banks are over sold .next weeks news will not push banks to leave the uk .this country would be a big loser buy now cheap they will jump next week it is a cert

retail shares wil be hit hard tomorrow .

have added some more gift

New chief set for 13.5million pay package this year

A bank worker got the sack after she criticised her boss's 4,000-an-hour salary on Facebook.
Stephanie Bon, 37, from Colchester, Essex, was working as a 7-an-hour HR assistant for Lloyds Banking Group when she heard about her new chief executive's mammoth salary.
Miss Bon went on Facebook and posted 'LBG's new CEO gets 4,000 an hour. I get 7. That's fair.'

But after her bosses heard about the comment she was marched from the offices and fired.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1373723/Bank-worker-Stephanie-Bon-fired-Facebook-post-Lloyds-boss-4k-hour-salary.html#ixzz1Ij0yncSW

the bank is a bloody joke sacking some one for her views ,the useless CEO AND THE DEAD CHAIRMAN SHOULD RESIGN . look at the ceo record he does not have one they could not of a picked a more of a failure than him

Tanker - what was your post 2170 based on?

Comment from RBS today:
"Another press report this morning supporting our own view, comments from the OFT and previous whispers that the competition section of the ICB's recommendations will focus on broader measures to increase transparency and switiching by introducing fee-based banking rather than forcing Lloyds to unwind the HBOS merger or dispose of more assets than previously agreed with the UK authorities and EU Competition Commission.
We believe the ICB recommendations are also likely to involve the funding of financial education, market leaders being forced to open their ATM networks to new entrants, keep uneconomic branches open in rural areas to provide financial access and potential methods to provide board members with direct access to their customer base via a special committee in order to improve relations with the high street. In short, we are optimistic that Lloyds will be one of the least affected from the ICB's conclusions. Lloyds trades on 2011F p/TCE of 1x, p/Pip of 3.6x. This falls to 0.9x and 3.1x on 2012F multiples."

skin . all the reports said that ms would have bad results but they have not /
have sold the 40688 i bought yesterday just over a 1k profit bought more mrw 8901 at 281.258p target 350p

and just for harry those to small deals gives the gov 300 pounds in stamp but it cost me nothing i just got more mrw

i am now thinging of not posting at all.

You said that before on another thread. So................

And I thought 11,500 paid in Stamp Duty over a three year period was a hell of a lot of money?!

WANKER, Sorry TANKER, No, right first time please keep posting you make my day mate! :O)

tank . i follow your tips so please post you have made me money a lot thanks.

LOL at the above two .,.

seems Tanker has re-invented himself but still can't bring himself to use posters full names.

no i am still around but will just carry on making loads of money good bye

you are the weakest link? :-)

Note from Merrill Lynch:
"ICB Interim report looks manageable sector can move on. Coming into today people had been worrying that:
1: Lloyds might be told to sell more branches and the industry might face price caps. 2: UK banks would have to separate their Investment banking businesses, (more recently this has been softened to just the UK Retail Banking and Payments systems). 3: Following research from the BoE, UK banks might need to hold 16-20% Core Tier 1 ratios.

Many of the worst case scenario recommendations have not been made. The main disappointment is that the Commission would like to see Lloyds sell more branches. The other proposals on capital, structure and competition, whilst costly, are better than feared. To be clear, most recommendations will cost the banks money, they are just not as draconian as widely feared a week ago. Key loser appears to be Lloyds (LLDTF, GBp62.2, C-1-9), with Barclays (BCLYF, GBp297.2, C-1-7) and RBS (RBSPF, GBp43.43, C-1-9) the relative winners."

LLOY would probably be only too happy to close branches where they currently have more than one in the same location, the naivety of making LLOY sell branches is that customers can choose to stay with them and cannot be forced to change their banking arrangements. Most people have moved onto internet banking and branch networks are no longer a major necessity in banking.