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Yellen Is Spellin' Future Inflation
The new Obama Fed is going to be very dovish when it comes to fighting future inflation and defending the value of the dollar.The president has nominated Janet Yellen to be vice chair of the Federal Reserve. Ms. Yellen is a distinguished economist who ...
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Corey Haim not dead
Conflicting reports are emerging around American "actor" Corey Haim. Haim is apparently alive and well. Journalists claim Haim staged his own death as he was upset he was not famous enough. However, close family and friends state that expens...
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Whats in Repo 105
FT Alphaville continues its refresher on Repo 105 - the star attraction of that 2,200-page Lehman report - and what Lehman was stuffing inside it.
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Corey Haim's Stuff for Sale to Pay for Funeral
This is so sad.Three days after his sudden death, pieces of Corey Haim's T-shirt-heavy wardrobe and other possessions are being auctioned off on eBay to help defray the cost of the...
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US fumes over Israeli home building while Iran builds nuke
This administration has completely lost it.
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If There's One Thing Karl Rove is Proud of, It's Waterboarding
There is still a chance the public option can be defibrillated before Democrats attempt to push the health-care bill through Congress in budget reconciliation. [Huffington Post] Just as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prepares to push through ...
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The Goldblog-Sullivan Consensus
"Hillary Clinton has apparently chewed-out Bibi Netanyahu for allowing his rogue coalition partner, the Shas Party, to subvert Joe Biden's trip to Israel, and more importantly, for creating conditions on the ground that subvert the moderate Palestinian ...
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As crisis grew, Lehman exceeded own risk limits
The court appointed examiner of the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy said the company 'doubled-down' on risky trading activity in 2007, exceeding its own limits as the sub-prime mortgage business was developing into a crisis.
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The Most Under-Reported Geopolitical Story Of The Week
In all the talk about healthcare and everything else, this story got shockingly little attention.VP Joe Biden went to Israel, and actually made pointed comments about Israel settlements , and his belief that they've been an impediment to Peace in the ...
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Lehman and the Shorts: Why Regulators Should Have Listened
Interesting details on the role of shorts selling in the demise of Lehman Brothers, sheds light on exactly why these traders are important to the markets.
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Uppity Fag Reviews the Week in Gay
A look back at the queer week that was in the Bay Area and beyond. The searing heat of gay indignation is shining directly on Jackson, Miss., where Constance McMillen has become a pariah ...
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Closing Lehman's Legal Loophole
The stark reminder from a report by the bankruptcy examiner for Lehman Brothers: Give Wall Street a rule and it will find a loophole. Regulators and legislators should keep this in mind as they pursue financial reform.
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Israeli Historian: Israel Could Find Itself Forced To Wipe Out Europe
Noted Israeli military historian Martin Karfeld stated that Israel could find itself one day forced to exterminate the European continent using all kinds of weapons including its nuclear arsenal if it felt its demise neared, stressing that Israel also ...
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'Bullied in a Gym'
Monologue | Thursday night on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on CBS : We had a lousy audience last night. You couldn't tell if they were laughing at the jokes or if they were being tickled by New York Congressman Massa.
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Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks
WASHINGTON -- An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery ...
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