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Barclays said Wednesday it's paying $1.75 billion to acquire the U.S. investment banking and capital markets operations of Lehman Brothers in a cash deal that will safeguard thousands of jobs.
Kind of a cheap shot imo as they declined to buy in before the failure.
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
Yeah, a lot of the consultants at work got pulled back into Lehman now this morning. Business as usual for them.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
FXI (China blue chips trading in Hong Kong) is down over 10%.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
Bush and the Republicans are responsible for the deregulation of the industry. Greenspan probably deserves a good deal of the blame for letting the housing bubble get out of control.
Would the Democrats have done the same thing? I don't know, but you certainly can't blame both equally when one party was in total control for six years.
This is what makes american politics crap, and makes me seriously question the value of 'democracy'. Statements like this that have no basis in fact, and are simply blaming the people you want to blame, and quite probably believing it.
How are we supposed to elect the best government possible when nobody takes the time to figure out who is actually the best option, but instead votes based on the color of their skinhair party? Might as well use hair color, frankly, it's just as stupid...
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I like your SNOOPY POSTER! - While you Wait quote.
Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
That's not true, you're still getting 0.02% return while the mattress earns no interest at all.
I don't think .02% compensates for the transaction costs involved in buying the treasuries; though I suppose the mattress poses higher risks than the treasuries.
"The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
-Joan Robinson
problem with the mattress is that it would cost you a lot to build one big enough to stash all the billions + who would print all that cash???
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value of Democracy is in change - you change one so that they can keep each other in check, however to question the value of American democracy - that I agree with, as it is not a "proper" democracy but a bi-party rule...
don't forget that even in Communism all the party members could vote, and the votes decided the way things will run too... it is only that the whole society was not involved... and all sorts of coercion was used by the people in power.
American bi-party system approaches that through informal means, and all sorts of means are used by people in power to get what they want through + it works very well for them... it is as if one party is split into two sides who wrangle with each other for no eventual effect + all the rest who can vote don't, because they can't be bothered so theoretical third party is only a theory, while the same suspects grease the wheels of both sides, same as in good old communism.... + they started nationalizing now... :where is that US COmmie flag: ...
a reform is overdue to make it a bit more democratic than it is.
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GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"
Originally posted by snoopy369
I think the risk of electronic theft is higher than that of mattress theft...
Hmm...
Additionally, the mattress accepts all forms of currency. There are certainly times when stuffing Euros under the mattress is a better investment than US treasuries.
"The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
-Joan Robinson
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GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"
Nope, those are extra costs that outweigh the transactions costs on treasuries. Not assuming the additional feeding requirements if mice in fact do not turn up. Treasuries beat mattresses. Period.
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forget the cat and buy gold, instead of bed stuffed with cash that mice (ignored by unlucky owners of todays catbiscuit only cats) can destroy, you can build yourself a table with the bars, and it will always be worth something, and in this case likely more than the treasuries until the storm goes by
Gold's huge rally — prices shot up over 8 percent — came as the government moved overnight to rescue troubled insurer American International Group Inc. with an $85 million bailout loan. The Federal Reserve stepped in after AIG, teetering on collapse from losses tied to the subprime crisis and the credit crisis, failed to find adequate capital in the private sector.
Socrates: "Good is That at which all things aim, If one knows what the good is, one will always do what is good." Brian: "Romanes eunt domus"
GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"
Before you go bashing Bush to much, you might want to look at the legislation that the administration proposed in 2005 to reign in Fannie and Freddie...Dems shot it down.
Not that the administration could not have been more involved, but frankly the only chance at regulatory oversight was with the Board of Govenors of the Fed and they did absolutely nothing to stop the madness that was going on back then.
"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
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