was it good buy or goodbye
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Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Originally posted by DBA_bloke View PostI had a manager who bought about £10k's worth of M&S stock in 1999 (I think), when M&S were predicted to go tits-up. Bought 'em for about 50p each (I think, again). The f---ing financial genius! And I said he was mad...
At least, I thought I had, but the transaction went wrong or something and when I found out I never bothered to re-do it and stuck my money elsewhere.
I'd make a good financial adviser...Comment
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Originally posted by DBA_bloke View PostI had a manager who bought about £10k's worth of M&S stock in 1999 (I think), when M&S were predicted to go tits-up. Bought 'em for about 50p each (I think, again). The f---ing financial genius! And I said he was mad...
We all know how that one finished...
Still some you win, some you looseComment
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apparently all their contractors were through Prosperity4....Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galonComment
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Originally posted by FiveTimes View PostI did a similar thing with Marconi, bought a shed load at 98p just after they had suspended trading..... I thought big company, good products, it can't go any lower.
We all know how that one finished...
Still some you win, some you loose
Also, how do you buy shares after they've suspended trading???Comment
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Originally posted by meridian View Postlose
Also, how do you buy shares after they've suspended trading???Comment
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Originally posted by FiveTimes View PostI did a similar thing with Marconi, bought a shed load at 98p just after they had suspended trading..... I thought big company, good products, it can't go any lower.
We all know how that one finished...
Still some you win, some you loose
Anyway, from a few quid, suddenly the shares were only worth 1p or something. Well pee'd off you are, isn't it.
Sorry, that's a hangover from the welsh thread.Comment
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If Northern Rock go belly up will the mortgage debt be wiped or just tranferred to a buying company for the princely sum of one pound ?Comment
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Originally posted by wendigo100 View PostI used to work for Marconi, years before the troubles, but I still had a load of mates there with nice share options, you know, buy for a quid regardless of what the market price is.
Anyway, from a few quid, suddenly the shares were only worth 1p or something. Well pee'd off you are, isn't it.
Sorry, that's a hangover from the welsh thread.
I got a 2p divi some years later and a share worth less than a sheet of loo paper."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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