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XOM announced a 1-2% downturn as a result of ceasing some Russian operations IIRC.

XOM Shell and BP have 'sanctioned' themselves, pulling out of their operations no?

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Come now, that IR comment could be interpreted as they today they plan to and are able to play it but they are reserving the right to change tac. I hope they pay personally.

They don't lend from an ISA

212 have been selling to me all day

How many super yachts can you sail simultaneously?!

Nice problem to have I suppose.

Dividends already announced can be cancelled, most UK banks and some insurers did this during the nasty cold season 18 months ago.

This is uncharted territory for me, would they drop the price by the dividend amount, crazy talk. Although if they declare it's not going ahead the price will likely go that way regardless so.

My chart has gone back 12 mins or so, doesn't look happy!

Unfortunately for me I've had no issues buying on 212 today lol

I remember reading the MoneySavingExpert overview (just after the pay outs were halved) which rated them at 1.25%, I suppose it's better than cash/low interest savings, but when compared to inflation you are still losing money.

Buy a lottery ticket sure, but maybe treat it as an astronomically unlikely event and not a long term investment strategy, especially not since they halved the pay-outs.

Demonstrating to my dad what 8% per annum SNP500 return would have done form him compounded over the last 40 years compared with the £500 he pulls in from max bonds got no where, still I suppose his appetite to risk is as low as possible now due to his age.

Bantutrader - if the price goes up to 390p, the yield won't be 7% anymore, if you sell then LGEN will be in your buying range for "safe" dividend stocks, unless they raise it like crazy as a result (unlikely IMO). However you YOC will be great and the company trading at a "more reasonable" ratio.

Can't they just wait and get it the properties for pennies on the dollar at auction sans debt, should they go bust of course?

So inflation is solidifying, rates may need to rise, this is a way governments clear national debts, does the same happen to company debt? Their interest rates will go up, but so will the ticket prices and the debt should reduce in real terms no?

I strongly suspect restrictions will be back in Sept, can Cine survive another autumn and winter (where indoor activities are more popular) without any revenue?

Yahoo Finance reporting it as the 14th, LGEN themselves stating on their site the 15th, as Ex D, always good to check I guess!

Sadly when it's leaked to the press it usually follows right along, the drop today could be due to the touted masks outside, once a week exercise restriction, curfew, removal of social bubbles and closure of nurserys sadly Al over the press. We shall see.

Don't forget if you accidently stop the page loading in Chrome very quickly the pages are free, not that I would condone such behaviour.

Anyways, it's 14:27, up the Americans!

If (and I do) you think that the healthy should never have been locked away, quicker HI, protect the vulnerable, funnel money and resources to them for a much shorter time etc. Then until this government admits they got it wrong, what will happen now when the next bug is identified? They have set a terrible precedent... Ok, ok, tin foil, but if you were the leader of China would you not also be looking at ways to prolong this over-reaction and destruction of the west, possibly start another one?

With all the lies, misleading statistics, propaganda, crushing of descent and protest, censorship online, police handling, mistrust of scientists that has happened and been fostered etc. I am growing concerned and have lowered my position quite a bit since getting back into profit a couple of months ago here. It will be a shame for me if this recovers and doubles in quick succession but I can't shake the feeling that if they can handle this soo very badly then who knows what could come next.

The only positive I would hope is that very powerful people also rely on businesses thriving to stay powerful, but many business owners, apart from a couple of notable exceptions (Wetherspoons) seem to be completely silent. Maybe it's the big ones who are hoovering up all the money, the little guys are certainly making a noise as their lives are destroyed. Entertainment and travel being the hardest hit.

Boris had it right at the start and he royally screwed the pooch.

I bought in at 60 months ago when I felt the recovery would be swift, averaged all the way down to 16 but with scraps, I still think scientifically that was right, the media->public->gov had a different opinion apparently. Held for months on what seemed an obvious treble and paid an enormous opportunity cost in shares I would likely have held for the rest of my life.
Oh well, good to learn these lessons with relatively small sums.

What's their end game strategy has it been officially announced?

The current jab doesn't stop transmission or contraction so I would assume, vax the vulnerable then let us carry on would be most logical? Although I suspect they will push for maximum compliance, considering half the people polled are either 'no' or 'wait and see' it shouldn't take that long.

How would ya even know tbh, the test centres and lighthouse labs are staffed by agency staff with minimal training and are under pressure to hit headline worthy daily testing, targets rather than safely and consistently perform tests. Surprise surprise the headline is more important that the reality... That's the world we live in now. Everyone loves the vax who's success criteria was set by the maker with no legal indemnity.

Why people keep pushing 'restrictions will reduce instances' I'll never know - they can't stop it's spreading in hospitals with their "world beating protocols" so how do you expect to stop it in the home, workplace or Tescos. Also to believe this you would have to ignore that in both lockdowns so far the data proves that cases were coming down before lockdown, allowing for lag in infection -> testing -> hospitalisation reporting. All it did was push the illness into the winter.

When do we get let out, to be treated like adults, to make our own risk assessments, what is the official timeline and strategy? And when does CINE's cash run out, cause the way this is going I'm seriously worried we will not be open by Easter.