Mitsubishi buys £9bn stake in Morgan Stanley.

[domtyler]

Could this kick start the recovery or just drive us forward deeper into recession?

 

[Maz]

Could this kick start the recovery or just drive us forward deeper into recession?

"Mitsubishi" "Drive". Very good!

 

[domtyler]

Ah, you missed the kick-start pun didn't you?

Seriously though, if they manage to pull this off I predict the economy will be motoring ahead again in no time. Back in the fast lane at last!

 

[Crackle]

I think this could really end up bogging Mitsubishi down. Are they gearing up for a new product or is just a short term transmission of capital to tow them to a different place?

 

[Maz]

"I look like Robert de Niro,
I drive a Mitsubishi Zero."

Guess who?

Without Googling I'd say it was Alexi Sayle. I'm probably way off the mark, though.

 

[swee'pea99]

John Otway?

 

[Maz]

Not a bad guess. But not quite.

Alexi Sayle's next door neighbour!

 

[zimzum42]

Everyone seems to be talking doom and gloom, but it'll all be OK, we'll just all be talking Mandarin and spitting in the street in a few years