

Officials say a multimillion-dollar warning system installed after a monster 2004 quake and tsunami broke down one month ago because it was not being properly maintained.

In the tsunami-ravaged Mentawai islands, search and rescue teams — kept away for days by stormy seas and bad weather — found roads and beaches with swollen corpses lying on them, according to Harmensyah, head of the West Sumatra provincial disaster management center.

Some wore face masks as they wrapped corpses in black body bags on Pagai Utara, one of the four main islands in the Mentawai chain located between Sumatra and the Indian Ocean. Huge swaths of land were underwater and houses lay crumpled with tires and slabs of concrete piled on the surrounding sand.

Ferry Faisal, of the West Sumatra provincial disaster management agency, raised the official toll Thursday to 343 from 311 earlier in the day. He said 338 people are still missing.

Harmensyah said the teams were losing hope of finding those missing since the wall of water, created by a 7.8-magnitute earthquake, crashed into the islands on Monday.

“They believe many, many of the bodies were swept to sea,” he said.

On Thursday, more than 100 survivors crowded into a makeshift medical center in the town of Sikakap on Pagai Utara. Some still wept for loved ones lost to the 10-foot (three-meter) wave as they lay on straw mats or sat on the floor, waiting for medics to treat injuries including broken limbs and cuts.

Hermansyah, a local fisheries ministry official who survived the earthquake and wave that hit Sikakap because he was on higher ground, quickly formed a rescue coordination committee and began traveling to other areas, finding several villages flattened.

“Not even the foundations of houses are standing. All of them are gone,” said Hermansyah, who like many Indonesians uses a single name.

He said the devastation he saw indicates the wave could have been higher than reported in some areas — perhaps more than 20 feet (six meters) high.

About 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) to the east in central Java, Mount Merapi began spewing hot clouds of ash again at around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Indonesian vulcanology agency Subandriyo.

Most residents have been evacuated from the area. It was unclear whether the new activity was a sign of another major blast to come. Tuesday’s eruption killed at least 33 people and injured 17, said Agustinus, a doctor at the local health department.

Residents from the hardest-hit villages of Kinahrejo, Ngrangkah, and Kaliadem — which were decimated in Tuesday’s blast — crammed into refugee camps. Officials brought surviving cows, buffalo and goats down the mountain so that they wouldn’t try to go home to check on their livestock.

Thousands attended a mass burial for 26 of the victims six miles (10) kilometers from the mountain’s base. They included family and friends, who wept and hugged one another as bodies were lowered into the grave in rows.

Among the dead was a revered elder who had refused to leave his ceremonial post as caretaker of the mountain’s spirits. He was buried in a separate funeral Thursday.

Driverless vans end 13,000-km test drive to China

2010-10-28T07:09:00.002-07:00

SHANGHAI: Across Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Gobi Desert — it certainly was a long way to go without getting lost.

Four driverless electric vans successfully ended a 8,000-mile (13,000-kilometer) test drive from Italy to China — a modern-day version of Marco Polo’s journey around the world — with their arrival at the Shanghai Expo on Thursday.

The vehicles, equipped with four solar-powered laser scanners and seven video cameras that work together to detect and avoid obstacles, are part of an experiment aimed at improving road safety and advancing automotive technology.

The sensors on the vehicles enabled them to navigate through wide extremes in road, traffic and weather conditions, while collecting data to be analyzed for further research, in a study sponsored by the European Research Council.

“We didn’t know the route, I mean what the roads would have been and if we would have found nice roads, traffic, lots of traffic, medium traffic, crazy drivers or regular drivers, so we encountered the lot,” said Isabella Fredriga, a research engineer for the project.

Though the vans were driverless and mapless, they did carry researchers as passengers just in case of emergencies. The experimenters did have to intervene a few times — when the vehicles got snarled in a Moscow traffic jam and to handle toll stations.

The project used no maps, often traveling through remote regions of Siberia and China. At one point, a van stopped to give a hitchhiker a lift.

A computerized artificial vision system dubbed GOLD, for Generic Obstacle and Lane Detector, analyzed the information from the sensors and automatically adjusted the vehicles’ speed and direction.

“This steering wheel is controlled by the PC. So the PC sends a command and the steering wheel moves and turns and we can follow the road, follow the curves and avoid obstacles with this,” said Alberto Broggi of Vislab at the University of Parma in Italy, the lead researcher for the project.

“The idea here was to travel on a long route, on two different continents, in different states, different weather, different traffic conditions, different infrastructure. Then we can have some huge number of situations to test the system on,” he said.

The technology will be used to study ways to complement drivers’ abilities. It also could have applications in farming, mining and construction, the researchers said.

The vehicles ran at maximum speeds of 38 miles per hour (60 kilometers per hour) and had to be recharged for eight hours after every two to three hours of driving. At times, it was monotonous and occasionally nerve-racking, inevitably due to human error, Fredriga said.

“There were a few scary moments. Like when the following vehicle bumped into the leading one and that was just because we forgot, we stopped and we forgot to turn the system off,” Fredriga said.

Forex Gridbot – Grid Bot Trading

2010-10-28T07:01:00.001-07:00

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Online Forex Trading Platform – Strategies For Choosing A Best Online Forex Trading Platform In Less Than 30

2010-10-28T06:54:00.000-07:00

Let me start with this analogy, before making any major investment in your life like buying a house or a new car
You first have to do research. You can also hire a professional to do research for you in order to make an informed investment decision. What is the forex broker? A forex broker is a company that buy/sell trades for orders according to the traders decisions and charge commissions for their service.
My seven tips for choosing a best online forex broker.
1: I am a big fan of Metatrader 4 forex trading platforms because 65% of online companies proves this types.
Metatrader platforms gives traders a choice to either place their trades automatically using their own preferred expect advisors better known as trading robots or trade place their trades manually.
2: Use a broker which is registered with NFA better known as national futures association or any regulating body in the country that your broker `s main offices are placed. This is very important as you want to do business with a trust worthy company.You do not want to woke up one day and find that your broker has filed for bankruptcy. Online Forex Trading Platform
3:Check better business bureau to see if any complain has been filed against your forex platform you are busy reviewing.If any check how well or bad did the broker handle the resolution.
4:Trust with your broker is always establish over time,therefore use common sense.It is wise to deposit a small amount of money at first.You will increase your investment capital over time if you treated professionally.
5:Is your broker offer both demo account and real trading account? If he only offers only real account look for another broker which is offering both. The advantage of a demo account is that you will use the trading platform for free while learning how to trade without risking your hard earned money.You will use this also when testing a new trading system you just bought or developed.
6:do you receive legitimate correspondence in the form of e-mails from your broker?Are your concerns and questions handle approximately?
7:is your broker offering a fixed or variable spread? What is the spread during volatile market times? For clarity a spread is a price difference between bid and ask price.
Lastly knowing the right questions to ask and doing the necessary research will increase your chances of choosing the right broker for you. Also check out forex broker reviews sites. I hope the article has been useful to you. Those who want to short cut the search you may click here for popular forex brokers I personally use. Online Forex Trading Platform