Category: Banking
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At first it was denials, then admittance – the excuses…. Is the Tony Blair foundation above criticism
The Neenah Cherry song 7 seconds, is about starvation, war, pestilence and disease. Bob Geldoff got onto the phone to his mates and pushed to save the millions dying in Ethiopia, but the originator of the war in the Middle East – Tony Blair took advice and argued that $9,000 would cut the population of…
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Christmas News Letter
Welcome to the final newsletter of 2024 from WorldThoughts.UK This year has been extraordinary, from a continuation of the war in Ukraine to the war in Gaza and finally the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria. The argument that has been at the forefront of most conversations has been who will be the next…
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Russia moving into a critical period economically
There is a concern that Trump will step in just when Russia runs out of steam. What does this mean, Russian interest rates are at an eye watering twenty one percent, the Rouble has lost value against the US dollar and the Chinese Yuan. There is an expectation that the rouble has further to fall,…
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The problems bankers face in Lebanon and Libya
Bankers are not the most popular people among nations, but the bankers in Lebanon and Libya are that little more hated than elsewhere in the world. In Lebanon there have been housewives and pensioners holding up banks to get their money, the reason is that the dollar accounts they held no longer exist in the…
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