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Palin: Videos from ABC interview with Charlie Gibson
Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin spoke with Charles Gibson of ABC News last night about national security. This is her first major media interview since being picked as John McCain's running mate. The video is in two parts…
News round-up: 12 Sep 2008 – blog edition
The news round for today includes only links from some of my favorite blogs. There is news on Lehman, Fannie and from around the shop. All the stories are interesting and show top-notch analysis.Enjoy!WaMu: $4.5 Billion in Loan Loss…
Hurricane Ike is going to have an impact
Hurricane Ike is going to be a difficult storm. It is a massive storm with tropical storm force winds covering the entire Gulf of Mexico. Disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico, in refining capacity and in gasoline distribution, as well as…
Will Lehman be bought on Sep 13th?
The word on the street is that Lehman will be bought by September 13th. The rumor mill swirls when a stock crashes like Lehman has. Rumors fill the vacuum left by a lack of certainty about a company's prospects. And right now people are…
George Soros: Europe is headed for recession
I just spotted an interview in L'Express with George Soros while he is in France plugging his book on the credit crisis. His overall point is that markets are not efficient. They tend to excess. Present regulatory controls and banking…
Deutsche Bank buys Postbank
I have only seen this story in Germany so far. The long and short is that this is a done deal. Deutsche Bank is expected to close the deal tomorrow. Helping to seal the deal is the fact that no layoffs are anticipated initially. This will…
The US dollar is on a tear
The U.S. Dollar is rising like I haven't seen for quite some time. Sterling, the Euro, the Australian Dollar and the Swiss Franc have all been plummeting against the dollar for the past two months, hitting multi-year lows.Below is a chart…
George Soros: the credit crisis of 2008
George Soros recently released an interesting book called "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means." The book critiques the new 'efficient markets' paradigm that has come to both control the…
9/11: A moment of silence, please
Today is September 11th. This date should always be remembered as many lives were lost in senseless and malicious acts of violence against innocent civilians. My personal life was shattered by the events of 9/11 so this date will always…
News round-up: 11 Sep 2008
Articles below in the news include talk about Lehman, WaMu, and Deutsche Bank. The stock plummeted in the pre-market as it is downgraded by banking analysts who were not impressed by yesterday's conference call. Hurricane Ike forces an…