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This is the totally typical performance after great results. Very nearly touches £20 and the loses 10% of its value.

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Like the results, the SP has beaten expectations - for today, at least!

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Everyone ready for this afternoon? Anyone going to be listening?

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Morning K,

Sorry, just putting things in too simple terms. I totally agree with your assessment an£ sentiments. The HMG spokesman effectively said “we didn’t waste any public money on this”. He actually used the word “waste”.

Completely shameful. Going for growth by hitting business. BoE says today that the budget has caused the economy to stagnate.

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Bot, that’s Harland and Wolff.

K and I have a few shares currently with no value. I doubt that will change, even after rescue! It’s costing Navantia about £80million to save everything - jobs, sites, contracts with Royal Navy. H & W asked for HMG backing of £200 - 300million which they refused and had some minister gloating about it on TV this morning.

Anyway, pleased for the workers and local economies.

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Not quite true, Bot.

As an aside, headline today that H & W to be saved by Spanish Company.

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But US Stocks actually rose because inflation was as expected and the Fed will likely cut rates at its next meeting.

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Hi Bot,

So, it’s pretty much all down to sentiment, then?

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Yo-Yoing again. Must be Friday sellers…..

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Carnival announced that these will be released on Friday, 20th December followed by a conference call at 10:00am EST, 15:00 our time. Call can be accessed via Carnival’s website.

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Record bookings at Princess over the weekend is what’s done it.

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Enjoy! Happy Christmas and NY to you and all on here, in case I forget - which seems to becoming more likely…….

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Are you on Iona just now K? Thought you were doing new year?

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Morning all,

K, I think I must retract what I said below. Having come from an insurance world we had to think in terms of premiums being partly, fully or not “earned”, usually in terms of a period on risk. It occurred to me that once you have paid any money for a cruise, deposit or full amount, the only way the cruise line will refund anything is if they cancel. if a passenger does it the money is lost and can only be recouped from their travel insurance.

So, record booking should mean record revenues.

We had no appreciable damage from the storm. Thanks. Hope you escaped!

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Hi K,

I agree to some extent but forward booking deposits can’t be used for any purpose until the cruise they relate to is over, surely?

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Friday sell-off time.

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Absolutely agree, LTI, but you can’t stymie your cash flow to do it. Cutting some overheads would help though.

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LTI,

If you read the bits below, you’ll see that Carnival have a plan!

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Well, LTI, I might have agreed with you but yesterday the price was up 31p and up another 19p today. So, £20 definitely within reach with results expected in three weeks or less.

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Better late than never R-P!

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