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    Oh S.........

    Bloomberg: United Kingdom Outlook Cut to Negative at Standard & Poors
    How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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    #2
    Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
    Curious how the IMF commented favourably the other day about the UK. I wonder what strings the Government had to pull for that. Or maybe the IMF are just trying to talk up the economy so they don't have to fork out so much when the time comes to rescue it.
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      #3
      Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
      Curious how the IMF commented favourably the other day about the UK. I wonder what strings the Government had to pull for that. Or maybe the IMF are just trying to talk up the economy so they don't have to fork out so much when the time comes to rescue it.
      Don't believe the spin the BBC gives on the report. It was not very good.

      Edit: IMF Report
      Last edited by HairyArsedBloke; 21 May 2009, 08:55.
      How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

      Follow me on Twitter - LinkedIn Profile - The HAB blog - New Blog: Mad Cameron
      Xeno points: +5 - Asperger rating: 36 - Paranoid Schizophrenic rating: 44%

      "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to high office" - Aesop

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        #4
        <sappatz mode>
        UK, next failed state
        </sappatz mode>

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          <sappatz mode>
          UK, next failed state
          </sappatz mode>
          FTSE 100 down 107 points.
          Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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            #6
            Doomed!

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              #7
              Will this day be known as HairyArsed Thursday?

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                #8
                Originally posted by Jubber View Post
                Will this day be known as HairyArsed Thursday?
                The Thursday before Whit Monday?

                It's going into my diary as an annual reminder as we speak. I mean as I speak. Type.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                  FTSE 100 down 107 points.
                  Make that 120
                  Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
                    Make that 120
                    131. DOW down 146.5 points.

                    The end of the bear rally? I notice that it is in the press that Russia has ditched the dollar.

                    http://www.prisonplanet.com/russia-d...opts-euro.html
                    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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