Don't Panic! 
But, I might have to rescind that decision for now. Yesterday’s posting no doubt got some people worried, so here’s an explanation of the Prepare posting for you all. I can’t be bothered finding the source articles; but if you google the themes no doubt they are easy to see. The current ‘crisis’ is the [...]
So the news was splashed across traders screens this morning: WEN SAYS CHINA WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN EUROPE WEN SAYS CHINA IS WILLING TO EXTEND HELP TO EUROPE When in reality what Chinese Premier Wen Jiaboa said was more like: WEN SAYS YOU CRAFTY DEVILS. WE WILL SPARE YOU NO CONSIDERATION UNTIL YOU [...]
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A funny story crossed my way today. While normally I will blog about all things financial (OK, sometimes spiritual things, but I keep that to a minimum now), every once in a while a story “pops up” that deserves a mention. Ok it IS partly financial, but I think it is a pretty telling tale [...]
Continue Reading →After an extended absence making things livable up on the land, I have returned to my sanity. And boy, how little have things changed! This morning’s event’s in Europe are sure to spark a renewed collapse in bank stocks; especially in France. In the Wall Street Journal, Nicholas Lecaussian writes the following about BNP Paribas [...]
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I was spammed big time by some russian “hackers” on the forum LOL I have shut down the forum for now; I have anti-spam on the ‘normal’ comments; looks like I’ll need to investigate how to do the same on the forums But there you go; I have gotten above the level of nutjob to [...]
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Riots in Egypt trigger draconian response from police, while Mervyn King comments on the ‘real’ loss of standard of living in the UK
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FT News- US housing market shows slight improvement February 22, 2012
- Dublin to sell up to €3bn in state assets February 22, 2012
- White House plans corporate tax cuts February 22, 2012
- Veteran journalist killed in Homs attack February 22, 2012
- IAEA ‘disappointed’ by Iran nuclear talks February 22, 2012
- Daily Telegraph Finance
- Debt crisis: live February 22, 2012
- Review: Actinic One goes mobile February 22, 2012
- Review: Vodafone Sure Signal February 22, 2012
- Threadneedle investigated by police over $150m trading fraud February 22, 2012
- Halifax offers more £100,000 prizes February 22, 2012
- Financial Post Canada
- Canadians expect to work past 66: survey February 22, 2012
- What went wrong with Germany's solar experiment February 22, 2012
- Microsoft’s war with Google gets nasty with new video February 22, 2012
- Buffett should 'just write a cheque and shut up' February 22, 2012
- Obama to propose corporate tax cuts February 22, 2012
- Globe & Mail Business
- Ackman steps up pressure on CP February 22, 2012
- Sherritt profit falls 34% February 22, 2012
- Euro zone teetering on brink of recession February 22, 2012
- Canadian firm could lose contract for India's $35 tablet February 22, 2012
- Rob Carrick's Reader: Why Warren Buffett doesn't get gold February 22, 2012
- Guardian News
- Peacocks sold to Edinburgh Woollen Mill February 22, 2012
- Eurozone crisis live: Greece braced for bailout protests February 22, 2012
- Russia fires first shot in EU aviation emissions trade war February 22, 2012
- US existing home sales climb but fail to meet analysts' forecasts February 22, 2012
- Costa Concordia divers find four bodies in wreck off Italian coast February 22, 2012
- Independent Business News
- Amex jobs could move abroad February 22, 2012
- Hays recruitment firm suffers £3m UK loss February 22, 2012
- RBS and Lloyds set to reveal losses February 22, 2012
- InterContinental Hotels group creating 3,000 UK jobs February 22, 2012
- HSBC to sell new shares to fund bonuses February 22, 2012
- New York Times Business News
- Apple Defends Rights to iPad Name in Shanghai Court February 22, 2012
- DealBook: Greek Crisis Raises New Fears Over Credit-Default Swaps February 22, 2012
- Top Retailers Report Strong Profit, but Walmart Shoppers Struggle February 22, 2012
- Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28% February 22, 2012
- Deal Professor: Under Volcker, Old Dividing Line in Banks May Return February 22, 2012
- Globe & Mail Politics
- NDP membership blitz comes up short in Quebec February 22, 2012
- Judges, not child pornographers, are the real Tory targets February 22, 2012
- Spending cuts, pension reform make 2012 budget difficult to complete February 22, 2012
- Base OAS on fairness, not just a higher retirement age February 22, 2012
- Exploiting Canada's resources can be a fool's game February 22, 2012