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Buffett on CIT and the "Cheaper" Money

Buffett on CIT’s recent troubles: (Via Calculated Risk) CIT pays 13% plus gargantuan fees of 5% or so to get rescue funding, and they had to put up 5x ...

Courts Reflecting Society

Fred Kaplan talks about “The Day Obscenity Became Art” – on the 50th anniversary of the day the courts declared that the Post Office may no ...

Mumbai Terror Attack Video (Disturbing)

A horrifying set of videos (warning: very disturbing) show the obvious hand of Pakistan based “controllers” in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai. These ...

Diversify away from the dollar, says Tendulkar (not Cricket)

Suresh Tendulkar questions Indian dollar reserves: Suresh Tendulkar, economic adviser to Indian’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is urging the government to ...

India's External Debt at $230B

RBI’s statement on India’s external debt provides interesting statistics. At $229.9 Billion, the total external debt remains flat from $224.6B last ...

SoS Update: Nothing yet, New positions will come soon

The Short Only Strategy has not had any transactions for a while, for good reason – the market has strength! But it looks juicy for the next round, and ...

Congress Wins, Poised for a Big Rally?

The Congress has won handsomely in the elections, with over 260 seats by the coalition – a majority is 273, which they can get with very marginal help. ...

DLF's Westend Heights Project (Bangalore) in Trouble

DLF has gotten a reprimand from the BBMP – Bangalore’s Mahanagar Palike, or Municipal council on it’s Westend Heights project. The BBMP has ...

"Sal" on the Geither Plan

The Khan Academy, a non-profit started by Salman “Sal” Khan, has a fantastic series of videos on the Geithner Plan. The Khan Academy site is more ...

Chrysler is Bankrupt

Chrysler has filed for bankruptcy and will be reorganised with Fiat as a partner. Chrysler LLC, the automaker that survived a near-death experience in 1979, ...