Today they have fallen 22% to a new low of 223p ..are they another Marconi..?



The chart looks like one long suicide note.

"I am fortunate in the fact 99% of my turn-over is in cash " - I work for the revenue!






















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Work for who you want pal - my turn-over is 99% cash, and its all accounted for. Its a legitimate business not a fly-by-night tarmacing co. I dont accept cheques, Visa etc - cash only
Thats why I bank it every day !! And pay the pleasure of paying .06% for doing so ! :-)))

lol

Don't forget what it says on the notes, "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of .." Has the Bank of England got enough gold to pay you?! ;o)

Probably not after Brown sold off half our reserves at a knock down price!

The town of Lewes in Essex have the right idea, they are printing their own currency. Let's get back to the days of bartering!

I think you will find that Lewes is in East Sussex.

I took all but 50 out of my Birmingham Midshires account today. There should be around 400 interest owing what happens to this if Lloyds do take over HBOS

I'm back in UK for afew weeks and haven't easy internet access, just as well because I would have been tempted to jump in yesterday and today.

With the price difference between hbos and lloy now, I can't see the deal going forward in it's present form. But in this crazy market nothing would surprise me now.

Good luck to those brave enough to trade today, lets hope for a bounce tomorrow.

Horrible market to trade long in over last couple of days been really quite expensive! I think you have got the right idea Spitfire. In the 1930's the Dow lost 90%value though arguably more over valued than today though similar circumstances. With that in mind it could go to 1500! Good luck

Blackdown. Yes you are quite right, I was mixing up my Easts and my Sussexes to come up with Essex. Must have sex on the brain!

Part government nationalisation on the cards.

About time they made an announcement (lloy) - if it had been done last week we wouldnt have had the palaver we have !!! Like to see this at 1.70/1.80 later today Working on .833 share split

how can this be valued like it was hammered yesterday.......and now today it rockets........pure madness esp for a major share.
corruption in the city again and outside world with chosen few with noses in trough

Another spurt now - up to 1.50 hopefully - Big trades going through at 1.60 and even higher, cant work out whats going on !!

its not investing anymore......may as well go to bookies......they r probably more honest too

yesterday's fall was terrifying but presumably on the fear that the LLOY deal was off and HBOS would be doomed ..... or perhaps just some fund being forced to liquidate ...... today's rise, though sp finished miles off its top merely reflected the virtual certainty that the merger will indeed take place (confirmd i believe during PMQs), though the terms are currently a bit foggy.

does anyone else think that todays RNS suggests that the deal may be renegotiated?

according to the paper this am it is

Surely now the merger does not have to go ahead?

HBOS are able to get funds from the Government that would amount to the same thing but without loosing it's identity.