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I've got SHG,AAZ,TSG/CEY...mr WEST
South Africa is in COVID lockdown so beware of this with PAF
CEY and POLY are the largest with tight spreads so good to day trade
GOLDIES will probably open lower as the POG dropped after our LSE hrs

This is the live spot price as IMO the best site to track POG.... can also move to Silver/Platinum by clicking the icon on the graph
https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-price-chart.do

The CEY board has loads of LT older dedicated posters who know their onions with one living in Egypt giving valuable detailed local/Government/media views...translated too! Quite amazing the depth of knowledge gained and freely shared

Just like our TRO on the WRES board m8
Hope this helps....

After Ministers on Saturday highlighted an 84-tonne consignment that was due to arrive from Turkey containing personal protective equipment (PPE), including 400,000 protective gowns.
This delivery of protective equipment for British health workers that was due on Sunday from Turkey has been delayed, a British government official said, as medics on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak increasingly report shortages of gear.

by whatever means possible. This really is a matter of life and death.

The delay to the consignment is a real worry, both in the short and long-term.
It is clear the pandemic stocks we have been largely relying on to date are running out, at least in terms of gowns and visors.
It has left us depending on international supply - certainly for gowns - as we do not seem to be able to manufacture them ourselves.
Given the international demand for them, this threatens to be an on-going issue that could cause problems for months to come.
Staff are understandably worried - they are putting their lives at risk.
Ministers and their officials are clearly working hard to do what they can.
But in the future, serious questions will need to be asked about why this situation has arisen in the first place.

Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove told the BBC's Andrew Marr the extra resources would be coming from Turkey "this weekend", along with another 25 million gowns, that were coming from China.

THEOSUS
Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney and General Electric are the top jet engines makers in the World and have been for decades.
But still disturbing to see the Chinese copying and adapting High Tech Western technology.

JOHN
History teaches us the greatest root cause of WW2, was a desperate German populous willing to support an extremist leader, against the harsh reparations costs that collapsed the Germany economy. Hitler blamed amongst other things, the Treaty of Versailles.
in 1923 after the Germans missed a reparations payment late in 1922. This set off a chain of events that included occupation, hyperinflation and rebellions.

After WW2 the Yanks deliberately avoided those past mistakes and launched the Marshall plan. Mega money to all the nations including Germany to rebuild their economies.
America was the only nation that increased its wealth in WW2 (tripled). With huge endless factories (that supplied the entire allied war machine) their now empty production lines wanted to expand and trade. Europe was the key to refilling empty factories with the Marshall plan jump starting everything.

THEOSUS
I'll not surprised as CHINA is the manufacturing centre for almost everything the West requires domestically, especially high tech gadgets. A natural source of goods and a willing Dictatorship regime , used to evade tariffs Worldwide
Western politicians/large corporates love it... as we ship our pollution/plastic rubbish there. Making their climate goals far easier to achieve .
They forget the loss of our manufacturing jobs ....as they leave a Northern Britain wasteland behind
All very sad and causing the desperately populous to use (aided by the right wing press) the EU as the scapegoat instead of China and the East where all their skilled high paid disappeared too
RANT OVER!!!!

SEISMIC
I've looked at hundreds of different sites over the years, and this site is awesome in depth/detail and up to data official date.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/exports-by-country
PLEASE CLICK ON THE CONTINENTS SHARE...... here as well
ATB

This site is by far the most reliable, up-to- date, detailed site around.....covers all economic data worldwide.
This page shows UK exports to each country and reflects latest data

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/exports-by-country

YES FAREND....truth rather than continual obverscatIon must be shocking to hear

Guess our brave front line health workers will be resorting to adapted bin bags to protect their lives....

I much prefer Sir Captain Tom Moore. A true gentleman and hero. God bless you.

You'll Never Walk Alone - Captain Tom Moore, Michael Ball & The NHS Voices of Care Choir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUP-ty-Tj5E

This question was posed by a reporter at the daily virtual briefings, a week ago.

The explanation given was........
"There is little point in any health checks being undertaken, as the virus is circulating widely in our community (epidemic) anyway.

I suspect the real reason could be the shortage of tests/staff (resources)

THEOSUS
You requested proof (rather than media spin - your words) of PPE shortages
This is from the right wing press.....at the bottom of the article.....

Ministers on Friday acknowledged a shortage of gowns - departing from their position that there were adequate supplies of PPE but some logistical problems getting it to where it was needed.

Britain has the fifth-highest official death toll from COVID-19 in the world, after the United States, Italy, Spain and France, though the UK figure only covers hospital fatalities and the real number is probably much higher.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1270536/coronavirus-vaccine-latest-update-taskforce-covid-19-death-toll-update

ps Buy HAT the best pawn broker chain on the market IMO

THEOSUS
These red card reports were NOT listed on our site.
They are a special non-reg listed on the London Stock exchange
This explains.....
RNS Reach is an investor communication service aimed at assisting listed and unlisted companies to deliver non-regulatory news such as marketing messages, corporate and product information.

So you would have missed them
I'm a holder of BEG shares are well...also HAT

THEOSUS - **** = ADJUSTMENT TO MY PREVIOUS POST
All the quarterly Begbies Traynor RED CARD ALERT REPORTS are listed here...

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/exchange-insight/company-news.html?fourWayKey=GB00B0305S97GBGBXAMSM

****CHANGE "SELECT SOURCE" from REGULATORY to RNS REACH

Click on the RED CARD report you wish to read.
NOTE. This data is specific to Begbies Traynor

THEOSUS
All the quarterly Begbies Traynor RED CARD ALERT REPORTS are listed here...

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/exchange-insight/company-news.html?fourWayKey=GB00B0305S97GBGBXAMSM

Click on the RED CARD report you wish to read.
NOTE. This data is specific to Begbies Traynor

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Paul Scott of Stockopedia comments today...

Begbies Quarterly Red Flag Report
This is always an interesting read, issued by listed insolvency practitioners, Begbies Traynor (LON:BEG)

As you can imagine, it's a sobering read, given the current crisis.

Key points;

Highest ever (for this report) number of companies in significant financial distress, at 509,000
Figures likely to be "tip of the iceberg" as impact of Covid-19 worsens
SMEs chiefly affected
Problems accessing Govt funding
Many companies likely to run out of cash at end April, and be unable to fund payroll
Many businesses were already "cut close to the root" before CV19 crisis began, hence now likely to fail - owners not having appetite to borrow money they will never be able to pay back
Expecting material increase in number of companies in financial distress as 2020 continues

Dow surges 700 points as hopes rise on Gilead virus treatment
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/sp-500-etf-jumps-2percent-after-hours-on-report-gilead-drug-showing-effectiveness-treating-coronavirus.html

‘He has lost his mind’: Americans stunned and horrified after Trump tries to ‘provoke an uprising’ against Democratic governors

America has the most cases and the most deaths from COVID-19 in the world. Yet Trump is tweeting to certain states that they should liberate.

This Friday morning, President Trump fired off a series of tweets — all directed at states with Democratic governors — seemingly endorsing burgeoning protest movements calling for the immediate reopening of state economies as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.

https://twitter.com/BollywoodDC/status/1251221912161837058/photo/1

GOD HELP AMERICA !
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