Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You have to love the FT. They have a somewhat long article from George Soros today that explains a lot of why the financial markets are tanking around the world. I recommend this link highly. <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49b1654a-ed60-11dd-bd60-0000779fd2ac.html> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com>wrote: > Frank, > Today's news: > > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9a83fc6-ed06-11dd-88f3-0000779fd2ac.html > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > The economy is retracting at a far quicker rate than other countries > right > > now. The main reason is that the strong yen has caused exports to > decrease > > at an alarming rate - even Toyota and Honda are doing dismally, and the > less > > said about the likes of Sony the better. With demand constriction in > their > > major markets, i.e., USA and Europe, things dont look too good for export > > led economies - China, Japan, South East Asia, etc. India is slightly > better > > placed on this score as only 15% of our GDP comes from exports - but we > have > > huge current account deficits which means you can do far less to prime > the > > economy. The jury is out on who fares better. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Frank Dernie < > Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com > > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Jayanand, > >> is Japan crashing more??? > >> I thought their only problems were due to their strengths, less > borrowing > >> etc. leads to their currency not devaluing as much as others, such as > the US > >> and UK which have both been living way beyond their earnings for years. > >> Surely their problem is that their profligate customers have stopped > >> spending other peoples money. > >> Frank > >> > >> On 28 Jan, 2009, at 02:48, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> > >> Usual marketing nonsense. I am not sure how many takers there would be > in > >>> current economic conditions, particularly as Japan is crashing a bit > more > >>> than the rest of the world. I assume that this is squarely aimed at the > >>> Japanese. > >>> Cheers > >>> Jayanand > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Bill Clough <bill_clough@yahoo.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> USA > >>>> TEXAS > >>>> VICTORIA > >>>> 27 January 2009 > >>>> > >>>> HI there-- > >>>> > >>>> Drool. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/special_editions/leica_M8-2_safari/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --bc > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com