Halifax, I intend to be around a long time!

yes i remember halifax i think telling me that justyi and hyleo are the same crook, oops person.

hyleo just perks up when a share falls.....posts no info whatsoever so beware

Is the worse over or more pain on the way?
Some of the data is moving on the right direction.........

UK economy contracts by 1.9% in Q1 2009

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 1.9% in the first quarter of 2009, unrevised from last months estimate.

GDP is 4.1% lower than the first quarter of 2008.

Output of the production industries fell by 5.3% compared with a fall of 4.5% in the previous quarter.
This was driven by manufacturing output which fell by 5.5%.

Construction output fell by 2.4% over the quarter, unrevised from the previous estimate.

Output in the service industries fell by 1.2% in the first quarter, down from a fall of 0.8% in the previous quarter.
The largest contribution to this decline came from distribution and business services.

Household expenditure fell by 1.2% and is now 2.8% lower than the first quarter of 2008.

Government final consumption expenditure rose by 0.3% and is now 3.5%higher than the first quarter of 2008.

Gross fixed capital formation fell by 3.8% and is now 8.3% lower than the first quarter of 2008.

The trade deficit in real terms decreased from 7.6bn in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 7.3bn in the first quarter of 2009.

Exports of goods and services fell by 6.1% while imports were down 5.9%.

The GDP expenditure deflator rose by 1.8% compared with the first quarter of 2008, down from 2% in the previous quarter.

Compensation of employees at current prices fell by 1.1% and is now 0.3% below the level seen a year ago.

Total gross operating surplus of corporations rose by 0.2% and is now 3.2% higher than a year ago.

Forgot to say:
LLOY is UP witht he market

THERE IS A NUTTER ABOUT
Any listening at your peril

Out today

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FINANCIAL TIMES

Citigroup looks to slash tech costs - Integration could save more than $1bn

Global electricity use forecast to fall - First decline since 1945, says IEA

China has long way to go to dislodge dollar - Beijing hopes to see US currency replaced

Lex: GMAC - Barely a whimper greeted reports the US stands poised to inject more than $7bn into GMAC as part of a new aid package that could reach $14bn

US unemployment - Forget lagging indicator nonsense, rising joblessness risks wreaking real economic havoc soon

Share issuance - There are many reasons to suspect that the current stock market rally is unsustainable, particularly if companies have to raise more equity

Chinalcos concession - Chinalcos concession on the terms of its rescue deal, allowing Rio Tintos investors a slice of the convertible bond, is a deft piece of legerdemain

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Sterling - The pound has had a good run this year, rising 9% since December, but the UKs currency was due for a correction, or at least a pause

British Land - One of the UKs largest real estate investment trusts hopes to be among the growing crowd of bottom-fishers looking to hook bargains

Singapore and Taiwan - Have we entered a period of Hedonomics, where all news is good news? Asian equities have added almost 60% in three months

Sony Corp - The consumer electronics and entertainment group plans to halve its roster of suppliers, but will it be able to make the changes quickly enough?

THE TIMES

Two investment consultants were arrested yesterday by police investigating an international fraud involving potential losses of 250m

UK credit rating threatened as debt hits 8.5bn

US to steer General Motors to bankruptcy

Premium Bars investors face Reuben wipeout

Former Xerox trainee takes over company

Art lovers swarm to pick up heirlooms sold off by victims of Bernard Madoff

Bank of England warns that lending to large and small companies remains weak

Bramdean starts countdown to break-up

Retail sales rise but job fears spell caution

Scottish and Southern calls for monopoly referral of Centricas plan to buy 20% stake in Britains nuclear industry from EDF

Tempus says hold SSE; buy Investec; Shanks Group has further to run

Comment:
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Speculation that Avanti Communications will win a grant to design a satellitefrom the European Space Agency

Bet of the day: British Airways

Tiddler to watch - Western & Oriental

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Britain's prized AAA rating placed under review

Standard Life boss to join RBS board

Greenspan's fears ring true as BankUnited collapses

Rio Tinto investors call for changes to Chinalco deal

British Land suffers 4bn loss

TNK-BP profits fall $1.5bn after oil price collapse

QinetiQ cuts 400 UK jobs after drop in MoD budget

Apple's 'tablet' to rival Amazon's Kindle

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UK falls out of premier league of economies - In a humiliating move, Britain has been relegated from the premier league of economies by one of the world's leading credit agencies.

Police raid scheme accused of 50m 'scam'

Clarke quits M&B over hedging disaster

Restructuring firm reviews Borders UK's store portfolio

Writedowns and ad slump push Daily Mail group to 239m loss

Sunshine over Easter boosts retail sales by 3%

Rio deal takes another turn as Chinalco reviews its options

Horlick fund posts defence against rebels

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Ratings agency downgrades outlook for UK economy

'Brutal' economic slump will slow UK recovery, says EIU - Housing market set to slow further and unemployment could rise to 11%

Mortgage lending decline dashes hopes of property market recovery

Retail sales rise 2.6% in year

Birthdays chain goes into administration

JJB may just survive 'against the odds'

Mitchells & Butlers boss quits as disastrous deal costs company 96m

Ryanair's Michael O'Leary calls for Aer Lingus to slash boardroom pay

Liddy quits as AIG boss

Rio Tinto hints at U-turn over China

Staff outraged as QinetiQ cuts 400 jobs

ICAP share sale nets 73m

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Where have they gone - to the bonfire burn, burn "hlyeo98" u scumbag

.............

" What amuses me is that in a share that regularly trades tens of millions of shares every day that doom mongers
like "hlyeo98" think they can affect the price of the shares.

What I do find troubling though is that there might be people out there who might believe and act on his "advice".
People like that should be banned, though it's gone downhillover the last year or two the Motley Fool was always
quite proactive in banning people like him and preventing them from panicking inexperienced investors into
selling when it was against their interest. "

Share price now 70p. When was the last time you could pick up Lloyds @ 38p? Take up the entitlement in full !

I'll second that, money in the bank and not too long to wait for it. It may take a month or two or three, but it will still be there. imo.

For those interested in making a few bob quick, PHTM is the share for today

Master RSI - 22 May'09 - 11:53 - 294 of 294 edit
KEEP AN EYE

PHTM 14 / 14.50P

Volume picking up with the share price rising aswell
Due for a turn around on the trend
Strong order book bid 1.1M offer 138K

Intraday Chart

3 month

5 days

3 month

Then post on the proper thread. Nothing to do with LLOY. Another pump & dump ?

He must be really bored.........

HARRYCAT

Maybe you should be a "PUSSYCAT" by the content you Biografhy instead of HARRYCAT.

You commented yesterday about something not conected to you, and again today

Keep your comment for your Household if you have one.
when it was a good TIP for you. 'Get rich quick' brigade.

HARRYCAT - Biography
Regular online private investor.
50% in low risk companies.
50% actively traded in high risk companies.
Heavy subscriber to the 'Get rich quick' brigade.

Just call me Harry>>>>>>>>> I will call you PUSSY on anymore of you outburst

Keeps the lending going and extract more income from it ...........


Lloyds Extends Banking Facility To Blacks Leisure

Blacks Leisure has put out an optimisitic note saying that it is engaged in discussions with Lloyds Bank regarding provision of a financial structure which will enable the Group to accelerate both the exit of the loss-making Boardwear business and the development of the Outdoor store portfolio.

The Company adds that the Bank is to continue to provide a 35m banking facility until 31 August 2009 whilst working towards an appropriate long-term financing solution.

The share price rose 5p , up 12.5% to 45p.

Bank stress test release rejected
Fri 22 May,

LONDON (Reuters) - Revealing the results of confidential government studies into the financial health of major British banks could cause uncertainty in financial markets, a Treasury spokesman said on Friday.

The Treasury said on Friday that it had rejected a request made under freedom of information legislation by news agency Bloomberg for publication of stress tests conducted by the Financial Services Authority earlier in the year.

"The information was withheld on the grounds of a number of exemptions, including that disclosure of such information may lead to uncertainty in the financial markets, either in relation to specific institutions or more generally," the spokesman said.

So far Barclays (BARC.L) is the only major bank to have said that it passed the FSA's stress-testing process, despite others such as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) being tested around the same time.

The Financial Times said the stress-testing included looking at whether banks would have enough capital to survive a 50 percent crash in house prices and a two-year recession.

An FSA spokesman said it had also turned down a freedom of information request from Bloomberg. "If we did release any specific information on stress testing it would be as an announcement to the market via (press release news wire) RNS, so it's not something I can comment on at this stage," said Joseph Eyre, press officer at the Financial Services Authority.

The United States has already published the results of its stress tests, saying it would boost financial market confidence -- a position supported on Friday by the Dutch financial market regulator AFM.

"Everybody is talking about a level playing field. There is an increasingly unlevel playing field between investors in American financial stocks and in European financial stocks," said AFM chairman Hans Hoogervorst.

"Investors in European financial stocks remain much more in the dark and there has not been -- and I don't think it's going to be very likely -- transparency in stress tests in the banking sector in Europe," Hoogervorst told a meeting of the Financial Crisis Advisory Group, which he co-chairs.

"This pressure is mainly exerted by bankers and ministers of finance, who are all bankers now, and obviously they have no natural interest in transparency," he said.

'A PUSY' eh MRSI??? You have just embarrassed yourself, again.

Who cares you are the same "barking mad, but no bite" theme

A double SS matches the double RR and the total of letters

HARRYCAT
PUSSYCAT

i bet there are a few buying this at 68p today...what a bargain!

SUNDAY MAIL

Midas Column: Steer clear of the Lloyds cash call