Saturday, Oct 11, 2008
can anyone tell more about this, sky and yahoo are stuck for words
Yahoo: HBOS Crisis Nearly Wiped Out Virgin
HBOS Crisis Nearly Wiped Out Virgin
Posted by mark @ 10:11 AM (1437 views) Add Comment
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1. planning4acrash said...
The article title is there, but the text has gone. Or am I missing something?
2. Olebrum said...
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Sir-Richard-Branson-HBOS-Collapse-Could-Have-Wiped-Out-Virgin/Article/200810215118262?f=rss
3. plato said...
Try this
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Sir-Richard-Branson-HBOS-Collapse-Could-Have-Wiped-Out-Virgin/Article/200810215118262?lpos=Business_First_Buisness_Article_Teaser_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15118262_Sir_Richard_Branson%3A_HBOS_Collapse_Could_Have_Wiped_Out_Virgin
4. titaniccaptain said...
Morning all just plugging meet away again.........titaniccaptain@hotmail.co.uk.........sorry to spoil bloggs with blatant advertising
5. Stevie Dee said...
That will inspire confidence.
6. renting2 said...
Will E-Mail you TC
7. paul said...
tc are you arranging a get together then?
8. titaniccaptain said...
Yes I am paul
9. titaniccaptain said...
Stratford looks like the most likely location due to it being centralish....and nicer than brum...no offence meant to those from brum
10. titaniccaptain said...
First meet may be low key or may have a press meet........dont know yet just trying to get as much feed back from the regulars on here first on what everyone wants to do
11. titaniccaptain said...
Set yourselves up with HPC email addys guys like the titaniccaptain@hotmail.co.uk one that I have makes it alot safer............oops I just plugged it again
12. jack c said...
titaniccaptain - I'll drop u a line from a hotmail account prior to disappearing on holiday on Monday coming (for just over a week)
13. str 2007 said...
Hey TC check this out
Sorry, but this is totally unrelated to anything just funny.
14. mark said...
why don't we rent some land in secondlife and meet in there...lol
15. mark said...
oh dear our flights to the USA could have been lost.....
16. Maihem said...
Well that explains why he was calling for calm.
He put his daily operating kitty into an account that had withdrawal restrictions on it and put it all in one basket. Newbie.
17. jack c said...
from the opening line - "Sir Richard Branson has said his Virgin Atlantic firm could have been wiped out if Halifax Bank of Scotland had not been bailed out by Lloyds" - since when was HBOS bailed out by LloydsTSB? - the 2 companies are in proposed merger/takeover talks nothing more at this stage and even then there is serious doubt that the deal will go through.
18. japanese uncle said...
Paul
I think you know my e-mail address. Pls keep me posted. I think Stratford upon Avon is fine.
19. mark said...
perhaps what he was meaning to say was if the merger had not been given the go ahead he would still have not been able to get the money out..., maybe he is sh***ing himself too much to put words together ...bit like GB
20. inbreda said...
Stratford. Home of poor quality tap water.
21. mikedx said...
do they sell applies in stratford?
22. planning4acrash said...
Bright Skys today, so maybe even Stratford will be paradise for a few hours?
23. titaniccaptain said...
I hope you lot realise how much fun im having with this lol
24. planning4acrash said...
A resource for Titan's meetup: http://financialchaos.meetup.com/144/
25. planning4acrash said...
http://financialchaos.meetup.com/144/
26. Stevie Dee said...
Stratford Upon Avon? In my view a really good location for any meet would be Bedford. Reason: Road & Rail Links.
27. Stevie Dee said...
Interesting fact about Bedford.. I believe it has an Italian Consulary
28. deepak said...
Virgin would have been wiped off because guarantee for £50,000 is only for personal depositors and small businesses.
And not for big companies, local authorities, charities etc.
So Virgin would not have seen any money back from HBOS.
But as it did not give people holidays there part of the deal they would need to return the money according the "Sales of goods act".
Hence bankrupt.
29. Enough Already said...
I am taking all my money out of LloydsTSB - (Meeting with manager Monday). I think Virgin Atlantic should go bust because it's the worst airline (next to Ryanair) I've ever flown with. Richard Branson also thinks he's God and has a pathalogical hatred of competition in any form.