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excuse me for butting in off topic , but PB was looking at shorting the HK HS42 , I think , it is now sub c.300 points current , thought I would try to check in with him

... thanks for the feedback , please note that I have found out what I have been doing wrong and feel rather stupid! Where I was going wrong was that once I was in Premier Chat I would simply tap in a share code / name , etc , in the Share Price Search and assumed it would go straight to its Premier Share Chat for that related Share. As I now have realised , it goes to Share Price for the newly typed in share and then what I did was just scroll down and picked up the footprints / posts on the standard chat board. What I did not do was actually go to share chat under that share whereby you then get the option to go Premium and away you go. So , appologies for trying to get you to fix something that does not need fixing!! Will try and pass on some of the merits to other posters of trying out premium as there are some serious posters out there who I am sure might well give it a go to get more interaction , good luck , Mark

I have seen the likes of GEDW trying to promote Premium Chat , but, without basic links , I do not see this catching on and cannot promote unless you pull your finger out.

I still have problems with opening up a share chat , ie. go to lloyds and try to open up a premium share chat... is this something you will sought out?

... good post , I too retain little respect for the ALBK crew

the till rang

going in on a quick long , what the hell

you have to be in to win .... spread betting and ability to short rules.

I think , above all , having fought for independence for so long , signing up to the Euro so quick , was a complete contradiction.

whatever happened to your currency/identity?

.... oops , I forgot that the weak pound against the Euro would not work well on border towns if you all hugged eachother , mmm

Talking from a General point of view , if you Southern Irish can afford it , take it , as far as us Brits are concerned , we see it as both a religious, political and financial nightmare. , so go play , without including bombs , please.

When Southern Ireland joined the Euro , at first chance , I both cried and laughed. It always seemed to me that it was a British problem for the South. Clearly it was not. It remains that the South want the North , so let them have it and pay for it in fiscal terms

I remember , some 17 years ago plus , how said market on fixed lines was (local mafia) fixed upon as the only method , so I bought in . On any now urban mexican street you would see a line of street telephones , like a century of army folk. I have , as said , recently toured business ops in Mexico , and I would say , from the heart , nobody uses these phones... I struggled to even get a phone card to use such. They will remain a landscape mark for a continued while , too much cash to pull them. Bottom line , I had , for the price of 'one' piece of chewing gum at best , perfect 'visual' and 'vocal' coms with my base via abundant wireless availability.

I remind myself that skype has a now value in excess of £2,000,000,000.00.

I am into netbook trials and consider , period term , wireless netbooks the way forward. I have just got back from a tour of Mexico , and whilst they had many public phones and had many mobiles , and so called flu , the number of folk having a coffee with wireless was simply immense. A netbook , applied with shareware that links in as simply a visual on your main host , swims , I will recommend the best later , but in general , you do not need contracts to swim or surf the net , hence my personal downgrade on vodaphone , despite sell of assets , bit like Barclays.

... new platform , hardware , mobile , wireless , methods and placement , but very happy in general . Keyboard a little need of more use of by user to get friendly , but overall , well placed. I am trying to not draw on divis , but sta

I have stayed up over the last few nights to take a look and now hacashed in my first tranch , £5k from the first of May, tax free.

So , of those thus mentioned , LBG remain in a confused downward state of play with continued dilution and unknown debts in the throw , followed by Barclays who , imo , prostituted itself and are in sell mode of top end assets to best appease , HSBA remain in the stable looking for direction but could quickly move forward if USA stabilises and Asian markets give support , Standard Chartered could show weakness upon recent strong rally but will remain strong should Asian markets again pport , RBS remain weighted by HMG and sentiment but have the internal strength to bolt and quickly break links , but Banco Santander , for me , are likely to start to run ahead.

Who will know what the small print was in Barclays recent scramble for private investment tabled at the time , but I would not be surprised if some of said investors were also enabled and behind the buy back of some of Barclays strong asset release projects effecting future earnings. Barclays stayed away from HMG that was perceived at the time and continues to be received by the market as a good thing , but further time will tell whether or not this was the best of the two options available. Whilst RBS and LBG chose to take the support offered by HMG , I consider that both RBS and LBG will , eventually , pull back such investment cheaper , pro rata. I really enjoy bank stocks globally and retain the view that Standard Chartered were best placed of all UK banks from the outset and that , by the purchasing A&L and BB , Santander the follow through. I admit to not fully understanding the Chinese financial markets , but , given the country's strong financial retained position and willingness to underpin support both domestically and globally , without China , I am sure that our combined global problems would be much , much worse. In summary and locally , I see RBS as the best long term recovery play out of current BARC and LBG standings and that STAN will benefit best from Asian growth but could peak off with their recent rally , HSBA should gain a little ground but USA exposure remains and Santander , of the Europeans , should fill the gap well.