Stacy Summary: Terrorist suspects on flight? Hmmm . . . that would be real convenient for Airbus and Air France/KLM . . .
Terrorist suspects were on doomed Air France flight
Russia may swap US Treasuries for IMF debt
Treasuries decline on reports that Russia dumping dollar
Fed records subpoenaed
Updates:
French 3 strikes anti-piracy law struck down on human rights [...]
Tags: air france · fed · russia · subpoena · swaps · US treasuries
Stacy Summary: In a way, I suppose, the politicians are right. After all, we allowed neo-feudalism to arise in the hopes that we might become house-flipping Lords ourselves one day. So we kind of encouraged them to fleece us in order to build moats. The Queen, however, is not amused by the shambles of [...]
Tags: activism · fdic · moats · the queen · uk mp expenses · US treasuries
Stacy Summary: The global currency and sovereign debt grid are once again in today’s headlines; and those headlines are ominous for the economic futures of US & UK.
China sold US Treasuries heavily in January and February
Are bond market vigilantes saddling up?
China must make yuan convertible to extend influence
Baugur properties transferred to its chairman’s personal [...]
Tags: Add new tag · baugur · bond vigilantes · channel islands · china · enron · gilts · goldman sachs · iceland · jon asgeir Johannesson · nanomaterials · us dollar · US treasuries