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...“We fired on all cylinders,” said Griffin in an interview, recalling how one of his investors recently compared the firm to an F-22 fighter jet....
...“Right now if a businessman makes money and keeps his head down and lays low, then it is fine,” said Chen Zhiwu, a professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong. “Otherwise, it is no good....
...Sandy Chen, an analyst at Cenkos, said he does not expect the bank to be “seriously penalised . . . for the sins of the preceding regime”....
...Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f****** gassed.”...
...On Monday, Sandy Chen, analyst at Panmure Gordon, made substantial downgrades to his estimates, forecasting the bank would report a £120m loss in 2008 – instead of the £298m profit he had previously forecast...
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