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In Odd European Twist, Banks Owe Borrowers(archive.today)
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
You still have to put down a 30% deposit for first home and 60% for a second, which is stark contract to 0% down payment or even borrowed down payment in US. A main reason people buy properties is the lack of other type of investment. The p
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
The fundamental difference between China housing price drop and US is majority of Chinese buy properties with cash or get mortgage with very large deposit like 40%. So the risk of subprime crisis is very low.
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
They are being filled up. https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/koos-jansen/guest-post-5-c...
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
I think author explained the copycat claim rather clearly: "It's a common reflex in the USA to call Xiaomi and similar companies copycats, on both a hardware and software level, and there's certainly a lot of design inspirati
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
http://www.napoleonicsociety.com/english/Life_Nap_Vol2_Chap1... Also, Britain routinely paid other monarchies to have them send their soldiers. They hired Germans to fight against American independence. George Washingt
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
well, - religious toleration: french revolution basically wants to kill off the Catholic priests. Napoleon brought back Catholicism since there were still a lot of catholics in france but stripped its privileges. He was the first to emanci
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
He overthrew many monarchies in Europe, and installed French civil system to the newly occupied regions. Although he did assign his relatives to be monarchies in those areas, the reforms are real and the difference weren't felt until h
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
Whether or not Wellington promised to come to Blücher's aid at Ligny is debatable. Hofschröer claims he did. You can't call it revisionism because he was simply stating his view. Ask 10 people today who defeated Napoleon at Waterl
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
British gold bought distractions. Britain has the best navy but on land it couldn't even compete with France. If the French were able to cross the channel from Boulogne, then it'd be the end of the empire. At Austerlitz, Britain p
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
He said that many times throughout the war. At a formal settings obvious he'll say it a little nicer. British soldiers get paid only one shilling per day and are constantly short on supply and had to plunder to survive. There is even a
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
There is no 'order', only verbal agreement that they will come to each other's aid in case they run into Napoleon's army. Wellington rode to Blücher and promised to aid him at Ligny but he didn't which resulted in P
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
What exactly do you mean 'fought peace'? France was defeated. The allies were simply there to divide up the land. And why is 'sought out Napoleon's former mistresses and seduced them' something to be proud of? Royal
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
Blücher's Prussian army arrived to save Wellington's ass despite Wellington not saving theirs at Battle of Ligny. Can we please give Germans some credit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo
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by qwertyuiop1234 12y ago
I can never understand why Wellington would call soldiers 'scum of the earth'. Soldiers don't get anything whether 'His Majesty' wins the war or not. No wonder Scotland wants independence. They sent soldiers to Well