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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 11 November | 173 comments (173 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

HSBC (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is a quality bank, with a very large fraction of its earnings in Asia. So no surprise there. They moved their main office back to Hong Kong recently after 15 years in London. A sign of the times...

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Nov 11th, 2009 at 03:01:49 AM EST
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They moved their main office back to Hong Kong recently after 15 years in London. A sign of the times...

How do you interpret this "sign"?

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Nov 11th, 2009 at 09:01:15 AM EST
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Der Untergang des Abendlandes, mein herr!

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Nov 11th, 2009 at 09:31:11 AM EST
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Jawohl, stimmt!

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Wed Nov 11th, 2009 at 10:16:13 AM EST
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When the locusts move on they leave nothing behind?

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 11th, 2009 at 09:35:30 AM EST
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