Wednesday, Aug 05, 2009

No sub-prime in the UK ? Yeah right.

BBC News: Lloyds blames HBOS for £4bn loss

Lloyds Banking Group says it has made a loss in the first half of the year, due to mounting bad debts at HBOS, which it took over in January.

Posted by doomwatch @ 09:25 AM (263 views) Add Comment

2 Comments

1. Gloommonger said...

How can the share price rise so dramatically, up 15%.
Is this because results were better than expected and the loan defaults have peaked?!
I don't think so! Crazy times!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 01:38PM Report Comment
 

2. tyrellcorporation said...

'Lloyds blames HBOS for £4bn loss'

I blame Gordon Brown!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 09:46PM Report Comment
 

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