News conference at 4pm London time - "major announcement" on the war against terror by Saudi and US authorities.

 

Where did you hear about this?

 

Something similar has just gone around the office here too...

 

Are you sure that the conference isn't about the google ads Surely that's the most important thing in the world at the moment

 

<cackle>

 

All the news agencies have it now. Reuters etc.

 

Dya reckon he wants a new credit card?

 

LOL - forced into submission in his cave by the bloody Google ads!

 

This a wind up? I can only seem to find stuff on Pres Bush in New Mexico?

...wonder if he needs a new credit card...


J

[Edited by Jay_bee - 1/22/2004 3:10:32 PM]

 

I can't even find anything on an announcement, let alone one hinting that Bin Laden has been found.

Links?

Geezer

 

Nothing on the Reuters website, or the BBC, or yahoo, or .....yet

[Edited by Dracoro - 1/22/2004 3:16:38 PM]

 

<sigh> Officially denied now.

But there *is* a press conference at 4....

 

where u finding the info that says its been officially denied???

or theres an official statement at 4pm??? where can we hear this statement?

 

click

 

Tel, you tease!

 

TelBoy - what are your sources? I can't find a damn thing



UB

 

All over the place UB - the brokers usually notice these things first. Rumours can start anywhere, but when the US and Saudi say they have a major announcement to make, the logical rumour is that it concerns Bin Laden. Will update here when i hear what the story is...

 

Yep, found it now - well the denial anyway. Cheers.



UB

 

Tel - do you happen to work in a place that has the Reuters unedited newsfeed monitors in ? I worked for a few days in Canary Wharf at a hosting centre that hosted for Disney, FT amongst others and they had a smal B&W monitor with the direct news feed coming straight in.

 

You can download a "news updater" from sky

 

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http:// www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1120316,00.html
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That's just been updated

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BIN LADEN CAPTURE DENIED


US officials have denied rumours that the al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been captured.

Chatter in the foreign exchange markets suggested the chief suspect of the September 11 attacks had finally been caught.


The talk caused the dollar to strengthen as speculators moved in to make a profit.

It is thought the rumour was prompted by a forthcoming press conference between the US and the Saudi government.

"There was some rumor - the usual Bin Laden rumor that we had caught him again that came out, and some rumors of a joint Saudi Arabia/U.S. press conference ... which was an opportunity to take profits on the euro," said Grant Wilson, senior foreign exchange trader with Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh.

The two countries are due to announce "a joint United States action with Saudi Arabia in the financial war on terror", according to the Treasury Department web site.

More follows . .

 

Druddle, yep, all that and more. To be honest the news wires update almost every second, so it's impossible to keep track of all but the most important headlines, unless you focus on one sector relevant to your business. Generally we leave it to the futures brokers to filter out what's important and what's not!

 

Tel- what shareholding u got in Scoobynet?? must be worth a small fortune the dedication you invest in it!!!

 

So where's this news conference?

 

 

LOL, none Rich, unfortunately! I've *actually* been quite busy recently - does it still not seem like it??!

Trying to find out whether this news conference is actually occurring or not - could be my most misleading thread since, oooh, yesterday...!

[Edited by TelBoy - 1/22/2004 4:18:47 PM]