The Anonymous Widower

The Greeks Can’t Spell Tax

Just heard David Bewick of BGC Partners on BBC Radio 5.

He said the above in a rather far-reaching appraisal of the economic state of the world.

He said two other points of note.

  1. The Greeks have no commerce or manufacturing of note.
  2. When did you last hear a profits warning, from a company that wasn’t a bank?

It was all very entertaining.

I’ll add some good news of my own.  In July, I earned 5.88% before tax on the money I have in Zopa. In August, it was down to 5.40%.  So what has been my return for the first 24 days of September? It’s back up to 5.88%! They always say about investments that they can go down as well as up.

September 24, 2011 - Posted by | Finance, News, World | , ,

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  1. […] is corrupt, totally resistant to change and bankrupt in both a financial and moral sense. And as I pointed out earlier, they can’t even spell […]

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