Swine Flu Joke
 May 01, 2009



 Why France is The Best Holiday Destination
 Mar 17, 2009
When you stop and think about it, there’s no real point to this newspaper’s travel section. Or any of the few remaining high street travel agents. Or indeed the BBC’s Holiday programme — wait a minute, that’s already gone. Because when it comes to taking a vacation, we only really need France.

It has beaches on the ...

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 A Better Week For The Pound
 Jan 13, 2009
January Bulletin - Scroll Down For Latest Update

Short covering took the Pound higher despite weak economic data and an interest rate cut. Fear of a rate cut this Thursday made investors less well-disposed to the Euro.

The Pound advanced from 1.0550 Euro last Monday to a peak of 1.13 Euro in the Far East early th...

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 What a difference a year makes...
 Jan 05, 2009
In January 2007 the pound to euro rate was around 1.49 and interest rates were predicted to hit 5.25% by Easter.

Fast forward to December 2008 and the pound is down to 1.05 with talk of interest rates close to zero.

Here is what Moneycorp had to say in January last year:

Having spent most of the holiday fortni...

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 Track Santa
 Dec 24, 2008
Here is a website which tracks the location of Santa on Christmas Eve courtesy of the US defence authorities and Google:

Track Santa


 Exchange Rates Heading Towards 1 pound = 1 euro
 Dec 19, 2008
The pound has continued to take a battering and as rumours circulate on the posibility of the Bank of England cutting interest rates to 0%, talk is rife of pound/euro parity:

Full Article from Moneycorp


 FrenchEntree Property Trends 2008/2009
 Dec 19, 2008
Read the full article on the main site. Covers all regions of France.

Property Trends Review


 Bad Weather Hits France
 Dec 16, 2008
The weather hasn't been too bad in the Lot so far this winter. A bit wetter than we would like, but it seems other parts of France have fared worse:

EIGHTY thousand homes were without electricity this morning (15 Dec 08)and two people have died after bad weather hit across France.

Heavy snowfall continues to aff...

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