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I like that guy who got squeezed out after the Time Warner/AOL deal, whats-his-name. His wife has got him into the healing spiritual thing. Another guy is perhaps going a bit too far encouraging people to dump their crap in Wall Street. Could stink out the whole area !!

2 good ones Jag !! :)

Henry Ford's comment from the 1930s springs to mind " You can have any colour you like, as long as it is black ". Democratic ? I don't think so.

Even these guys are on the dollar squeeze

As a European I was going to take up my place at Harvard but the walking on water bit to get there proved too hard.

For my trip to Japan should I take some Nippos ?

Q. Why did the Nazis stomp around in jackboots ? A. they would have looked stupid in Jill-slippers.

I have been watching a video from Michael Lombardi. Pretty worrying stuff on it. He has a proven track record of calling recent disasters and is calling another one starting about now ! He reckons it will be worse than the 2008 crisis and about as bad as The Great Depression. He says:- The...

Prolly learn more there of any use ? :)

Many a true word is said in jest

Maybe US pronounciation west of the Pecos ? Word Origin & History herb late 13c., erbe, from O.Fr. erbe, from L. herba "grass, herb." Refashioned after Latin since 15c., but the h- was mute until 19c. Herbaceous is from 1640s. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas...

I know it's only a small point but the Bloomberg presenters call it 'erbillife. Whatever happened to the H ? Isn't it in use any more ? Are we having 'ot days in summer now ?

Talking of books about economics - here is a different but wholly relevent view for another one. It is one thing to understand the world situation but quite another as to how to profit from it from the average guy's point of view. I would have a go at writing it but never seem to have the...

Just as a matter of interest, is there a national state pension in the US ? If so, how much is it ?

As I am not in the seriously rich bracket I am ignoring their offer but some rich guys like Buffett are not so particular it seems.

Here is another take on the prickly question of tax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Did you know that, according to the latest SEC filings, Warren Buffett is getting "tax-free dividends" on his shares of IBM? Same goes for Bill...

Seems simple enough to me. Everyone is eligible for part or the whole state pension ( if you made umpteen years of contributions ) currently about £100 ($150) per week. and on top of that people earn pensions from the companies they worked for. The higher earners getting bigger pensions...

There is the basic state pension plus one from the company one works for. Back in the 1970s you had to work for them for more than 2 years, so guess what they made one redundant after 2 years quite often. There are a lot of elderly people here that shiver in the cold from lack of heating, food...

The contribution to the state pension is I think I'm right in saying is equal but reduced if one misses some payments. Even smaller peanuts ? Also the retirement age is being raised to help pay for overspending politicians. They had the cheek to give themselves a 30% pay rise not long ago too ??

The ones who had large salaries get bigger pensions i.e. income related here in the UK. I suppose much the same in the US ? Small income equals small pension.