Debt Rattle, November 23 2008: How can I convey to you?
National Photo Co. Happiness 1919 A child holding the Thanksgiving turkey. Ilargi: It may seem sort of hard to decide which idea is sillier. But then again, that's not really fair. The nonsense oozing from Bush and Canadian PM Harper in Peru about how free trade will solve all our problems within the next 18 months goes way beyond silly [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 20:47:32
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Get Out Now!
Get Out Now! By Andrew Bary, Barron's | 9 January 2009The bubble in Treasuries looks ready to pop, sending prices on government debt sharply lower ... , very expensive,"Mohamed El-Erian, chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co ... may involve one of the safest asset classes: U.S. Treasuries. Yields have plunged [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:52:00
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGLPF.OB) Fixed Price Contracts Awarded and Moving Forward
In today’s rocky economic setting, it is always a refreshing event to see a project with broad economic reach progressing forward nicely ... definitely not the case. Financing (TCW Asset Management ... generating plant (with additional units in process.) As other alternative energy sources receive [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 16:13:37
Risk Management Watch: Firms to Boost Spending on Risk Management in ‘09
Fortune 1000 companies plan to invest more in risk management in 2009 as experts anticipate new laws and regulations aimed at improving corporate ... role as Global Head of Alternative and Quantitative Investments (A&Q) within UBS Global Asset ... risk management oversight. That’s according to the results of a recent survey conducted [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 08:00:40
One of the interesting people I got to meet this year is Dr. Stephen Covey. He presented at Microsoft earlier this year. It’s one thing to know the information; it’s another to experience the delivery live. This post is a bit longer than usual, but hey, hey Covey has lots of insights [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 16:09:42
Alan Wojcik interviews Scott Hudson
Courtesy of??Alan J. Wojcik of http://alanwojcik.com I wish to thank Scott for taking time out of his busy schedule do go through this long online interview. Come out next weekend to the 2008 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup and meet Scott in person. You can buy tickets, read participant bios and puchase last year’s DVD at http://jpc2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 17:28:43
Debt Rattle, September 13 2008: Hit List
Arthur Rothstein Boiled clothes 1939 Butler County, Missouri. Washing clothes at camp for evicted sharecroppers Ilargi: The American financial system may yet manage to find a way to cut Lehman into pieces and sell them off. Selling it in one large chunk looks to be a receding option [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 17:50:47
3 Outcomes for Today
Jack Canfield have also had variations of 30 day routines. In fact, Jack Canfield walked me through a study from NASA that validated that you need an uninterrupted sequence of days for a new habit to sink in. Making 30 Day Improvement Sprints More Effective In a previous post on 30 Day Improvement Sprints post, a reader asked, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 23:20:28
THE GREAT OIL HOAX
THE GREAT OIL HOAX What George Bush was told behind closed doors Discover the biggest lie of the last 30 years... ...revealed by the investment newsletter rated No. 1 over a five-year period by the independent Hulbert Financial Digest Dear Reader, Those Saudi Arabians, you've gotta love 'em. First, 15 out of 19 hijackers on Sept [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 19:02:17
dow quadruple digit losses after six triple digit losses in a row?
*** DOW DEATH SPIRAL™ *** Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJI: ^DJI) Index Value: 8,579.19 Trade Time: 4:07PM ET Oct.9, 2008 Change: 678.91 (7.33%) ... as panic and fear overwhelm the markets.” —Jang Huh, managing director at Prudential Asset Management ... percent. The MSCI index of Asia-Pacific stocks excluding Japan was down 7.7 percent to its lowest [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 10:00:20
Asset growth of Asia’s rich to slow down
Asset growth of Asia’s rich to slow down Grace Ng The Straits Times The financial crisis will dent asset growth among the Asia-Pacific region’s ... Lynch Global Wealth Management’s Asia-Pacific business, said yesterday that “growth prospects ... more willing to hold equities than their Asia-Pacific counterparts last year, according to the third [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 08:51:25
Command Capitalism
China remains a one party state, not unlike Alberta, and the command economy has transformed into command capitalism. China's model of capitalism is an alternative to American style capitalism, and to prove its model to the world it is expanding its own form of Free Trade agreements with newly emerging capitalist [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 12:04:00
The Fleecing of America
The Fleecing of America - by Stephen Lendman Over 200 years ago, Thomas Paine wrote a treatise on government in which he said "a republic is supposed to be directed by certain fundamental principles of right and justice, from which there cannot, because there ought not to, be any deviation. (It) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 10:15:56
CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Marriage Equality, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
I will continue, for some time, be focusing on Marriage Equality. This is not my issue. I am not gay. I do know some gay people, but not so many that their issues tend to be mine. But the attempts in this nation to deny basic equality, to even RECOGNIZE basic equality, to some 10% of Americans, horrifies me. Prop 8 was terrible [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 23:00:00
The Yellowstone Drama Continues
Yellowstone Residence Club It appears that the Yellowstone luxury residence club in Montana has had a stay of execution. In December, a federal judge gave approval for a $20 million interim loan to see the club through the winter season, with the hope that a buyer could eventually be found this year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 10:12:57
Debt Rattle, October 31 2008: Scramble for Pennies
G. G. Bain Scramble for pennies - Thanksgiving 1911. Before Halloween came into its own as a holiday in the US, there was "Thanksgiving masking" Kids would dress up and go door to door for apples, or "scramble for pennies." Ilargi: In Britain, the average homeowner has lost more on the value of his property in the past year than his/her [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 19:52:15
Debt Rattle, November 1 2008: Cold Turkey
Lewis Wickes Hine Toter April 1913 Columbus, Georgia. Eagle and Phoenix Mill. Hine: A 'dinner-toter' waiting for the gate to open. This is carried on more in Columbus than in any other city I know, and by smaller children. Many of them are paid by the week for doing it, and carry sometimes 10 or more meals a day [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 18:39:08
Asia Hedge Fund Guide
Asia Hedge FundsAsia Hedge Fund GuideHere is a short collection of articles on the hedge fund industry in Asia ... serviced by its recently expanded Asia-Pacific prime brokerage arm, as it seeks more business with global ... index was up by 27% and assets under management rose about 75%. From inception in the late 1980s [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 10:51:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/9/2008
Don’t miss Bill Ayers’ op-ed in the Toronto Star.Also worth looking at: the “Axis of Evil” countries love Obama. Kenya is expecting a quid pro quo from its favorite son. Corzine is rumored to be in line for Treasury. And the recession hits China.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 04:33:00
Korea's Pension Fund to Cut Stock Investment in 2009
South Korea's National Pension Service, the nation's biggest investor with 225 trillion won ($176 billion) ... conditions,'' said Lee Jin Woo, a fund manager at KTB Asset Management Co. in Seoul, which oversees ... .'' The MSCI Asia Pacific Index has slumped 45 percent in 2008, the worst annual performance in its two-decade [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 07:04:56
The Fleecing of America
Over 200 years ago, Thomas Paine wrote a treatise on government in which he said "a republic is supposed to be directed by certain fundamental principles of right and justice, from which there cannot, because there ought not to, be any deviation. (It) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 12:29:35
Media Release: Constellation Selling its Value Spirits Brands for $334 Million
· Increases focus on higher-margin mid-premium spirits brands· Leverages existing infrastructure to improve efficiencies· ... from asset sales, along with our targeted free cash flow for fiscal 2009, we now expect our debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:19:54
KIT digital Expands Worldwide Client Base in Q4
KIT digital reported a number of new customer wins across the company's regional offices. From Latin America and Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Asia Pacific, KIT digital's ... recently added a web-based content management system through it acquisition of Australia-based Morpheum [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 22:01:14
Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08
Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33
Economic crisis Pt 3: Thieves fall out
Posted by n3wday on October 28, 2008 This article was written by Eddy Laing for the Kasama Project and is the third part in a series. For part 1 and part 2 click the links. Economic Crisis, Part 3: Thieves fall out — Growing Imperialist Contention. By Eddy Laing “The development of capitalism has arrived at a stage when, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 13:17:07
Stock Market Dictionary - A
A Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying Class A shares.AAIISee: American Association of Individual InvestorsABOSee: Accumulated Benefit ObligationABSSee: Automated Bond SystemACATSee: Automated Customer Account TransferACESSee: Advance Computerized Execution SystemACHSee: Automated Clearing HouseACRSSee: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:28:00
Structured Sales: A 1031 Exchange Alternative By Derek Phillips Vice President of Downstream Structured Sales, Inc. __________ Sell Highly Appreciated Property, Assets or BusinessesDefer Capital GainsReceive a Lifetime Income StreamHave no Property or Business Management WorriesSave a Failed 1031 Exchange [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 21:00:01
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 22 – 28, 2008)
Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 14:24:18
Well, We Told You
Oil Stocks are Cheap, But Will It Last?) that the drop in oil prices was likely going to reverse coarse sooner rather than later ... and Pennsylvania. Nuclear power is a cheap alternative to energy produced by natural gas and its “ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 20:18:51
Aberdeen seeks Asia edge with Credit Suisse deal
Aberdeen seeks Asia edge with Credit Suisse deal By Gabriel Chen ABERDEEN Asset Management believes its proposed £250 million (S$520million) ... of last year. While Credit Suisse is not exiting the asset-management business - it will continue ... in the Asia-Pacific. Aberdeen managing director Hugh Young said the deal would add about US$10billion [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 03:57:21
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics ... of software encompassing property-based management systems (PMS), related property-specific modules ... applications, a suite of back office applications, including inventory, labor and financial management [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 18:04:00
CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
I will continue, for some time, be focusing on Marriage Equality. I will keep the statement by Keith Olbermann on Prop 8 on the top of my California Focus for sometime because I think it needs to be heard over and over again. It is a brilliant statement right from the heart [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 22:51:00
CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
I will continue, for some time, be focusing on Marriage Equality. I will keep the statement by Keith Olbermann on Prop 8 on the top of my California Focus for sometime because I think it needs to be heard over and over again. It is a brilliant statement right from the heart [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 16:50:00
CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
I will continue, for some time, be focusing on Marriage Equality. I will keep the statement by Keith Olbermann on Prop 8 on the top of my California Focus for sometime because I think it needs to be heard over and over again. It is a brilliant statement right from the heart [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 20:39:00
Debt Rattle, September 6 2008: Put the load right on me
Lewis Wickes Hine All earnings go to father May 21, 1910 Joseph Severio, Peanut Vendor. Wilmington, Delaware. 11 years old. Pushing cart 2 years. Out after midnight. Ordinarily works 6 hours per day. Works of own volition. Doesn't smoke. All earnings go to father [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 17:57:06
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 19:07:01
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 14:06:09
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:05:51
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics ... , consumer staples and other. Nuveen Asset Management (NAM) is the Funds’ investment manager. DTV ... management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 18:03:41
More from the Front Lines of the Financial Crisis
In its latest economic outlook, Merrill Lynch economists "worry about inflation, or more precisely," a lack of it ... . "This is a balance sheet recession deeply rooted in asset liquidation and debt repayment, and would seem [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 15:11:27
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... , products, and provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic and information ... ) is a closed-end diversified management investment company [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 14:06:25
More from the Front Lines of the Financial Crisis by Stephen Lendman
Posted by dandelionsalad on November 3, 2008 Dandelion Salad by Stephen Lendman Global Research, November 3, 2008 In its latest economic outlook, ... deeply rooted in asset liquidation and debt repayment, and would seem to have more in common with pre [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 18:11:43
Bill Gross & Pimco Like Munis Too
The ever-quotable Bill Gross of Pimco is now opining on municipal bonds ... for downtrodden municipal bonds, Pimco founder Bill Gross said Thursday. Gross, whose management of the world’ ... potential,” Gross wrote in monthly commentary posted to the Web site of the Pacific Investment [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 18:17:10
439 - Oceania Tree News
--Today for you 32 news articles about earth’s trees! (439th edition) http://forestpolicyresearch.org --To Subscribe / unsubscribe to email format send blank email to: earthtreenews-subscribe@lists.riseup.net OR earthtreenews-unsubscribe@lists.riseup --Deane’s Daily Treeinspiration texted to your phone via: http://twitter [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 06:08:47
Stock Market Dictionary - M
MFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that the issue is the company's fourth class of preferred shares. M1Measure of the U.S ... code for the Moroccan Dirham.MBOSee: Management buyoutMBSCCSee: Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:44:00
DrumBeat: January 7, 2009
Shell seeks Colo. water for oil shale production Shell Oil has filed for the first major water right on the Yampa River in northwest Colorado for its oil shale development plans. Shell applied Dec. 30 in state Water Court to use about 8 percent of the Yampa's peak spring flow [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:57:26
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... protection and storage services. The Company offers records management and data protection solutions ... continents, employed over 20,000 people and operated over 1,000 records management facilities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 14:06:12
AIG Investments Appoints Michael Chae
AIG Investments hired Michael Chae as a director of alternative investments for Japan. Chae was a director in Nikko Citi ’s fixed-income group and also worked in Deutsche asset management ’s Asia-Pacific private equity group.-Daily Deal/The Deal Share This [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 16:37:27
TU#106 26NOV2008; rally’s got legs, & cheap airfares
Jump to Comments TRADING UPDATE Today the S&P500 was up another 30 points after starting down 16 this morning. That’s almost another 50 point move ... went out today $45 higher at $211 - ploughed into a Canadian alternative energy income trust paying [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 05:18:29
MOVES-JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, AIMA
MOVES-JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, AIMA September 26th, 2008 Sept 26 (Reuters) ... with Fortis ClearingJapan, will be based in Hong Kong. ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ... and Africa; Sean Simon,of Ivy Asset Management Corp, will be responsible for theAmericas; and Peter [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 11:31:26
