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So they have been doing something over the last week!

:o 13th October:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4936983.ece

21st October:
Sourced from FT.com
The UK and Iceland are hoping to agree a loan this week to cover up to 300,000 British depositors in Icesave, the online banking unit of Landsbanki, the collapsed Icelandic bank. A delegation from the Treasury and the Bank of England will visit Reykjavik to try and “wrap up” the terms of the loan, according to officials. The precise size of the loan remains unknown, but it is expected to be up to £3bn, or about 30 per cent of Iceland’s GDP. The loan would mean the Icelandic government would be able to meet its share of compensation payments to depositers, with the remainder covered by the UK.

I feel guilty, I thought they were doing little to help us Iceavers. Infact, in just a week, the initial loan offer is 3,000 times greater, and they've done all this to ensure we get our money back as soon as possible.
:o
In memory of Chris Hyde #867
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