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Sink me! Nelson would have keel-hauled this lot:(

Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right - what kind of idiot would be invested here? Hi wozzer! More like White Star Line (the Titanic) - Geddit?

Clear as day - once it has passed. Killing off the competition is what Big Companies do - they are not Social workers. Significant upside for anyone a bit patient, like me, who wants to hold a Global Titan in Commodities.

Just love this recent addition to my PF.

One can only dream... Messed up last time, I should have sold when the 400p offer was refused. Pretty sparkling performance, lately, IMO.

One broker says 60% chance of a takeover, by the Usual Suspects, Ching Cash My Chk, etc. Best value of the 3 waters, too.

Keep the parent, sell the child when suitors come calling?

This must mean SBRY have to hire a lot of Snr Bank staff. May rate only half a cheer from the City on monday. You will get indegestion if you watch Lady love while scoffing lamb shanks :)

The Mail has a story on couple who got a v. cheap mortgage deal & Clubcard points to buy nappies, they've just signed up for a new 2 yr deal. when did you last speak to your Bank Manager, could you name him/her?

Debate in the Sunday Times. Lib-Dem's cosy policies exposed - good chance of bankrupting the country.

I had assumed that Tesco would go down this route but they opted for online only - cheaper?

It's all Greek to most of us - but IMO, the Big question is will the Greeks who voted for an increase in Minimum wage, etc. except a compromise, or has Pandora's box been well & truly opened?

OPG said they would be building Coal power stations in India for the next 12 years & there was no viable alternative - that's why I didn't invest. Plus a massive INCREASE in number of coal power stations China will build :- '7 Jan 2014 - BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - China approved the construction of more than 100 ... with open-cast coal mines, coal power plants, and coal chemical plants all ... of coal-fired power, twice the total generation capacity of Germany.' - Just the usual 'concern' from our political Masters, in an election year, totally irrelevant what the rest of the World does. Pity we can't burn Westminster BS.

Some Yank brokers are saying get out of equities, but Greece is only 2% of EU GDP & Grexit would have little impact right now, as opposed to a while back.

Wafer thin margins can't really compete in a price war. Strategy is to project a quality image instead. Should have personalized the Nectar card has Tesco have done, to better target offers. SP propped by by Quatari stake, which they have shown no interest in increasing over the years.

- with some Divi. cash. Undervalued,IMO & still an M&A prospect. The penny is dropping with HMGOV that Windmills bung big payments to Rich Landowners like Cam's in-laws & don't work when the Heat is on.

The code sets out specific provisions governing terms of supply, timing of payments, marketing and promotional costs, and payments as a condition of being a supplier.' The only way to avoid coming within the remit of the new regulations will be to scrap your whole kit & caboodle of supplier deals & start again, retraining all the staff who negotiate with suppliers. AS TSCO HAVE ALREADY DONE, giving them a 1st mover advantage as a result. MRW & SBRY will have to spend Time & Money to catch up with Cable's wheeze, which only applies to UK supermarkets, (natch) so another Free Pass for Dave & Gideon's favorite LADS.

Reduce the price of oil to make Shale production uneconomic - especially in the high cost, Start Up phase. Hence our shutdown of US operations. It's working, ain't it? 'BHP to slash U.S. shale drilling rig count nearly in half* Where do low Oil prices leave AIM Oillies? Facing ruin,IMO.

Increased my modest stake by 50%.

You make no sense - but entertaining as usual. Do you ever look at what you've posted?