Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/28/2008

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/28/2008The major story of the day is still the situation in Mumbai. Once again, there are a lot of articles included. Scroll to “South Asia” and look at the AKI articles in particular.A consensus is emerging that at least part of the attack was planned and launched from Pakistan [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 04:35:00

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Battle of the Titans

For those of you that prepare yourselves, the OPPORTUNITIES will be abundant and limitless; for those that don't it could be a very difficult period ... as they BELIEVE they have the ability to print money and create credit out of thin air endlessly. In reality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:37

The Baddest Bank in the West

Give us Madoff! Give us Madoff! "Oil rises to $39 on Bernanke comments…" "Asian stocks rise after Bernanke remarks…" ... about things. What did Bernanke say to bring about the turnaround? We find the report on the front page ... to ensure stability and the normalization of credit markers," said the main man at the Fed, speaking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:20:39

Report: Cybercrime is Winning the Battle Over Cyberlaw

Report: Cybercrime is Winning the Battle Over Cyberlaw Law enforcement agencies worldwide are losing the battle against cyber crime at a time when ... more computers and computer users to further illegal online activities, a scathing new report from security vendor McAfee concludes. McAfee's annual "Virtual Criminology Report" (PDF) notes that the [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:44:59

Cornerstone Releases 2008 Securities Litigation Report

On January 6, 2008, Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse released their report on the 2008 ... s release of its annual securities litigation report is a much-anticipated event, and this year’s Report ... securities class action lawsuit filings entitled "2008: A Year in Review." The Report can be found [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:28:12

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... ) agent, I found the HS ???threat picture??? report inadequate and misleading. In fact, I found the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & DEER LOCATIONSNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY VIDEO CAMERASNew Brunswick Weather: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:39:00

Economic models explained, including credit crisis

There's a really old joke about cows that explained different economic models ... listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank. You then execute ... cows back to your listed company.

 The annual report says the company owns eight cows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:42:51

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/23/2008

Of interest tonight: the Spanish government is moving strongly to make sure that Russia doesn’t by a large chunk of the Repsol oil company. Prince Alwaleed intends to buy a 5% share of Citigroup. Kuwait lost $1.4 billion dollars in its investments in derivatives [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 04:05:00

Ecuador Defaults & Currency Devaluation

Jump to CommentsOn December 12th, Bloomberg.com reported:“Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) ... money” advocates will also win.“A debt commission Correa formed last year said in a 172-page report ... $55 trillion. The US annual GDP is about $14 trillion. That means that while “irresponsible” Ecuador [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:28:40

SPAMfighter News - 5 new articles

Here are the latest updates for raplist.antispamsite@blogger ... Revenue & Customs) is making malicious rounds. HMRC orchestrates the tax system of Britain.The report ... along with their contact address as well as credit card number so that the compensation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:38:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/21/2008

Make sure you look at all the pirate stories tonight. Most of them are in the “Sub-Saharan Africa” section, and not all of them have headlines. So keep scrolling.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, JD, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 04:54:00

“turn assets into tax relief” by selling crown assets, paying down the debt and applying interest savings toward tax relief, ... this particular subsidy, the parties would still benefit from the hefty tax credit on political donations [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 02:38:25

It Keeps Getting Better And Better In California

The Daily Press reports from California. “First-time home buyers jumped into the local real estate market in December, ... that you can score a ‘deal’ — something that had been missing for many years.’” The Press Enterprise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:46:59

Four Quick Ways to Build A Strong Credit Rating

#fullpost{display:inline;} ... report from Experian, Equifax and Transunion via annualcreditreport.com. After we use up our annual ... Nov 18, 2008: Much has been written about credit rating and how we can go about improving [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 05:21:00

Weekly Economic Potpourri November 29, 2008

Every week there are a numerous headlines that are worthy of mentioning but I simply run out of time ... to Canadian shoppers, in an attempt to bring them across the border for Black Friday. In Detroit, mall [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 18:46:00

Ku Li repeat call on leadership to face up to global economic reality

.fullpost{display:inline;}Last week, Abdullah snapped on RTM News at Tengku Razaleigh for describing the current leadership as in a state of economic denial. He said Ku Li does not have access to data and is in no position to insist the leadership face up to the reality of a looming recession [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:00:00

"If ignored or neglected, homelessness could cripple the various systems that run people's day-to-day lives."

In 2004, the Lewin Group performed a study of the costs of serving homeless individuals in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle. The study concluded that the cost of providing supportive housing to the homeless was the cheapest, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:17:00

Free Credit Reports May be Hazardous to Your Credit Score

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) of 2003 made sweeping changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). On the surface some of these changes seemed like a win for consumers. Take the ANNUAL FREE CREDIT REPORT clause for example. Wow! The Credit Bureaus are actually giving away free credit reports [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:36:32

RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTIONS J. Crofthttp://freedomguide.blogspot.comIt’s a New Year as I type this. Another year the forces of evil have triumphed ... financial system credit(debt financing) halts and the real economy has been all but shut down… what’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:55:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/20/2008

The most interesting news story of the day concerns the actual mechanism used by the Chinese authorities to censor the internet. It’s not what you’d expect — rather than a direct filter on content, it’s a 21st-century variant of the “Panopticon”.Thanks to Andy Bostom, C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 04:34:00

Transcript: DICK Cheney on Fox News Sunday | The Exit Interview | December 21, 2008

(Source: CQ Transcriptswire) Editor’s Note: This portion of the show transcript contains only the Cheney interview. Mr. Chris WALLACE: Mr ... s package basically extends a line of credit to the companies for a specified period of time and also [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 20:13:21

Citron Releases the Document that The Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL) Does Not Want You or the US Government to See.

stock ticker: APOL Last week, The Apollo Group reported what appeared to be strong quarterly operating profits in their for-profit education business, which is primarily derived from operating the for-profit University of Phoenix (UOP below) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:05:38

ZE090113

ZENITThe World Seen From RomeDaily dispatch - January 13, 2009VATICAN DOSSIERPope Bids Farewell to Diplomat at God's ServiceChurch Planning a Family Party, Says OfficialWORLD FEATURESEnthusiasm and Numbers Grow for Family MeetingCardinal Brady Speaks of Hope Found in GazaUS, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:28:00

Breaking News and Political Commentary

Israeli Offensive Presses into Gaza CityBy Richard Boudreaux and Rusdi abu Alouf - Los Angeles TimesIn the heaviest fighting since the invasion began, troops and tanks hit the capital from three directions. Gaza City is shaken by shelling and helicopter missile fire [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:18:00

Cafe this morning, Institutional Risk Analyst Chris Whalen lobs a hand grenade at the nomination of Tim Geithner to Treasury Secretary. It is this morning’s must read. What Barack Obama Needs to Know About Tim Geithner, the AIG Fiasco and Citigroup What Barack Obama Needs to Know About Tim Geithner, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:25:53

Sunday Reading: Broder Hammers Obama

Sunday Reading: Broder Hammers ObamaPresident-elect Barack Obama's popularity ratings may still be sky high but the Post's David Broder -- dean of the political press corps in Washington -- isn't happy with the performance of the former Illinois Senator in recent weeks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:15:00

Energy at a Tipping Point Part 1: A Conversation with Worldwatch's Chris Flavin

... from the discussion with Chris Flavin. Annual growth in renewabel investment - chart from REN21 report Perception ... and accelerating. Based on data from the report Renewables 2007 Global Status Report by REN21 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 04:00:00

Updates: Section 11 Jurisdiction and More

Seventh Circuit Weighs In on State Court ’33 Act Jurisdiction and Removal: A January 5, 2009 Seventh Circuit decision in the Katz v. Gerardi case ( ... ), plaintiffs’ lawyers have proven keenly interested in pursing subprime and credit crisis-related [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:32:30

Friday wrap

SEIU's Andy Stern: The Anti-Prog ... "We think Stern is going to endanger the entire progressive agenda," said John Borsos, vice president of United Healthcare Workers West, an SEIU division that represents 150,000 nurses, orderlies, and other healthcare workers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 11:30:00

SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS (BOMA) DECEMBER WRAP-UP

THE BOMA ADVOCATE BY KEN CLEAVELAND BOMA Leaders Meet with Mayor Gavin Newsom to Oppose Congestion Pricing Mayor Gavin ... parking spaces due to flexible pricing levels and the ability to use credit cards. BOMA reps pointed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 23:29:22

From the FIRE Coalition on illegal immigrants to the US

Will our country remain a sovereign United States of America or become another Latin American state? ... law in this economic crisis is egregious. The fault lies with the globalists, the business lobby [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:40:00

WHY WALL STREET ALWAYS BLOWS IT (and where the money went)

Atlantic Article Submitted by multiple readers, I read this as soon as my issue was delivered. It’s true ... all of us are to blame.by Henry Blodget WHY WALL STREET ALWAYS BLOWS ITImage credit: John RitterWell, we did [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:31:41

Live-Blogging the House Hearing on Madoff

The House Committee on Financial Services titled “Assessing the Madoff Ponzi and the Need for Regulatory Reform” is beginning, with the SEC’s inspector general, David Kotz, scheduled to appear before the committee, along with SIPC general counsel Stephen Harbeck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:32:00

Barack Obama must be indicted, Patrick Fitzgerald, January 15, 2009, Obama corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Rezko, Levine, Weinstein, Chicago corruption, Obama indictment, Obama is not eligible

Why Barack Obama should be indicted Part 13One or more of the following events should happen: Obama steps down. Obama is forced to prove eligibility ... , and had assets in excess of approximately $30 billion. TRS was funded by annual contributions from teachers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:20:53

Chronic Illness = 75% of Health Care Spending

Fighting Off Depression By PAUL KRUGMAN - The New York Times“If we don’t act swiftly and boldly, ... supply has been rising rapidly. Yet credit remains scarce, and the economy is still in free [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:15:00

The Baddest Bank in the West

The Baddest Bank in the West Give us Madoff! Give us Madoff! ... . What did Bernanke say to bring about the turnaround? We find the report on the front page ... stability and the normalization of credit markers,” said the main man at the Fed, speaking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:37:34

Today’s Hit-And-Miss Parade

A report from Florida Today. “Conventional wisdom advises home sellers to examine recent sales of comparable homes in their area, and price their home in line with those selling prices. But today’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 16:04:16

Here’s The Scoop LBTS 1/13/09 Workshop/Commission Meeting…Thus Far…

Here’s The Scoop LBTS 1/13/09 Workshop/Commission Meeting…Thus Far… January 15, 2009 by Barbara SAVE THESE DATES…. WED. JAN. 21, 2009….6 p.m…..Round Table discussion…/7p.m. Finish the 1/13/09 Workshop…. THUR. JAN. 22,2009…7 p.m……Finish the 1/13/09 Commission meeting…. THUS FAR…OVERVIEW…. 5 p.m [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:14:10

The U.S. as a Banana Republic?

Plane Ditches in New York River, All Aboard are SafeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) ... Air Force fighter pilot with 40 years flying experience, according to the website of a safety [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:00

Consumer Demand For Nearly Everything Plunges

Retail stores and exporters alike are in deep trouble as consumer demand for nearly everything is plunging ... consumer demand and the credit crisis chokes off loans to export-dependent companies. International [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 08:15:00

News and Views

Israel Rains Fire on Gaza With Phosphorus Shellsby Sheera Frenkel and Michael Evans - The Times Online (UK) ... to the edges of Gaza City and the Palestinian death toll topped 500, the tell-tale shells could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:53:00

Daily Dose: 12/02/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Chinese Americans Petition Against Bill Richardson » The New Team: ... Aguirre AsianWeek Market Report AsianWeek Market Report Asian Stock Indexes NIKKEI 225 ... Minh 307.45 -7.26 -2.31% SET Bangkok 387.32 -3.60 -0.92% Asian American Market Report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:56:58

17-Inch MacBook Pro Macworld Debut With Non-Removable Battery

annual extensive rumour roundup ahead of the 2009 Macworld Expo, ... tethering plans during Macworld week. Steve Jobs has posted an open letter on Apple’s website [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:23:07

What Barack Obama Needs to Know About Tim Geithner, the AIG Fiasco and Citigroup

What Barack Obama Needs to Know About Tim Geithner, the AIG Fiasco and Citigroup Chris Whalen November 24, 2008 On Friday, the FDIC closed and facilitated the sale of two CA savings banks, Downey Savings and Loan, the bank unit of Downey Financial Corp (NYSE:DSL) and PFF Bank and Trust, Pomona, CA [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:25:53

Fr. Tom Euteneuer: Obama v. Life

Spirit & Life®"The words I spoke to you are spirit and life." (Jn 6:63) ... v. Life Dear Friends of Life,As tens of thousands prepare to gather for the 36th annual [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:16:00

Westchester Guardian/Catherine Wilson.

Thursday, January 15, 2009Catherine Wilson, Bureau ChiefNorthern WestchesterState, and Local School Board ReactTo Guardian Article on Lack ofAdministrative ControlsIn early November, we published [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:24:51

I love the guy - Tom Sowell!

Zeihan discusses the Russian oil deal and sees a trap. (See 1 below.)Hamas miscalulated ... we will learn what Obama learned at Harvard Law School. (See 9below.)Dick1 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:53:00

I Guess Our Mortgage Is Officially Considered Small

As a follow up to the post I wrote a few days ago about the new consumer protection laws and the possibility that thrift stores would have to stop ... scores until now.  We went to the annual credit report site and picked Experian.  Credit scores were $5.95 each, and the credit report is free (we normally just get the free report).  We got my husband’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 08:15:42

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