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[matthewa] 25/9/2002 11:09

datasharp - Yes I noticed that th enayalust briefign yesterday was +ve I also thoguht the market may rally soon (Not today but there we go) & was looking for FSTE 100 stocks showing solid intradya strength and III was one of them sellers were just drying up VC works bouth ways clearly III are not going to get as much when floaitng comaonies but also they are can INVEST FOR LESS AS WELL

[datasharp] 25/9/2002 11:09

Covered iii +28

[m.t.glass] 25/9/2002 11:09

C'mon Dil - pay it all back. They'll trace you.

Tuesday, 24 September, 2002, 17:03 GMT 18:03 UK
Bank plea after cash point blunder

Customers are being asked to hand back the money

A faulty cash point dished out extra money for nearly one and a half hours to its customers in a south Wales town before bank officials spotted the problem.
The Lloyds TSB bank in Market Street, Ebbw Vale, developed a technical problem which meant that an extra £10 was handed out during every transaction.

For every transaction that was carried out, the customer got the extra money

Customers who benefited from the bonus are now being written to, in the hope they will return the extra notes.

Bank officials have refused to disclose how much extra money was handed out but have said that the cash point was turned off as soon as the problem was noticed.

"It was taken out of service and the engineers came to fix it," said a spokeswoman.

"This was the only machine affected in the town.

"For every transaction that was carried out, the customer got the extra money."

The bank is now appealing to people who used the busy machine on Friday to give the money back.

"We know which customers received the additional money because of the cash point's records.

"We are relying on people's honesty to give the money back to us.

Rare event

"We have written to the customers to tell them about what happened and are asking them to return the extra money."

The bank, which has two branches in the town, said that engineers have identified the technical problem in the machine.

The spokeswoman said that the problem of cash points giving out too much money happened very rarely.

"This type of thing doesn't happen very often, its usually once very five years or so," she added.



What does she mean, "usually"?

[datasharp] 25/9/2002 11:01

iii strong intraday , still long from last night - thks Matthew for bringing it up - you on fire at moment.

[foale] 25/9/2002 11:00

Got my sell to close order filled in Lloyds in the spike up at 489..
now theres luck

[byrdsong] 25/9/2002 10:53

Rob

Thx for the warning - I'll stand well clear!

[matthewa] 25/9/2002 10:53

HOL - Moving lower THINK ABOUT THIS GIYS IF THE BID IS ALL DONE & SUSTED WHY ARE MM's getting MARKING IT DOWN? Big dealyed sells went thru below the bid price. IOm still short MAximum downside is 12 pts I thkn the bod is not going to hapopen becasue of HOl's dodgy balance sheet Cannons could ahve spotted something in the due dilgence. I was alwya asscepitalcal about this bid see sperate thread

[robbb] 25/9/2002 10:50

Morning all

Still here after a very grim 36hrs gastric yerky thing. At first we thought we might have given everyone at the Christening food poisoning. Turns out one of the nephews has something going round his school.

Covered tox earlier for +130pts. I imagine a few others got more and bigger, well done. Thanks Cat for going on about it so much :-)

Going to try a bit of toast and see what happens.

Regards
Rob

[matthewa] 25/9/2002 10:48

Short SIV @ 3.01 after De La Rue p/w First tentative short on this one. Waiting for MMs to guide this lower ahead of its results. If De La Rue (Much better outfit p/w) SIV's reults will be worse. Horrible chart.

[jeroo] 25/9/2002 10:47

contract note - squirt squirt honk honk ;)

[locket] 25/9/2002 10:46

I'm sorry blackday ,nothing personal,but DID YOU TRADE THEM ?
You're like a poker player playing for matches - if you win you brag about how well you called it,if you lose it costs you nothing
I will now join those who filter you
Goodbye

[m.t.glass] 25/9/2002 10:45

"..iam always wright b4 the event..." (Blackday)

Hey Mr.Modest, - you want I should re-post your Tips For 2002?

:o)

[keith95] 25/9/2002 10:45

C&W just given a buy recommend on Bloom.

[chaspebble] 25/9/2002 10:44

Matthewa, sadly HTL is not on CMC's lists, which is actually probably a good thing, cos they'd only rip one off on the enormous spread they'd offer. :-)

[paulismyname] 25/9/2002 10:44

Cannot help but think this is a false rally to sell into, nothing really has changed since yesterday.

Until the issue with Saddam is resolved, and from the UK viewpoint we say stuff the Euro (sorry folks) I think markets will continue to fall. Indeed any problems with credit and banks could take loads off the index.

One good peice of news though, the Microsoft deal re its X-Box and twt, ntl, and BT may help the telecoms. With twt it may lend support to the argument we should not be treated like marconi in any debt for equity swap as there is now the potential for twt to gain many more clients. The X-Box is acentral part of Microsofts business stratergy, and Bill is one of a small number of people who could bail twt out from the small change in his pocket. Just a thought

[m.t.glass] 25/9/2002 10:42

Sorry to hear that Sue.

[nirvs] 25/9/2002 10:40

mdk weakening further with a mm sell...

[blackday] 25/9/2002 10:36

iam always wright b4 the event u mean without handsight -i claeraly told u lloys down 13percent in 1and a bit sessions -bank of america actually finished up and other us banks and banks still tanked i called it way oversold even at 460i said lloys was oversold it wsas it had com eback higher even if its to fall further in the long term-i was wright without hindsight and as i said yesterday yhe market can turn very quickly-iam sure there will b other days to pick up bargins soon-but the correection had to come
sorry didnt read previous messages =apologies lol

[crocodile] 25/9/2002 10:35

Sorry to hear the news Sue ...

[crocodile] 25/9/2002 10:35

Thanks Ashley
Meeting tomorrow ?

[byrdsong] 25/9/2002 10:35

sdawson

My thoughts are with you.

[vicism] 25/9/2002 10:32

who knows why cw. is -ve despite huge cash pile they have? is there some bad news out or what?

[matthewa] 25/9/2002 10:24

sdawson - My condolencesces - sorry to hear your news also