Tag Archives: US treasuries

Subpoanaed, suspected and swapped

Posted on June 10, 2009 by stacyherbert| 29 Comments

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 ground

Oil demand falls most in 30 years

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Tagged air france, fed, russia, subpoena, swaps, US treasuries

Politicians’ moat & porn expenses – “The voters made us do it!”

Posted on May 22, 2009 by stacyherbert| 80 Comments

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 her neo-feudal state! I think she may get rid of this whole experiment with the Parliament. What do the Brits out there think? Better just to have one royal family sponging off the people to build their moats? I mean, why have 500+ royal families for whom we peasants have to build moats?

MPs quit – and blame the voters

US Treasuries tumble, investors fear UK style downgrade

Zero impact activism

Oops. Banking remuneration was 50% too high from 1995 – 2007

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FDIC seeks to replenish reserves with fee increase

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Tagged activism, fdic, moats, the queen, uk mp expenses, US treasuries

Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 13 April 2009 [Updated]

Posted on April 13, 2009 by stacyherbert| 21 Comments

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.