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...with more than $200 billion in assets, and a share price in freefall, a takeover is increasingly likely. "Who would be doing it?" asks Justin Urquhart Stewart at Seven Investment Management in London: "Anyone wishing to buy that asset book at discounted value." Lloyds TSB, another major U.K. lender, could well figure among any suitors to emerge in the coming weeks. It's understood to have been in talks with Northern Rock about a deal just days before the Bank of England rescue. If there's no appetite for taking it on whole, Northern Rock could be broken...
...with more than $200 billion in assets, and a share price in freefall, a takeover is another potential outcome. "Who would be doing it?" asks Justin Urquhart Stewart at Seven Investment Management in London: "Anyone wishing to buy that asset book at discounted value." And further fallout from the squeeze on credit could yet follow in the U.K. Northern Rock rivals Alliance and Leicester and HBoS similarly rely on liquid credit markets, albeit to a degree that's "smaller in magnitude," Collins Stewart's Potter wrote in a research note. Northern Rock, in other words, may not be the last...
...wanted to make sure that we’re not going to—my words—shoot ourselves in the foot in terms of how we give that information out. That’s a valuable asset to us,” he said, although Murphy did not rule out the possibility of a partnership with Crimson Reading in the future...
...Diana one-tenth of the affection and support he has lavished on Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Diana would probably still be alive, and the two would be a formidable team as popular parents of two royal princes and as King- and Queen-in-waiting. Diana was an invaluable asset to the British monarchy and a leading light for many humanitarian causes. Her tragic death is an incalculable loss for us all. Karl H. Pagac, Villeneuve-Loubet, France...
People often speak of indirect speech as a means of saving face. What we're referring to is not just a matter of hurt feelings but a social currency with real value. The expressive power of words helps us guard this prized asset, but only as long as we're careful. Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't. Language is a window into human nature...