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Green light for further dodgy practices to pull the wool over the eyes of investors? Other retailers taking note of what they can get away with?

A sector to be avoided in my view. There are plenty of cheap stocks with less baggage if you want to jump ship, and they pay a nice dividend, too.

Hmmm...

Weren't the Fool saying buy just before they tanked?

Are they hinting at sell now they have fallen out of bed?

On that basis..??

"An ironic comment on the 10th anniversary of Bernie Madoff’s “outing”."

D'you know, I had forgotten that. I think you are right - this is what's going on here.:-o

Anyway I have just sold my entire holding. Huge loss but at least it's still worth more than nothing.

Forever in your debt Analysister ;-)

nuri, I like the cut of your jib here. Pessimists don't win prizes.

Everything I own is down not just this one.

It's the way of the world. My world, anyway.

(What does predictive text mean by "doorstop the dog"? Is it trying to tell us something?)

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/sage-finds-new-finance-chief-already-at-boardroom-table-h797jsgjs

As an aside, it's disappointing to say the least that the FTSE100 contains just 2 software companies.

i.e. accountants. Good servants; bad masters.

They are lawyers, that's what they do. In their sleep, too.

I think this was the question:

"I'm not quite sure where you're coming from tbh, are you a short looking for a downturn or an interested investor looking for clarity before you jump in or are you already invested ?"

I'd be interested to know too but can't see anything self-explanatory in what you have posted that answers it. Please indulge me and give a quick re-cap, ta.

It's all about the pipeline. Whilst Tesaro on its own might not have been worth the money with GSK backing its developments it could be another story. Think Pokerchips has it, a long term benefit.

So am I bothered? Not really.

You could well be right! Most of my 'higher risk' stuff looks pretty sick right now. The world's a crazy place right now.

Maybe in six months many of us will wish we'd bought in right now. Right now these are interesting times.

Way back in this thread someone posted a link to a case in Australia where the Transport Workers Union were defeated in court over their attempts to stop DMS being introduced. June this year.

"The dispute relates to whether Toll has a right to further implement Guardian technology in its Toll Liquids (Liquids) and Toll Linehaul & Fleet Services (Linehaul) and DVR Cameras in its Liquids business."

I kept the links:

https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/1807/toll-wins-fatigue-monitoring-expansion-in-fwc

http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FWC/2018/3573.html?context=1;query=truck;mask_path=

It's a kind of democracy, you can't please every one. If the masses want cheap dreary discount warehouses then so be it.

Other than that, I share your opinion.

That's the meeja for you. Love to stir things up.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/no-deal-brexit-latest-crisis-amazon-stockpile-food-warehouses-booked-a8654006.html

It's reported that warehousing in strategic locations has been booked up for the period running up to Brexit. Retailers who wish to stockpile have been thwarted by a lack of available space.

It's not known who has suddenly commandeered the space or what it has been used for although it includes refrigerated facilities. Rumours are being put about that the culprit is Amazon who sees Brexit as an opportunity to catch the UK's food sector on the back foot and so establish an advantage that they can retain long term.

Amazon have failed to confirm or deny the rumours.

Follow the money!

Given the ageing population in many advanced countries that kind of tragedy is ever more likely.

Was interested to read here and there that Aviva is going big in renewables, wind specifically.

So nothing really apart from your opinion of the board (which to some degree I share but with no real evidence).

I have been digging around to discover what horrors might lurk in Aviva's cupboard but apart from their Italian exposure (which is not necessarily disastrous) have failed to find anything.