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2009 Stanbank Nm

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Stanbank Nm LSE:2009 London Ordinary Share ZAE000057378 STANDARD BANK GROUP NM
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22/4/2009
12:32
Full speech etc
m.t.glass
22/4/2009
12:22
ISA subscription limit increased from £7200pa to £10,200pa

A 41.7% increase. Long overdue.

m.t.glass
22/4/2009
11:59
His lovechild maybe?
m.t.glass
22/4/2009
11:57
It's a young Dennis Healey!!
bobby.ifa
22/4/2009
11:50
It's an old photo - lifted from last year's thread..
He's changed his glasses.

m.t.glass
22/4/2009
11:40
His eyebrows have definately been trimmed !!
gohunk
22/4/2009
11:27
BUDGET 2009
Budget speech starts at 12:30pm Wednesday 22 April

Come on then -- your comments, observations, analysis of likely impact on particular stocks or sectors

m.t.glass
18/4/2009
14:17
China's Wealth Fund to Consider Investing in Europe (Update2)
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By Eugene Tang

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- China's $200 billion sovereign fund will consider investing in Europe in 2009, after avoiding the continent last year because of trade barriers, said China Investment Corp.'s Chairman Lou Jiwei.

"Europe has started to welcome investments" without attaching conditions, Lou said today at the Boao Forum in southern China's Hainan province. "During the world financial crisis, sovereign wealth funds have become more appealing" and less frightening, he said. Beijing-based CIC, whose investments have included stakes in Blackstone Group LP and Morgan Stanley, didn't invest "a single cent" in European companies or assets last year, because the continent had put up barriers to limit the activities of sovereign wealth funds, he said.

The agency was founded to provide better returns for China's foreign-currency reserves, the world's largest at $1.95 trillion. The fund last year earned $10 billion from its investments, representing a 5 percent return, Radio Television Hong Kong reported on Feb. 24, citing a source it didn't identify.

"There was rising protectionism against China last year, and the European Union had the worst" limits, Lou said today. "They allowed us to invest in no more than 10 percent of a company's stakes and required us to give up our voting power" in management, he said.

"We couldn't accept that because investments should be based on market practices," he said. "With the removal of these conditions, we will seriously consider making decisive and prudent investments overseas this year, including in Europe."

He declined to specify the European industries or companies he's looking at investing in.

To contact the reporter on this story: Eugene Tang at Boao on at eugenetang@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: April 18, 2009 06:30 EDT

ariane
20/3/2009
09:29
2009 a good year for pawnbrokers

not good for dredging

ariane
09/3/2009
17:19
wig... further to your last:
brando69
07/3/2009
18:46
some believe - though it goes against my instincts - that the online gambling cos should do well... primarily due to the Obama administration, apparently, planning to repeal anti-online gaming legislation which cut a significant income stream for the likes of 888, partygaming etc....
brando69
07/3/2009
17:43
stem cell research and biotechnology companies should fair well. IMO the next year or two will see many buy outs & M&As within this specialised sector , whereby the major pharma. companies will look to acquire their own research and development companies.

B.O. has opened the door that has been well and truly shut for the last 10 years or more.

wig123
07/3/2009
16:19
U.K. Profits Will Fall More Than in 1930s, Morgan Stanley Says
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By Adam Haigh

March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Profits in the U.K. will plunge more than during the Great Depression amid further losses in the banking industry and sliding oil prices, pushing the benchmark FTSE 100 Index lower over the next year, Morgan Stanley said.

Earnings will fall 60 percent from peak to trough, London- based equity strategists Graham Secker and Charlotte Swing wrote in a report dated yesterday, adding that Morgan Stanley data suggest profits dropped about 57 percent during the early 1930s.

"While this sounds a rather draconian and hyperbolic downgrade, we believe it is realistic and incorporates the big losses that have come to light in the banking sector as well as a sharp drop in commodity prices," the strategists wrote.

The New York-based brokerage lowered its 12-month forecast for the FTSE 100 to 3,500 from 4,300. The gauge closed at 3,529.86 yesterday, having slumped 20 percent in 2009.

A 60 percent decline in profits implies a drop in investors' return on equity to 8 percent from 19 percent currently, according to the report.

To contact the reporter on this story: Adam Haigh in London at ahaigh1@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: March 6, 2009 05:58 EST

ariane
05/3/2009
12:42
SMIT CEO: Open To Boskalis Buying Whole Co, But Not Break Up





AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- Dutch maritime services company Smit International NV (SMIT.AE) is open to selling the entire company to peer Boskalis Westminster NV (BOKA.AE), Smit's chief executive officer Ben Vree said Thursday.

Vree, who was speaking after the firm reported a 2% increase in 2008 net profit, said he is "open to all options, excluding the break up of Smit."

"We would also consider an offer for the company as a whole", Vree said.

However, Boskalis isn't interested in Smit in its entirety.

In early February, Boskalis raised its stake in Smit to 25.07%, at which time a Boskalis spokesperson told Dow Jones Newswires that Boskalis continues to be interested in acquiring most of Smit's assets, except for it's harbour towage facilities.

Boskalis Chief Executive Peter Berdowski said Dec. 4 that after meeting Smit's management several times to discuss a breakup scenario, an agreement couldn't be reached and that Boskalis had abandoned its intended bid for Smit.

He also said at that time, "In view of the changed conditions in the financial markets and the market in general, we believe it is irresponsible to pursue the offer without support and cooperation" from Smit.

Thursday, Vree said the firms aren't in talks, nor does he have any indication whether Boskalis intends to increase its holding in Smit.

At 1121 GMT, Smit was trading 0.3% lower at EUR33.20 whilst Boskalis was trading 5.2% lower at EUR14.15.

Company Web site: www.smit.com; www.boskalis.com

-By Anna Marij van der Meulen; Roberta B. Cowan; Dow Jones Newswires; +3120-571-5200; roberta.cowan@dowjones.com; annamarij.vandermeulen@dowjones.com

grupo guitarlumber
01/3/2009
11:51
European Stocks Cap Longest Monthly Losing Streak Since 2002
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By Adria Cimino

Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks dropped for a sixth straight month, the longest losing streak since 2002, on concern the worsening global economic slump will wipe out earnings.

Novartis SA, Switzerland's second-biggest drugmaker, slid 6.4 percent this past week after saying first-quarter profit will be hurt, and Basilea Pharmaceutica AG tumbled 49 percent after reporting a full-year loss. Renault SA, France's second-largest carmaker, fell 9.4 percent as its credit ratings were cut to junk by Moody's Investors Service. Compania Espanola de Petroleos SA sank 44 percent after Banco Santander SA said it may sell its holding in Spain's second-largest oil company.

The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index slipped 2.3 percent to 172.92 this past week, bringing the February slump to 9.6 percent. The measure has fallen 52 percent since the start of 2008 as credit- related losses at financial firms worldwide reached $1.1 trillion and Europe, the U.S. and Japan fell into the first simultaneous recessions since World War II.

"There is reason to be worried," said Kilian de Kertanguy, a Paris-based fund manager at Cholet-Dupont Gestion, which oversees about $2.3 billion. "Everyone is saying there won't be good news in the market during the first half."

The U.S. economy shrank in the fourth quarter of 2008 at a faster pace than previously estimated as consumer spending plunged, companies cut inventories and exports sank. Gross domestic product contracted at a 6.2 percent annual pace from October through December, more than economists anticipated and the most since 1982, according to revised Commerce Department figures Feb. 27.

European Economy

German business confidence declined to a 26-year low in February, a report by the Ifo institute showed this past week. The U.K. economy contracted the most since 1980 in the fourth quarter as the financial crisis prompted spending by consumers and companies to shrivel, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

National benchmark indexes fell in 15 of the 18 western European markets this week. Germany's DAX Index lost 4.3 percent as Deutsche Post AG dropped, while France's CAC 40 retreated 1.8 percent. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 slipped 1.5 percent, with Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc limiting the decline.

Health-care shares retreated 7.2 percent as a group, the second-worst performance among 19 industries in the Stoxx 600 after automotive companies.

Novartis decreased 6.4 percent this past week. Operating and net income growth for the three months ending March 31 probably will slow because of "adverse currency movements and the stronger U.S. dollar," the company said.

Basilea, Roche

Basilea plunged 49 percent after the Swiss developer of anti-infection drugs reported a full-year loss and said a regulatory review of its Ceftobiprole treatment was delayed.

Roche Holding AG declined 5.9 percent on concern copies of costly biotechnology medicines made by Roche's American subsidiary Genentech Inc. would be allowed in the U.S. with few delays under a proposal made by President Barack Obama this week.

Renault slid 9.4 percent as Moody's cut its long-term credit rating to Ba1, the first grade into junk, from Baa2, citing "significantly worse operating performance and negative free cash flow" in 2008.

Automotive companies declined 11 percent as a group amid concern the worsening recession will cut demand. Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, slid 16 percent. Daimler AG, the world's largest truckmaker, retreated 12 percent.

Compania Espanola de Petroleos, also known as Cepsa, tumbled 44 percent after Santander said it may sell its holding in the company for as much as 3 billion euros ($3.8 billion).

Earnings Reports

EFG International AG retreated 36 percent as the Swiss private bank, whose largest shareholder is Greece's Latsis family, reported a 69 percent drop in second-half profit.

Deutsche Post lost 13 percent after Europe's biggest mail carrier reported a fourth-quarter net loss, cut its dividend and forecast further volume declines for 2009.

Accor SA slipped 5.1 percent as Europe's largest hotelier posted earnings that missed analysts' estimates, said demand for rooms continued to worsen in January and indicated its debt may rise from buying a stake in a casino business.

Randstad Holding NV slid 21 percent. The world's second- biggest staffing company reported a fourth-quarter loss and canceled its dividend as companies cut back on temporary workers.

Earnings at companies in the Stoxx 600 are expected to rise 14 percent this year following a 37 percent slump in 2008, according to analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

RBS, the largest bank controlled by the U.K. government, surged 20 percent on plans to put 325 billion pounds ($466 billion) of investments into a state insurance program and shift toxic assets to a new unit after posting the biggest loss in British history.

Bank Shares

In the U.S., President Obama's first budget proposal this week asked for as much as $750 billion in new funds to shore up the financial system.

Banks in the Stoxx 600 climbed a combined 2.8 percent. The sub-index, which is down 25 percent so far this year, pared its weekly advance after the U.S. Treasury agreed to a third rescue attempt for Citigroup Inc. that will cut existing shareholders' stake in the company by 74 percent.

"It's a difficult environment for banks," Julien Quistrebert, who helps manage $5.1 billion at KBL Richelieu Gestion in Paris, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. "We're still very cautious. The industry is like a black box."

To contact the reporter on this story: Adria Cimino in Paris at acimino1@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: February 28, 2009 04:09 EST

grupo guitarlumber
01/3/2009
10:26
Regenerate the U.S. and World Economy "Top Down"
February 24, 2009, 7:25PM


February 19, 2009 (LPAC)--Lyndon LaRouche emphasized in discussions today that we have to correct the mistakes the Obama Administration is making with its stimulus plan. The machine tool part of the former auto sector is the crucial factor in this development. With the collapse of the auto sector now in Europe as well as in the U.S., we have to have the same policy in Europe as in the U.S. We need an international policy, not merely a national policy. We also have to get the Russians in on the same policy. Then you have it. Take the machine tool capacity of the former auto sector as the crucial factor. Save it. Save the employees of the former auto industry. Forget automobiles. Use the machine tool part of the former auto sector as the driver for recovery.

The only way to revive the expiring U.S. and world economies is to take a "top-down, physical science" approach in emergency measures to regenerate basic infrastructure, essential functions, and agro-industrial capacity. The `stimulus' plan must be revised on this principle. Lyndon LaRouche has discussed this in detail in three webcasts since mid-January. In his Jan. 16 webcast, he recounted the history of how the U.S. successfully built river management systems, rail systems, and accomplished other feats of production such as mass aircraft assembly in World War II. He said, "We did it on the top-down approach. We start from science at the top level, physical science! You go down from physical science to machine-tool design, as a by-product of science for production design, of production of the essential components which go into anything..."

The following list reviews in brief, indicative parameters of what is needed in three sectors of the U.S. economy. At present, at least 21 million persons--13 percent, of the total U.S. workforce--are out of work, or very under-employed. Multi-millions of new jobs will be created in the course of carrying out a real, science-based development program.

I. High Speed Rail and Maglev

Today's U.S. rail grid (about 99,250 miles of Class I track) is nearly 60 percent less than in 1929, with freight and passenger services almost non-existent for most parts of the country. The place to start to modernize and expand, is with electrifying 26,000 route-miles of the rail system. In the second stage, another 16,000 route-miles should be electrified, bringing the total up to 42,000 route-miles. This would cover all key passenger and freight rail corridors that transport more than 60 percent of all U.S. rail traffic. Maglev lines can run along strategic continental routes.

The requirements for this are worked out, including for building nuclear power plants, transmission lines, step-up and step-down transformers, and for what is "saved" in eliminated petroleum fuels. The impact would be tremendous in increasing manufacturing and economy-wide productivity.

This program will be re-published in the EIR online Feb. 24, from a 2005 article by Hal Cooper and Richard Freeman (June 10, 2005, Vol. 32, No. 23, "Congress's Mission for Bankrupt Auto: Build USA Electrified Rail Network.")

II. Nuclear Power

The threat and incidence of black-outs and brown-outs in the U.S. electricity system are now a constant feature. Whereas per capita electricity generation grew at a rate of 7 percent a year from FDR's 1930s until the late 1970s, then came the decline to where over the 1995 to 2000 period, overall U.S. capacity grew only 1.5 percent, and thus, it went negative per capita.

What is required is to resume an all-out nuclear power development program, along the lines originally planned for "2000 by 2000" U.S. nuclear plants for the 21st century. Worldwide, there are only some 400 nuclear plants in operation today.

In the U.S., applications have been filed for 28 new power plants, to be constructed on the "brownfield sites" where a generating plant or two may exist, but the full complex of several plants was never completed. This is a start. But additional sites need to be selected, in order to fill out the national "economic map" for the future, where new generation centers are in place to power intended industrial, agriculture, transportation and residential purposes. Accordingly, the transmission grid must be expanded, and employ such technologies as superconducting cable.

There are "off the shelf" designs for power plants, including the Westinghouse AP-600 and AP-1,000; the General Electric Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR); and others. In addition, "fourth generation" nuclear plant designs can be readied for mass production. These are advanced, high-temperature gas-cooled reactors.

To go nuclear, requires reconstituting the U.S. capacity for heavy industrial output, to produce the required components, especially pressure vessels; this is in line with the renewed manufacturing capacity needed for refurbishing the entire infrastructure base of the nation.

Some rough parameters of job creation: "Approximately 4,000 workers are needed at each site at the peak of construction, and each new plant requires 400-700 employees. To build about 35 new reactors, about 38,000 jobs will be created in the nuclear manufacturing industry." In addition, another 20,000 are needed over the next five years, to take the place of the estimated 35 percent of the current nuclear workforce who are retiring over this period. (From EIR, Feb. 13, 2009, Vol. 36, No. 6, by Marsha Freeman, "Do You Want to Stimulate the Economy? Then Build New Nuclear Power Plants").

III. Waterways and Ports

Much of the 12,000 mile U.S. waterway system, of inland and coastal channels, is long overdue for improvements in its critical infrastructure of 240 locks and dams, and flood control structures and related. "The average age of all federally owned or operated locks is nearly 60 years, well past their life planned design of 50 years," stated the report released Jan. 28 by the American Society of Civil Engineers. There are locks and dams on the Monongahela/Ohio System that are over 80 years old.

Of the 27 locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi, including the Illinois River, 26 need renovation/repair, due to age. Seven of these rehab projects were approved in the 2007 Water Resources and Development Act, but the just-passed "stimulus" bill excluded these projects from funding, because of a provision inserted by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to prohibit allocations of funding for so-called "new starts," that is, projects that had not previously received construction monies!

What is required is the go-ahead for the across-the-board restoration of the 12,000 mile navigation system. The January ASCA "report card" stated, "The cost to replace the present system of locks is estimated at more than $125 billion."

Technologies exist that can expedite both renovation and new-starts of needed waterway infrastructure. E.g. "Hollow" dam walls can be built off-site and "floated" into place. These kinds of components required for locks, dams, gates, weirs, levees, port infrastructure (traffic tunnels, piers, breakwaters), plus dredging equipment and vessels, creates the necessity for re-establishing heavy industrial capacity to feed the supply lines.

A rough parameter of job-creation is that 35,000 jobs result from every $1 billion of funding for navigation projects, according to the Department of Transportation.

grupo guitarlumber
01/3/2009
07:39
if one believes that climate change will mean a rise in water levels and increased rain fall might mean that the dredging industry will be in demand

Royal Boskalis Westminster comes to mind.

grupo guitarlumber
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