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pickled mushhead

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    The Chinese government fund represented by Kenny Huang has spent the past fortnight raising precisely the amount of cash required to finance a bid for Liverpool. Sources have confirmed to Digger that the China Investment Corporation, the sovereign wealth fund to the world's most populous nation, is the organisation being fronted by Huang, who yesterday admitted interest in bidding for Liverpool.

    In a series of trades since 19 July, CIC has sold $558m of shares in Morgan Stanley, equating to £351.4m. That sum is equivalent to Liverpool's debt to the nearest decimal place, and is exactly the number insiders say has been quoted to interested parties as the sale price.

    China Daily, the English-language arm of the Chinese state media, reported yesterday: "China Investment Corp, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund that bought a 9.9% stake in Morgan Stanley in 2007, sold $90.5m of shares in the investment bank on 30 July, bringing the total amount divested in the last two weeks to about $558m."


    The Chinese Government to buy Liverpool?!
  2. Originally Posted By: Captain Stag
    I don't think that I can claim "best looking gear"... but today I have a pair of these sitting at home waiting for me when I get home from work.

    Bit of a gamble ordering boots of the internet without trying them on but I was assured that the fit was "very very similar" to boots I was able to try on here (different model same brand)

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    Is that Medusa on there?
  3. It's getting hot and sweaty in the office.

    Everyone's complaining.

     

    "Why don't we turn the air conditioner on".

    "It's not July 1st yet".

    "So?"

    "We can only use it from 1st July"?

    "Why?"

    "Because it's July then".

    ....

    etc.

     

    There doesn't seem to be any reason for us not having the air conditioning on other than the fact that we are still in June. No budging on this one it seems.

     

    Madness. Unless I'm missing something.

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    Sven-Goran Eriksson has called for a summit of players and coaches to discuss the controversial World Cup ball and urged Fifa to listen to their concerns. The Ivory Coast coach has claimed that the Jabulani is making life unnecessarily difficult for goalkeepers in South Africa.

    The Adidas-manufactured ball has come in for severe criticism, with England's goalkeeper David James describing it as "dreadful" and Gianluigi Buffon and Mark Schwarzer, the No1s for Italy and Australia respectively, referring to it disparagingly as "unpredictable".

    "I can understand that goalkeepers are not happy, and I think the authorities should listen to them," Eriksson said. "I think the matter should be discussed. Players, coaches and perhaps top goalkeepers should get together. Especially people should listen to the goalkeepers' point of view, because the ball isn't doing them any favours."


    Good job there's not many strikers taking shots!
  5. I think it's one of those things that you really need to experience yourself first-hand. I was in the US recently and a friend had one so had a play around. It is a sexy bit of kit. The touchscreen really is fantastic and does make a mouse and a big keyboard very, whats the word, old-fashioned and clumsy.

     

    There are limitations and I'm not saying the thing is perfect, but on lots of fronts it's pretty sweet.

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