Wha’ever - ‘Law pês’.

Wha’ever - ‘Law pês’. They say (i.e. the f*** Almohads) that the Rainha Isabel go to shepherding me to the Europe (i.e. to the future of our civilization). And this all night long. I know very well the cocaine ex-president of Portuguese Republic Jorge Sampaio too much well, to know from where this shepherding comes. For this reason was explaining inside of my possibilities, inside of my “Roda de Fortuna” to showing to the World os culhões de Governo. It’s how the camels’ whores call the Santana Lopes. (Don’t ask me why, just see the advertise for Serf detergent. Where the ongoing piggy ‘without the trousers’ taking a “mergulho”… And than decide to whom wash mouth with what.). Unilever is a multinational corporation, formed of British and Dutch parentage, that owns many of the world's consumer product brands infoods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. Unilever employed 174,000 people and had a worldwide revenue of €40.5 billion in 2008.Unilever is a dual-listed company consisting of Unilever NV in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Unilever PLC in London, United Kingdom. This arrangement is similar to that of Reed Elsevier, and that of Royal Dutch Shell prior to their unified structure. Both Unilever companies have the same directors and effectively operate as a single business. The current non-executive Chairman of Unilever N.V. and PLC is Michael Treschowwhile Paul Polman is Group Chief Executive. Unilever's main competitors include Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Kraft Foods, S.C. Johnson & Son, Reckitt Benckiser and Henkel.). In my side, just go to limit my Santa spirit with ‘preparation’ for upcoming events. Offering you my special (only for you) present that will make someone I care about (A PRETO) feel very special. But Trichet, remember, you don’t pay me – I finish with you.

LSE buys Turquoise share trading platform. Published: December 20 2009 14:29 | Last updated: December 21 2009 08:35. The London Stock Exchange has never to date offered trading in shares across Europe. But that is set to change as exchanges and smaller trading platforms fight for survival in a region beset with low trading volumes and stiff competition. The 208-year-old LSE on Monday confirmed a deal to absorb Turquoise, a platform set up just over a year ago by nine of the world’s largest banks in an attempt to force the London bourse to lower its fees. The merged entity will be 60 per cent owned by LSE and 40 per cent by existing Turquoise shareholders. The LSE said it intended to broaden equity participation in the new venture by selling up to a further 9 per cent stake to “other interested parties”, but will retain a majority shareholding in the new venture. Xavier Rolet, LSE chief executive, said in a statement: ”The European marketplace for trading securities has scope to become more efficient and to grow significantly in the coming years. Turquoise’s existing pan-European footprint is a strong proposition and together with the introduction of new trading technology and a neutral structure, we believe it is now well positioned to be an agent of change and to capture a healthy slice of the market’s growth potential.” The LSE said the deal would lead to “significant” cost savings, although it is expected to be dilutive in terms of adjusted earnings per share in the 2011 financial year while the Turquoise and Baikal businesses are combined and developed, and positive from 2012. The exchange will incur exceptional costs of up to £20m in the current financial year, comprising the write-off of legacy technology costs, and other restructuring and integration costs, including contract exit costs It is a remarkable turn of events for a venture that was propelled into existence by the banks’ frustration at the LSE’s reluctance to cut fees or improve services for its biggest customers – those same banks. Taking advantage of reforms by the European Commission in 2007 allowing competition between share trading platforms across the region, the banks launched Turquoise, that was cheaper and faster than the LSE. But the financial crisis turned that upside down. Turquoise captured more than 8 per cent of trading in FTSE 100 stocks at its height, but never made money. European share trading volumes have been pushed lower by the crisis and stayed there, even as indices have been buoyant. The banks, their balance sheets battered, no longer want to fund Turquoise. Mr Rolet has been trying to mend relations with the banks, and relieving them of Turquoise is a step in the right direction. Christopher Morris, director of Aequitas Associates, a consultancy, said: “It is rebuilding goodwill with the banking community that will be the most valuable asset.” The original Turquoise shareholders were UBS, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and Citi. Turquoise consists of two types of trading platform. The “lit” order book is where shares are traded largely as they are on the LSE’s public order book, with prices displayed before trades are done. The “dark pool” is where trades are done away from the public order book and prices posted post-trade. This dark pool is to be merged with the LSE’s own nascent dark pool. The LSE thinks that as regulatory scrutiny of dark pools increases on both sides of the Atlantic, there is scope for it to develop a “neutral” pan-European dark pool. Acquiring the “lit” pan-European order book of Turquoise will enable the LSE to compete with NYSE Euronext on continental Europe, and with Deutsche Börse. The German exchange operator recently launched its own pan-European share trading platform called Xetra International Markets, which is expected to expand into the UK early next year. The LSE will make up to £25m in investment over two years. Shares in the LSE opened 1.7 per cent higher to 730p.

Detained in Thailand aircraft was to deliver weapons to Iran. 9:54, — Politics. 21.12.2009. Weapons from North Korea found on the IL-76 aircraft with a Belarusian among crew members was bound for Iran. The American Wall Street Journal wrote about this on Monday. According to the paper, arms-trafficking experts from the US and Belgium managed to get the flight’s plan. The document shows that “after Bangkok the plane was due to make refueling stops in Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine before unloading its cargo in Tehran”. Iranian representatives haven’t responded to requests for comments, Interfax reports. “The flight plan indicates that en route to Pyongyang the plane stopped at an air force base in Azerbaijan; the nature of that stop is unclear,” the paper writes. The information is presented in a joint draft report by analysts at TransArms, based in Chicago, and the International Peace Information Service, or IPIS, of Antwerp, Belgium. “Thai officials say they have received little information from the plane's crew (citizens of Kazakhstan and Belarus). The crew say they were told the cargo was oil-drilling equipment and have denied knowing there were weapons aboard,” the Wall Street Journal informs. “A question still unanswered is who organized the weapons shipment. It appears the planners went to great lengths to hide their identities,” the paper stresses. As charter97.org reported earlier, foreign mass media offer different versions of the arms origin found on board of Ilyushin-76 aircraft detained in Thailand on December 12. The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, with a reference to its Ukrainian sources states that the plane originally set off from Belarus. It stopped for refueling in Kyiv before flying to North Korea. The newspaper notes that 40 tons of weapons and ammunition were loaded in Pyongyang. As Times Online reports with a reference to Hugh Griffiths, a weapons expert at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, before spring 2009 Il-76 4L-AWA was owned by Kazakh private aircraft company East Wind. Then it was bought by another Kazakh company Beirbas, connected with Serbian arms trafficker Tomislav Damnjanovic. In October this year the aircraft was sold to Georgian company Air West Georgia, and from it was leased by SP Trading Ltd registered in New Zealand. Grifiths states that earlier the plane was owned by one of firms controlled by Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer who is in Thai prison now.

Zon e Isabel dos Santos poderão avançar juntos para outros países africanos. O acordo com Isabel dos Santos para a entrada da empresária angolana no capital da Zon pode ser um primeiro passo para uma estratégia de internacionalização conjunta no mercado africano. O acordo com Isabel dos Santos para a entrada da empresária angolana no capital da Zon pode ser um primeiro passo para uma estratégia de internacionalização conjunta no mercado africano. Rodrigo Costa, presidente da Zon, admitiu, num encontro com jornalistas, que decorrerão mais conversas com a accionista "no sentido de estabelecer estratégia internacional para o continente africano". Rodrigo Costa não avançou mais pormenores. Mas José Pedro Pereira da Costa, administrador financeiro da Zon, lembrou que o satélite contratado cobre vários países da África Austral, desde o Congo à África do Sul. Num encontro com jornalistas, Rodrigo Costa adiantou que o arranque da operação da Zon em Angola, com Isabel dos Santos, no serviço de televisão por subscrição via satélite deverá acontecer no início do próximo ano.