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The Independent is reporting:

Internet bank Icesave today stopped savers withdrawing their cash after its parent company was nationalised by the Icelandic government.

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It is not known how many UK consumers hold money with Icesave, but it is thought that as many as 300,000 people in this country have savings with an Icelandic institution.

Money is mainly held with Icesave and Kaupthing Edge, the UK retail arm of Iceland's biggest bank Kaupthing.

Maybe that is what you heard?

Nothing about a corralito on the Central Bank of Iceland or Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority web sites.  Checked the "Usual Suspects" in the US financial news and came up empty.

by ATinNM on Tue Oct 7th, 2008 at 04:05:21 PM EST
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I think you are right...it was verbal info I received, and it could have been misrepresented.
by Solveig (link2ageataol.com) on Tue Oct 7th, 2008 at 04:08:22 PM EST
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[SuperFran Information Retrieval Technology]

Who had already posted the Independent report in the Special Focus Section of European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch.

by ATinNM on Tue Oct 7th, 2008 at 04:12:54 PM EST
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Teaches me not to listen to rumours...!
by Solveig (link2ageataol.com) on Tue Oct 7th, 2008 at 04:23:29 PM EST
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We should always link to sources and if it is "a friend told me", say so :-)

I also have to apologize for running around in my tinfoil hat.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Oct 7th, 2008 at 04:30:25 PM EST
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