Entries Tagged as 'UK'

Fitch warns Greeks first year of fiscal austerity is easiest, gets harder next year, and harder still the following year

March 10th, 2010 21 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Ooooooh boy.  And by the way, there is a downgrade warning in the article just for you @Mike/Liverpool.

Fitch warns UK and questions Greek rescue as sovereign risk grows

“The first year is fiscally the easiest. Next year they have to cut another 3pc of GDP, and the following year a further 3pc,” said Chris [...]

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UK terror threat level raised to ’severe;’ BAE developing spy drone strategy for UK

January 23rd, 2010 101 Comments

Stacy Summary: I wonder if these two headlines have anything to do with each other? And I wonder who BAE had to bribe to get this contract? Oh yeah, they are one of those too big to fail, too big to investigate firms. Sorry, won’t ask that about them again.

UK terror [...]

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2010 horoscope for UK: capital flight, sovereign debt crisis

December 1st, 2009 55 Comments

Stacy Summary: @Mike/Liverpool – – I think you should start writing to Morgan Stanley now and asking about that Thing of Beauty!

Morgan Stanley: UK faces sovereign debt crisis in 2010

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Masters of the Universe apparently shocked that UK economy sucks

October 23rd, 2009 42 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Seriously, are any of you surprised? And, @Mike/Liverpool . . . are you happy??

Shock for Alistair Darling as shockingly UK still in recession

Shock economic figures today stunned the City by revealing that Britain is wallowing in its longest recession since records began.

Sterling tumbles on shock GDP data

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Banking ’sleight of hand’ and lurching back to the 1970’s

September 17th, 2009 104 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Lurching back to the 1970’s . . . but accompanied by the music of girl and boy bands.

Barclays accused of trickery in $12.3 billion toxic asset ’sale’

UK ‘lurching back to the 1970’s

Ex-Barclays bankers stand to make $400 million for managing tax haven toxic assets

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Geithner goes to town(hall) and UK to see debt crisis

September 11th, 2009 156 Comments

Stacy Summary: Good morning.  Here are some headlines that caught my eye first thing.  Time now to go read through those 200+ comments.

Geithner defends bailout in townhall meeting

European Commission sees debt crisis in UK future

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Fiscal disasters, disbelieving Ponzis and misused TARP

July 20th, 2009 167 Comments

Stacy Summary:  The disbelieving Ponzi victims remind me of nearly the entire populations of much of the Western world that Ambrose says await an Irish fiscal fate.  What are you thinking or reading about today?

Recession forces a million Brits to work part time

An Irish like fiscal disaster awaits the Western world

Victims of UK ponzi [...]

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More massive losses at taxpayer owned Northern Rock now in breach of regulatory requirements

July 2nd, 2009 3 Comments

Stacy Summary: Wonder if Tesco still interested in buying the Northern Rock turkey?  The other thing about these headlines is that the state of the UK economy and infrastructure are in a bigger state of disaster than the US and most of my friends in UK have far more debt and lower income than my [...]

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Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 12 April 2009

April 12th, 2009 10 Comments

Stacy Summary: The British economy turns Norman Bates-like as taxpayer owned banks start harrassing the taxpayer with threatening phone calls.

Lloyd’s bank staff intimidating debtors with threatening phone calls

Tax-payer supported banks, RBS & Lloyds, report huge pension deficits that taxpayers will have to plug

Tens of thousands of US homes built with toxic Chinese dry-wall

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Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 04 April 2009

April 4th, 2009 24 Comments

Stacy Summary: The US government and its latest imperial presidency are not ready to stop transferring wealth from the population to the bankers and are doing everything in their power to stop the people from knowing that it is happening. And it looks like once they are done looting us, they are planning [...]

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