You have to laugh – a banker joke…
… and not the obvious phonetic joke either. Yesterday’s Herald carried a great crack. Question: What’s the difference between a pigeon and a banker? Answer: A pigeon can still put a deposit on a Ferrari.
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The UK Government might just have handed over UK savers with Icelandic accounts held by Icesave, Heritable and Kaupthing from one failing provider to another. As we reported recently, after the...
View ArticleNorway’s Oil Fund, Scotland’s oil and Scotland’s banks
Norway’s attitude to its oil wealth, from the outset, has shown the sort of fiscal long-sightedness that should be the aim and practice of any nation in respect of its significant resources.In the UK,...
View ArticleIceland holds online Referendum on Althingi’s agreement with UK on Icesave
The reverberations of the UK’s shaming treatment of Icelandic banks continue. In our name, the UK Government used Anti-Terrorism legislation to seize UK assets in a move which Iceland has declared...
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