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[leedskier] 21/4/2013 19:50

Will Apple keep up?

[leedskier] 21/4/2013 19:03

FT Exclusive
Sunday April 21 2013

Data shift to lift US economy by 3%

The US economy will officially become 3 per cent bigger in July as part of a shake-up that will for the first time see government statistics take into account 21st century components such as film royalties and spending on research and development

[jazza] 21/4/2013 15:50

No..But feel free to make it up anyway..

[hectorp] 21/4/2013 13:21

Good, moderated, spamming all over the place.

I see the FCA is looking into the recent lockdown of customer accounts at RBS NAtWest and Ulster Bank.

Is it not quite plausible, that RBS were engaged in testing their lockdown systems on the scale that will be needed if one day, they are to freeze all the accounts prior to a 'Cyprus event' scenario.

[maxk] 20/4/2013 19:05

April 20, 2013 ·

CRISIS ATHENS: How austerity is destroying those who would compete with multinational power






These pictures are of a main Athenian thoroughfare, Stadiou. Think 'Tottenham Court Road', and then imagine every kiosk, stall, shop and indoor precinct closed down, every small shop empty and impossible to rent, and the once-bustling pavements half empty.


quote: Resentment towards the State sector and powerful bureaucrats is every bit as visceral as the disdain felt about the Troika.

Said one small entrepreneur, "These Troika people, so well dressed, such nice attache cases. They stay in the Hilton at Greece's expense. None of them has any idea about business – only debt and repayment schedules. Now they insist that 150,000 civil servants be fired. Hah! That'll be the day. Now they try to retire them off with fat pensions, but still they demand that the empty desks are filled with young recruits. They will cling onto our skin until we are all dead."

Full srory here:

[speedy] 20/4/2013 18:19

LBIE was (is) the London affiliate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.



"The Administrators of LBIE, the largest and most complex company in the failed Lehman group, have told creditors that in the best case scenario, they might now be repaid their claims in full. "

I'm thinking that such things do not get published without the sums having been
carefully checked ...

[jazza] 20/4/2013 10:42

I discount propaganda max.Just the facts max, just the facts..I want to know how exactly Merkel's gonna buy herself an election. She'd probably win anyway but why leave it to chance.Those car sales stats show that everyone is sitting on their hands, banking their cash, waiting for the signal to remove the tin hats. That all-clear is in Ma Merkel's gift..

[maxk] 20/4/2013 10:30

Morning Jazz, I knew you'd like that one :-)

[jazza] 20/4/2013 10:25

What's the non-UKIP angle?Would be good to read something unbiased....just for a change..

[maxk] 20/4/2013 10:14

Why can't the IMF face up to the truth about the failing euro?


By Jeremy Warner
Economics
April 19th, 2013


I've been in Washington most of this week for the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund. I wish I could say there was light at the end of the tunnel, but the reality is still deeply depressing. Sorry to use cliches, but two sayings spring to mind: fiddling while Rome burns, and re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

In "The Economic Consequences of the Peace", the British economist, John Maynard Keynes, wrote that his preference in any negotiation or arbitration was for "violent and ruthless truth telling" but there has been very little evidence of that in this week's discussions. Instead of addressing the underlying causes of today's economic funk – the failing euro – debate has focused on marginal fiscal and monetary issues such as whether the UK and the US are consolidating too fast

[jazza] 20/4/2013 09:37

Mostly concerning 2012, when banks were still shrinking their loan:deposit ratios.Will 2013 be different? It's certainly in the banks' interests to lend more.,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22213682

[dope007] 20/4/2013 07:13

The one that looks like she ain't shaved

[uncle arthur] 20/4/2013 07:12

what tattoo?

[maxk] 19/4/2013 22:31

Doncha just love the tatoo?

[tfergi] 19/4/2013 21:52

Ha ha leeds

[leedskier] 19/4/2013 21:29

Does she work for Fitch?

[dope007] 19/4/2013 21:15

A bit of weekend enjoyment for you all

[ramco] 19/4/2013 19:55

To top off a torrid week!... to be downgraded by the
Frenchies... apart from the fact it is very rich given
where they are on this curve, but the ignominy is just
too much to ask someone to bear....;

[birdsedgeuk] 19/4/2013 18:56

Was comin fergiGot to hand it to www.traderdiary.co.ukDone well this wk.Up on WMH, MONY, TLW.

[tfergi] 19/4/2013 18:54

Would that explain the weakness this week?