Buoyed by news that the Newcastle Stone bank is to be relaunched as a "Good Bank" as part of the government's efforts to stimulate lending, the lender today announced it's latest innovative product. "You've all heard of the so-called Buy-to-Let mo...
J. Parslow and Sons, for 48 years printers of "Monopoly" money, have called in administrators after reporting 3-month losses. It is believed that the boardgame market has seen falls of between 18% and 24% in the pre-Christmas period, their worst figu...
Sales of unwanted trash in UK stores are doing well, say experts, due principally to the Credit Crunch, the inability of some shops to carry on trading, and the fact that some Britons are just so fucking greedy, they will buy ANYTHING, so long as it'...
National Bank of Commerce trained in Berkeley, Illinois and Bank of Clark County of Vancouver, Washington were first fence fallers in the 2009 Grand US National Banking Steeplechase. There were 25 fallers in last years race, up from only three in...
Incoming Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress about his own stimulus idea on Friday. Geithner said that Americans should follow his lead and not pay their taxes. "It turns out that people spend money themselves more effectively than g...
London - (WTF? Mess): Embarrassed Treasury officials have downgraded Business Minister Baroness Shifty Vadera's confident vision of 'little green shoots' of economic recovery to a classic sighting of 'little green men'. "The woman is a nutjob," Tr...
Another embarrassment for the man appointed by President-elect Barack Obama to take the helm of the Treasury Department. As Timothy Geithner stood to be sworn-in before the Senate Finance Committee, lawmakers gasped as he was not wearing any pants.
Greenland has finally succumbed to the worldwide financial crisis that has hit every other country. With a population of twenty-nine, Greenland had thought itself immune from the financial implosion elsewhere, but that is no longer the case as th...
Shoppers received the news they had been waiting for tonight, when High Street fashion giant, Primark, announced that from next month, prices in its stores will be a damned sight cheaper than ever before. The reason for the new, lower prices, is t...
Investigations at the highest level of government began today as word reached them that not all lenders were passing on the interest rate cut. Interest Rates are at 1.5% and are now as low as they have ever been, and look to head even lower, maybe...
Chickens are now once again recognized as legal tender. In a bid to kick start the economy, the government has reintroduced the age old trading laws of "bartering". A spokesman for NEXT, the popular high street name, said "How are we supposed to...
US President-elect Barack Obama today made a speech to urge action on the economy. 'It's not too late to change course', he said, 'but if nothing is done then the killing of Palestinian civilians could last for years. No, hold on, the recession could...
After getting a Wii for Christmas, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling as hit upon a winning method for Kick Starting the economy. Previous attempts of printing more money and lowering interest rates to zero has not worked, but Darling n...
SAN FRANCISCO - Hideki Tojota, vice president and primary stockholder of Japan's top automobile manufacturer, committed Hari Kari Wednesday afternoon upon learning the predicted first operating loss in 70 years for the company was unavoidable. Dee...
June 2024 - The death of the stock market in the spring of 2024 ushered in the age of alternative investments. Stock owners en mass loosed themselves of now worthless stocks and began buying collectibles as a money hedge. Expansion in this field has…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hoping to partially offset record budget deficits, President Bush has called for a yard sale of unprecedented proportion. Republican members of the House and Senate will join the Bush administration in collecting various items and...
Following the sucessful extension of 2009 by 1 second to bring clocks into line with the earth's rotation, G.20 the world's top 20 economic powers have decided to extend the 1st quarter of 2009 to April 14th. Economists realised that the 1 second...
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