Category Archives: Banking

Markets are right to be worried

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

Markets are right to be worried — ‘final’ €50bn to fix banks looks like tip of iceberg Sunday October 10 2010 THE soaring cost of bailing out the banks means that Ireland is now locked out of the bond markets. … Continue reading →

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German war reparations

Posted on September 30, 2010 by

It took Germany 90 years to pay off 25 billion in war reparations for the First World War. The US gulf will need 20$ Billion to clean it up . Ireland is now been saddled with debts of 36.5 billion … Continue reading →

Posted in "The-end-of-democracy", accounting gimmickry, action, Allied Irish Bank, Allied Irish Banks, Anglo Irish Bank, Anglo's restructuring plan, “Derivatives”, Bank of Ireland, Bank of Ireland Share Price, Banking, Brian Clown, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihian, Budget 2011, Colm Doherty, Dermot Gleeson, Eugene Sheehy, German war reparations, Government-guaranteed for Banks X Bank of Ireland X institutional investors X mortgage | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Press Statement 30 September 2010

Posted on September 30, 2010 by

Press Statement 30 September 2010 The Central Bank today (Thursday 30 September) published its assessment of the capital requirements resulting from the recently announced restructuring of Anglo Irish Bank. In addition, the Central Bank has published the outcome of its review … Continue reading →

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Place you’r bets on Bank Of Ireland

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

  A few months ago, I said that  Bank of Ireland share price would fall  to 55 cent  and even lower down to the 20’s . Any of my followers that took heed of my advice will now be nursing huge … Continue reading →

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Lenihan logic: heads you win and tails you win for the bondholders

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

Irish Finance Minister Demonstrates that he doesn’t believe in Capitalism By The Fundamental Analyst, on September 24th, 2010 Here again we see another case of those that embraced capitalism on the way up, shudder at the consequences when things go … Continue reading →

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Afghan depositors assail bank

Posted on September 10, 2010 by

Angry Afghan depositors assail bank Looking at this video clip I am immediately struck with the questions of whether the directors of the Anglo Irish Bank and the other bailed out banks Directors have engaged in shipping off funds to … Continue reading →

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“A picture is worth a thousand words”

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

Europe’s biggest can of worms is overflowing again. Fears that Europe’s banks are vulnerable to losses on risky government bond investments are sending shivers through the European bond markets, especially Ireland and Greece. Investors are dumping risky bonds tied to … Continue reading →

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Drip ,Drip Lies and more lies from Cowen and lenihan

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Even by the standards of the global banking collapse, Anglo Irish Bank stands out. From a loan book of about 75 billion Euros when the government took over in 2009, Anglo Irish says that it has only about 12 billion … Continue reading →

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Mr. Aynsley and the greens playing to the cameras

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

Mr. Aynsley of Anglo Irish Bank last night hit out at the Green Party’s call for a wind-down of the nationalized lender. He would wouldn’t he! Nobody likes to have to leave a party in full swing! And he is … Continue reading →

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Cutting Ireland’s Rating

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

by Reggie Middleton So, S&P finally gets around to Cutting Ireland’s Rating on the Cost of Bank Support, as reported by CNBC: Ireland’s financial headache worsened on Wednesday after Standard & Poor’s cut its credit rating in a move criticized … Continue reading →

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