Entries Tagged as 'pensions'

Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 15 April 2009 [Updated]

April 15th, 2009 16 Comments

Stacy Summary:  More unemployed Swiss bankers unable to leave their country for fear of the long arm of the American law.  And Lehman collapse proving to be a huge financial stimulus for some people, maybe if we let more banks fail we would see a jobs bonanza in the US & UK? UBS cuts 8,700 [...]

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Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 12 April 2009

April 12th, 2009 10 Comments

Stacy Summary: The British economy turns Norman Bates-like as taxpayer owned banks start harrassing the taxpayer with threatening phone calls. Lloyd’s bank staff intimidating debtors with threatening phone calls Tax-payer supported banks, RBS & Lloyds, report huge pension deficits that taxpayers will have to plug Tens of thousands of US homes built with toxic Chinese [...]

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Tweetcast #9 – Passive investors and their dumb pension fund managers

April 3rd, 2009 9 Comments

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The Daily Tweetcast #8 – Pensions going bust, and so will PBGC?

April 1st, 2009 32 Comments

Correction: The Boeing surveillance towers are meant for Detroit and Buffalo (not Pittsburgh). Link

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Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 01 April 2009

April 1st, 2009 9 Comments

Stacy Summary: The word formerly known as “pension” is big news today as it looks increasingly unlikely that any non-oligarchic Americans will receive any of their previously contractually obliged retirement benefits. US property prices down 29 pc, continue to tumble at fastest rate on record Obama considers bankruptcy best option for GM & Chrysler (or, [...]

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