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Banks that are flying

I was amused to read today that two banks are bigging up British Airways by supporting their good intentions. First, Citigroup has created a consortia to buy Gatwick Airport and persuaded former BA CEO, Bob Ayling, to join them. Second, Caja Madrid is a major shareholder in Iberia Airlines who BA want to merge with,…

Clarification re theFinanser

For those of you who have found things confusing of late with the Blog, apologies.  We are revamping the Blog to reflect the Financial Services Club, but the homepage is still theFinanser (although we’ve been redirecting the last couple of days to try some new things out). Here’s the official information about the blog for…

Clarification re theFinanser

For those of you who have found things confusing of late with the Blog, apologies.  We are revamping the Blog to reflect the Financial Services Club, but the homepage is still theFinanser (although we’ve been redirecting the last couple of days to try some new things out). Here’s the official information about the blog for…

A couple of City tidbits

There were two stories in yesterday’s news that caught my eye. The first has been bubbling for a while, but came to a conclusion yesterday, with HSBC repurchasing their London Head Office Building back from the man they sold it to a year ago. April 2007, the Spanish firm Metrovacesa paid £1.09 billion ($1.6 billion)…

A couple of City tidbits

There were two stories in yesterday’s news that caught my eye. The first has been bubbling for a while, but came to a conclusion yesterday, with HSBC repurchasing their London Head Office Building back from the man they sold it to a year ago. April 2007, the Spanish firm Metrovacesa paid £1.09 billion ($1.6 billion)…

Queen tells banks to lend some money

I did wonder why the Queen would need some cash, and then saw this picture of her new job … no, it’s nothing to do with our Royalty losing out in the credit crunch, but the fact that today is the Queen’s speech.  This is the speech that marks the official opening of the UK…

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Queen tells banks to lend some money

I did wonder why the Queen would need some cash, and then saw this picture of her new job … no, it’s nothing to do with our Royalty losing out in the credit crunch, but the fact that today is the Queen’s speech.  This is the speech that marks the official opening of the UK…

Queen_2

So sad, help an exec today …

I think this speaks for itself: "the money you give won’t just save a life, but it will save a lifestyle".  Please give.

So sad, help an exec today …

I think this speaks for itself: "the money you give won’t just save a life, but it will save a lifestyle".  Please give.

So sad, help an exec today …

I think this speaks for itself: "the money you give won’t just save a life, but it will save a lifestyle".  Please give.