Got TARP? How About Tax Haven Subs?

As we arrive (almost) at the inauguration of the new administration, we are still facing an enormous financial system problem, headed by banks that got too big and gorged on the profits from speculating in risky derivatives at a cost ultimately to be borne by the taxpayers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:53:31

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OECD says EU Should Consider Single Financial Supervisor

The OECD urges a more centralized and integrated approach to financial regulation in European Union, including considering a single supervisor ... of national insolvency law and the operation of national deposit guarantee schemes. “However, the EU ... cross-border risks calls for a more centralised and integrated approach, according to the report. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:00:44

The Bush Legacy - gifting Obama with a Muslim world rejecting jihad

The latest NIC Global Trends 2025 Report is out… and it’s not good news for those determined to insure the Bush legacy is portrayed as one consisting of nothing but of utter failure. Download the 120 pg, 8.2MB report here ... , despite events - and having few reporters willing to go out on the limb to report the unthinkable (a Bush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 23:46:27

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting By Brad Johnson on Jan 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm U.S ... tide in Washington. They deserve credit for moving past conservative rhetoric that denies the need ... in a recent report, “A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:46:27

Financial crisis: Bank of America given $138bn rescue package

Phillip Inman and Julia Kollewe, The Guardian January 16, 2009 The BoA rescue matches that given to Citigroup, another stricken US banking giant, which is today expected to report its deepest quarterly deficit yet Bank of America was today ... in return for the aid, which is designed to absorb the losses on mortgage-related assets inherited [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:26:23

Defense of Marriage Act author urges repeal

by Jay McDonough Bob Barr, ex congressman from Georgia and author of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act recommended the laws repeal today in a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece.  Some background.  The Defense of Marriage Act has two effects ... grounds legally, conflicting with the Constitutions Full Faith and Credit clause, but the U.S. Supreme [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:23:38

FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 2009

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Date: 2009-01-16 14:29:00

The Great American Ponzi Scheme

Give us Madoff! Give us Madoff!  “Oil rises to $39 on Bernanke comments…”  “Asian stocks rise after Bernanke remarks…” When they turned out the ... . And then, the report gets down to business. The world economy is dangerously ill, says Dr. Bernanke, or words ... say to bring about the turnaround? We find the report on the front page of the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:00:26

Why Even Good Credit Might Get Cut

(Photo: Dan Esparza) You can afford your mortgage, you have a high credit score and you pay your bills on time every month ... and how you shop. Here are a few examples of some of the ways that good credit may get cut off ... . So why did American Express just slash your credit limit? Could be because of where you shop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:35:39

Sure, I'm still hoping for the best from the Obama administration, but the hiring of Cass Sunstein and the banishment of Howard Dean aren't good signs

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is introduced by President-elect Obama as the new chairman of the DNC. But wait, isn't there somebody missing? by Ken For all my apprehensions about what we're gleaning about policies of the Obama administration and what's suggested by the people being brought in to staff the administration, let me be clear: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 23:44:15

obamessiah: inaugural emergencies & the end of the beginning

'state of emergency' declared for inaugurationfrom nytimes: It is true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama’s inauguration an actual emergency. The declaration, though, was not a political statement about Republicans being run out of town [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:10:00

Check credit report

One should review their credit report from each credit reporting agency at least once a year ... one can have copy of their credit report annually with no strings attached. It’s a good to check ... as well. Currently writing for this website Free Yearly Credit Report . For more details please contact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:45:16

6 Reasons Why Small Caps Will Lead A Market Rally

If you can stomach a roller-coaster year in stock markets, Justice Litle says small caps will offer the biggest profit opportunities in 2009 ... reasons why small caps should lead any rally this year. This from Taipan Daily Which is better for playing the 2009 rally – small caps or large caps? As a general rule of thumb, “small cap” stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:50:03

Class Action Lawsuit Against The Credit Card Companies

This is an interview with Samuel Deskin of the Deskin Law Firm about the possibility of a class action lawsuit against the major credit card ... ! This is Connie Brooks from Ask Mr. Credit Card.com We’re here today to discuss one of the problems created by the current downturn in the economy. Credit card companies have been unexpectedly lowering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:45:22

How to Remove a Tax Lien From Your Credit

by Matt Douglas If you have a tax lien on your credit report, you should take immediate action to remove it. This is a very bad mark and will lower your score considerably. The first step ... it is not out of the ordinary for incorrect information to be reported on your credit. It is estimated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:40:48

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009

Forget global warming. Hello, global cooling! If the experts are right, we’re in for a new Ice Age.But it’s still the fault of George W. Bush, of course.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, Insubria, JD, KGS, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:37:00

A gentle introduction to Unqualified Reservations (part 2)

We have swallowed the red pill, which now makes its way to the stomach. The coating dissolves. The rotor spins up and the device begins to operate. Inside, the sodium-metal core remains intact.And we begin the treatment. Again, our goal is to detach you - by "you," of course, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:44:00

Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Identity theft is on the rise and people must be vigilant not only protecting their personal information, but monitoring their credit to ensure that they do not fall victim.  employeescreenIQ’s Rob ... that individuals can protect themselves. Don’t Let Someone Take Credit For (From) You!- By Rob [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:44:54

On Mayor Willie Herenton (The $91,000 Question)

UPDATE (1/16): Earlier this week, when the CA wrote about Herenton's alleged $91,000 gain, should it have also explored indepth the past of Tre Hargett, who was also mentioned in an separate article that shared the front page and has some baggage of his own, including being mentioned in the Tennessee Waltz investigation? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:47:00

Daily Market Preview (1/16/09)

1. Nationalization might not be a far-fetched idea nowadays When the U.S. government started injecting capital and coming to the aid of banks in the fall, officials were careful not to do anything to suggest nationalization. Now, government officials may not have any other choice, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:15:16

AP: No Experience in new CIA Chief Somehow Shows Obama’s ‘Clean Break from Bush Administration’?

-By Warner Todd Huston To paraphrase Forrest Gump, Inexperienced is as inexperienced does. At least that is what comes to my mind when hearing that Barack Obama has picked the inoffensive, completely inexperienced and unqualified Leon Panetta to be the new director of the CIA. Really. Leon Panetta? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:54:10

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 ... necessary to ensure stability and the normalization of credit markers," said the main man at the Fed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:51:36

TARP Oversight

TARP Oversight January 9th, 2009 by Karina Today, the Congressionally mandated Oversight Panel on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) released its second report. From the Congressional Oversight Panel: “Because the questions we asked one month ago are important as ever, in this second report we lay out exactly what questions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:15:54

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 15 January 2009

FINTAG COMMENT Timing. Cash is king and is never more so than when running a blog site. Having failed to pay my hoster for another 12 months, fintag was taken down yesterday. The bailiffs told me off and then gave me another 48 hours to come up with the readies. I put it on my credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:00:31

Laws in Credit Repair

Laws in Credit Repair There are certain laws issued for people that have bad credit and to know these laws is important to protect all those ... Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) protect you from collection agencies and creditors. If you have bad credit ... from your credit report. If it has not these people are in violation. There are several reasons why [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:05:26

Time to reform the Consumer Credit Act?

Iain Dale has posted about a report that has been released by Grant Shapps called "Payday for Loan Sharks" ... the Consumer Credit Act laws has grown at a massive pace. The only way to resolve these sort of issues really is to implement some sort wholesale reform of the Consumer Credit Act. That might mean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:48:38

US Energy Tax: How Level Is the Playing Field?

A new study has been issued by the Manhattan Institute, called TAXING ENERGY IN THE UNITED STATES: Which Fuels Does the Tax Code Favor? ... call with Metcalf regarding the report. A couple of Metcalf's findings: • The tax code ... Metcalf shows in his report with respect to effective tax rates is this one: The first column shows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:57:59

Posts about Real Estate Market Reports as of January 15, 2009

International Forecaster January 2009 (#4) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More - revolutionradio ... - layofflist.wordpress.com 01/15/2009 Mike: Good day to all. Today’s big jobs report is the Jobless Claims ... , according to a media report late Wednesday Quick! Take That Low-Interest-Rate Holiday - kombrink.com [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:24:12

This has been an unusual interregnum from President No. 43 to No. 44. Because of the need for urgent economic action as well as continuity, this country, perhaps for the first time, has had two presidents at once, in effect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:38:14

Retard’s guide to dealing with collection agencies

Are you in debt, are you receiving harassing phone calls at work and getting bills saying you owe someone money? If so you need to read the retard’s guide to collection agencies… #headline { margin: 0; background-image: url(http://retardzone.com/uploads/2008/10/lucas/top.png) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:21:02

Dandelion Saladby Prof. Peter Dale Scott Global Research, January 8, 2009Paulson’s Financial Bailout It is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:39:23

Building Credit History

Building your credit history is important in today’s time, especially since the laws are changing ... . To build credit you have to keep constant watch of the activities on your credit report. To obtain ... we have excellent, or at most good credit history. Credit is important to rent, obtain student loans, and apply [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:54:57

How to get a Collection Agency to delete your account from your Credit Report

These are a couple of tactics I read up on from a collection agency former manager that might prove successful in getting your account deleted from your credit report. When a collection agency has purchased or been assigned your account ... collection… they aren’t allowed to report it to the credit reporting bureaus. The goal is to convince [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:53:23

How to get a Collection Agency to delete your account from your Credit Report

These are a couple of tactics I read up on from a collection agency former manager that might prove successful in getting your account deleted from your credit report. When a collection agency has purchased or been assigned your account ... collection… they aren’t allowed to report it to the credit reporting bureaus. The goal is to convince [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:53:23

Synthetic man

Susan Crane’s book on Ritual, Identity and Clothing During the 100 Years War has a chapter on “Talking Garments” ... (“FTC”) has identified it as the fastest growing white collar crime; federal and state governments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:37:08

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

Islamic finance in Michigan: "When you look at the economic crisis we're in, if you were to follow Islamic or Sharia financing, you couldn't have this crisis"

And if cars didn't exist, you never would have had that fender-bender that made you late for work. The "cure" being offered here is worse than the ailment for several reasons. In particular, there is the fundamental matter of opportunity costs and benefits, and risk and reward [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:01:00

ARUBA PROSECUTOR 5 page letter (don’t miss the part where he trashes Fox and me…never dull..)

I guess we got under the skin of Aruba prosecutor Hans Moss .. ….He and his office and the police failed to solve this missing person (murder?) ... just want the answers — or even a fair and complete investigation.  They don’t want any more lies to them… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 21:06:05

AP: No Experience in new CIA Chief Somehow Shows Obama’s ‘Clean Break from Bush Administration’?

To paraphrase Forrest Gump, Inexperienced is as inexperienced does. At least that is what comes to my mind when hearing that Barack Obama has picked the inoffensive, completely inexperienced and unqualified Leon Panetta to be the new director of the CIA. Really. Leon Panetta? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:46:04

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

DrumBeat: January 6, 2009

The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand OTTAWA — A major source of oil for the United States must now confront another problem: its carbon footprint. Canada, in large part because of the production capacity of its oil sands, is now the largest oil supplier to the United States [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:47:30

FDI: The Rise & Fall (& Policy)

Two headlines to consider: 1. “Foreign direct investment in China rises 23.6% in 2008” (MarketWatch) 2 ... into the financial sector, China attracted $40.65 billion in investment, a rise of 63.4%, the report cited ... on company credit and profits may continue to discourage investment. The CSI 300 stock index [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:18:20

Only Rats Get Fat as Misdirected Bailout and Stimulus Funds go Down the Rat Hole

By Dave Lindorff Congress should do now what it should have done back in the fall: kill the Wall Street bailout program ... of the damning report by the Minneapolis Fed’s plucky trio of economists, is that banks aren’t lending [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:33:04

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 16-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Outgoing CIA director defends detainee interrogation program (McClatchy) ... of Bush’s policies will be grudging, if silent, acknowledgement of how much he got right.” Holder Agrees [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:21:21

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented 5B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a ,500 tax credit; local school districts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:25:42

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

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - January 6, 2009

Articles of interest to Illinois Republicans recently posted by ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Suburban Chicago News, Suburban Life, Pioneer Local, Southtown Star, Rockford Register Star, Bloomington Pantagraph, Peoria Journal Star, Springfield State Journal Register, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:05:29

Obama's first plan

Obama's first plan The House Appropriations Committee introduced its version of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan ... Depression. Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:25

Palin: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?

Palin: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's interview for a forthcoming documentary about the way in which she was covered during her bid for the vice presidency in 2008 has once again catapulted her into the middle of the national political conversation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:25:00

Rut-roh Scooby! It would appear that Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has found his spine! ... , I released “Reining in the Imperial Presidency,” a 486-page report detailing the abuses and excesses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:29:51

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