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- Iceland melts
- by semafu
- in semafu.blog.co.uk
- 2 days old
- Before the crisis, the Icelandic banks had foreign assets worth about 10 times the Icelandic gross domestic product (GDP), with debts to match. This means that the state cannot make gurantees as the other european states have. households are seeing payments on loans increased by up to 50%, and inflation may reach 30% or more this year, with... more
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- Is it fair?
- by bushytailedfox
- in bushytailedfox.blog.co.uk
- 3 days old
- I was watching CNN this morning (I know, I know... but you should see the alternatives on daytime TV in Canada) and they were asking if it was fair that an executive from Lehman Bros should pocket over $300 million when stockholders got nothing on its collapse. I never thought I'd say this, but yes, within the crazy system that is capitalism,... more
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- Three Percent have Forty Percent
- by bushytailedfox
- in bushytailedfox.blog.co.uk
- 4 days old
- I'm back to my numbers again. From tomorrow, the government is guaranteeing all bank deposits up to £50,000; currently the limit is £35,000. Actually I think even that limit is too low. I (once) had that much money sitting in the bank: when I inherited my dad's house and then sold it. There was only £100,000 there for a couple... more
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- No laughing banker
- by MarkJT
- in markjt.blog.co.uk
- 7 days old
- I walked past a bank the other day. There was a big sign in the window that said; 'Recommend a friend and get £50'. So I went in and queued up. When it was my turn I said to the bloke on the counter, 'My friend John's pretty good. Can I have my £50 now?'. Guess what? He didn't laugh. It must be the credit crunch. more
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- PROTECTING YOUR INVESTMENT
- by kendrive
- in grumpy.blog.co.uk
- 9 days old
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- Bank robbers and asset strippers
- by bushytailedfox
- in bushytailedfox.blog.co.uk
- 16 days old
- Today the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, told a room full of bankers that short sellers (people who who sell borrowed shares, betting that prices will fall before they have to buy them them back) that they were "bank robbers and asset strippers". Good on you John, but really they are just one small part of a big thieving machine that... more
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- A WEEK IN ONE DAY
- by menhir
- in myword.blog.co.uk
- 39 days old
- Rain lashed down this morning, I rushed into town to get my feet seen to. The podiatrist said she was gagging at the TV news to know the next instalment with the arson case, where up to then, two bodies were found, one shot, burned and identified. It was like a Ruth Rendell mystery she said. I feigned lack of interest. There was something... more
