Posted on 12/23/2014 7:47:56 PM PST by Steelfish
Bruce Willis' Favorite Russian Bank Collapses By Mark Thompson December 22, 2014
LONDON (CNNMoney) Russia's financial crisis has defeated Bruce Willis. His favorite Russian bank has just collapsed. The Hollywood hard man has been promoting Russia's Trust Bank for four years, and recently starred in a TV commercial with the catch phrase "Trust me, Trust Bank."
"In this ad for Trust Bank, I wanted to play a hero rescuing people trapped in a burning elevator. We just wanted to tell you about our terrific loans," says the star of the 'Die Hard' series of movies.
Clearly it's a message that's fallen on deaf ears in Russia, where confidence in the financial system has been rocked by a collapse in the ruble and rocketing interest rates.
Russians have been rushing to withdraw rubles and convert them into dollars, worried about the devaluation and the soaring price of imported goods.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
Unless we get a STRONG CONSERVATIVE as President this next time ‘round (not holding my breath due to the GOPe PUKES) we are going to have trouble all over the place with Putin.
“Nobody puts Putin in the corner!” ~ Patrick Swayze
Hopefully Bruce was smart enough to accept advertising dollars without having to invest in the entity.
Or maybe somebody stole all their negotiable bonds during the Christmas party.
What would we do if another Country set out to bring down our economy and you found your current assets largely worthless?
I can just hear him saying: “I have bomb, Moose!”
great ad hope he got a lot of money for it. Who made the last ad for Shearson Lehman before our government killed them off in favor of goldman sacks? the amex ceo looked like he saved his company from ruin while trying to compete with the goldman sacks/government cartel.
from wiki sorry
When Harvey Golub became CEO of American Express in 1993, he negotiated the sale of Shearson’s retail brokerage and asset management business to Primerica. Primerica’s Sanford I. Weill had been the architect of what had become Shearson/American Express in the 1960s and 1970s building up his small firm Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt into one of the largest brokerage firms in the US. The Shearson business was merged with Primerica’s Smith Barney to create Smith Barney Shearson. Ultimately, the Shearson name was dropped in 1994.[3]
In 1994 American Express spun off of the remaining investment banking and institutional businesses as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc which after almost fifteen years of independence would file for bankruptcy protection in 2008.
Stop raping and pillaging Canada and hand back Quebec?
“and hand back Quebec”
That would be vindictive.
Without a doubt.
I knew there’d be at least one FReeper with taste and discernment.
Well, the first thing any of us should be doing these days is diversification. Gold, Silver, ammo, weaponry, land, useful critters (chickens, a milk cow), sturdy boots and dry socks.
Secondly, I’ll just smile and wave, sittin’ there on my sack of seeds. (Song: ‘Wildwood Weed’)
Merry Christmas! :)
Yea, gold’s doing really well #sarcasm
I’ve been in gold for 14 years now; I’ve quadrupled my investment. You just keep thinking that PMs shouldn’t be part of your total package and snicker when the price dips.
That leaves more for me to buy!
Merry Christmas! :)
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