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How to become the least popular kid in the schoolyard

March 14, 2010

Brief addendum to my last post about the illegal car loans tied to foreign currencies. It turns out that it is not just the Icelandic banks who are behind the finance institutions issuing car loans in foreign currencies. Deutsche Bank, for instance, is the largest creditor behind Lýsing, one of the main auto financing companies [...]

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Scandal of the day: Financial Services Authority knew that foreign currency loans were illegal

March 14, 2010

About a month ago, I mentioned that a ruling had been passed in a district court declaring that all Icelandic car loans tied to foreign currencies were [are] illegal. As many readers will know, these loans are among the most serious consequences of the kreppa for normal citizens in Iceland. Car dealerships pushed them incessantly [...]

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Introducing our shiny new online store!!

January 11, 2009

So, EPI the Photoshop guru and YT the Look-Over-the-Shoulder-and-Pontificate guru have been busy little beavers all weekend, creating a selection of products to load on the shelves of our Cafepress Online Store. [wOOt!] Mindful of the enthusiasm that so many of you expressed about the Helvítis Fokking Fokk!! slogan, we’ve created a number of items [...]

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