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Dubai goes for broke

in Sox First, on November 26, 2009

... reports of Estonia's economy losing 15.3% , and The Wall Street Journal reporting that Greece's bonds and the ratings agencies now deem the country a greater credit risk than Colombia or Panama. ...

Will Dimon replace Geithner?

in Sox First, on November 24, 2009

...Post reporting that JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is emerging as the replacement for beleaguered Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. According to the Post, sources say policy makers are canvassing Dim...

US to pay $500 billion to service mega debt

in Sox First, on November 23, 2009

... the only way open to it, by printing money out of thin air and exchanging it for promises from the Treasury. That means an escalation of monetary inflation and, somewhere down the road, serious price...

Glass-Steagall and the market meltdown

in Sox First, on November 13, 2009

...ppalling 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 undersecre...

Goldman Sachs and God

in Sox First, on November 9, 2009

...an Sachs' 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 Pau...

Profits are a gift: Soros

in Sox First, on October 25, 2009

...een getting hidden subsidies by borrowing at close to zero rates and then buying 10 year government bonds for 3.5%. That's money for jam! "So those earnings are not the achievement of risk takers," So...

Lie To Me Season 2 : Ep. 3 - Control Factor

in Wangtam, on 2009-10-17

...m | Schedule an event • Surety Bond | All Surety Bonds | Performance Bonds • Auction Marketplace - Sharing Online | OneMarketplace • Windows 7 – Microsoft’s First Step to the Cloud • Black...

Dubai can't meet debts

in Sox First, on October 13, 2009

...years. The only solution to the problem, as I see it, is for Dubai to issue billions of dollars in bonds. And indeed, Dubai is now looking at a $10 billion bond offer at the end of this year. If it...

The Goldman Sachs lie

in Sox First, on October 11, 2009

...ogram (TARP), Neal Barofsky issued a report showing that the banks were not as healthy as the US Treasury would want people to believe. In contrast, prominent banking analyst Meredith Whitney has ...

California - America's first failed state?

in Sox First, on October 4, 2009

...ld economy. California's schools are ranked 47th out of 50 in the nation. Its government-issued bonds have been ranked just above "junk" ... Much has been made globally of the problems o...

Seen that? - NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund

in The Gambling Weblog, on October 2, 2009

...;I've decided to start a new hedge fund. However, this hedge fund won't invest in stocks or bonds, or any [...] Read More Preakness Betting Affected by Online Gambling a...

Nothing learned from Lehman collapse

in Sox First, on September 14, 2009

...e and others - which received tens of billions of dollars in federal aid - once more betting big on bonds, commodities and exotic financial products. Jacobs writes: "They're still packaging ...

Urlaub im Gefängnis boomt

in Das Reise-Weblog, on 03.09.09

© 888bailbond Ja, ich habe mehrfach nachgelesen. Es stimmt tatsächlich, dass immer mehr Menschen freiwillig in einem Gefängnis oder ehemaligen Gefängnis übernachten. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere, hatte ich über dieses Thema auch schon berichtet, doch jetzt greift auch die Süddeutsche diesen...

Who is buying up US debt?

in Sox First, on August 23, 2009

...They are in there among the top 10 debt holders. You can see that for yourself in the most recent Treasury International Capital report . According to the report, the grouping known as the Caribbea...

Buffett cleans up on Goldman Sachs

in Sox First, on July 25, 2009

... US taxpayers did well when Goldman Sachs repaid US Treasury's TARP loan of $10 billion. According to Bloomberg , they made a return of 23% which is not too bad at all in any market, let alone...

Bonuses for bankers, despite losses

in Sox First, on July 23, 2009

... of $1.26 billion in the last quarter after paying back $10 billion government investment under the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. Chief executive John Mack reckons the bonuses...

James Bonds Lotus Turbo Esprit für 122.000 Euro versteigert

in Das AutoWeblog, on 20.07.09

Der Lotus Turbo Esprit ist ein echter Klassiker und nun hat er einen neuen Besitzer. Für 122.000 Euro ist der Sportwagen bei einer Auktion in Oxfordshire "über den Tisch" gegangen. Der Wagen wurde im Jahre 1981 im Film In tödlicher Mission von Roger Moore gefahren. Wie einige andere Bond-Auto...

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 wit...

Banks misused TARP funds

in Sox First, on July 20, 2009

...e is a need for more transparency. US taxpayers need to know where their money is going. But the US Treasury says that can't be done. Of course, when Timothy Geithner announced his bailout plan ...

Goldman Sachs riding high

in Sox First, on July 13, 2009

...quot;Traders said Goldman capitalized on the tumult in the credit markets to reap a fortune trading bonds. It profitably navigated a white-knuckled run in stock markets. It bought and sold volatile cu...

Derivatives tripped up regulators: Geithner

in Sox First, on July 12, 2009

... 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

..." He 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 s...

Mafia cashes in on crisis

in Sox First, on June 19, 2009

...e financial crisis with two apparently "Japanese" men bringing $134 billion worth of fake Treasury bills into Switzerland. The men were questioned by Italian police who subsequently let them...

Hedge Funds Up & Social Media Footprint Expansion

in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 16, 2009

...gers also performed well during May as funds capitalized on the overall appreciation in convertible bonds globally. The Convertible Arbitrage sector has been up every month this year, and redemption p...

The Coming Solar Revival

in IfEnergy, on June 15, 2009

...thers had been a major investor in renewable energy projects. SunPower CEO Tom Werner says that the Treasury Department's cash grant program (part of February's economic stimulus package) will...

Banks fight to keep accounting tricks

in Sox First, on June 6, 2009

...s being put on the balance sheets of the nation's 19 largest banks that have just completed the Treasury's stress tests. These off balance sheet items left the US economy in smoking ruins. The...

Hypo Real Estate Group: Wird jetzt alles gut?

in Bauen - aber richtig, on 05.06.09

  © Hypo Real Estate Group FOCUS meldet am 5. Juni 2009: "Um die geplante Restrukturierung vollständig umsetzen zu können, will der Bund den Konzern vollständig übernehmen. Auf der ordentlichen Hauptversammlung am 13. August werden die Aktionäre darüber entscheiden. Da der Staat ber...

Faberge Jewelry

in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 29, 2009

.... He drew his inspiration from the art of earlier generations, which he found in the well-stocked treasury of the Hermitage. Faberge 18K Yellow Gold Blue Enamel Bracelet Faberge lady's 18 ...

Analysten sind guter Dinge und so fließt Geld in die Börse

in Das Börsen Weblog, on 24.05.09

Woher kommt der Optimismus an den Börsen? Ich kann es nicht so recht verstehen. Die weltweit bedeutsamen Indizes steigen wieder, Liquidität und Staatsanleihen werden in Richtung Aktien umgeschichtet. Es gibt aktuell eine Geldflut an der Börse . Hierfür werden drei Gründe ausgemacht: Konju...

The recession: blaming the business schools

in Sox First, on May 21, 2009

...uated top 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 Commissi...

US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship

in Sox First, on May 20, 2009

... Chinese is that a soaring US deficit will lead to higher inflation, which means the value of their bonds falls which means they will lose money. Which also means they will start to look elsewhere for...

TARP fraud investigations

in Sox First, on April 21, 2009

... complex and difficult to decipher. Which is one reason why Barofksy's report recommends the US Treasury abandon its planned structure for buying the toxic securities, which include intricate bund...

How a nut case blogger fooled the market

in Sox First, on April 21, 2009

... really don't know what drives US markets sometimes. Today we had a Bloomberg report where US Treasury was called in to deny a blog report that 16 of the 19 banks being stress tested are insol...

Back door bank nationalisation

in Sox First, on April 20, 2009

...ment's existing loans to the nation's 19 biggest banks into common stock. This means the US Treasury could become the biggest shareholder in the banks. Nationalization is not just a plan push...

The great economic cover up

in Sox First, on April 11, 2009

...'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 up to keep us fro...

Bailouts total $3 trillion with no oversight

in Sox First, on April 2, 2009

...nformation on their use of funds." All this raises an obvious question. Why hasn't the US Treasury forced the TARP recipients to provide certified reports to Treasury on how they are using t...

Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes

in Sox First, on March 27, 2009

... 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...

Why Geithner's plan won't work

in Sox First, on March 23, 2009

... Street Journal . in that piece, he unveils the Public Private Investment Program which will use US Treasury Capital and financing from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, ...

Are we headed for a Depression?

in Sox First, on March 5, 2009

...eteriorated 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 nex...

Warnings from Buffett

in Sox First, on March 3, 2009

...US Government's handouts which would, among things, boost inflation. "In poker terms, the Treasury and the Fed have gone 'all in.' Economic medicine that was previously meted out by ...

Blind over-optimistic analysts

in Sox First, on February 28, 2009

...e the ones who abstain. Instead, with the stress tests, they are reaching for the strong stuff. The Treasury plans to have the banks conduct the stress tests themselves; regulators will check the resu...

New Blog Deals With Crisis

in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 24, 2009

It is truly a sign of the times; I recently received a comment from Malcolm Milburn on my post titled The Screws Tighten . Malcolm writes that he has become so concerned over the financial crisis - which I call a depression - and its impact on the game of golf that he has created a blog deali...

Another step to nationalization?

in Sox First, on February 24, 2009

... for the nationalization of US banks? Look carefully at the joint statement put out this week by Treasury, FDIC, OCC, OTS and the Federal Reserve. "Any government capital will be in the form ...

Dubai bailout

in Sox First, on February 24, 2009

...Moody's, it might have to find a way of refinancing $15 billion this year in maturing loans and bonds. This is why the United Arab Emirates has been forced to step in and buy half of an unsecured...

The Great Depression Ahead by Harry S Dent

in Sox First, on February 21, 2009

...or money? Dent says cash, money markets and, on a lag, the highest quality government and corporate bonds. There will be a rally, probably from mid 2012 to mid 2017 and then a less severe downturn unt...

Geithner's vague debut

in Sox First, on February 11, 2009

... 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...

Floating the Yuan: Be Careful What You Wish For

in China Venture News, on February 9, 2009

...me 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 of reasons - no...

PrimeRevenue Receives Best Supply Chain Finance Company Award

in Supplychainer, on February 9, 2009

...eRevenue was selected as part of the publication's 2008 Leaders in Innovation Awards within the Treasury and FX category. "The Financial-i Leaders in Innovation Awards recognize banks and s...

TARP shortchanged taxpayers $78 billion

in Sox First, on February 8, 2009

... showing that the bank bailout program short-changed US payers $78 billion. For every $100 spent by Treasury, it took back assets worth just $66. Mind you, that would be a conservative estimate, it&#...

Bailout transparency problems continue

in Sox First, on January 31, 2009

...hat the US Government's Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) still lacks transparency. It says Treasury has taken some steps to address the problems but there are still issues about accountabilit...

Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times

in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009

...generally spend their day thinking about operations and don't pay much attention to finance and treasury issues. More often than not, inventory levels and other critical business parameters are dr...

New Evidence Against Barry Bonds May Not Be Admissible

in Exclusive from our news room , on January 29, 2009

...Federal prosecutors have hinted that they have evidence proving that Barry Bonds was involved with performance enhancing drugs other than those for which he is under indictment. However, this, and po...

Geithner on Currency Manipulation, and China's Reaction...

in China Venture News, on January 26, 2009

...nipulating 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 quest...

How to make a killing in the crisis

in Sox First, on January 20, 2009

...What we are seeing is institutional money moving away from common stocks and pouring into corporate bonds. Corporate bond yields are now higher than US government bonds. Instead of liquidating, invest...

Ariba becomes best supply chain company followed by i2 and CSC

in Supplychainer, on January 19, 2009

... Technologies and CSC as part of the publication's 2008 Leaders in Innovation Awards within the Treasury and FX category, Business Wire reported. "The Financial-i Leaders in Innovation Awar...

Diagnosing the liquidity and credit crunch

in Sox First, on January 7, 2009

...a...In addition, structured products may have received more favorable ratings compared to corporate bonds because rating agencies collected higher fees for structured products. ''Rating at the...

More bailouts on the way

in Sox First, on January 3, 2009

... Citigroup was just the beginning. The US Treasury has announced that it will use more Citi-style rescue packages to help financial institutions in deep trouble. The nation's top number crun...

George W rewrites history

in Sox First, on December 12, 2008

...on, and the tax cuts fed the housing bubble. "With China and other foreign countries absorbing Treasury securities directly, and U.S. corporations still coming off of their late-90's investme...

Auditors slam bailout

in Sox First, on December 3, 2008

...itutions, to monitor participating institutions' activities. For example, it is unclear whether Treasury plans to leverage bank regulators, which in the case of the largest institutions have bank ...

Rubin's self-serving "innocence"

in Sox First, on December 1, 2008

...itigroup, this Wall Street Journal interview with Citigroup director and Bill Clinton's former Treasury honcho Robert Rubin probably takes the cake. Rubin claims innocence about Citi, insisting...

Obama slams "tone-deaf" business leaders

in Sox First, on November 26, 2008

...berg's Margaret Carlson says, we can thank Henry Paulson for some of this mess. "What the Treasury is getting now is a stake in a stinking pile of instruments no one can value much less want...

Gouging with the bailout?

in Sox First, on November 24, 2008

...ject on Government Oversight group to Congress. The note raises key issues like where the hell did Treasury find billions of dollars more to prop up AIG and why Treasury head Paulson authorized the p...

Do we get depressed?

in Sox First, on November 24, 2008

...with a common 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 im...

Tim Geithner: crisis manager

in Sox First, on November 23, 2008

...th president-elect Obama selecting New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner to head the Treasury. It's a significant choice because Geithner warned years ago that trouble was ahead. T...

Tough Times Ahead

in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 2, 2008

...ring. General Motors and Chrysler were dealt a blow in their efforts to forge a merger when the U-S Treasury turned down GM's request for a bailout. Ford is suffering. Toyota, Honda, Mazda (part o...

Competing for bailouts

in Sox First, on October 27, 2008

...types are all lining up for a slice of the action with the Financial Services Roundtable writing to Treasury officials requesting that the initiative to buy $250 billion in bank stock be extended to c...

Corporate governance takes a back seat

in Sox First, on October 20, 2008

...rnance mess that helped speed up the meltdown. As part of the $700 billion bailout package, the US Treasury said financial institutions getting taxpayers money would have to adhere to stricter corpor...

Forecasts of the economic disaster

in Sox First, on October 13, 2008

...equity from their homes. On the other side, we have a huge trade deficit, which we cover by selling bonds to foreigners. As I like to say, these days Americans make a living by selling each other hous...

Can the bailout fix things?

in Sox First, on September 29, 2008

...ys the only thing it will do will be to help bank shareholders and unsecured creditors. "The Treasury plan is a disgrace: a bailout of reckless bankers, lenders and investors that provides litt...

Your "Balanced" Mutual Fund May Be Off Balance

in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 23, 2008

...ike most people, you have a hazy idea of what to do - diversify, have a balance between stocks and bonds that correlates to your age/years to retirement. Most of us don't want to think too hard ab...