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TARP Costs And Shareholder Interest: Big Big Downside?

So Paulson’s announced the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP): First, to provide critical additional funding to our mortgage markets, the GSEs Fannie ...

After Zimbabwe, Iran

So Iran is considering removing zeroes from its currency: Iran is considering lopping three to four zeros off its currency, a top official said Monday, in an ...

Stopping Short Sellers – To Benefit Who?

The UK has banned short selling of financial stocks till Jan 2009. And now, the US is considering a similar move: The Securities and Exchange Commission ...

They’ve banned them. Why not do it all?

What the US Government is doing: Banning short selling (till Oct 2). The Securities and Exchange Commission, acting in concert with the U.K. Financial Services ...

Russian Markets Halted…Twice in Two Days

Bloomberg: Russian Markets Halted The ruble-denominated Micex Stock Exchange suspended trading indefinitely at 12:10 p.m. after its index erased a 7.6 percent ...

SEC gets tough on naked short sales, finally

The SEC has said – short sellers, get your shares ready. Short sellers and their broker dealers are now required to deliver securities by the close of ...

USSR is back

A day without an internet connection and look what happens. First, my Reliance WiMax gives up on me and, as it turns out, the entire lot using that tower, ...

Lehman Bankrupt, Employees in India leaving

Lehman Brothers is Bankrupt. After Barclays dropped out and Bank Of America went to Merrill Lynch, Lehman had nothing available on the table so it filed. In ...

It Just Got Worse: LEH down, MER bought out, AIG nearly gone

Ok this is as crazy as it gets. Please wear your seat belts. Lehman at land’s end, will likely file bankruptcy. BoA and Barclays have quit talks to buy. ...

Lehman On The Hot Seat

Lehman Brothers is the Hot Topic of Discussion Today at the Fed/Treasury in the US. Shall we cut it, break it, fold it or let it die? The question is no longer ...