Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

David Garibaldi - Michael Jackson painting

http://youtu.be/M-Uy5T4x-p4

David Garibaldi jesus painting, fantastic

http://youtu.be/-jeLl-mNAxY

Interesting report by ALCOA.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/business/alcoas-first-quarter-earnings-surpass-estimates.html?partner=yahoofinance

Thought for today.

Is Cameron in Indonesia as a carpet-bagger, or a gun-runner?

But it is good to know he is relaxed about his tax affairs.

I though he had fled the country again allowing George to H___.

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Good news, isn't it:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/latest-mf-global-payback-plan-040819072.html

Interesting development; you may like it or hate it.

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/argentina-satisfied-bps-falklands-rejection-183013583.html

Some dog!

Seven foot Great Dane

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I wonder who writes the news that we read in various website in the first place.

Most financial news have the same text, the same analogy as if they are written by a single organization and fed into other financial news agencies.

What worries me is the style of interpretation and sometimes mis-interpretation. Regardless of the news is, they interpret bad news sometimes as a good news, sometimes good news as bad. What worries me is that they interpret in the same way, most of the times using exactly the same text. (Check the text in BBC, Bloomburg, Yahoo, CNBC, and alike)

IS it irresponsible behavior by the media, or monopoly by one agency which has a specific agenda?

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I didn't mean that sort of strange news that you can find these. I assume you meant: http://www.davidicke.com/

There's been a proliferation of solar panels in and around where I live, a word of warning, Moneyweek magazine last week told of a couple who had solar panels fitted in December 2011, the company installing them paid for them and the installation, and therefore kept any monies from the sell back arrangement. The couple benefitted from free electricity through the day, estimated to be in the region of £150 over the year. Their mortgage provider okayed the deal.

The crunch---- when the couple wanted to remortgage to a more favourable rate with their building society, they were refused on the grounds that mortgages won't be offered on houses with a solar lease in place. It was the same story everywhere else they tried.

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Hi George,

Your post has highlighted something that should be borne in mind by all who go for new technology.

Greek.

greekman, I have to say I have been tempted myself, but only by paying for it and reaping the benefit of selling back to the grid myself, but you are absolutely right, this couple wanted to remortgage, if they wanted to sell any buyers would have to be cash buyers. I wonder how many 'free fitted' householders are aware of this.
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The thing is, if you buy the system itself and therefore own the panels, you would have to trust the government re any pay in tariffs.
Whilst appreciating that they were found to have broken the rules in the feed in tariff, when they wanted to cut the percentage, the government was only found to have done so due to lack of time and consultation given.
As I understand it, they are going to try to re jig said tariffs, over a longer time line.
It all depends on how much you trust our governments.
For myself, I trust them over feed in tariffs as much as I do on any government lead pension system or/and any promise of age related personal tax allowances for the over 65's, IE nil % trust.
Actually, I would sooner trust a hungry Rottweiler to play with my privates.

Which banks are going to get money out of 65bln repaid by Lehman?
17bln to be paid next week.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84de9064-8427-11e1-9d54-00144feab49a.html#axzz1rpecfkYZ

get on tanks for that running in a few mins 8.1 aintree

Big Bang solved.

Another u-turn on the cards.

Interesting how a PM who advises other countries and the world in general, isn't able to govern his own country efficiently.

I hear he and Osborne are consulting the people once again, before presenting their next ill-thought-out policy retreat.

The pair are becoming a laughing stock. (Are a laughing stock.)

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I wonder, if universities will have to put up fees, or close departments, as a result of loss of some of its charity support due to changes in tax regulations.

But a country which relies on charity for its institutions and other welfare groups doesn't seem to have much respect for itself.

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Surely, any reasonable government would consider the consequences of their actions before they put them into actions.

Are they still imbibing?

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Remember the old days of Maggie?

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