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The chairman bemoans the lack of response to his Take That quiz and the FSA's warning of the advent of mass insolvency

"Thirty-two," the chairman of the insignificantly sized investment company, SmallBlue Planet, greeted me as we met for our first drink of the year - a pint of Got To Wonder at The Golden Hindshake. "You what?" I replied eloquently. "Thirty-two," the chairman repeated. "That was the correct answer to your little competition - the number of Take That songs employed in our conversation a few weeks back." "Well, it certainly wasn't the number of people who actually came up with an answer," I replied. "You don't say," smiled the chairman. "Would I be right in guessing that particular figure ...

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