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• From Bailout Czar To Grizzly Adams

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 540
  How many of you are aware that Neel Kashkari, the “Bailout Czar” who was put in charge of the $700 billion Treasury Asset Relief Program (TARP) by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, is now living “off the map” in a Northern California cabin? From the Washington Post’s Laura Blumenfeld yesterday: Kashkari ...
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• Quotes For The Week

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 540
  Well, I’m not a great believer in Chinese economic statistics. I mean, they’ve learned one thing from the U.S.— how to massage and doctor economic statistics . So I don’t take that on face value… I suppose that a lot of governments will be bust, including the U.S. … So what we’ve seen is just the ...
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• The Coming Banking Crisis (it could be worse than todays’s)

  
  Contrarian Stock Market Investing News - Featuring Bargain Stocks — Authority: 521
  David Stevenson, Associate Editor at MoneyWeek, UK , offers his analysis of the current state of British Banks and the implications for the global economy for the next few years. David Stevenson ( MoneyWeek, UK ): It’s not been a great week for British bankers. There’s the ongoing spat between RBS and HM ...
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• Optimists Expect Mild Inflation in a Decent Recovery

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 559
  Early this week, the worlds largest central bank, the Federal Reserve, announced plans to exit its monetary stimulus efforts. It unveiled a new tool - reverse repos - to help speed the work. The term, "unintended consequences" was probably invented to describe such tools. Give the feds a saw and they will cut off ...
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• Bank Of Canada Likely To Retain 0.25 Percent Benchmark Lending Rate

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 535
  AHN Staff Ottawa, Ontario (AHN) - The Canadian banking system is expecting no change in the 0.25 percent benchmark lending rate when Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney announces on Tuesday the central banks decision on the key rate. It would be in line with Carneys pledge to hold on to that rate until middle of 2010, ...
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• The job situation is approaching the point where companies will no longer be able to lay off people and still be able to function.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  There are many companies that out of desperation laid off too many people, and deprived themselves of necessary skills and job types that they really needed to properly function. Some of these companies are in deeper trouble than they anticipated. When very skilled and qualified people are laid off a good number of ...
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• Basel II – Standardized Approach

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 454
  The 1988 Basel Capital Accord (“Basel I”) has been implemented as the capital adequacy standard for banks and has been adopted by more than 100 countries successfully. The fundamental objectives of the Accord were to strengthen the soundness and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
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• Slow Motion Depression

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 620
  Early this week, the world’s largest central bank, the Federal Reserve, announced plans to exit its monetary stimulus efforts. It unveiled a new tool – reverse repos – to help speed the work. The term, “unintended consequences” was probably invented to describe such tools. Give the feds a saw and they will ...
  6 days ago

• The Single Best Trade for 2010

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 559
  What was the single, most damaging trade of 2009? There are a number of candidates: short stocks, short gold and long the dollar would all be in the running. These would have all been painful trades, but not nearly as painful as shorting Eurodollars - i.e. betting that short- term interest rates would RISE. ...
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• RBC note: “Is this recession different”?

  
  Wellington Financial Blog - News, Views & Purviews — Authority: 424
  I see plenty of research each day, but this summary report is very much worth sharing given the insights it provides into the direction of the North American economy. Dr. Mark Gertler , the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Economics at New York University, spoke to clients of RBC Capital Markets recently. Below ...
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• What of Offshore Banking?

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 127
  The recent IRS UBS settlement has created a ripple effect that has far-reaching repercussions on many parties. So which are the parties involved and how does it affect them? The most obvious repercussion is the adverse image this has given to legitimate offshore banking as a whole. Many people maintain bank ...
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• Federal Officials Seek To Reach The ‘Unbanked’

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 580
  More than a million American households lost access to basic banking services like savings accounts last year, bank regulators say. Those families are among 30 million households that have little or no access to such services, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Poor, ...
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• House votes on risk bill, bank breakup power included

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 675
  Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C) , Bank of America (BAC) , Amer Intl Group (AIG) , Federal Reserve , Recession , Financial Crisis The federal government is a step closer to having vast powers over financial services firms. The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee voted on Wednesday to ...
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• Muslims should empty Swiss accounts: Turkish minister

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  ANKARA: Muslims should consider withdrawing their money from Swiss bank accounts in response to the countrys ban on construction of minarets, a Turkish minister said. "I am certain this (vote) will prompt our brothers from Muslim countries who keep their money and investments in Swiss banks to review their decision," ...
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• Muslims should ‘empty’ Swiss accounts: Turkish minister

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Ankara, Dec 3 (IANS/AKI) Muslims should consider withdrawing their money from Swiss bank accounts in response to the country’s ban on construction of minarets, a Turkish minister said.“I am certain this (vote) will prompt our brothers from Muslim countries who keep their money and investments in Swiss banks to ...
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• Provisioning Coverage for Advances – Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy for the Year 2009-10

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 454
  At present, the provisioning requirements for NPAs range between 10 per cent and 100 per cent of the outstanding amount, depending on the age of the NPAs and the security available. Banks can also make additional specific provisions subject to a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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• December 2, 2009

  
  Rising in Phoenix — Authority: 127
  What is Good for Goldman Sachs is Good for America The Origins of the Present Crisis Author: Brenner, Robert Publication Date: 10-02-2009 Publication Info: UC Los Angeles, Institute for Social Science Research, Center for Social Theory and Comparative History Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h ...
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• North Korean Arms Exports Continue

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A UN investigation has concluded that North Korea is continuing to export weapons, and using the hard currency obtained to import luxury items for the ruling elite of the communist police state. The UN report detailed North Korean use of false documents and the switching of cargo containers to different ships to throw ...
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• My proposal to Congress to reform personal Credit.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  1. As for Credit Card issuers, any Credit Card deemed to be charging Usary rates (including an average APR above 18% or a combination of use fees and APR) shall be barred from reporting to National Credit Agencies. Those engaged in Usary should be treated like pawn brokers or Payday Loan sharks. America must ...
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• Hmmm... Who Is On The "Boom" List?

  
  The Market Ticker — Authority: 666
  One wonders, after this report on who is "too big to fail": North American banks: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Canada Note whos missing: Citi and Wells. Wells, it might be argued, has little cross-border involvement.  Ok. Citi, on the other ...
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