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.

Hi Mnamreh,

The problem is my spell checker is American, and as a dyslexic I have great trouble spelling (great at maths though), so sometimes I don't know when the spelling that comes up is right.
Note............I don't like the American way of spelling many words.

Greek - I don't use IE, but from memory there are plenty of English spell checkers available as free add ons. (it may even come with its own these days).

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Mnamreh,
Like you the yank spellings do grate.

Skinny,
Thanks, will try an English version.

How to see if your Spell Checker is any good -):

"Catching Misspilled Words with Spilling Checker

"As an extra addled service, I am going to put this column in the Spilling
Checker, where I tryst it will sale through with flying colons. In this modern
ear, itis simply inexplicable to ask readers to expose themselves to misspelled
swords when they have bitter things to do.
"And with all the other timesaving features on my new work processor, it
is in realty very easy to pit together a colon like this one and get it tight.
For instants, if there is a work that is wrong, I just put the curse on it,
press Delete and its Well sometimes it deletes to the end of the lion or
worst yet the whole rage. Four bigger problems, there is the Cat and Paste
option. If there is some test that is somewhere were you wish it where
somewhere else you jest put the curse at both ends and wash it disappear.
Where you want it to reappear simply bring four quarts of water to a rotting
boil and throw in 112 pounds of dazed chicken. Sometimes it brings in the Cat
that was Pasted yesterday."
"But usually it comes out as you planned, or better. And if it doesn't,
there are lots of other easy to lose options... "

Julian Assange loses extradition appeal at Supreme Court

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his Supreme Court fight against extradition to Sweden to face accusations of sex offences.

The judgement was reached by a majority of five to two, the court's president, Lord Phillips, told the hearing.

I think that's the End for wikileak, IMO

Andy Coulson held in Tommy Sheridan trial perjury inquiry

Prime Minister David Cameron's former director of communications Andy Coulson has been detained by police investigating allegations of perjury.

Mr Coulson, 44, was detained at his home in the Dulwich area of London at 06:30 by seven officers from Strathclyde Police.

Stan,

Yu triing too winde me upp.
Has a dislecsic, yur spelin lucks fien tu me.

The misleading headline "IMF chief admits to not paying tax" is wrong.

Read the full text to understand the reality:

http://www.accountancylive.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?channelId=-601043&contentId=2163544

Apologies if posted, but this is a very interesting take on oil.

Oil demand remains strong 17/5/12

Angelos Damaskos, manager of the Junior Oils Trust, comments on the performance of oil shares so far this year, and where he believes the best opportunities lie. This is the original, unedited version and should not be seen as a personal recommendation to invest or make any changes to your portfolio. Please note that Hargreaves Lansdown and Sector Investment Managers do not necessarily share his views.

After a strong first quarter this year for oil shares, the broader market uncertainty has taken hold again. The oil price has fallen sharply in early May on weaker than expected US employment data and worries on economic growth in Europe and the US. A return of Iran to the negotiating table and a more stable situation in the Middle East has removed some of the risk-premium in the oil price.

Nevertheless, Brent crude still trades at around $112/barrel, well above the five-year average in US dollar terms and near all-time highs in euro and sterling terms. These prices still generate record profits for oil companies, especially those that concentrate in up-stream operations. Despite recent strong share price recovery, oil shares trade at historically low multiples, indicating that further re-rating is possible.

Looking at the short-term prospects, the market is worried that demand for oil may drop as the economy fails to grow.

The economy, nevertheless, has not grown significantly for three years now after the global financial crisis in 2008. Demand for oil, however, has continued to grow during this period indicating that the developed economies have reached a demand pattern that is inelastic to price. Established standards of living mean that, in spite of economic suffering, oil consumption in the developed economies cannot drop much further. China and India on the other hand, a population mass of over 2.5 billion people, continue to grow, industrialise and demand more oil. About two-thirds of the world’s oil consumption goes to power transportation modes like ships, trains, trucks, cars and planes and all these are needed for world trade. If three years of economic hardship have failed to reduce the need for oil, it is unlikely that demand will collapse now.

On the supply side, it seems that there is little spare capacity. The Middle-Eastern and North African instability has meant that the world’s most prolific oil producing region would like high prices to keep its people happy, at least above $100/barrel. In the rest of the world, major new finds of oil occur in deeper waters and more complex geological formations with higher marginal cost of production. Production from such new sources may ensure oil does not run out for humankind in the foreseeable future but high prices will be needed to bring it to markets.

Oil shares, therefore, continue to be an attractive investment compared to the rest of the markets. Concentrating in smaller, production focused companies that also have active exploration activities should be a winning strategy over the long term, outperforming both the larger-capitalisation integrated oil companies as well as the commodity price.

http://www.hl.co.uk/funds/fund-manager-comments/oil-demand-remains-strong

Hi Niceonecyril,

Not sure if it's been posted on here before, but I have seen it somewhere.
Still its one of those reports that will do the rounds for a while.
Also there is so much out there, it's very difficult to remember what has and hasn't been posted before.
A report thats well worth a second read.

Regards Greek.

Hi greek,see AFC have RNS this am,Director change,still on my watch list.

Been holding AFC for many a year.

House prices: A tale of £2m properties


Six-bedroom Loynton Hall stands in 12.5 acres of land in rural Staffordshire

Looking out the snooker room window across the lush green grounds of up-for-sale Loynton Hall, it is hard to imagine that a one-bedroom city flat could fetch more from buyers.

Yet offers have already been turned down at higher values for the apartment tucked into the ground floor of a Regency building in Notting Hill, west London.

The tale of these £2m properties tells the story of supply and demand during the worst of times - a recession - and of geographical differences in UK house prices.

J Hunt http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18273297 ...Going going...

this gov are unbelieveable they u turns to be paid forby car owners your cat tax is going up on all cars

the rich people in the uk last years got away with not paying 35b in tax
these are from the inland revenue so if they no why are they not collecting it.

Oh no!.. not a tax on moggy's now?

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