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Happy holidaze and all that …

As this is the last day in the office for many of you until January 5th, I thought I would share some Christmas wishes with y’all. The biggest change I’ve noticed this year is that I’m getting lots and lots of ecards. They normally arrive wth a message like: “We aren’t sending Christmas Cards this…

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The Best Week of the Year

I always enjoy reading the Week magazine, and this week's Week is a belter. It's reviewing the stories of the last week and the last year, with the Bernie Madoff affair figuring large. Two things stood out from their coverage of the Madoff story.  First, a quote from Warren Buffett:  "it is when the tide…

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The City has no shame …

Investment bankers do not help themselves do they? By way of example, here's a bunch of them singing a song about the public, with the chorus: "Sorry we f*****d up your Christmas, but we really don't give a sh*t, 'cos we made loadsa money, in fact we're swimming in it." This wouldn't be so bad,…

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This bank is no more

This bank is no more I dedicate today’s blog to all those people who remember Monty Python’s Parrot sketch with affection.  The scene begins with a customer entering a bank. Customer: “I wish to make a complaint.” Teller: “We're closing for lunch.”  Customer: “Never mind that, I wish to complain about this account what I opened not half…

This bank is no more

This bank is no more I dedicate today’s blog to all those people who remember Monty Python’s Parrot sketch with affection.  The scene begins with a customer entering a bank. Customer: “I wish to make a complaint.” Teller: “We're closing for lunch.”  Customer: “Never mind that, I wish to complain about this account what I opened not half…

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