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  • $140 Billion for Bonuses, Zero for America’s Future


    http://www.ourfuture.org/blogAuthority Authority: 657
    Here is another story about Wall Street’s war on the real economy. US Steel was planning to invest $1 billion in building an environmentally-friendly new “coke battery” plant in Clairton, PA. The new battery would dramatically reduce the emissions used in the process, and use the gases to produce electricity. ...
    3 hours ago
  • The MSM Rediscovers the Classics


    The BeaconAuthority Authority: 629
    The rediscovery of Keynes is one of the official storylines of the financial crisis and global recession. The problem is that Keynes was, in my judgment, a charlatan, a clever man obsessed with his own cleverness who never paid serious, thoughtful attention to economics (or any subject). You have to learn a little ...
    9 hours ago
  • California Stimulus Funding Map


    The Big PictureAuthority Authority: 709
    I am sitting in the Upper Class Lounge of Virgin in San Francisco International airport, waiting to be called for my flight (more on my airline experience later). What could be more appropriate while I wait than to take a look at how California, trashed though it is financially, is deploying Federal stimulus money. ...
    15 hours ago
  • Pain in the Fannie


    ThinkMarketsAuthority Authority: 526
    by Chidem Kurdas As Fannie Mae goes for its next withdrawal from the $200 billion kitty the US Treasury graciously made available to this government-created and -sustained mortgage financer, it may be useful to look beyond the current housing slump and consider what it augers for the future. Having made yet another ...
    16 hours ago
  • QOTD: Bankers Must Take Resposibility for Own Mistakes


    The Big PictureAuthority Authority: 150
    How very British: Hector Sants, the head of Britain’s financial industry regulatory body, chides the industry for refusing to step up to the plate and mea culpa : > “There remains, I believe, an absence of the acceptance of collective responsibility for what has happened. I remained unconvinced that all ...
    18 hours ago
  • Brits bust up banks; will the U.S. follow suit?


    WalletPop BlogAuthority Authority: 719
    Filed under: Banks , Recession In a move that could be an indication of how the U.S. will handle the problem of banks deemed "too big to fail," the United Kingdom is forcing some of Britains biggest banks to split themselves up. According to this article in the Washington Post , the Royal Bank of Scotland, ...
    19 hours ago
  • Lockheed Was NOT the First Bailout


    The Big MoneyAuthority Authority: 716
    In Bailout Nation , Barry Ritholtz’s fiery Bible of corporate welfare, the 1971 bailout of Lockheed is depicted as original sin. Lockheed was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, despite being the largest military contractor in the country and having received multibillion-dollar commissions for the Cheyenne ...
    21 hours ago
  • Larry Fink says were already dealing with too-big-to-fail


    The Curious CapitalistAuthority Authority: 653
    BlackRocks Larry Fink, who youd have to say has emerged as one of the winners from the financial crisis, says we shouldnt worry all too much about too-big-to-fail financial firms staying too big to fail. Thats because the feds are already shrinking them. "They are doing that by reducing leverage," he said at a ...
    21 hours ago
  • BlackRocks Larry Fink on too-big-to-fail, mortgage securitization …


    Mortgage onlineAuthority Authority: 158
    BlackRocks Larry Fink, who youd have to say has emerged as one of the winners from the financial crisis, says we shouldnt worry all too much about too-big-to-fail financial firms staying too big to fail. Thats because the feds are ...
    22 hours ago
  • Barney Frank/Ed Schultz In Liberal Lovers Quarrel


    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media BiasAuthority Authority: 831
    Disclaimer: were talking politics here, not personal stuff . . . If theres a bigger sourpuss in Congress than Barney Frank, I wouldnt want to meet him. On MSNBC this evening, the dyspeptic Member from Massachusetts got into it with, of all people, Ed Schultz.  You might think the two libs would make beautiful ...
    1 day ago
  • Obama and Pelosi Ram through Health Care, Ignoring “The Urgency of Now” on J.O.B.S.…


    NO QUARTERAuthority Authority: 592
    Just before midnight Saturday, the House rammed through the 2,000 page monstrosity laughingly known as the health care bill. I’d say they did it under cover of night, reneging on a promise of a 72-hour waiting period. Again, who read this thing? How much arm twisting was involved to prevail in this close vote of ...
    1 day ago
  • Cannibal Capitalism


    The Big PictureAuthority Authority: 150
    Forget “Crony Capitalsim,” there is a new game in town: >
    1 day ago
  • Obama OPPOSES U.S. Constitution…His Oath of Office is MEANINGLESS to him!


    Desert ConservativeAuthority Authority: 539
    David Horowitz of the Impeach Obama Campaign writes: As more mainstream Americans see what is behind the Obama agenda, they realize how dangerous it is to our nation - an agenda driven by the writings of a man who hated America, Saul Alinsky. In the short time Obama has been in power, we’ve witnessed: The ...
    1 day ago
  • Senate Bill Would Break-Up TBTF Banks


    The Big PictureAuthority Authority: 150
    “If an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. We should break them up so they are no longer in a position to bring down the entire economy.” -Senator Bernie Sanders, (I, Vt) “It’s the natural action of capital to grow and exceed. Now we’re going to contain it.” -Representative Paul ...
    1 day ago
  • Coming Implosion: Too Big To Fail and the Theory of Large Numbers


    New Deal 2.0Authority Authority: 135
    Roosevelt Institute Braintruster Henry C.K. Liu examines the failure of the Obama administration to address the risky business of Too Big to Fail banks — which are getting bigger all the time. The potential failure of banks deemed too big to fail (TBTF) presents unsolvable challenges for policymakers. Because ...
    1 day ago
  • Stuyvesant Town In Effective Default, As Loan Moved To Special Servicing; Mezz Lenders SL Green And Fortress Wiped Out


    zero hedgeAuthority Authority: 761
    Look for the next batch of CRE numbers to be the worst ever as Tishman and BlackRock move the loan backing Stuyvesant Town to special servicing, in essence throwing in the towel, and pushing the affordable home complex into default. According to Fitch the propertys worth has plunged from $3 to $1.8 billion. This means ...
    1 day ago
  • Molly’sBlog 2009-11-08 20:49:00


    AnarchoblogsAuthority Authority: 154
    CANADIAN POLITICS/ECONOMICS: BANK BAILOUTS BY STEALTH: The following was inspired by a comment on a previous post on this blog concerning the OCAP March on the financial district in Toronto. It actually provoked an intelligent comment whose essence was "when have Canadian banks ever been bailed ...
    2 days ago
  • Obama’s Stimulus Credibilty Gap on Unemployment


    The BeaconAuthority Authority: 629
    The House Republican Conference has just released the following graph on the unemployment effects of Barack Obama’s “stimulus” package: Obamas Stimulus Credibility Gap Also, please see the following, award-winning Independent Institute book: Out of Work: Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century ...
    2 days ago
  • Letter to Elected Officials From an AMERICAN PATRIOTIC CONSERVATIVE


    Desert ConservativeAuthority Authority: 539
    I started sending this letter below out yesterday, starting with the Republican Party and a pretty extensive list in my address book.  It is going to every representative I can manage; from Texas to Federal levels.  I am also trying to get it posted on conservative sites and on media sites.  This is the sort of ...
    2 days ago
  • Congress…BOUGHT AND PAID FOR!


    Desert ConservativeAuthority Authority: 539
    Submitted by: Kurt J Fitsch Congressional House Seat For Sale (Washington) Date: 2009-11-05, 5:01PM EST Reply To This Post   Democratic Congressional House Seat for Sale I am the Democratic Congressional Representative from the 4rd District of an unnamed East Coast state. I’ve decided to sell my seat in the ...
    2 days ago

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