[jings100] transaction tax
Can't understand why the EU would want to go ahead with this. It was tried in Sweden and was a total disaster but I'm sure those clever people in the EU know what they're doing ???? FACT: "In 1984,...
View Article[Ranjm] Jings
Hi Jings, totally agree with you. On paper it may seem logical, in practice what a daft idea. At least though, if it is implemented, may do wonders for London...!!!
View Article[jings100] Ranjm
So long as Cameron keeps us out of it , Lol... if not .......the trading would just move to another exchange , New York , Hong Kong , anywhere outside the Eurozone. At the end of the day it's just...
View Article[lex1] Downgradings
Someone seriously needs to look at these rating agencies, Investec own a large stockbrokers, they have hidden agendas.
View Article[jings100] lex
Think they've all got hidden agendas. Bandierra could probably give you chapter and verse ............bad day across the pond Dow down 250 pts on economic news ....
View Article[NeepHead] Mailman
You need to have some faith! Things are already getting better, as we go through the next year or two we will see much more. Jobs in shops become jobs in warehouses, the wheel goes around, many...
View Article[Ranjm] Neephead
Well said...life is what you make it. And when there's a crisis, there's also massive opportunity, for those with balls...!!
View Article[Ranjm] Bandiera-Rossa
Sorry mate but that is utter nonsense. I think you watch wayyy too many conspiracy films...!!! You should watch Andrew Marr's history of the world to get a sense of reality. Or maybe read some of Niall...
View Article[mailman] NeepHead
You are possibly right in much of what you say.... But how many of new jobs are full time....... and 100 apply for every job offered in many cases ...shops are closing because of culture changes to...
View Article[LennyMac] Bandiera
Someone once made the observation that 'you should never ascribe to malfeasance that which could easily be explained as incompetence', and I think this describes the situation in which the world finds...
View Article[NeepHead] Mailman
Yes, all true, but you have to see past all that. The retail industry became a monster on the back of hugely excessive borrowing availability, ergo, when the bubble burst and that borrowing had to stop...
View Article[jings100] Morning all
Europe causing problems again this morning, PMI data showing a further decline.............Having just released RBS from the APS , Mervyn King is now talking about the possible need for a rights issue...
View Article[mailman] All
I see Argos are to close or relocate 75 stores ... TV news this morning.. Is the budget due shortly...?
View Article[Ranjm] rbs...another settlement...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/uk-rbs-settlement-nevada-idUKBRE89N07V20121024
View Article[jings100] Lennymac
Morning, not sure if you can discount Bandiera's theories quite so easily , malfeasance ( good word that) may have a greater part to play in global affairs than incompetence, or maybe it's just self...
View Article[jings100] Ranjm
And they just keep coming , Lol.........Not a lot on 100 billion pounds worth of business.
View Article[Ranjm] Jings/RBS
Seems a bit contradictory. On the one hand, the banks say they are over capitalised while King says the opposite. If pressure is mounted on the banks to increase their capital buffers to avoid another...
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