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.

Fred

I don't have a financial advisor , and i don't pay anyone for advice. Some thing's are so obvious like China and India would need more resources , my best performing share at the moment is KMR

Gold.

With the US printing trillion's of Dollar's and the fall of the Euro zone [ also obvious ] there is only one way for gold and that is up. My core holding is CEY now at the price i paid when i bought back into them. Most of my other's which are recent buys are down and awaiting drilling results ect: CLF , KIBO ,STI ,KYS and a outright punt on SHEBA [ PLUS ] dealing cost's very high and only one MM.

Also invested in TSTR , looking for rare metal's in Turkey

And Palm oil producer PAL , this would be my tip for recovery.

The rest are oil companys , top core investment Afren

Well, I hope you are lucky with AFR.

Dreams,

If you don't change and wait long enough, they may come for you.
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I must admit that in general "Phone hacking" doesn't worry me to much.

And the "moral" indignation surrounding some of the NW "amuses" me.

When printing their current outrage (in order to please or increase the number of their readers), it seems to me, that the "virtuous" press is often publishing photos of the "victims", in order to satisfy the "salacious" public.

The photos I would think, iif seen by "victims" or "families" generate further "pain".

Also, in "true" investigative journalism, if the the information found is relevant, or pertinent to the actions of the person in their public deeds, then in general, I would not be too critical of how it was obtained, as long as it did not involve, threats, coercion., physical, or mental torture, bribery, or corruption.

Also, that it was not falsely interpreted. The latter may be difficult for some.

Again, there has to be a body, which can investigate any abuses which are not in the public interest, with a course of actions open to it, to punish any abuse of the individual, deemed by the journalist for the "public good".

Journalism does have a responsibility to protect, or make the public aware of corporate, political, or governmental abuse.

I think government and political leaders should be monitored, If they do the act, or say the piece, then I can see no reason for the public knowing of it.

If the don't like it, don't do it.

My fear is that this "scandal" may be seen by the corporate body as an opportunity to secret itself even more from public observation.

May be of interest to some.

It seems that some have views similar to mine, while others bury their heads in the sand.

Where is my spade.

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http://www.digitallook.com/news/4350752/Sunday_newspaper_round-up_Murdoch_UK_GDP_US_budget....html

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Rupert Murdoch may sell his entire newspaper empire in Britain, but he will not walk away from his more profitable pay-TV interests and remains committed to acquiring BSkyB, according to City sources.

The tycoons son James, the publisher of his British titles, shut the News of the World last week in the wake of the phone hacking scandal. The newspaper published its last edition today. What happened at the News of the World might have happened at the Sun, too, a City source said yesterday. It is a serious possibility that all the newspapers could be sold,' reports the Mail on Sunday.

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Britains economy may have shrunk by as much as 0.2% over the past three months, raising fresh concerns about the impact of the governments tax rises and spending cuts.

Economists tore up their growth forecasts on Friday afternoon in the wake of disappointing figures for manufacturing and construction. Citigroup, one of the worlds biggest banks, and Scotia Capital expect the Office for National Statistics will report GDP growth of -0.2% in the second quarter, according to the Sunday Times.

PS.

I shouldn't think it, but I wonder if Cameron and Osborne are helping the shorters.

How did this little squirrel survive this?
http://youtu.be/k0TONBwqc7E

Clearly a fake.

Does it run more like a cat? They tend not to run in a straight line. Can't make up what way they wan't to go. Then splat!

The draught from the car would have knocked it off course alone. If you play it and stop it then you can see it is a fake.

This is getting very tech. lol

The posts below don't shout fake

Street art

http://youtu.be/LR8V2nByQ1c

..Victoria Beckham has given birth to a baby girl - the first daughter for the former Spice Girl and her husband David.

The baby, weighing 7lb 10oz, was delivered on Sunday morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.

The Beckhams, who married in 1999, already have three boys - Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, five.

Their spokesman Simon Oliveira announced the happy news on Twitter.

"David & Victoria Beckham are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter," he wrote.

"Happy and healthy she arrived at 7.55am this morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and weighed 7lbs 10oz."

In another posting, he added: "Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz are excited to welcome their new baby sister to the family."

The family have yet to announce a name for the little girl.

Just days ago the LA Galaxy star, 36, posted a picture of his heavily pregnant wife on Facebook.

Beneath the shot - in which the singer-turned-designer appeared to be sunbathing - he wrote: "Took this pic of Victoria while she wasn't looking. She looks amazing, so close now to the baby being born!"
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Prince William is going to be the godfather.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-next-worse-financial-crisis-2011-07-06?Link=obinsite

Steve Coogan Rips into News of The World

On Friday on the BBC's "Newsnight" program, comedian Steve Coogan tore into Paul McMullan, a former features editor at the News of the World, in a rant that boosted the BBC's ratings and drew wide attention.

And the topic? Well, The News of the World ended its 168-year run on Sunday due to the phone hacking scandal.

McMullan actually defended the practice--something almost nobody has done.

"I've always said that I've tried to write articles in a truthful way, and what better source of getting the truth is to listen to someone's messages?" he said.

Coogan, who was himself a victim of phone hacking, jumped right in and hit the nail right on the head.

"I think you're a walking P.R. disaster for the tabloids," he said. "You come across as a sort of risible individual who is symptomatic of everything that's wrong with the tabloids ... you're just trying to find out who's sleeping with who."

McMullan tried to defend himself, with a 'false cause proof', saying that he feared a law that squelched press freedom and prevented papers from being able to "catch politicans lying and cheating."

Coogan argued that this was utter rubbish and the editor merely wanted to be able to obtain sleaze and scandal tittle-tattle to help provide spicy stories, which would help sell newspapers.

Interesting to see the media eating the media.

A pack of Jackals turning on itself.

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Is it true that Cameron is thinking of stepping down and making room for Clegg?


Must admit that Vince Cable's indiscretion has done Hunt (or whatever his name is) a favour.

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It is a little amusing how the News readers hesitate when they say his name!

Perhaps, it is the office he has which is producing the mixed up.
8-)

Mind he is suffering from the over to you syndrome.

Mind it is better than blaimng his parents for his problems.

Just how big is the News of the World's parent company, News International, and how does it relate to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation?

Hays,

Being an innocent, why is Cameron referring the News Corporation to the Competition Board and why is Murdock withdraw it previous position of hiving off Sky News?

They are not trying to deals in smoke filled rooms.


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The question is, whether Murdock is an appropriate persons to be a chairman or CEO of any company.

Suggest you read the following:

I have cut and pasted a small amount. But you can read the whole article at::



http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/news-corp-shareholders-attack-murdoch
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News Corp investors attack Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch accused of 'egregious' behaviour for using firm as 'family candy jar' in lawsuit that claims it is 'inconceivable' he was unaware of phone hacking at News of the World

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Rupert Murdoch, who has been accused of 'nepotism and corporate governance failures'. The lawsuit says: 'These revelations show a culture run amuck within News Corp and a board that provides no effective review'. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
A powerful group of News Corp's shareholders have accused Rupert Murdoch of "egregious" behaviour and treating his media empire like a "family candy jar".

The shareholder group, which includes banks and pension funds, accused Murdoch of "rampant nepotism" and using News Corp resources for "his own personal and political objectives".

The institutional shareholders, led by the Amalgamated Bank, said it was "inconceivable" that Murdoch would not have been aware of rampant phone hacking at the News of the World.

"It is inconceivable that [James] Murdoch and his fellow board members would not have been aware of the illicit news gathering practices. And yet, the board took no real action to investigate the allegations until 7 July 2011, when Murdoch selected two of his co-directors to deal with the imbroglio," the shareholders said in a legal filing in Delaware, where News Corp is registered.

"These revelations should not have taken years to uncover and stop," the filing adds. "[They] show a culture run amuck within News Corp and a board that provides no effective review or oversight."

The shareholders noted that Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International and editor of the News of the World at the time of the hacking, was "consistently promoted even while the scandal was unfolding".

The legal filing is an update to an earlier lawsuit against the appointment of Elisabeth Murdoch to News Corp's board following the $615m (383m) acquisition of her Shine Group production company.

"News Corp's behaviour has become an egregious collection of nepotism and corporate governance failures, with a board completely unwilling to provide even the slightest level of adult supervision," said Jay Eisenhofer, a Grant & Eisenhofer lawyer representing the shareholder group.