Ash4781 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Found it, pinched it, spent it. Through the history I see notable mentions - Icelandic, and Bank of Scotland (the old HBOS?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plummet expert Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Oh no! Where will chavs buy their formal-wear?! Sports direct of course! they must be feeling real groovy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RufflesTheGuineaPig Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The crazy thing about director pay is that I understand if you are offered £400,000 and another company will pay you £600,000 you are more likely to take the higher offer, it's only human nature. So in effect the higher paying companies 'should' get the higher calibre executives.Are we however saying that there isn't somebody available that would be happy with £200,000 who could run these companies? I'm sure there are plenty of people out there running their own multi-million pound businesses who have none of the training or qualifications that most directors will have but they seem to do OK. Anyone in to top 10% intelligence wise could be the CEO of ANY company. With 65m-ish poeple in the the UK that means there are 6.5m people perfectly capable of captaining a multinational business. The ability to earn big money is simply a matter of who your parents are. Senior managers don't make decisions. They ask people below they for a list of option and advice on which option is best. It's not rocket science. I used to work for a major car manufacture which has a VERY young MD who rose from Undergrad to MD in about 12 years. he is very good at his job and really understand all areas of the business. It's a pity he has no power at all and all the strings are pulled from Germany. He's little more than a fall guy to take the blame when things go wrong, so they can blame a young person from outside the mega-management circle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_James Toney_* Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Well, good luck! i am up 23% today ., nice punt, selling some point just keeping an eye on in, and will have heart attack too, remember the reason i stopped, buying /selling. gambling in shares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Now I know why the shops are so dark, they are on emergency lighting....or is it so you can't see what you are buying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 i am up 23% today ., nice punt, selling some point just keeping an eye on in, and will have heart attack too, remember the reason i stopped, buying /selling. gambling in shares Well done! I guess I'm too old at 33 to play that kind of game, my time frames are much longer. Now where's my slippers!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 this is from the advfn thread ihavenoclue 31 Aug'12 - 13:56 - 1590 of 1593 Just had a look at GMG to see how the SP reacted ... different circumstances but interesting IMHO Day ONE of the drop - Dropped from 4.5p down to 0.7p intraday and recovered to 1.25 Day TWO - Traded in a pretty tight range between 1.1p and 1.3p and ended slightly down Day THREE - Strong upward trend trading from 1p to 2.1p Day FOUR - Another strong upward trend trading from 2.1p to 3.8p Day FIVE - A strong upward trend to 4.3p and then selling down to 3p Day SEVEN - Shares were suspended He/she could be about right, a lot of shares that have gone bust in the last 5 years follow a similar dead cat bounce before being suspended. Bit of a risky game to play, but there is a pattern to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azogar Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 update on the potential buyers https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=JJB+Sports+suitor+stops+short+of+offer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_James Toney_* Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 One hopes you sold as the DCB died at about 9:30 and hasn't come back to life. Thought long and hard about it, but the shares are essentially worthless, so why gamble, because that's all you'll be doing. sold that day, held on a little too long though, but got 16% profit, could have had 23% shares like this is just pure gambling, and i never gamble what i cant afford to laugh at if i lose.. so was not a lot at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azogar Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/54462/jjb-sports-jumps-irish-interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl1 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 There's a chap called Keith Jones on a £344,000 basic and a 50% £172,000 bonus according to the 2011 Annual Report. On top of his £86,000 pension contribution and £18,000 car allowance for a total of £620,000 http://www.jjbcorpor...al%20Report.pdf Do the shareholders know that while they were sipping champagne down in the ballroom it seems he was arranging a lifeboat? Total director bonuses that year represented 42% of basic pay. Who are the rest of the JJB Wideboys who bought the company to destruction? That share price fall since 2008 is shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Radio - JJB to call in the administrators. Shares suspended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heresjohnny Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Radio - JJB to call in the administrators. Shares suspended. Yes - its on Sky News just now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azogar Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Yes - its on Sky News just now looks like they will sell off the good stores and dump the rest, aka the 'game' approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Radio - JJB to call in the administrators. Shares suspended. Breaking News: Government to set up new scheme to create 1000 jobs and support struggling businesses. The scheme will be called 'The Customers' and will employ people to buy goods from targeted shops using government money. Businesses will be able to 'call in the Customers' for up to 1 year to give them breathing space during these difficult times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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