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Seen that? - Currency trading with Retirement money
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 15, 2009
...g the value of their currency, the yuan renminbi. At least that's what Obama's new Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner says. The statement came as part of his 102-page response to questions from ...
Glass-Steagall and the market meltdown
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
...quotes from Clinton and Phil Gramm. He reminds us that the other culprits include the then Treasury secretary, now Obama economics czar Larry Summers, Gary Gensler, then a treasury undersecretary, tod...
Goldman Sachs and God
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
... spectacular success has been its links with the US Government. The list includes: the treasury secretary under Bill Clinton (Robert Rubin); the treasury secretary under George Bush (Hank Paulson); th...
Seen that? - Warning From a Student of Democracy's Collapse
in P2P File Sharing, on October 31, 2009
... flood warning at Sox First Dire warnings from Energy Secretary Steven Chu that some islands in the Caribbean will disappear and that Louisiana and even n...
US housing probe and climate change
in Sox First, on October 26, 2009
...mer Director of the Department of Planning for Sao Paolo, and from 2003-2007 served as the National Secretary for Urban Programs of the Brazilian Ministry of Cities. How successful will she be? It re...
Next world war could be in cyberspace
in Sox First, on October 7, 2009
...9;s the warning from the International Telecommunications Union , according to this report . ITU secretary general Hamadoun Toure says countries are vulnerable because are now so dependent on techn...
Four ways to create jobs in the recession
in Sox First, on October 6, 2009
...hey will receive massive cash injections from government. In his blog , Bill Clinton's former secretary of Labor Robert Reich lays out 4 steps to creating jobs in the recession. The first is to...
Only days left to get a climate change deal
in Sox First, on October 4, 2009
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We are running out of time to get a deal up that tackles global warming. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says we only have 10 days left to get a deal up before the critical Copenh...
The phoney bull market
in Sox First, on September 24, 2009
...mployment is soaring, businesses are going bankrupt and consumer confidence is on the floor? Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why in his blog . The government has pushed its way into ...
Unemployment figures: don't celebrate yet
in Sox First, on August 9, 2009
...d. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that at all. The statistics are misleading. Even White press secretary Robert Gibbs has conceded that there is still a lot of work to do and that unemployment ...
Regulating PE's & VC's? Treasury Wants To...
in Bizinformer, on July 20, 2009
The US Treasury Department proposed a bill earlier this month that would regulate venture capital, private equity firms and hedge funds that had more than $30 million in assets. Registration with the SEC would mean more detailed reporting. Firms would have to periodically disclose their as...
Coming Soon: The NEW Guangzhou
in China Venture News, on July 16, 2009
... BusinessWeek ran a piece earlier this month in which Guangzhou Party Secretary Zhu Xiaodan is quoted on the city's plans to clean up the Pearl River, restore wetlands and forests, and foster hom...
An X-shaped recession
in Sox First, on July 14, 2009
...entators say what's needed is another stimulus. But will it do any good? As Bill Clinton's secretary of Labor Robert Reich says in Salon , we should not be expecting any recovery in the near...
Understanding Honduras
in Latina Viva, on July 13, 2009
Honduras was much in the news for a while, and now it seems to have faded from the interests of the major news outlets.
There was a coup in Honduras. Or not, depending on your perspective and who you listen to...
MoJo wrote a short piece they tagged as "Honduras for dummies ." They...
Derivatives tripped up regulators: Geithner
in Sox First, on July 12, 2009
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is pushing the Obama administration's plans to regulate the exotic and opaque derivatives market, something that's long overdue. Let's face it, th...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...e talks about how Goldman honchos infiltrated the US Government. Names include former Bush treasury secretary Henry Paulson and Bill Clinton's former treasury secretary Robert Rubin who spent 26 y...
Digital Britain on Filesharing
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
...er."
In response, according to BusinessWeek's David Meyer , "Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general of the ISP Association , said the group was pleased the government had ruled out ...
Free Entrance to U.S. National Parks on Weekends
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 17, 2009
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That will save you between $3 and $25 per person (or vehicle) depending on the park you visit.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the initiative earlier this month.
"National p...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...e, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and the American Council of Life Insurers to write to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner trying shelve the accounting rule change. They are also spending millions...
No More Hydrogen Cars?
in IfEnergy, on May 22, 2009
... to have collapsed for now: The money was stripped because the president and Steven Chu, his energy secretary, said hydrogen fueled cars are still decades away and that they'd rather concentrate o...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
... of his class. And then of course, there's George W Bush, Hank Paul-son, the former US Treasury secretary, and Christopher Cox, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),...
SEC official abuses position
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
...ng the asylum. Adding to that, we now have the Washington Post tells how an SEC official, deputy secretary Florence Harmon, used her position at the SEC to try and intimidate and influence her moth...
Madoff's secretary tells all. What's next?
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
... to go past the revelations last week in Vanity Fair from Eleanor Squillari, Bernard Madoff's secretary of more than 20 years who claimed the man was an egotistical sexist who got his rocks off ...
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in Wangtam, on 2009-04-21
...Folks.
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Climate change flood warning
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
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Dire warnings from Energy Secretary Steven Chu that some islands in the Caribbean will disappear and that Louisiana and even northern California could be overrun with rising water as a result of...
ACTU Issues Warning About Nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 18, 2009
... painful lessons of the past and allow another tragedy to occur again," says ACTU assistant secretary Geoff Fary. "Existing laws and regulations were not designed with the unique properties ...
Recession: neither the beginning of the end or end of the beginning
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
...e WSJ. Actually, it's going to be hard to tell whether the decline is ending at all. As former secretary of Labor Robert Reich says on his blog , we're not at the beginning of the end, and p...
The great economic cover up
in Sox First, on April 11, 2009
...s , Black says it's a cover up. BILL MOYERS : Yeah. Are you saying that Timothy Geithner, the Secretary of the Treasury, and others in the administration, with the banks, are engaged in a cover ...
Unemployment to soar: bleak times ahead
in Sox First, on March 31, 2009
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If anyone thinks recovery is just around the corner, they should read this speech from OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría. He paints a very grim picture. With trade flows expected to fall by 9...
Support the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009
in Allergies, on March 28, 2009
... the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Its purpose is to, "To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop ...
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
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With Bloomberg reporting that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is moving to tighten up the rules for monster hedge funds, private- equity firms and derivatives markets, it's worth looking...
GM - too big to fail?
in Sox First, on March 8, 2009
...hink is going to be determined by a lot of different factors," Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary told the Financial Times . That said, I suspect that GM might be classified as "too...
Are we headed for a Depression?
in Sox First, on March 5, 2009
...ed this calendar year and it's unlikely to get any better. And as Bloomberg tell us, Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner warns that the US recession is getting worse and there's next to no h...
Citigroup - first National Bank?
in Sox First, on February 24, 2009
...group and Bank of America would be nationalized really hammered the market , prompting White press secretary Robert Gibbs to come out and say the administration will not go that way. "This admin...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 18, 2009
...e are now seeing the great unwinding. Not before time. As Phillips reminds us, the British colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain told the bankers in 1904: "Granted that you are the clearing house...
Senator Judd Gregg Changes Mind About Accepting Cabinet Position
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 12, 2009
...nt's and his conscience wouldn't permit him to sign on with Obama's cabinet as commerce Secretary.
Here's the full story .
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Geithner's vague debut
in Sox First, on February 11, 2009
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Markets slumped when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled his rescue plan and for good reason too. The fundamental problem is that there just isn't enough detail. The plan is to to...
The meltdown and fascism: minister warns
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
...the outbreak of World War Two. Now we have a warning from the British Children's and Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, that the downturn is likely to see a return to the Far Right politics of the 19...
Floating the Yuan: Be Careful What You Wish For
in China Venture News, on February 9, 2009
... of the yuan became more of an issue a few weeks ago with the confirmation to Tim Geithner as the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sunshine rightly points out that Chinese goods are cheap for a lot...
Winter of discontent: will the Paris riots spread?
in Sox First, on January 31, 2009
... French, or will this spread to other cities? Certainly, the warning from Guy Ryder, the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) suggests that it might. Ryder says t...
Geithner on Currency Manipulation, and China's Reaction...
in China Venture News, on January 26, 2009
...g the value of their currency, the yuan renminbi. At least that's what Obama's new Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner says.
The statement came as part of his 102-page response to questions from...
Latino Political Power Under Obama
in Latina Viva, on January 24, 2009
... be disappointed and even angry when New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew from consideration as secretary of commerce because a grand jury is probing possible political corruption in his home stat...
President Obama Taking Hard Line On Commerce With China
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 23, 2009
... business with American corporations; but this does not sit well with Obama or Hillary Clinton, his Secretary Of State.
China has been experiencing decreased orders for finished goods and is struggli...
Bill Richardson Withdraws As Commerce Secretary Designee
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 5, 2009
The first of Barack Obama's future Cabinet members to run into a problem is New Mexico Governor Bill richardson who quit the post before he was sworn in.
Richardson has recently come under scrutiny by a New Mexico State grand jury investigating allegations of "pay to play" involvi...
Caroline Kennedy Not A Shoo In For Hillary's Senate Seat
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 24, 2008
...Every since President-elect Barack Obama chose Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State the smart money has been on Caroline Kennedy to be her successor.
Kennedy, despite the family name, and th...
On Tour With Condoleeza Rice
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 20, 2008
...mpt at trying to convince the world that his Presidency was one of peace and progress.
Now we have Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice embarking on a similar farewell/self promotion journey around the...
Golf's Olympic Bid Moves Ahead
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 18, 2008
...olf Federation's Olympic Golf Committee and Peter Dawson, chief executive of the R&A and co-secretary of the IGF, announced that two big names had joined them in pushing golf with the IOC.
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How Madoff played the SEC for suckers
in Sox First, on December 15, 2008
... & Horowitz had three employees, of which one was 78 years old and living in Florida, one was a secretary and one was an active 47 year old accountant (and the office in Rockland Country, NY was o...
Zimbabwe: Immigration in the Time of Cholera
in Global Mobility Report, on December 13, 2008
...British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is warning of an influx of immigrants from Zimbabwe, according to London's Daily Telegraph .
Smith says that refugees fleeing the regime of Zimbabwe's dic...
Bush Administration Expresses Opposition to Free Wireless
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 11, 2008
...ay for high-speed Internet access."
But as the WSJ's Amy Schatz writes, "Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez sent a letter to the agency's Republican chairman Wednesday afterno...
Will Obama's job plan work?
in Sox First, on December 7, 2008
...ill undoubtedly create more jobs, and perhaps stimulate spending. But how much? Bill Clinton's Secretary of Labor Robert Reich suggest we probably need a lot more than public works. In his blog ...
Rubin's self-serving "innocence"
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
.... As Newsweek points out, Robert Rubin did the groundwork for this financial crisis. As Treasury secretary he was a proponent of letting banks get into risky investments and he eased back the Depre...
RFID Tags for HIV Patients? One Indonesian State is Talking About It...
in Global Mobility Report, on November 28, 2008
Reuters reported back on Monday that the Indonesian province of Papua was considering a new law that "requires some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips in a bid to prevent them infecting others." Radio Frequency ID (or RFID) microchips were to be used. You can imagine the mix...
Do we get depressed?
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
...mmon problem. Back then, we were Cursed with a feckless Federal Reserve, and a wealthy Treasury secretary, Paul Mellon, saw the downturn as a force for good." Of course, the most important d...
Bailout politics
in Sox First, on October 2, 2008
...forget about stronger regulations for financial institutions. As Bill Clinton's former labour secretary Robert Reich writes , it won't make any difference: America faces a long and painful r...
Bailout blues
in Sox First, on September 25, 2008
...ted so hastily that it may include all manner of flawed provisions: too much power for the Treasury secretary; authority for bankruptcy judges to modify mortgages. Congress faces a wrenching dilemma, ...
Fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: the world waits
in Sox First, on July 14, 2008
...ss. The global implications are enormous. The best sign of that is the statement from US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. "GSE debt is held by financial institutions around the world. Its con...
Keeping Up With Auto News, Falling Behind in Technology
in Classical Drives, on July 2, 2008
...;78 the ad agency where I was creative director of the GM Canada account gave a computer to every secretary and enrolled them in a (DOS) programming school. Typically then I would have created TV co...
Here comes the Fed
in Sox First, on June 19, 2008
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It had to happen. When markets are troubled, big government steps in. us treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will be pushing to give the Federal Reserve more power over markets. His speech, s...
Experts and Crowds
in The CIO Weblog, on June 9, 2008
...accuracy, it seems as though they are susceptible to others; say, a bad data flow put together by a secretary who didn't quite understand the underlying information architecture. Would the consume...
Register Online for Visa-Free Travel To The U.S.
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 4, 2008
...st 1, and will require visitors to use the Internet system beginning January 12, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. The move will help U.S. authorities vet foreign visitors, he said.
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Why flying will get worse
in Sox First, on June 2, 2008
...And that's certainly happening now with oil prices travelling the way they are, and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson saying there is no quick fix to the solution. Basically it's about sup...
Teure Mietwagengebühren auf Malta
in Das Mietwagen-Blog, on 15.05.08
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During the annual meeting of the Rent a Car Association (RACA), Dr Emmanuel Mallia, the secretary general, informed owners of car rental companies that the Malta International Airport plc, now a f...
Blackwater's "get out of jail" card
in Sox First, on May 10, 2008
..."We cannot operate without private security firms in Iraq," Patrick F. Kennedy, the under secretary of state for management told the New York Times . "If the contractors were removed, ...
More than full disclosure
in Sox First, on April 26, 2008
...g-time chief of the National Investor Relations Institute (and a former assistant White House press secretary under US President gerald ford ) says the shareholder lawsuits filed in the wake of ...
Stimulus Checks? When Will I Get My Rebate?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 25, 2008
...duled to be deposited or mailed by July 11.
I'm guessing mine will show up July 10.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sounds a bit overoptimistic if you ask me:
"Close to 8 million people w...
FDA Setting Up Shop in China
in China Venture News, on April 17, 2008
...a Hearsay . FDA officials evidently released the information on Tuesday.
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt called the move "a change in strategy following product safety problems ...
Mr & Mrs Smith by Royal Appointment
in Les Explorers, on avril 1, 2008
...ised by Her Majesty's decision to open up a wing of her London residence,' says Royal Press Secretary Oona Abrillo. 'But, in the light of recent events, she feels that the time is right to...
Treasury Secretary to Announce Regulatory Reforms
in Bizinformer, on March 31, 2008
...gulatory reforms was reprinted in the Times on Saturday. This morning at 10:00 a.m. EDT, Treasury Secretary Paulson will make a speech addressing the proposed reforms. I addressed some of the pro...
Path of Olympic Torchbearer Briefly Blocked
in The Outdoor Weblog, on March 24, 2008
...ne man ran behind Liu Qi, president of the Beijing organizing committee and Beijing Communist Party Secretary, as Liu was giving a speech. The protester unfurled a black banner showing the Olympic rin...
