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Old 07-23-2008, 02:34 AM  
Stephen McTowelie
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Originally Posted by Banana Claire View Post
Always 2 sides to a story tony

The Uk peeps in our office even the german say she was the best ever ,she was in 3 terms so I guess that meant the majority liked her?

They also mention that this was not all not the work of Tony Blair but on foundations she built .


London: The facts

There are 264 branches and subsidiaries of foreign banks in London, more than any other city in the world

The UK banking centre manages more cross-border bank lending than any other country ? 23% of the world total

The London foreign exchange market is the largest in the world, with a daily turnover of $753bn, more than New York and Tokyo combined

London is the biggest market in the world for derivatives traded over-the-counter, with 43% of global turnover

The London Metal Exchange is the biggest non-ferrous exchange in the world, handling more than 90% of the world?s business

London is the most liquid spot market for gold and gold lending

Along with New York, London is one of the world?s two largest fund management centres, with assets under management of almost £3,000bn

London offers the most comprehensive range of specialist maritime services in the world and employs more than 14,000 in this field alone

London accounts for 43% of trading in foreign equities
Four out of five of the world?s largest law firms are based in London

Go figure ! The country overall looks very stable.
No offence intended here Clare but you really dont have a clue what your talking about But lucky you asked a German cause he would know even less than the English guys who live in the states

The UK is great if your a super rich corporation or just very rich but for everyone else we get the crap taxed outta of us.

Our fuel just went down by a few pence so now only £1.20 Or about $2.20 for a litre and we all celebrate like its xmas thats how bad it is.
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