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I SUGGEST THE READER TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE COMMENTS SECTIONS UNDER “ABOUT NEIL GARFIELD” AND ELSEWHERE AS POSTED BY MARIO KENNY. HE’S DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU MARIO. HE SHOWS WHERE THE SEC REPORTING CONTAINS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW, IN SWORN DOCUMENTS. YOU SEE, IF THEY LIE TO THE SEC THEY GO TO JAIL.

The latest issue of the International Monetary Fund’s Finance & Development includes a useful primer on securitization, tracing its origins and growth. The subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2007 has given the decades-old concept of securitization a bad name, IMF Economist Andreas Jobst writes.

Technology industry heavyweights are banding together to form a new group called the Allied Security Trust. Members include Google (GOOG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). This alliance will buy up patents in the marketplace to preempt “patent trolls” from acquiring these patents in order to extract royalties from Allied Security Trust members.

The Full Story of Fannie and Freddie 0 Before you can collect income on a loan, you have to first give the borrower the money. When a loan defaults, you have lost not only the income but the loaned capital. Please understand, banks were not dependent on the income stream from their existing loans to grant new loans.

Bankruptcy Experts Are Wary of Bennigan's IP Transfers Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Aug 17 | food legal PLANO, Tex. (Blue MauMau) – The sudden insolvency of Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale brands by filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 29 has left behind many questions for its franchise owners.

August 5, 2008 At Freddie Mac, Chief Discarded Warning Signs By CHARLES DUHIGG The chief executive of the mortgage giant Freddie Mac rejected internal warnings that could have protected the company from some of the financial crises now engulfing it, according to more than two dozen current and former high-ranking executives and others.

 COVERED BONDS 3 more links - (check out my previous posts  Part 1  and Part 2 - BC)   Are Covered Bonds a Safe Way to Finance Mortgages? Not Likely - Promoted by Paulson as a safer way to fund mortgages, the bonds just transfer risk from buyers to the FDIC - Peter Coy - BusinessWeek ———— 2 Part Series from Bob Eisenbeis at Cumberland Advisors: 1.  Are Covered Bonds the Answer?

Members of Italy's Muslim community met on Friday to find new ways to combat extremism. The meeting, held in Rome's main mosque, was the first of its kind to be organized by the Association of Muslim Intellectuals.

   Part 1 had 9 links - here are 7 more  links David Merkel has an excellent piece - save this link as a reference - Covering Covered Bonds - Aleph Blog ———— Paulson’s Covered Bond Proposal - Many people are asking about Treasury Secretary Paulson’s Covered Bond Plan.

   Want to learn about covered bonds?  Read on …    Treasury Holds Mortgage Finance Press Conference - Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. was joined by financial regulators and future covered bond issuers to announce best practices for the development of a covered bond market in the United States.