Here's a follow-up on the Cyprus bank situation.... it appears to have been staunched..... W/O levies on accounts.... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b790219a-909b-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2O1BjkOa6
On Monday, March 18, 2013 11:18:48 AM UTC-4, nominal9 wrote: > > Enormous political import... and such.....here's a link to some more > skulduggery in the U.S. financial system.... > > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-17/sac-s-plotkin-said-to-have-been-tipped-by-analyst.html > The more of these "criminals" they catch and put away, the better, I > think.... > Also heard a breaking story about a run on Cyprus Banks.... > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/18/us-cyprus-parliament-idUSBRE92G03I20130318 > Taxing bank accounts..... I mean... it isn't all that novel, is it > Archytas?... happens all the time in the U.S., right?.... maybe you can > explain the actual issue....was a time when folks put their money in > Switzerland to evade taxes, but I thought those days were over for the > "Euro-zone"... due to new regulations... maybe not? > > On Sunday, March 17, 2013 5:31:44 PM UTC-4, stephenk wrote: >> >> Skype is good for me too... Microsoft's pathetic version of Hangout... >> ;-) >> >> >> On 3/17/2013 3:49 PM, archytas wrote: >> > Suspected you meant something similar Stephen - I use Skype to do this >> > - though mostly for work purposes. I wouldn't be averse. >> > On matters of enormous political import like whether the UK should be >> > in the EU I note the net cost per capita for being in is �74 - about >> > the same as a decent meal with wine for me and Sue. Nearly all this >> > is spent on farming or 'growth initiatives' (previous area of personal >> > expertise and I know to be entirely useless). I find it impossible to >> > get too excited about the equivalent of one night out. If the >> > Eurocrats can kick up all the bother some allege at this price they >> > may have a model for world revolution! I should no doubt hangout >> > more. >> > >> > On 17 Mar, 06:22, "Stephen P. King" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ummm FYI:http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/ >> >> >> >> On 3/16/2013 2:37 PM, nominal9 wrote: >> >> >> >>> I'm probably not much younger than Archytas.... I may be >> >>> older....."Hangout".... I remember the term from my youth in the >> >>> sixties/seventies.....I take it you mean a face to face meeting.... >> >>> kind of hard for me.... I rarely get to London....I may have been >> >>> there once at an airport awaiting a connecting flight.... and then I >> >>> was still a kid.... in the sixties (like I said)....besides, >> >>> personally, I am not much of a social person, myself.... Archytas (as >> >>> a British person).... is probably much more "gregarious"...(HAR).... >> >>> good for him... >> >> -- >> >> Onward! >> >> >> >> Stephen >> >> -- >> Onward! >> >> Stephen >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
