The short sellers thought VW was a good bet, but....

[jeff m]

Porsche had built up a stake, the short sellers had to cover their short positions creating a spike in the market.

Will the guys in the red braces now sell their Boxsters.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac72c164-1188-11de-87b1-...

[tricky69]

this was f**king months ago.... some people lost money, some made money end of...... MOVE THE F*CK ON

bet you can't guess which side i was on

[ShadownINja]

Isn't it quite old news?

[Oakey]

I'm thinking of suing William Hill beause the horse I bet on didn't win.

[Sheepy]

Are you paying extra to read old news? I though this happened about four months ago!

[Dupont666]

does this mean i can sue my trader that runs my pension for losing me money over the last year due to credit crunch?

[RichardD]

Dupont666 said:

does this mean i can sue my trader that runs my pension for losing me money over the last year due to credit crunch?

Like this !?

Council pension funds suing RBS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7946124.stm

[Somewhatfoolish]

wait a minute, isn't ferdinand porsche the lead designer at volkswagen any more?

[Dick_Phallus]

I just heard something about a moon landing over the wireless? Does anyone have any more information about this?

[Oakey]

Dick_Phallus said:

I just heard something about a moon landing over the wireless? Does anyone have any more information about this?

What the fk's 'the wireless' and can it be used in conjunction with my tin cans and string?

[Carl_Spackler]

Germany has invaded Poland!

[mel]

Good god man they've even done a Money Program special on it which was shown on the beeb over Christmas, have you been living in bubble?

[mel]

Somewhatfoolish said:

wait a minute, isn't ferdinand porsche the lead designer at volkswagen any more?

No, Adolf Hitler sacked him, oh wait that might be breaking news which no one has heard yet.

[BoRED S2upid]

Go easy on the OP guys. He could have been living in a cave for the last month or climbing a mountain for Comic Relief.

[ShadownINja]

I heard about this Internet thing. Don't think it'll catch on.

[Jasandjules]

I have just heard by runner, some fellow called Julius Ceasar is invading. Call to arms, call to arms.....

[fido]

I'm sure Archduke Ferdinand features somewhere in this.

[tstain]

Dick_Phallus said:

I just heard something about a moon landing over the wireless? Does anyone have any more information about this?

[pokethepope]

TBF to the OP, the article he posted is dated yesterday.....

[Titan Simba]

What's all this talk of a "credit crunch" then? Some type of new cereal?