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    Grim scenes in London

    ...and the blood flows...

    UBS Banking Job Cuts Set to Hit London Hard
    I'm alright Jack

    #2
    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Over a 3 year period

    Meh

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      #3
      thank goodness I use firewire
      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        #4
        http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...fice-door.html

        It was like a scene out of the Village of the Damned up there,” said one of the UBS bankers
        Last edited by BlasterBates; 30 October 2012, 18:59.
        I'm alright Jack

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          #5
          "UBS said in July that the botched stock market listing of social networking giant Facebook cost it £227m. It blamed the loss on the "gross mishandling" of the flotation by Nasdaq, which involved a series of technical errors that caused a delay in the start of trading of Facebook shares in May."

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            #6
            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            £227m
            or 1/7 of an Adoboli, in UBS terms.

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              #7
              Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
              or 1/7 of an Adoboli, in UBS terms.
              Small change, innit?

              If it wasn't a Swiss bank it would be ok

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                #8
                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                "UBS said in July that the botched stock market listing of social networking giant Facebook cost it £227m. It blamed the loss on somebody else"
                ftfy, sort of sums up the banking pseudo-profession that way.
                And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                  #9
                  Loved this part in the Grauniad

                  Outside the offices, a recruitment consultant hovered in the hope of catching bankers on their way out. "I'm probably being slightly predatory," he admitted. "But I do genuinely want to try and find these people jobs."
                  In Scooter we trust

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                    #10
                    Good comment;
                    'Yours sincerely', when addressed to Dear Colleague.
                    Criminally poor English, and hopefully it voids the entire content of the letter
                    I agree. I'd really prefer to be sacked by someone with something resembling an education.
                    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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