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    #11
    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I was wondering why no support calls at ClientCo - they are all too busy jumping out of windows...

    BP
    PS I do know that there are no documentated cases of stockbrokers jumping out of windows.
    What about getting a gig with an undertaker or the HMRC? They're not about to suffer a downturn.

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      #12
      Originally posted by Denny View Post
      They're not about to suffer a downturn.
      Oh they are, big time...

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        #13
        Originally posted by AtW View Post
        Oh they are, big time...
        But if everyone is jumping out of windows, then business should boom - more death duties, inheritance tax, more coffins etc.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Denny View Post
          But if everyone is jumping out of windows, then business should boom - more death duties, inheritance tax, more coffins etc.

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            #15
            Originally posted by Iron Condor View Post
            The markets closed at the lows: FTSE down 5.5% and DAX down 7%.

            The market is pricing in a Recession.

            Expect a downturn in the IT contract market come April..
            you're just a ray of sunshine, aren't ya?

            ever heard of the expression, 'self-fulfilling prophecy'?

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              #16
              Originally posted by sli_gryn View Post
              you're just a ray of sunshine, aren't ya?

              ever heard of the expression, 'self-fulfilling prophecy'?
              I think this time sentiment and economic fundamentals are in agreement.

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                #17
                Got to be cool on Wall St -when you're index is low
                AJP aint got time for the Bums
                They wind up - on Skid Row
                They plead with him
                Alf - can you spare a dime
                - But I aint got the time

                You need a yen -to make a mark
                If you wanna make money
                You need the luck to make a buck
                If you wanna be
                getty
                rothschild...

                Oh, Tony Blair
                Did your money make you better?
                Are you waiting for the hour
                When you can screw me?

                `cos youre big enough
                To do the wall street shuffle
                Let your money hustle

                Bet youd sell your mother
                You can buy another

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                  #18
                  Yesterday was no more than a blip. You will see that now I am back in the country, the markets are recovering.

                  My careful stewardship over the past ten years, building fundamental stability into the UK economy, has ensured that there will be no more boom and bust here, unlike over the previous 18 years.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by gordonbrown View Post
                    Yesterday was no more than a blip. You will see that now I am back in the country, the markets are recovering.

                    My careful stewardship over the past ten years, building fundamental stability into the UK economy, has ensured that there will be no more boom and bust here, unlike over the previous 18 years.
                    But we all need to be prudent.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by gordonbrown View Post
                      Yesterday was no more than a blip. You will see that now I am back in the country, the markets are recovering.

                      My careful stewardship over the past ten years, building fundamental stability into the UK economy, has ensured that there will be no more boom and bust here, unlike over the previous 18 years.
                      What I said.
                      If you've got a problem and no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire...Gordon Brown ...( cue music )

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