Friday, 31 July 2009

Why my left leg is in pain?


Why my left leg is in pain? Telling bad things about UK, ukraine, and then the russian speaking spam, plus ending with:”… mean only one thing: It’s time to bring in the professionals…”, may make me ‘willing candidate’ for everything what’s happen after this. Note was called “When Harry meet Sally”. Photographs were the Medvedev-happy trigger and the face from “Touching the Daisies” future widow of Madoff. I wrote about how my head don’t stop receive the biting and my but my butt the cocaine injections from President of Ukraine with strange name from Co - You щенка. Surely, how can I know, or anyone else, that the vybliadok of his (i.e. Andrew You щенка) was marrying. With the shrink of the vybliadkov. I will not forget to call to the Aston Lloyds on Monday to speak that I am not interested in theirs Royalties and Concession business in this, City way. Same was with the Kremlin professionals. The well knowing бегемот в посудной лавке (i.e. Putin) and the simple oxoта conduct us to the “somebody outstanding debts” from peles fresco-salgados of the Almaz-Antei. Seems that something wrong happen again to the Director of Marketing the Mr. Barabenkoff. Peoples’ media perceive that not he, not the Botin’s Santander has the understanding of Basel II Interbank Agreement. Where I see the reasons to write more later the ‘Fox tones’. Was the physical harassment which my body suffers. The big pain in my heart, the biting and stabbings which make me real miserable and angry. Maybe, You щенка, was that, my Portland cement 450 from Nigeria? Of course, I can tell to myself: Look at the next day, you can “feel better” knowing that the 6 dead and 39 hurt late at the same day in order to don’t escape responsibilities by the lost of Basel II Interbank Agreement for this incredible policy-makers and CV brokers. Look what’s happen with the “Raposa Inglesa”. Look very well at ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’, referring to the “… At least 46 injured in blast at a bell-making foundry in Villedieu-les-Poele, Normandy. Than look again, how you wake-up with a terrible pain in your eyes. How they were in unstoppable tears all morning. Than, try to don’t forget, when “mano” was telling to the enemies: His name is John Harper… And then you’ll understood that this all is just the problem of: a). crucial industries, and b) the Banks… But hell with this. What I see, is that I’m emotionally unhappy lately. Maybe because of my involvement with a particular person/EU structure. I suspect that this someone is saying one thing to my face and another behind my back. With all this facts at the end of today, this maybe true. In same time, I can’t say that I’m unappreciated. Even if this person/EU structure don’t know, there is much more mileage in “our particular” journey than he may think. This is not the end of the road. You just reached a crossroad (You should remember: Se voces não pagão para me – dó cabo de voces.) which eventually, I can help to pass through. Like that “pioneers” from the old anecdote.

Spain's happy-go-lucky government: When good politics is bad economics. Jul 30th 2009. From The Economist print edition. The prime minister’s aversion to tough decisions risks prolonging the slump. The Economist: "Por su negativa a tomar medidas impopulares y su hábito de regar con dinero público cualquier problema, Zapatero se arriesga prolongar la recesión"

Anglo American first-half profits plummet July 31 2009 14:28 First-half profits at Anglo American fell 68 per cent, but the South Africa-focused mining company fixed investors’ eyes on the year 2012, when it expects to deliver huge projects in South America as well as billions in cost cuts and other efficiencies. The company is focused on delivering the Minas-Rio iron ore project in Brazil, a $5.5bn investment that defines Ms Carroll’s two-year tenure as chief executive. She said Anglo was considering teaming with a partner to accelerate development. The first phase is on track to start producing in 2012, when Anglo would become a player in the seaborne iron ore market. A joint venture that built the first and second phases together, however, would deliver 80m tonnes per year, catapulting Anglo into the league of Brazil’s Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer. Analysts have suggested Vale as a partner. To underline its South American future, Anglo said two new deposits were discovered at its Las Bronces copper project in Chile. This increase the company’s copper resources by 50 per cent. Two Johannesburg-based divisions, platinum and diamonds, reported 99 per cent drops in interim operating profits. Coal delivered the best performance in the period, with operating profits down only 2 per cent to $720m as coal prices stayed buoyant and Australian mines cut headcount through a transition to a five-day work week. Anglo’s group pre-tax profits, excluding the one-off benefits of asset sales, fell to $1.81bn from $5.64bn in the first half of 2008. Revenues fell 38 per cent to $11.1bn. Tarmac, its UK-based building materials company, remained ”non-core” but would not be sold in current market conditions. Anglo shares were less than 1 per cent down at £18.98 in early afternoon trading.

VER E OVIR COM ATENCAO DE VIDEO SOMBER BPN NESTE SITE. http://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/index.php?template=SHOWNEWS&id=380464 Forte volume BCP dispara 4% em dia de resultados "fracos" e corte no "rating" nc@negocios.pt. Num dia em que os analistas classificaram de "fracos" os resultados do Banco Comercial Português e a agência de notação financeira Standard & Poor’s cortou o "rating" do banco, as acções fecharam em forte alta e com um volume superior ao habitual. Num dia em que os analistas classificaram de “fracos” os resultados do Banco Comercial Português e a agência de notação financeira Standard & Poor’s cortou o “rating” do banco, as acções fecharam em forte alta e com um volume superior ao habitual. As acções do BCP fecharam a subir 3,80% para 0,764 euros, o valor mais elevado deste mês, aliviando de um ganho máximo de 5,30%. Os títulos estiveram em baixa durante a primeira metade da sessão, chegando a cair 1,9% para 0,722 euros. Com o ganho de hoje o BCP conseguiu reduzir as perdas do ano, estando agora a descer 6,26%. O mercado está agora a avaliar o BCP em 3,58 mil milhões de euros. A subida foi repentina, teve início por volta das 15h00 e foi acompanhada de um forte volume. Foram negociadas 34,3 milhões de acções, quando a média diária de seis meses é de 15,6 milhões de títulos. Ontem o BCP movimentou 4,9 milhões de acções. As acções estiveram em baixa toda a manhã depois dos resultados do banco, ontem apresentados, terem ficado abaixo do esperado, com os analistas a classificaram os números de “fracos”, salientando a queda da margem financeira e a deterioração da qualidade dos activos. Rácios de capital e “short selling”. Nos resultados, pela positiva os analistas destacaram o corte de custos e a melhoria dos rácios de capital, que levaram o CEO do banco a afirmar que este já não é um problema. O BCP terminou o semestre com um Tier I de 8%, conseguindo atingir o mínimo exigido pelo Banco de Portugal. Um operador contactado pelo Negócios adiantou que este movimento de forte subida das acções estará relacionado com o “desfazer de posições curtas depois da apresentação de resultados”, uma vez que havia muito pressão sobre os números, o que terá levado os investidores que apostavam na queda das acções, a anularem a posição. Outro operador afirma que “apesar de os rácios de capital continuarem fracos, estão em níveis mais elevados do que se esperava, dissipando a ideia de que o banco terá que aumentar o capital para já”. Corte da S&P não afecta. As acções continuaram em forte alta mesmo depois da S&P ter anunciado que reviu em baixa a classificação da dívida do banco liderado por Carlos Santos Ferreira. A agência de notação financeira cortou o “rating” de A para A-, citando as “condições operacionais adversas” que o banco enfrenta em Portugal e na Polónia. Após este corte o BCP passou a deter um “rating” inferior ao do BES e do BPI, a quem a S&P continua a atribuir uma classificação de “A”. Numa nota divulgada esta tarde – altura em que as acções do BCP disparavam 4% - a S&P explica a revisão em baixa com a “perspectiva adversa das condições operacionais em Portugal e na Polónia”. Segundo a S&P, estas perspectivas estão a colocar uma “pressão significativa nos resultados – antes e depois de provisões – numa extensão que já não suporta um ‘rating’ de A”. O analista da S&P, Renato Panichi acrescenta que o novo “rating” reflecte “ as nossas expectativas de uma performance financeira mais fraca”. Refere que a rentabilidade operacional do BCP, “uma das forças do banco nos últimos anos, está a enfraquecer significativamente”.

Emilio Botín, Marques Consort of O'Shea, was born in Santander, Cantabria, on the northern coast of Spain. In 1960, Emilio Botín Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos joined the bank’s board. This period saw the purchase of the Banco del Hogar Argentino, Santander’s first subsidiary in Latin America. In 1965, Banco Intercontinental Español (Bankinter) was founded. In 1985, Banco Santander de Negocios was set up in Spain to build on the investment banking and wholesale markets activities. In the late 80s, Santander bolstered its presence in Europe by acquiring CC-Bank in Germany, a bank with over three decades of experience in the vehicle finance market, from Bank of America. A stake was also acquired in Banco de Comercio e Industria in Portugal, and an alliance formed with The Royal Bank of Scotland in 1988. In May 2007 Banco Santander Central Hispano announced that in conjunction with Royal Bank of Scotland and Fortis it would make an offer forABN AMRO. BSCH's share of the offer added up to 28% and the offer would have to be made up of a capital increase through a new share issue. Then in October 2007 the consortium outbid Barclays and acquired ABN AMRO. As part of the deal, Grupo Santander acquired ABN AMRO's subsidiary in Brazil, Banco Real, and its subsidiary in Italy, Banca Antonveneta.

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Fox tones.


Fox tones. Writing about the how ‘Harry meet Sally’, was interrupted by the door bell. I try don’t react. Normally, if this is postman, he just simply drops the post. After finishing, I pickup the letter. Were the State Agents from Foxtons.co.uk/1233511. Where they communicate about the progress in ours the Royalties and Concession business. Property in Cyprus Street, Bethnal Green, E2 with £495, 000 tag for 82.63 square meters/889 square feet. Making my lunch, were the sranaia churka – clearly that he’s from Scotland (may guess – he’s from Royal Bank of Scotland) and she (from Ireland, and without my guess, obviously that she’s directly connected to the IRA) ‘went through the roof’. Hitting me in my head, stabbing with a knife, or with spritz, in my ear, my butt and my neck. Such real and vivid was feeling that I don’t stop jolting with a pain. Only after I make intention to do the effort, and come to my desk writing, only than, to my enormous joy, the Medvedev, Botin and cocaine Royal Family of Lancaster’s – stop to harass me.

BREAKING NEWS: ETA BOMB KILLS TWO IN MALLORCA Thu, 30 July 15:01 2009 TWO Guardia Civil officers have died in an ETA attack in Palmanova, in the town of Calvia, in Mallorca. A car bomb exploded outside the Guardia Civil barracks in the town, which is also near the fire station, at approximately 1.30pm. It seems the bomb was placed under a Guardia Civil patrol car and the victims are the two officers who were inside it. Several people have also been injured. This is ETA’s second attack in just over 24 hours, after a massive explosion occurred outside the Guardia Civil barracks in Burgos yesterday, leaving some 50 people injured and causing considerable damage to nearby buildings.

Santander to spin off Brazil arm in IPO July 28 2009 23:04.Banco Santander has appointed advisers to spin off its Brazilian business in an initial public offering that could raise at least $3bn (£2.6bn) and create one of the largest publicly listed banks in Latin America’s biggest economy. Santander, which reports its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, is drawing up the plans to float at least 20 per cent of Banco Santander Brasil on the Brazilian stock exchange within the next three months, according to sources close to the bank. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, UBS and Santander are in place to underwrite the deal, with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch taking the role as lead co-ordinator after it fully underwrote Santander’s €7.2bn rights issue last November. The prospectus for the float could come as early as September, sources said, although the terms would depend on investor appetite and market performances. A Citigroup research note published last week valued the Brazilian unit at as much as $30bn when its earnings multiples were compared with Itaú Unibanco and Bradesco, the country’s two leading domestic private sector banks. The level of demand for the offer would provide an important indication of the degree of interest that has returned to the IPO market. Santander and its banks all declined to comment. Santander chief executive Emilio Botín has identified the bank’s Brazilian operations as key to the bank’s strategy, and revealed plans last year for it to become the most profitable listed bank in the country. Santander said last week that it was analysing “the viability and advantages of an initial public offering for a minority stake” in the Brazilian arm. The business was partly acquired during the ill-fated consortium €71bn buy-out of ABN Amro in 2007, when it bought out the Latin American businesses. The IPO will enable Santander to raise capital and also strike a market valuation of the Brazilian subsidiary.

When Harry meet Sally:



When Harry meet Sally:

In my tonight dream the lady with strong American accent, who was representing the Law firm of Inheritance Inequality. She was looking at my telephone number for Viktor Hitler. Even in dream she seems wasn’t serious and was just kidding. But at the same time insisting that this is a huge amount of money and that this should be resolved at once. Yesterday I was all day thinking about what I wrote. If I make well to putting only two themes supporting my reminder. The 15 billion of crucial industries saga (i.e. iron ore and what is connected with) and the two legs of the Bank Santander. Was thinking, if I let them “in”, in my Danzig Corridor or not. Was thinking about his, mean Santander participation in the sorrowful (i.e. calças nas mãos) of 16 billion ABN Amro tandem. How can I believe someone is truly sorry if they keep repeating the same mistake (?) over and over? (I.e. The hitting in my head). Theirs apologies mean nothing. If I forgive, pass day or two without regarding this “annoyance”, they behave in exactly the same way again. However, turning back to the yesterday note wouldn’t be better putting together this BHP Billiton with the article about “Corporation of the North” hush-hush arrangement. Where the pact to kill the ebalo was concluded. And than to finishing the supporting base of my note, put very explicative передовая статья in The Times called “A Colder Ocean”? You know, I may want to set my goals very high, but at the same time, I may have to think settle for less. At this stage I want tell to myself: Be reasonable and don’t be mislead by someone who’s only interested in using me. Because the practical approach (i.e. African Question) are assuring that my desires/”project” I have already acquired. That the Union Jack with “to be hole” (sounds very ukrainian) sending me the 15 million dollars by spam from Karim speaking russian – mean only one thing: It's time to bring in the professionals.

Trustee sues Madoff’s wife for $45m Masters in New York. July 29 2009 23:30

Ruth Madoff was sued for $44.8m on Wednesday and accused of living a “life of splendour” by the trustee seeking to recover money for the victims of her husband, the disgraced former broker Bernard Madoff.

The action by Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee, is the first taken against one of Mr Madoff’s family members, all of whom have said they knew nothing of his “Ponzi” scheme. In his lawsuit, Mr Picard said: “Regardless of whether or not Mrs Madoff knew of the fraud her husband perpetrated at [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities] ...she received tens of millions of dollars ... to which Mrs Madoff had no good faith basis to believe she was entitled.” The action follows at least a dozen lawsuits filed by Mr Picard against hedge funds and individuals in an effort to recover billions in allegedly “fake profits” made from Mr Madoff’s $65bn fraud. Mr Picard has so far recovered about $1bn. Of the $44.8m Mr Picard is seeking from Mrs Madoff, he said about half came from Mr Madoff’s business in the two years before his arrest. Funds from the business were used for personal expenses, he said. Nearly $10m of the money the trustee is seeking went through Mr Madoff’s UK business in the two years before the scheme collapsed. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is investigating that company for potential money-laundering violations. Its executives have denied wrongdoing. Peter Chavkin, Mrs Madoff’s lawyer, said the action was “wrong as a matter of law and fairness”. He said it was “particularly perplexing and totally unjustified” because his client had already forfeited to the federal prosecutor’s office almost all of the assets described in the lawsuit. Last month, Mrs Madoff, who is not accused of wrongdoing, gave up rights to about $80m of assets and was left with $2.5m under an agreement with prosecutors. Authorities have seized assets including Mrs Madoff’s Manhattan penthouse. In the filing, Mr Picard said the “inequity between Mrs Madoff’s continuing financial advantages and the economic distress of Madoff’s customers’’ compelled the action. Mr Madoff, who admitted running the Ponzi scheme, is serving a 150-year prison term. He has insisted he alone was responsible for the decades-long fraud that has claimed thousands of victims. A federal criminal investigation is continuing.

LAUNCHED: Agricultural Land in the UkraineFrom: Tim Rushworth (tim.rushworth@astonlloyd.co.uk) Sent: 29 July 2009 16:32:55. To: viktor glugovsky (glugovskyviktor@hotmail.com). Attachments:

109072917330602701 (37.4 KB), 090615 Aston Lloyd Agri-Commodities Brochure.pdf (1079.9 KB), 090615 Aston Lloyd Research Report - Ukraine Agricultural Land.pdf (648.7 KB)

Dear Viktor, It is with pleasure that I advise you that Aston Lloyd has now launched its much anticipated new investment opportunity! Aston Lloyd Agri Commodities Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Aston Lloyd Holdings Plc) is one of the first of its kind offering clients the opportunity to invest in agricultural land in a region deemed the “bread basket” of Europe: Ukraine. This investment has been developed off the back of credible research indicating that this area in the soft-commodities market is a force to be reckoned with and for one key reason: Supply and Demand. You can read this for yourself in a report just released from Aston Lloyd Research Ltd. covering Agricultural Land in the Ukraine. I'm sure this information will reinforce the confidence we have in this project. A few key pieces of information jumped out at me in particular when I read the report, so I thought I would highlight them to gauge your thoughts:

- There are approximately 150 more mouths to feed every minute, yet global supply remains stagnant; - Some 12.3million to 19.7million acres of farmland, out of a worldwide total of 3.7billion acres, falls fallow every year because of deteriorating quality; - 70% of the land in Ukraine is arable and it holds 40% of the world's "black earth soil"; - World wheat output is projected to rise by 1.3% pa to 679million tonnes by 2010; - Wheat price in June 2009 is US$247 per metric tonne, and is predicted to grow US$17.45 per metric tonne each year; - Ukraine's harvest yield is expected to grow from 3.5 to 8 metric tonnes in the next 5 years; - Land prices in Ukraine are considerably lower than other agricultural regions. The standard price of arable land is approx US$1,500 per hectare (in Western Europe, this land is priced between $US13,200 to US$32,200!). Viktor, I have also attached the brochure so you can find out more about the project on offer. I will be in contact with you shortly to discuss this further, in the mean time you are welcome to contact me on the below details. Kind regards, Tim
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Boring.


Boring. It’s remind me that old proverb about how fish and houseguests both start to stink after three days. Only a real shame that I can’t had some space for me. Constantly bothered with the problems from my past, like that, Spanish gypsy wedding. Maybe better to explain this again. REASON? It’s the only way to get back to the past is to head for the future. The War on Iraq start in a day when the European (Spanish) Socialist Party gypsy-Prime Minister make a wedding for his son. Now, should I go a little back, or advance a little further? Because, the more the things change, the more they stay the same… At the THIS moment, seems that’s is why upheaval is so important to those (like me) who crave stability. Which still be my determination and offer me that competitive edge to “humbly” participate. For myself, won’t forget Два снайпера” the color of O’Bama at the my exit from the Energy Policy of Gujarat. However the ArcelorMittalKrivorijstal theirs talks will be. One wise person say: "The quality of your attention determines the quality of other people's thinking."

BHP settles iron ore prices with 50pc of customers July 29, 2009. Article from: Dow Jones Newswires BHP Billiton has reached agreements with more than half its customers on iron ore pricing. However, BHP Billiton today said it was still in talks over the pricing of about 47 per cent of its iron ore volumes. BHP said it had settled 23 per cent of its iron ore volumes at an agreed annual contract price for fines that is about 33 per cent lower than the previous year, and 44 per cent lower for lump. The pricing was similar to prices already struck between rival Rio Tinto and Japanese steelmakers. A further 30 per cent of BHP's total iron ore volumes would now be sold into a mix of quarterly negotiated pricing, spot sales and index-based pricing, BHP said in a statement. "The company believes that current settlements are indicative of continued progress towards transparent market pricing," BHP said.

Decenas de heridos en Burgos tras explotar una bomba en un cuartel de la Guardia Civil Hay al menos 46 heridos, la mayoría de carácter leve. Una furgoneta bomba ha hecho explosión en torno a las cuatro de la madrugada de este miércoles junto a una casa cuartel de la Guardia Civil en Burgos, entre la calle de Jerez y la avenida de Cantabria, según informaron fuentes policiales que confirmaron la existencia de hasta 46 heridos, entre ellos varios guardias civiles, si bien todos ellos de carácter leve. Edificio de la casa cuartel. La mayoría de los heridos sufrieron el alcance de cristales rotos de estos inmuebles; 38 de ellos fueron trasladados al hospital General Yagüe. Asimismo, en el gimnasio de las instalaciones de la Policía Local se instaló un puesto médico avanzado para atenderlos. El Grupo de Intervención Psicológica en Desastres y Emergencias atiende a los miembros de las 43 familias afectadas. El vehículo, aparcado en la parte posterior del cuartel, donde residen los agentes con sus familias, provocó un enorme cráter en el suelo así como cuantiosos daños en el mismo edificio, afectando a sus 14 plantas, de las que las dos primeras quedaron totalmente destrozadas. Asimismo, la onda expansiva causó destrozos en varios edificios colindantes, entre ellos las oficinas de la Policía Local y se rompieron algunas canalizaciones de agua. Se investiga qué tipo de vehículo fue utilizado, aunque la Policía dice que "está completamente destrozado y sus restos están calcinados". Según las primeras pesquisas por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad, no se produjo ningún aviso previo a la explosión, atribuida a la banda terrorista ETA. Además, fuentes de la investigación señalan la posibilidad de que este ataque fuera realizado con una furgoneta bomba robada en Francia. Graves daños en la zona. La onda expansiva provocó la mayor parte de los destrozos en los edificios colindantes, once pisos, según confirmó el delegado de la Junta de Castilla y León en Burgos, Jaime Mateu. Además, calificó de "milagro" el que no hubiera que lamentar más daños personales, a lo que ayudó también que muchas de las familias de los agentes se encontraban de vacaciones. Se trata del atentado más fuerte de la banda terrorista ETA tras el que el pasado mes de junio le costó la vida a Eduardo Antonio Puelles García, inspector de la brigada de información del Cuerpo Nacional de Policía. En esa ocasión, los terroristas le colocaron una bomba lapa en los bajos de su vehículo. Sin embargo, la última acción violenta de la banda se remonta a la noche del 9 al 10 de julio, cuando un artefacto explosivo causó graves daños materiales en la sede del PSE de Durango, en Vizcaya, sin provocar heridos. Otros seis atentados más en 2009. Además, durante 2009 se han producido otras seis acciones. En enero, el objetivo fue un repetidor de televisión de la localidad de Hernani(Guipúzcoa) y provocó daños materiales. Al mes siguiente, el 9 de febrero, un coche bomba explotó frente a la sede de la constructora Ferrovial Agromán en Madrid, en la zona conocida como Campo de las Naciones, sin causar víctimas aunque sí daños materiales. Ferrovial Agromán es una de las empresas que participa en las obras para construcción del Tren de Alta Velocidad del País Vasco, amenazadas por ETA. El 23 de febrero una bomba destrozó la sede del Partido Socialista de Euskadi (PSE) en Lazkao (Guipúzcoa), aunque no causó víctimas. Un comunicante anónimo anunció dos horas antes la explosión en una llamada telefónica a la DYA de San Sebastián. El 26 de marzo una bomba compuesta por unos dos kilos de explosivoestalló en el muro que circunda el chalé en Amorebieta (Vizcaya) del empresario Juan Manuel Arana, presidente de la empresa Astilleros de Murueta. La explosión produjo pequeños destrozos en el muro y en una caseta en la que se guardaban aperos. ETA explosionó otro artefacto el 6 de mayo en un repetidor situado en un puerto de montaña del municipio cántabro de Guriezo, al día siguiente de la investidura del socialista Patxi López como lehendakari.

Мощный взрыв прогремел в Испании, десятки человек ранены. 29 июля 2009, 07:51 Заминированный автомобиль взорван в среду в испанском городе Бургос, сообщают испанские СМИ. Как говорится в сообщении на сайте El Mundo, десятки человек получили легкие ранения. По предварительным данным, ответственность за взрыв несет баскская левонационалистическая организация ЭТА, передает РИА «Новости» со ссылкой на Reuters.

TEXT-BHP Billiton update on iron ore negotiations Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:04am EDT SYDNEY, July 29 (Reuters) - Following is the text of a statement by BHP Billiton (BHP.AX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(BLT.L: Quote,Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) on iron ore negotiations. BHP Billiton today announced the terms it has agreed with a range of iron ore customers for the 2009 contract year. These terms vary and reflect the specific needs and requirements of each customer, consistent with our marketing approach. BHP Billiton has settled 23 per cent of total iron ore volumes at an agreed annual contract price. The price for iron ore fines will be approximately 33 per cent lower than the contract prices agreed in the 2008 contract year. The price for iron ore lump will be approximately 44 per cent lower than the contract prices agreed in the 2008 contract year. A further 30 per cent of BHP Billitons total iron ore volumes will be sold on a mix of quarterly negotiated pricing, market clearing price (spot market) and index-based pricing. Negotiations for the remaining 47 per cent of iron ore volumes are ongoing. The Company believes that current settlements are indicative of continued progress towards transparent market pricing.

Santander to spin off Brazil arm in IPO July 28 2009 23:04. Banco Santander has appointed advisers to spin off its Brazilian business in an initial public offering that could raise at least $3bn (£2.6bn) and create one of the largest publicly listed banks in Latin America’s biggest economy. Santander, which reports its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, is drawing up the plans to float at least 20 per cent of Banco Santander Brasil on the Brazilian stock exchange within the next three months, according to sources close to the bank. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, UBS and Santander are in place to underwrite the deal, with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch taking the role as lead co-ordinator after it fully underwrote Santander’s €7.2bn rights issue last November. The prospectus for the float could come as early as September, sources said, although the terms would depend on investor appetite and market performances. A Citigroup research note published last week valued the Brazilian unit at as much as $30bn when its earnings multiples were compared with Itaú Unibanco and Bradesco, the country’s two leading domestic private sector banks. The level of demand for the offer would provide an important indication of the degree of interest that has returned to the IPO market. Santander and its banks all declined to comment. Santander chief executive Emilio Botín has identified the bank’s Brazilian operations as key to the bank’s strategy, and revealed plans last year for it to become the most profitable listed bank in the country. Santander said last week that it was analysing “the viability and advantages of an initial public offering for a minority stake” in the Brazilian arm. The business was partly acquired during the ill-fated consortium €71bn buy-out of ABN Amro in 2007, when it bought out the Latin American businesses. The IPO will enable Santander to raise capital and also strike a market valuation of the Brazilian subsidiary.

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

The 47% of the European engine.


The 47% of the European engine. Maybe I understood what a “partner” is feeling, even when no words are spoken. Maybe this is my occult feeling about the word “patriotism” are more sub lined today. I don’t know. But watching the FT’s report from Würzburg, give the impression that the “relationship” could get back to its best. The Champion in World exports, the germs pluming 25%. And this indicator represents 47% of theirs, European engine (i.e. GDP). Every part of report wasn’t some kind of discovery for me. But make an opening in the Europe’s cord spine. That she is poor in working hands, etc. That the big slice of society – is the old people. However, the experience of this slice is important benefit. Plus, to don’t forget, the Old Continent leadership in technology. Well, so what? In many occasions I was insisting that where I’m tired, upset and sick, I have a clue that the “origins” of credit crunch crisis is still “unknown”. And this video was, задним числом, telling me that the classical and traditional investments of the “Leader in technology and know-how” was in the Financial Assets. And now, with the wishes of the Wizard from the Lord of the Rings, should be canalized to the real assets. Because, after the two thousands years, the Germany with the rest of the Europe, have only a 44% of houses and apartments in the hands of Martians from Brussels and Strasburg. And that now is the correct time to make deviation from financial to the real assets. I almost feel how my “partner” tossed stone in my direction… Of course, it’s allegorically. (More yet, after ArcelorMittalKrivorijstal.) Like that “If you love me, you wouldn’t” thing. I hate it, and I’ve tried to make it clear that I’m not going to fall for it never again. This words seems bring back all the , a many centuries ago quilt I was I’d sworn off for good. Now, as soon as I hear the words (i.e. заткни, have a girl, make the Ust’-Zajopinsk Royalties and Concessions, etc.), I tell you what: I’ll got my Monday and I am allergic to quilt”

The Top 100 in the military hardware sales. Firms Seek Strategies for Riding Out Downturn. This year's Defense News Top 100 list reflects the continuing boom enjoyed by the defense business in 2008. Next year's list will reflect the Obama administration's efforts to limit the growth of U.S. defense spending. Cuts in the 2010 spending request hit major programs, including Lockheed Martin's F-22 fighter and VH-71 presidential helicopter, Boeing's C-17 transport, the DDG 1000 destroyer, the Transformational Communications Satellite, and the Boeing and SAIC Future Combat Systems effort. With few exceptions, the top 20 defense, aerospace and services contractors posted strong revenue growth based on their 2008 financial results, propelled by record defense spending and operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lockheed Martin continued to reign supreme, topping the list for the 14th consecutive year by besting its 2007 record with nearly $40 billion in defense sales. BAE Systems rose to No. 2 with a nearly 10 percent gain in defense sales to $32.7 billion. The British giant bumped Boeing, which slipped to No. 3 with defense sales of $31.1 billion, down slightly from 2007. The growth vindicates BAE's strategy: expand the U.S.-based business that makes tanks, infantry vehicles, electronics, munitions and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The most striking jump belongs to Navistar, which shot from No. 89 to No. 19 as revenues soared from $429 million to $4 billion. Big sellers were MRAPs and medium-duty tactical transports, water and fuel tankers and cargo trucks. ITT (No. 13) saw defense revenues rise 50 percent to $6.3 billion, propelled by sales of night vision goggles, radios and other battlefield electronics. Textron (No. 23) and URS (No. 24) moved up a few notches with defense revenue growth of about $1 billion each. EADS' (No. 7) defense revenue grew 32 percent in 2008 to $16.2 billion. Although General Atomics, a privately held company, does not disclose its financial results, according to Pentagon records the company received $1.14 billion in defense contracts in 2008 to snag the No. 57 slot on the list. Major programs include Predator and Reaper UAVs as well as work on the Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). For almost a decade, industry has ridden U.S. defense spending to record highs. This year, with the backdrop of a depressed global economy has produced a growing consensus that 2008 may have been the peak. "Up until very recently, defense companies have been pretty much in denial that defense spending is going to go down," said Ron Epstein, the defense and aerospace equity analyst for Bank of America. "Going into 2009, all the defense companies were saying, 'It won't be so bad.' And now they're all starting to admit, one by one, sort of begrudgingly, that yes, it's getting tougher. There's less money to spend." Epstein predicts defense companies will start earning less money in 2011, as they finish up backlogged orders. "The outlays always lag the authorization by 18 months or so. So if you see authorization peak this year, next year, then outlays are going to peak right after it," he said. CHANGING BUYING HABITS. Several industry observers noted the U.S. and other militaries are seeking to "do more with less" and industry is trying to answer that demand - by extending the life of military equipment with upgrades and maintenance and focusing on alternative energy and fuel-saving technologies, for example. Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Robert Stevens is more optimistic. He sees the core U.S. defense budget continuing to increase, though at a lesser rate than in past years, perhaps at 2 to 3 percent. He believes that the global economic recession increases national-security threats and boosts demand for defense goods. "Security is one of those fundamental, cornerstone, foundational principles that the nation needs to have in place to build a strong economy, to build trade with confidence, to allow for the mobility of citizens. We are quite confident that security is an essential cornerstone," Stevens said. "When we do step back and look at the global security environment, we see a great deal of uncertainty that still has to be addressed." Michael Strianese, chief executive of L-3 Communications (No. 8), said he expects the base U.S. defense budget to increase no more than inflation, but that if U.S. plans to withdraw from Iraq by 2011 hold up, overall defense spending will shrink. "The extent to which that decrease translates to contractors in terms of products and services that are being sold is another topic altogether, because of course a lot of the money was going to sustainment, consumables, fuel, ammunition," Strianese said. Everyone is anticipating slower growth, he said. "What we've seen is platforms cancelled," he said, "and shifts into areas that are more relevant to today's conflicts such as ISR, rapid prototyping, state-of-the-art sensor packages, commercial-off-the-shelf prop aircraft, training, simulation, rotary-wing capability." With platforms being delayed or cancelled, he said, "I think it will be more company-specific as to who's taking the hits and who's not." Other industry observers were less optimistic. "Are we headed toward a downturn? … Probably," said Paul Meyer, sector vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's Advanced Programs and Technology Division. "Competitions will be more fierce, teaming will be more prevalent early on." Ongoing combat operations have led the U.S. military to buy more existing products and launch fewer development efforts. That's allowed many new entrants into the market, but their long-term prospects depend on how long U.S. troops stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, Meyer said. "If we pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq, we will have a significant impact. People will be buying less immediate capability and we will probably go back into a reversal of acquisition that's less about [filling urgent requirements] and just in time capability to more" conventional acquisitions. He said future success will depend on reducing risk for the customer. "Will we be able to influence the requirements more so than we have in the past? Yes, because we will invest in technology, software, interoperability and product demonstrations so you can bring them to the customer, so they can to some extent see it before they buy it," Meyer said. He said key markets include new generations of manned aircraft, bridging air and space capabilities, systems that make UAVs more autonomous and capable, and better small spacecraft. CIVIL SALES NO PANACEA? But when the defense downturn hits, firms will basically have two paths to growth: seek non-defense government work, something Lockheed has been especially adept at, or diversify into commercial work. Unfortunately, the latter may not be much of an option. When U.S. spending on defense procurement, research and development was falling or flat from 1996 to 1999, the civil aircraft market was on an upswing, giving defense companies opportunities to diversify into that market. The situation reversed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S.-led invasions of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now the civil aircraft market is trending downward, as worries mount about the future of acquisition spending. As a result, defense companies are looking at markets farther afield, such as renewable energy, said Steve Grundman, a defense and aerospace analyst with CRA International. Conglomerate ITT's strategy is to diversify in both defense and commercial markets. The company's defense sales breached the 50 percent mark of its total sales in 2008, but the company's strategy for defense and non-defense markets work in tandem, according to Chief Executive Steven Loranger. "We do know that defense budgets long term are going to be under some pressure," Loranger said. "We all agree with that, and as a consequence what we are doing is diversifying, maintaining our core in classic DoD [products], in electronic warfare, night vision, communications, and also diversifying outside pure DoD." ITT looks to grow its international footprint as it expands into adjacent markets like the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ITT, like a lot of big and small defense companies, is also viewing operations and maintenance as a growing market. That aligns with what many observers see as militaries' desire to do more with less in a tough budget environment.
"Any way you can do more with less is going to be important, especially as energy costs keep rising," said Mark Newman, DRS Technologies' chief executive, which is now part of Italian firm Finmeccanica (No. 9). "The military is a big consumer of fuel.Anything that has to do with fuel and energy efficiency is going to be a growth area." DRS is developing hybrid energy technology for the military. Other companies, including Lockheed Martin, also see alternative energy as a growth market. Consulting firm Booz & Co. predicts that by 2013, maintenance and operations costs will outstrip spending on procurement and RDT&E (research, development, testing and evaluation) in the U.S. defense budget, making the U.S. defense market primarily a services market. Many companies are taking note of that shift by offering services and technologies that upgrade and extend older equipment. Engine maker Pratt & Whitney has developed an "Engine Enhancement Package," a kit that will extend the major service intervals of the company's popular F100 engines that power F-15 and F-16 fighters. "We took fifth-generation technology into the hot section … and instead of increasing the thrust, we extended reliability," said Tom Farmer, the president of Pratt & Whitney's military engines business. "We took it from 4,200 cycles or depot every eight years of service to 6,000 cycles or depot every 12 years of good happy flying. It's extraordinary, a 40 percent improvement." Increasingly, customers are looking for less brute power and more affordable and reliable engines that are also more fuel-efficient. "It costs a lot of money to redesign an airplane, but if you can adjust the capabilities of air systems with engine technology, it's a pretty good return," Farmer said. Where once the demand was for more powerful military engines, now "you want [military engines] to be reliable and you want them to have low fuel burn. It's kind of like the commercial business and the military have come together" with the same goals, he added. LOOKING FOR U.S. NICHES. Saab, which sells the Gripen fighter, is offering that plane as a lower-cost alternative to other more expensive fighters for countries like Brazil and India. At the same time, it's targeting the U.S. market in precise ways as a smaller player, said Chief Executive Åke Svensson. "We have had some successes in the U.S.," such as with training systems and shoulder-launched anti-armor weapons, Svensson said. "We would be looking into how we could expand on some of those niche-oriented high-tech products where we think we could be a supplier to the U.S. But we also realize that we could not compete for systems like the fighter aircraft in the U.S. It is not open for external competition like that. The competitors are the major, major industries and we are a small player in that comparison. "For the U.S. market, everybody has an interest in that market because of the pure size of that market and the high-tech characteristics of that market. We have shown that when we have products that are in niche oriented areas meeting some of the requirements, we can certainly do business there." Boeing took a few hits this year with decisions to limit F-22 production and the breakup of the Future Combat Systems effort, but Jim Albaugh, chief executive of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, said there are still growing opportunities for defense sales for the company. "We looked at the April 6 announcement and there were certainly some impacts to us but also plenty of opportunities," Albaugh said at the Paris Air Show in June. Growing military personnel costs could pressure acquisition spending, Albaugh said. As a result, Boeing is trying to move into markets it believes will grow faster than DoD spending, such as international markets for aircraft. "I would say that right now today there are more international opportunities than I think I've ever seen in my career," Albaugh said at the Paris Air Show in June. Albaugh has been predicting a downturn in U.S. defense spending for several years. "I knew I'd be right at some point, and I think I am," he said in Paris. "Last year or this year coming up could be the high water mark for defense spending in the United States." Vago contributed to this report.

(Smolensky and Medvedev) Рекламе показали нож. http://www.vz.ru/society/2009/7/28/311978.html. Директор одного из столичных рекламных агентств найден мертвым, он скончался от множественных ножевых ранений. Тело мужчины нашли утром во вторник в его квартире на улице Бутырский вал. Источник, близкий к следствию, заявил, что против фирмы, которую возглавлял убитый, в 2007 году было возбуждено уголовное дело за размещение заказных материалов в СМИ. Единственным громким эпизодом за указанный период было дело о вымогательстве против сотрудника ООО «Паблик медиа». Однако там газете ВЗГЛЯД информацию об убийстве комментировать отказались. «27 июля в 10.20 в своей квартире на улице Бутырский вал с множественными ножевыми ранениями был обнаружен труп 50-летнего генерального директора одного из рекламных агентств», – приводит «Интерфакс» слова источника в правоохранительных органах города. Эксперты установили, что смерть мужчины наступила за девять часов до обнаружения тела. С места преступления был изъят кухонный нож. Имя жертвы официально не называется, но источник сообщил, что, по данным оперативников, в отношении фирмы, которую возглавлял убитый мужчина, в 2007 году было возбуждено уголовное дело за размещение заказных материалов в СМИ, однако в ходе разбирательства генеральный директор агентства остался на свободе, к нему не было применено уголовное наказание. Напомним, самое громкое дело 2007 года, связанное с вымогательством, в котором фигурировал сотрудник рекламного агентства, было возбуждено в отношении исполнительного продюсера ООО «Паблик медиа» Алексея Осипова. Он предлагал генеральному директору ФГУП «Почта России» Игорю Сырцову снять с эфира федерального канала несуществующий сюжет, компрометирующий чиновника. За это он требовал с Сырцова 20 тыс. долларов. Алексей Осипов был задержан 4 апреля 2007 года в момент получения требуемой суммы в ресторане. Прокуратура предъявила подозреваемому обвинение в вымогательстве и нарушении неприкосновенности частной жизни. В качестве меры пресечения Останкинский суд Москвы избрал для него содержание под стражей. 9 августа 2007 года Останкинский суд Москвы приговорил Осипова к двум годам заключения. Газета ВЗГЛЯД обратилась в агентство «Паблик медиа», однако не пожелавший представиться мужчина ответил, что не уполномочен комментировать информацию об убийстве, подтвердить или опровергнуть он ее не может, и бросил трубку. Следствие уже рассматривает несколько версий убийства директора рекламного агентства. «Одна из них – это убийство на бытовой почве, другая – убийство, связанное с профессиональной деятельностью погибшего. В настоящий момент приоритетная версия расследования пока не определена», – сообщил источник в правоохранительных органах.
Suspeita de sabotagem nos casos de cegueira em Santa Maria. Uma chamada anónima feita no sábado coloca a hipótese de sabotagem nos casos de cegueira no Hospital de Santa Maria . A Inspecção-geral das Actividades em Saúde já está a investigar. 9:51 Terça-feira, 28 de Jul de 2009 A hipótese de sabotagem está a ser investigada no caso dos doentes do Hospital de Santa Maria , em Lisboa, que ficaram cegos. Segundo a edição de hoje do jornal "Público", a Inspecção-geral das Actividades em Saúde está a analisar a hipótese que foi colocada sábado através de uma chamada anónima para Santa Maria. O telefonema indicava que com o fármaco Avastin foi colocada uma substância tóxica para os olhos, tendo sido isso que provocou a perda de visão. No entanto, há outras hipóteses em cima da mesa, como a adulteração do medicamento por ter estado exposto ao calor ou mal guardado. Colocada de parte está a possibilidade de infecção. O director do Serviço de Oftalmologia do Hospital de Santa Maria, Monteiro Grilo, adianta ao mesmo diário que: "O que foi injectado no dia 17 de Julho a seis doentes era Avastin que estava contaminado ou estava adulterado ou era outro medicamento".

Monday, 27 July 2009

Light behind a bushel.



Hiding my light behind a bushel isn’t going to bring me much luck in the future. Same is with the Mordashov (Severstal) and “Miguel” Trichet (CEB). To start with, I can begin wondering what exactly he (my double) was doing with his Chinese Eltzen in late 80s. Or how I am having the price for different sorts of steel roughly 100-120 dollars less that the generally accepted price of resell in European Markets – and do nothing. Can also think about Mechel artificial problems and translate this in absolute incapacity of Kremlin ass-holes with theirs body-guards pissing below my window. Or, how Putin was in difficulties to suck anything from this cow. Now is place of Medvedev to do the same. (At morning black piss at the corner of my back-yard). But, go to prefer to opt for “Do it again”. And than, again, and again… The more I do it, the more “only me” will see the difference. Unnecessary to remember, I speak here about Rio Tinto’s 15 billion, about the Kryvorizhstal, about the 30 000 strong hiccups of China in Urumqi and Jianlong… Think Mittal’s Tony Blair about the way in which rain can gradually erode any rock. Not overnight not even over years, but over decades. Only highly observant types will sense or perceive my authority. Even when Smolensky with Medvedev hit me at my neck to wake me up (?) at today morning. Maybe because the Regional Cabinets of ongoing piggy faces from Brussels and Strasburg are in deep shit-hole? The dream was about me driving dark-blue BMW to up the hill like a crazy. In high velocity I am with loud bang hitting the enormous pot-hole... Was in the Avenida das Forças Armadas (I.e. the Outkumptu “from” Northern Stream). Nearby the Lisbon’s Hospital the Santa Maria (i.e. Sarkozi and the Posco of Korea Parliament). Well my associates: Breath deep, stay light.

FSA extends suitability tests to cover traders July 26 2009 23:36(?) Up to 2,000 traders and managers in the UK could face extra checks and even interviews by the UK financial regulator to ensure they are fit and proper to do their job. Traders, bankers or managers who exert a significant influence over their company are set to face additional scrutiny from this week to ensure they are suitable and competent as the Financial Services Authority formalises its existing proposals to widen its “approved persons” regime. Sarkozi: It is the second time in two years the teetotal 4-year-old has been at the centre of a medical emergency. in october 2007, the day after his divorce from second wife cecilia, he was treated for a high fever and a throat abscess which needed surgery.

Arcelor ponders $3bn stainless steel spinoff July 26 2009 22:48. ArcelorMittal is exploring a joint venture spinoff of its stainless steel business, worth an estimated $3bn, in a sign that the world’s biggest steelmaker is contemplating scaling back in response to the recession. Driven on by Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and main owner, the group has expanded strongly in the past decade on the back of a string of acquisitions including the €26.9bn purchase of Arcelor of Luxembourg in 2006. However, Mr Mittal is weighing up whether the expansion programme might have gone too far in light of a downturn that is likely to leave the steel industry with overcapacity for years. ArcelorMittal was evaluating “various options” related to its stainless steel division but had “no intention” of disposing of the business completely. One company with which Mr Mittal has discussed a possible joint venture is Posco of South Korea, the sixth biggest steel company, which has a large stainless division. While the talks with Posco have not gone far, another joint venture candidate could be Outokumpu of Finland, one of Europe’s leading stainless steel companies. Posco said it was “not reviewing” ArcelorMittal’s stainless steel operations “at this stage”. Outokumpu did not comment. ArcelorMittal’s stainless steel business employs about 11,000 people and is likely to suffer a loss this year on the back of reduced demand. Almost all ArcelorMittal’s stainless steel business, with plants in France, Belgium and Brazil, came as part of Arcelor. The unit had sales of $8bn last year and earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation of $900m. As part of any deal, some cuts in production in ArcelorMittal’s output in this part of its business would almost certainly be required. The most likely outcome would be job cuts in Belgium and France. Stainless is a relatively high-cost form of steel that is used in fields such as precision engineering, kitchen goods and car exhausts. However, the stainless part of the steel industry is regarded as being in a difficult position because of a high degree of overcapacity. Matthias Hellstern, an analyst at Moody’s ratings agency, said: “There will be some kind of recovery in the steel industry this year, and in 2010 but it will be quite weak. It...seems to me inevitable that steel producers such as ArcelorMittal will be wanting to look at the idea of reducing overall capacities.”

Sunday, 26 July 2009

La Lanterne or how my translator say: The sponsors of Hungaroring.


La Lanterne or how my translator say: The sponsors of Hungaroring. At morning bought gorgeous table lamp… (Купил великолепную настольную лампу… Ukrainians, at my dream were with face of “tcalami”, from the distance calling for me. After this, all morning my left year was in pain. Was wondering, to whom I should cut the ear out? To the ear of “o nosso menino Ulrich”? Was theirs idea insisting that “a Lambretta” wasn’t?).

Nicolas Sarkozy in hospital after minor attack, 'doing well' President Nicolas Sarkozy has been admitted to the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris Sunday, after suffering a 'minor' nerve attack while exercising, officials in his entourage said. He is reportedy 'fine' and awaiting exam results.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was hospitalised after suffering a mild nerve attack while jogging at his weekend retreat La Lanterne, near the Palace of Versailles. According to his chief of staff, the French head of state is “is doing well” and talking normally with medical staff. The latest press release from the presidency reported that Sarkozy 'is resting' and will undergo heart-pressure tests at the hospital until tomorrow morning. A witness, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP she had seen a jogger surrounded by bodyguards suddenly stumble and collapse in the wooded grounds of La Lanterne. Shortly afterwards, French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy rushed to the scene on a motor scooter, the witness said. After collapsing, Sarkozy was seen immediately by a doctor and underwent medical tests, a statement from the Elysée Palace said. The 54-year-old French leader was admitted to the Val de Grace military hospital in southern Paris. Close presidential aides say the attack was related to his vagus nerve, which helps the body regulate its heart rate, and doctors consider it “minor.” “Speedy Sarkozy” Sarkozy won the 2007 presidential election on a promise to kick-start the county’s sluggish economy. His hands-on and aggressive style of governing has won him the nickname of "hyperpresident". “He is not just president; he is also Prime Minister, de-facto leader of the ruling UMP party and, depending on the issue, Finance minister, Education minister, etc. He never takes time for a break, and doesn’t make things easy for himself” explains Hervé Algalarrondo, deputy editor-in-chief of French news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur told FRANCE 24. “A fitness enthusiast, Sarkozy is, on the face of it at least, the healthiest president France has ever had”, French politics specialist David Crossan told FRANCE 24. “But the hectic schedule he keeps up is inevitably going to take a toll”, he added, citing the president’s nickname, “Speedy Sarkozy”. Just over three weeks ago, the Elysee released the results of Sarkozy's latest annual health check-up, describing the results of recent blood and heart tests as "normal". During his campaign, Sarkozy had promised to publish regular and transparent health bulletins, in contrast with former socialist president François Mitterrand who had hidden his prostate cancer condition from the public. Critics were therefore angered when it was revealed in January 2008 that Sarkozy was briefly hospitalised in 2007 for minor throat surgery without publicizing the fact. According to David Crossan, “People will begin to ask if it’s time for Speedy Sarkozy to slow down."

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