02.28.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:00 am by optionplayer
TIME for WHAT CHANGE !
Live within its Means ! what does that mean under the Tories !!
as those that will decide live off selective trust funds !
it is scary!
what are values !
when we know from the past they too can not be trusted !
George !
Reality!
Why is the Conservative message not getting through!
Trust must play a part! belief!
Case for change !!
Public are so cynical as George says !
but what exactly is this change ! reducing corp Tax etc is minor ! small business talk etc is about small money! The Tax talk is just soundbites!
as for re establishing Manufacturing in UK is weird- when China has become the Factory of the World -
What will be in your first emergency budget! why no comment
Fiscal Judgment will not speak as it is better to hide ?
and no doubt it will be truly horrific , so why to hide begin no comment now !
Full Judgement , again all these wonderful wordy soundbites!!
where will the cuts fall! the Public should know before the ELECTION
Protect the NHS Service but what will it truly mean !?
The Country wants change but is the above about real sincere change ?
Again Michael Ashcroft’s role with Financing the Party etc & connections, were not answered ?
SAD & a dangerous reaction, to smirk & laugh off any need to sincerely cmment!
as Belize & offshore centres, should come clean ?
or Democracey once again is tainted !!
as to who is funding whom, for what ?
scary!
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02.26.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:48 pm by optionplayer
Comments below reflect what advice is being circulated taht market will recover soon- wowo
what if we are about to fall off a cliff again later in the year!
then there will be more than a little mud on many faces !
prices are supposedly firm at present so test the market!! v
THE BRITISH chancellor of the exchequer has said he does not believe that a quick sale of British assets by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), taking advantage of an uplift in the British property market, would benefit the Irish taxpayer.
In an interview with The Irish Times, Alistair Darling said he did not see the argument for “a hasty sale” given that many of the assets are commercial property.
About a fifth of the €80 billion in loans being transferred to Nama are assets in Britain, many of which are in London.
“I would have thought from the Irish Government’s point of view, though, that they would be quite keen to ensure that these assets are sold as and when they will want to get their money back too for the Irish taxpayer,” he said.
“I don’t see the argument for a hasty sale at the moment, given that a lot of the stuff is commercial property,” he added.
Mr Darling said the British and Irish governments had agreed to “keep in touch so we know roughly what they [Nama] are doing”.
He said: “I am quite sure that it wouldn’t be in their interest to do something that would actually depress prices, which would end up in them getting less money for the assets.”
Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh said in November that Nama expected overseas property markets, which accounted for 27 per cent of the agency’s assets, to “recover more quickly
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02.25.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:03 pm by optionplayer
When members of a political party , in this case FF and Terry Leyden
can talk about Assasination Lists- it is no Joke! as we all know Life is cheap! especially if we are talking about Billions & billion of Euro losses or a few people have pulled off ‘daylight robbery’!
Politicians should be ashamed of themselves- especially when in Ireland corporate Terror/ Criminality/ more Terror/ has in the past/ gone hand in hand – as the IRA was always a seedy/ sleazy/ business organisation, hiding behind supposed Nationalist pretences !!
The Country of Ireland / Irish Citizens Globally deserve & require more from Dublin than this cheap/ dangerous & outrageous talk
when will there be a serious Public Enquiry into Anglo Irish Bank-with powers to make criminal prosecutions-
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02.24.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:20 pm by optionplayer
European Commissioner for Economic & MonetaryAffairs.
Please review the following–
The Irish situation is worse than the Greek present fiasco! as in if you knew now what they were doing in 2001 – you would have to have stopped them or you are compliant to being not worthy of your present office.
So now Ireland & Dublin is pushing through NAMA & Anglo Irish paperwork, ,& in many ways it is far worse than the Greek Scandal- as it could cost 100
yes One Hundred Billion in Euros in the end, if it heads where all indicators , appear to point.
All EU officials should be disgusted that a few supposed top rate Banks & others should have colluded with Greek officials back in 2001 , so to avoid disclosure so that monies could be raised without the system knowing.
It is beyond outrageous.
European HQ should therefore be absolutely vigilant re the Irish story unfolding, & who & why Dublin is pushing hard to have a resolution before this coalition sinks.
Democracy and what will affect the majority of Irish Citizens & Europeans too, yes ! If the Irish problem after Nama ( and the mishandling of up to 100 Billion of Funding ) ends up draining more EU resources !
as the Irish have had a canny ability these past 20 years in getting more than their full share from Brussels! No comment here to Charlie McCreevy & his over zealous helpers! etc & their past tactics!
Re Greek Government now, to say, we were not in power, so it was not our doing.
As an effective opposition should have known & it is hard to believe that more top families & officials did not know, but silence is sometimes golden ! ask the Chinese!
Now back to your desk, at the Commissioner of Economic & Monetary Affairs and your team led by Senor Carlos Martinez- Mongay.
NAMA. Also interconnected with ‘Anglo Irish’ supposed re capitalization plan ( This Bank should have undergone a public inquiry -as the past management discussions are riped with political interference & many serious unanswered questions of conflict of interest.)
IRELAND with this questionable Irish Government ( hanging in by a thread- losing another coalition member yesterday ) is supposedly, trying to get out of their very badly managed economy, these past 10 plus maybe more years, through instituting NAMA.
This problem ,has been due to,over zealous & at times incorrect practices by Government, Advisors, Officials, Bankers etc etc
Gosh a Greek similarity already appears.
Last week when the Irish courts, with a Bank of Ireland related Property Problem, valued something at 80% depreciation ( which is not so crazy as the prices went up to such absurd levels that they were not even realistic, 2 years ago- but it was convenient for many to look the other way)
Now if the REAL value is near 80% off !? How can they be about to pay close to 80 % on valuations to this select group of supposedly well connected property /spivs.
How can NAMA, be about to let these select group of Irish/Clan/Investors/Supposed property players, expect the State through NARMA & in the end, be bankrolled by EU – as if Ireland end up dropping 10’s of BILLIONS ( and it may be eventually nearer 100) which they do not have economically now anyway! who will they turn to!
If Europe said NO to further help! then we will see a dirty pack with this Bostonian clan/ that have been very much part of these past years of mismanagement by back room deals.
It is no surprise that American Banks other select group of US Private Equity Investors, have been behind the scene, these past years, with other questionable deals deriving from US instruction.
So the more, the mess & the more state money wasted from where ever- beware US, yes US through private equity, can pick up the spoils for small change !
No dream, but this is not the forum , to enter & discuss this part of the dirty Irish Tales!
Senor Almunia & Team, please reflect HARD & utilize Intellectual Curiosity to the maximum here, as agreeing a Green light to NAMA without insisting serious changes still at Anglo & at NAMA , as to who truly is getting paid what , could see the biggest Daylight Robbery! ever!? – up to now with the EU & here you all have a responsibility for the 490 Million Citizens ! as 100 Billion is not insignificant , forgetting the repercussions.
AS if Greece is putting strain on Euros now , the domino affect of a mishandled Irish Story would be horrendous- remember wisdom , and just number following suggests we have another dip re markets- & a visit to last years March lows, will put strains on the system- & if US tightens ( which is now is more than a probability) , so to put the screws on Europe etc — Irish incompetence will cause problems !! so his matter is far more complex than just an Irish problem !
Ireland is on an even higher & more surreal/unreal/ & potentially dangerous situation.
As corruptions here is like a disease , & when it is so rampant even those that carry a disease know, it becomes a point when you just do not wish to accept at any reality what you have !
This is an absurd situation for a Country to ever have let itself get into.
Anglo & the other Banks need to accept responsibility at the correct market valuations & must not allow, as what is happening for a select group of business men with tremendous influence & favours due ! to get away with State & possible EU money ! for their past present & no doubt future mistakes.
Instead of accepting responsibility & losses & closing or letting others like, maybe the state to take over at correct valuations !
We should all hope & pray, for not just Irish citizens but Spanish Portuguese, English & fellow EU complete,you will do the right thing re NAMA , even if it may make you unpopular with bankers / lawyers , these influential and questionable Irish and other borrowers at Anglo etc.
We should have a full public EU inquiry into Anglo Irish and who has created and benefited so far from the mismanagement ( as the spread of deceit etc & incorrectness goes well outside Europe to other EU countries and US)
so for starters, reflecting past, present decisions with scrutiny, would benefit everyone.
By the way, where is courage, self control, & intellectual curiosity in these institutions?
I hope you appointed officials, will not like many in these Institutions pass the buck or listen too closely to the same advisers indirectly working for solutions, with the problem makers ie the defunct Anglo Irish & the establishment of NAMA– this would be a huge tragedy.
Doing the right thing!! is in the end, always right with the correct dividends ! Think Long Term & if not then worry about darkness & real problems that loom.!
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02.23.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:00 pm by optionplayer
The majority of price cuts in the supermarket price wars between Asda and Tesco in the run-up to Christmas were just 1p, a Guardian investigation can reveal. In contrast, the majority of price increases imposed by the two retail giants during the same period were more than 10p.
This new analysis of supermarket pricing policy shows a “cynical manipulation of the language of value” according to independent expert Professor John Bridgeman, who criticised the use of “price flexing”.
Bridgeman, who as director general of the Office of Fair Trading from 1995 to 2000 conducted official inquiries into the supermarket sector, said the large number of 1p decreases, promoted by Tesco and Asda as thousands of price cuts before the festive season, damaged the credibility of any marketing slogans they used.
“They are not in reality cutting prices but flexing prices, making them go up and down and destabilising the price structure,” Bridgeman said. “All they are doing is introducing so much volatility no one can tell whether prices are going up or down. It can only be to consumers’ detriment and it does their image no good.”
Data taken from Asda’s website by third-party analysts indicates that it cut nearly 800 prices between 16 and 23 December, with two-thirds of the cuts being just 1p and 80% of the total number being less than 10p. It also increased more than 850 prices that week. In contrast, only 6% of the rising prices went up by the same small increment of 1p; 53% of the rises were more than 10p.
The pattern is repeated in data taken from the Tesco website: between 16 and 23 December it cut about 930 prices, 70% of which were by just 1p. It also increased just under 1,000 prices in the same period; in contrast 7% of these rises were by the small increment of 1p, and more than 600 – or 60% – of the price increases were by more than 10p.
Both supermarkets said the majority of price increases in that period can be explained by products which had been discounted coming off promotion.
In Bridgeman’s view, the scale of price changing and the relative size of the cuts and rises is both confusing and misleading to consumers. “The most dangerous thing [for] competition in this sector is price volatility,” he said. “It confuses consumers, deters investors and has driven corner shops out of business because they don’t know what price they have to compete on,” he said.
Paul Dobson, a professor of retailing at Loughborough University who has been studying supermarket prices over a five-year period, says the pattern the Guardian had identified before Christmas matches the overall pattern. Researchers at Loughborough and at Warwick University have found that, overall, price cuts made by the big four UK supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons – tend to be small and price rises larger.
His research has found the most common price cut among the big four over five years is 1p. Such low cuts have little impact at the checkout, but introducing them on large numbers of goods enables the supermarkets to claim they are cutting thousands of prices. Over the five years, according to Dobson, these small cuts have been used to mask serious price hikes on a smaller number of lines with a big net effect on bills. “In the big inflationary period of 2008, there were two and a half times the numbers of price cuts in the big four as price rises, but in fact prices overall were rising very rapidly,” he said.
Dobson said his research shows that of the big four UK supermarkets, Tesco is the most prolific user of 1p cuts, and Asda the second most prolific. He also said Tesco changes its prices more than the other retailers.
Asda did not challenge the Guardian figures but said the explanation for the large number of 1p cuts was “straightforward”. “We won’t be beaten on price. So if a competitor goes lower than us on a comparable product, even by just a penny, we will always try and match or beat that price,” said a spokesman. “Whichever way you look at the numbers, Asda is the undisputed lowest price supermarket – as independently verified by mysupermarket.com.”
Tesco also rejected Bridgeman’s interpretation of the significance of the number of small and large price changes:
In a statement, the company said: “We do not manipulate prices in this cynical way. The Guardian and Professor Bridgeman are using data we do not recognise and his conclusion that we are deliberately confusing customers is nonsense.
“This is a competitive market and prices are lower this year than last year. Our customers know us, shop with us every week, trust us and are not confused. Instead of trying to find product price changes to fit a half-baked theory, Bridgeman and the Guardian should look at what has happened to the overall price of customers’ baskets. As the current head of the Office of Fair Trading said last month, the sector is ‘highly competitive’ and prices have ‘come down enormously’.”
Actually it is far worse. As Tesco for example encourage the hypermarket – the constant expansion at reckless costs to the local community – and so with the local suppliers both shops or worse wholesalers , put out of business- the real cost to society is very negative.
Forgetting the whole environment on how they use all sorts of tricks etc to manipulate the surroundings , so to encourage the excessive buying!
Next time you are in an aisle , look how many Fat obese people you can spot!
When about to pay ? look at the ridiculous amount of stuff trolleys are stuffed with !
Tescos play and profit huge, on the gradual and constant dumbing of our society this past 30 years ! remember they have only been developing that long! and look at how much real damage they are doing !
visit any NHS Clinics & obesity rules ! look at the ailes near the checkout , and all junk food sweets , etc etc !
It is no good suggesting that Supermarkets will react & respond and behave responsibly– their mind is on supplying the drug experience , which is go out & shop till i drop!
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02.21.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:53 pm by optionplayer
Irish Politicians are prepared to start change,when?
The system is already far too corrupt.
When you read the story in the Independent,
NAMA-BOUND property developers Derek Quinlan, Treasury Holdings’ Johnny Ronan, Ballymore Properties’ Sean Mulryan and Paddy McKillen, one of the so called “Anglo 10″, have all emerged as major donors to the Vatican.
This, with the Story about the Bank of Ireland saying original loans of 31 Million has fallen to 600,000! should raise questions whether there was criminal intent on the initial valuation & or, with NAMA about to only give a haircut of 20/30%
to the above friends, who have donated to the Vatican, at NAMA expense – this is ‘Daylight Robbery’. Why should the state be making this absurd decision.
Anglo Irish which which there have been many past commenst on and right !! still has the same executives who made many of these reckless loans. For example in UK, they are still in a position of influence, same people, & can direct to those that they feel deserve a steal.
The suggestion is to keep serious pressure up on Professor Jose Manuel Gonzalez Parmo who is the executive member of the ECB from Spain ( ironic, where they too have absurd property related loan problems)
We all know Religion is a serious business but the above meddling, can understandably give the younger generation less hope about what the future beholds. As if the property is truly worth 20/30 percent like what Bank of Ireland have experienced last week, then NARMA must come clean now , before ECB gives the green light! as afterwards is too late!
Murtagh & others must come clean , as it is easy to say i have no money , but where is the cash, ’show me the money’ especially with close links to offshore centres not too far away by a short flight !
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02.19.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:17 pm by optionplayer
We are disapointed & critical as you were caught. Management Mark at IMG & CO are to be blamed !! should have protected you better !!
and so doing , have embarrassed many of corporate Global Village,
that have been doing the same on a smaller scale! for ages !!
Why do folks wish to visit Budpaest, London, Paris, Las Vegas , Miami, Sao Paulo, Sydney etc -
becasue of rented girls so mcuh available !!
without the credit cards &
the corproate spare expense cash this business could not boom !
as for cheating on family life , many like Tiger prior, had lived in denial !
so lets feel sorry for Tiger trapped!
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:37 pm by optionplayer
How can Simon find sheila , namely Mezhgan attractive.
She has been following, some would say stalking, him for years.
This only illustrates Simon is far weaker & less inteligent that the image makers make himout!
OKay he may have made 150 Million plus from other people ’s embarrassment on TV & exploiting emotions etc but it is creative trash , which will start to disapear as public interest wanes!
a revised New Faces!! has its days! Much money is made through the telephone lines which is a form of deceit – as many are not aware !
Watch his downfall slowly from now on, with this possessive creature on board, what a weird couple!
Simon should have had, the courage to chase Cherly! But then again maybe she would beat up on him! as she is a tough cat!
but obviously he is emotionally weak & quite twisted! then again they are both into mothers!
so enjoy your private travel/ toing & froing between the Coasts etc but it is a disapointment & The Public should have got better, as you have become Public interest!
The begining of a slow downward path-
now with your Growl venture with Green, another questionable player! ( well whose funds is he truly playing !! )
watch the fall!
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02.15.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:29 am by optionplayer
So what has Goldman Sachs and others been up to since 2001
encouraging Greek officials to flaunt their rules and borrow outside their official Euro Limits !!
so more fees for the bankers !
ahh ! and where has Lehman role been in all this ?
Conveniently it is more difficult to know with their perfect timely demise!
but we are told there is a 15 plus year backlog of unwinding !!
Whilst Goldman & others should come clean, as to how many times have they been encouraging such behaviour & with how many Governments !!
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02.14.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:20 am by optionplayer
Tory top brass frustrated by mystery over Michael Ashcroft’s tax status
should also be conncerned with his links with Chavez
especially if Chavez has links wiht CIA and other agencies!
we know in the 70’s 80’s the Americans liked to poke their nose in European Politics, is it now through dubious offshore centres !
Belize is Drugs and more Drugs & much more matters , that most people do not understand !
Financing is a dirty word , when we can not sincerely see the creation route-
look at selective Russian Oligarchs ! no one seems to care
look at selective so called Billionaires Globally
whilst the Trade from Afghanistan Drugs Boom Globally
Time enough for some Political groups to ask soul searching questions ! & not avoid the truth! as it is becoming too much of a deceitful world ! where words are cheap and spin is plentiful
and no one truly cares, who matters !
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