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Monthly Archives: January 2010
anuary 31 2:10 PM
Mauldin: This Time Is Different – (11pp pdf) When does a potential crisis become an actual crisis, and how and why does it happen? Why did most everyone believe there were no problems in the US (or Japanese or European or … Continue reading
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Talking about In tough economic times, shoppers take haggling to new heights
Quote In tough economic times, shoppers take haggling to new heights A recent Consumer Reports study found that 66 percent of American consumers had haggled at least once in the preceding six months, with an 88 percent ka-ching rate … Continue reading
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anuary 31 6:26 AM
The Fed’s Exit Strategy – Allan Meltzer had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal the other day in which he argued that the Fed’s exit strategy will fail. Meltzer and I likely disagree on when the exit strategy needs to … Continue reading
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Talking about Florida bankers move to dramatically speed up the foreclosure process – St. Petersburg Times
Quote Florida bankers move to dramatically speed up the foreclosure process – St. Petersburg Times If bankers get their way, Floridians facing foreclosure could be kicked out of their homes in as little as three months. The Florida Bankers … Continue reading
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January 30 9:20 AM
Will Illinois Go Bankrupt Because of Scott Brown? – A sharp reader offers the following hypothesis: Illinois is fundamentally bankrupt. It has less than $1 million in cash, pays vendors net 90, and owes its state university $450 million that it … Continue reading
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January 30 11:56 AM
China beats U.S. in gov. Smart Grid funding with $7.3B – The Chinese government will be sinking $7.3 billion into the creation of a cleaner, more energy efficient Smart Grid in 2010, actually beating out the U.S.’s investment in the same … Continue reading
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Talking about CalPERS, CalSTRS funding levels plunge « Calpensions
Quote CalPERS, CalSTRS funding levels plunge – A decade ago, when the stock market was booming, the funding levels of CalPERS and CalSTRS were both over 100 percent, a projection that assets would be more than enough to meet pension costs … Continue reading
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Talking about Would You Choose Economic Growth Over National Autonomy? | TruthSavvy.
Quote Would You Choose Economic Growth Over National Autonomy? | TruthSavvy. A nation borrowing its way toward financial insolvency is not staging an economic recovery even when GDP picks up. What is this recovery that we supposedly need? It … Continue reading
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Talking about ‘Underemployment’ tops 20 pct in 3 states – Yahoo! Finance
Quote ‘Underemployment’ tops 20 pct in 3 states – Yahoo! Finance President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union Wednesday that "one in 10 Americans still cannot find work." But in nine states the figure is much … Continue reading
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Talking about Minimal climate goal set by Australia
Quote Minimal climate goal set by Australia AUSTRALIA has declared it will not go beyond a 5 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 without guaranteed action by major emitters including the US, China and India. The … Continue reading
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