Re: BW to do the same?

In news:rmbrp3hpv0o6gra92s27hq9po4v8qal414@xxxxxxx,
Martin <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:10:27 -0000, "Dave Larrington"
<smert.spamionam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In news:opojp3lpg85dblg96gk05vbvct7c0la8mp@xxxxxxx,
Martin <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?WT.mc_id=080125daily&storyID=14411
"London and New York as well as Paris are stacked with French money
managers, who hit far above their weight. The emphasis on
mathematics in the French school and university system are credited
with this fact. Some of the greatest financial theoreticians teach
in Paris' famed Ecoles Polytechniques, the graduate schools
reserved for France's cleverest. In recent years, these schools'
graduates have developed an outsized presence on the trading desks
of banks and hedge funds around the world."

And /then/ manage to lose seven billions dollars down the back of
the sofa?

Are you confusing this with Northern Rock?

No: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7206270.stm

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
I'm just a primitive creature of the heath, so pardon my savage
ignorance.


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