Anyone seen the rise in USD.HKD from 7.75 to 7.77? Of course in most currencies that would be small but in HKD it is big! Somewhat of a head...
It happens in Japan! Hayami was 78 when he was BoJ Governor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Hayami Of course, he died shortly after.
Volcker cleaned up the mess last time. And I get the feeling the 'cleansing' of Wall Street is just beginning. I suppose Geithner or Summers...
Thats what I thought until I saw this. The whole question of how and why the Fed gave Goldman Sachs 'bank holding status' at the peak of the...
Is Obama going to ditch Bernanke now he's got the ear of Paul Volcker? I ask this in jest of course..:)
Not FTT and its a couple of hours old but a piece of the overall picture, I feel. I wonder if Obama is going to ditch Bernanke? Especially now...
I think Obama chose the day GS announced profits quite deliberately. There was someone from the Kato Institute on CNBC complaining that GS isn't...
Nothing too scary in there for small traders. For banks though, it looks like a massive threat. Obama's team said in the past that they don't...
Ewan MacGregor said speculators are vultures. So now we have parasites, worms and vultures...any more?!
I notice he says, "Mr. DeFazio gives bonds a free pass, and gives futures and swaps a big break, taxing them at 0.02 percent (2 bps)" wtf?...
you're probably right, though I would still hope such a vote never takes place... Also, I mentioned before the Glass Steagal Act in the...
I don't think it would be too hard to bribe two Republicans. There are always politicians from any party that will either be incompetent or...
Howard Dean was on BBC's Newsnight saying that the victory of Scott Brown was due to Obama "making too many compromises...not going far enough"....
This doesn't sound good. Sounds like Obama is passing the buck. Why would you need 'authority' to make a proposal?
great find
yes I think we need to avoid this thread becoming a Republican v Democrat thread...I am not a US voter (and you can probably tell I AM very...
very interesting development...should boost foreign demand for Indian shares, offshore centres will avoid the CGT but benefit for FTT removal
Only Sweden could have a Finance Minister with a ponytail.:D I also received a reply from the IMF today...
I had this nightmare a couple of months ago where I 'saw' Gordon Brown elected in to that new EU Presidential role that Rumpuy just filled..it's...
America has exported many great things...MacDonalds, Starbucks:D but please keep Mr Baker to yourselves. We already have Gordon Brown, and...
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