alliance and leicester.......

[newtonfox]

Buy Buy Buy

iive sold sold sold

 

[homer]

How are the shares doing today, lads...............

 

[Steven]

How are the shares doing today, lads...............

Track it here. :icon_wink

 

[Durham Fox]

Up 16p today but still 21p down on the week. Could be a lot worse given the climate.

 

[highland fox]

Up 16p today but still 21p down on the week. Could be a lot worse given the climate.

Its not bad here,bit frosty early on but at least its dry

 

[Macky]

Coffee is up to 70c here, tea is still only 25c though

 

[newtonfox]

How are the shares doing today, lads...............

a bit better ,it all depends on bush cutting interest rates in the USA to avoid a world resection :icon_wink


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/19/useconomy.mortgages?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

 

[Macky]

a bit better ,it all depends on bush cutting interest rates in the USA to avoid a world resection :icon_wink


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/19/useconomy.mortgages?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Bush doesn't set US interest rates.

World resectioning sounds painful.

 

[highland fox]

How's Dow Jones these days anyway? Is he alright ?

 

[newtonfox]

How's Dow Jones these days anyway? Is he alright ?

slipped a bit ,but should get better over night :icon_wink

 

[Hazzman]

Bush doesn't set US interest rates.

World resectioning sounds painful.

snigger, snigger.

Wonderful stuff Macky.

 

[Han]

a bit better ,it all depends on bush cutting interest rates in the USA to avoid a world resection :icon_wink


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/19/useconomy.mortgages?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

The FED had reduced interest rates by 0.75% but it hasn't made any difference

 

[Han]

Anybody still got these?

Up 50% today, rumors about Santander buying them.

 

[highland fox]

Shares are boring

 

[Dour]

Anybody still got these?

Up 50% today, rumors about Santander buying them.

For half the price that the shares were trading for when the knowledgeable folks were advising buy.

 

[Han]

For half the price that the shares were trading for when the knowledgeable folks were advising buy.

hadn't bothered looking at how much they were back then.

even so, if they've plummetted then they'll be slightly less gutted now!

 

[fosseboy83]

The board are recommending that share holders accept the offer.

 

[Chuck T Masala]

The guy they have brought in as the new Chairman is a takeover specialist. He's there to make sure it happens.

 

[Melton Fox]

The guy they have brought in as the new Chairman is a takeover specialist. He's there to make sure it happens.

Michael Schumacher?

 

[Chuck T Masala]

:icon_bigg:icon_bigg:icon_bigg Alan Gillespie! he's had a varied banking career, but according to a friend at A&L its well known in the industry that he is good at negotiating takeovers, mergers, etc.