This is the April Fool’s Post we retracted in the early-hours of this morning. Since we got a lot of requests to read how we worded it, we’ve republished it solely in the interest of full transparency.
Warning: This is a humorous post, and NOT factual in any way or form.
It appears the island’s economic worries have been thrust aside, due to a post-match saviour from across the pond.
According to both the CYBC and the WSJ, Hasbro Inc has officially bailed out the ailing Cypriot bank, in order to diversify their already extensive portfolio.
The company that owns and distributes world-wide hits such as Monopoly, Scrabble and Risk saw over $4bn in revenue in 2007 and has committed to saving the struggling bank from what Brian Goldner (Hasbro President and CEO) said was an ‘awful and harsh hostile take-over’.
It is yet unclear where this investment will fall into the companies international portfolio or why you’d even believe a single word written or published on the morning of the 1st of April, some may even call you a fool. But we can guarantee that this is the last of our pranks of the day, and everything listed on our live feeds are (sometimes unfortunately) true and as accurate as we can get, unlike this piece which is well.. not, obviously.
Disclaimer: We are all experiencing a tough transition with loads of rumours going around and even more uncertainty. We have used the maker of Monopoly as the fictional saviour to elaborate the irony of the situation we’re currently in. Obviously we don’t mean offence to a single one of our readers, but remember that whatever comes, we will push through, together.
Have a great day, and don’t forget to pass go and collect 9.5bn Euros.
