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£50 notes, Saudi defaults, Revenue targets

Posted on December 7, 2009 by stacyherbert| 70 Comments

Stacy Summary: Despite the ‘recovery,’ it sure seems like there is an awful lot of panic and scrambling going on in the background. Rats abandoning ship; hoarding of £50 notes; Saudis not playing the foreign creditor game . . .

Demand for £50 notes ‘fuelled by lack of faith in banks”

UK anger that two defaulting Saudi conglomerates favoring local creditors over foreign

Revenue targets firms that relocate to avoid UK tax

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Downsizing 50 Cent, avoiding 50 percent & praying for bankers’ souls

Posted on July 19, 2009 by stacyherbert| 81 Comments

Stacy Summary: First, Timmy Geithner has troubles selling his home nearby to where Max grew up and now 50 cent having problems selling his house in my hood – his house is less than a mile from my mom’s. The thing is he bought the house for $4 million from Mike Tyson who bought it for I think it was $12 million. Any signs of desperate times in your area? I know in Paris it is DESOLATE – almost zero tourists. While it’s nice to have the walk along the Seine almost entirely to ourselves many shopkeepers in our area say that they can last only another month or two if things do not change . . . .