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FTSE100 now officially in bear teritory

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  • Thrugelmir
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    N1AK wrote: »
    One of the arguments for not restricting this kind of behaviour is that we are effectively being subsidised by the Chinese government in the short term. The trick is avoiding them gaining a monopoly in the long term and exploiting it.

    Like Ebay, Starbucks, Amazon you mean............;)

    Seems as if the Chinese have learnt by watching others.
  • Graham_Devon
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    kinger101 wrote: »
    It reminds me of a fake ad that appeared in Viz. "She gets the blokes because she smokes". I can't condone that sort of thing, but I'd like to see a copy of the Camels advert. Purely for research purposes.

    Wasn't really worth researching in truth.
  • chucknorris
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    kinger101 wrote: »
    It reminds me of a fake ad that appeared in Viz. "She gets the blokes because she smokes". I can't condone that sort of thing, but I'd like to see a copy of the Camels advert. Purely for research purposes.

    I was going to bring up the old Guinness slogan 'Guinness is good for you' (oops I just did), as a ridiculous slogan, but the BBC suggest some merit (haven't read the full article mind):

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3266819.stm
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