Spanish bank buying Compass in $10B deal....from the Austin Business Journal...given the state of the lending environment in the US now, it will be interesting to see how this foreign direct investment turns out a few years down the road...
Japan: To Raise or not to Raise, That is the Question....referring to short-term interest rates, of course...
Blair to announce Iraq withdrawal plan....according to the linked Yahoo News article, Britain has 7,100 soldiers in Iraq currently. That is a puny number, compared to the total population of Great Britain of about 61 million people. That number of troops is approximately one one-thousandth of the UK population. According to icasualties.org, which has been keeping track of casualties in Iraq since the beginning of what the US calls Operation Iraqi Freedom, a total of 132 UK soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq during this time period.
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Hi Scott,
Thanks for the link and for leaving the comment. I have taken the liberty of transferring it over to the GEM post I have just put up, since it is equally relevant there.
Let's see if anyone takes it up.
Best wishes,
Edward
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