The Road to Reform

Posted on August 6, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Finally people start talking seriously about credit market reform while losses around the world keep on growing every day. Here is the report by the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group that the FT article (linked above) talks about, it’s called Containing Systemic Risk: The Road to Reform
Here is an illuminating exerpt
“The fact that financial excesses [...]

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Buffoni a Capo dell’Italia

Posted on August 5, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , |

Momenti Cult

Join the “Italy out of Europe” Movement
Coming Soon Anyway

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Faccio Cose, Vedo Gente

Posted on August 5, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , |

Un grazie ad Andrea CubaRasta (te lo meriti Alberto Sordi) per avermi illuminato circa il futuro dell’Italia

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Mr Greenspan, Will You Shut Up At Some Point?

Posted on August 5, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , |

Alan “easy credit” Greenspan, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, came back with declarations on the financial times. Here are some of them, together with my reply.
“There may be numbers of banks and other financial institutions that, at the edge of defaulting, will end up being bailed out by governments.” Maybe the governments should [...]

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US 1 – Germany 1

Posted on July 31, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , |

From the FT

“Germany has reinforced its status as the world leader in solar power generation, after less stringent cuts in renewable energy subsidies than had been anticipated.
In what is seen as a victory for Germany’s growing legion of solar cell makers and suppliers, proposed cuts in subsidies of up to 30 per cent have been [...]

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La Terra Del Sole e Del Vento …

Posted on July 31, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , |

… e della Carbonara.

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U Da Man!

Posted on July 23, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , |

Finally someone sees the money in the Wind.
And he wants to grab it.
Whatever.
Do it.

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Proud Of Their Practices

Posted on July 20, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , |

I think this 18 min. PBS documentary is worth watching. It’s about some of the causes and consequences of the mortgage meltdown in the U.S. It focuses on the case of Cleveland.
On the same website you will also find an interview with William Greider, author of “Secrets of the temple. How the FED runs the [...]

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Places In The World

Posted on July 18, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: |

A place where people protest when they are cheated.
A place where people don’t.

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The Ultimate Evidence

Posted on July 16, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: |

“I think the [US banking] system basically is sound, I truly do”
Who said that?
That’s the final evidence that the whole thing is fucked up, short the 10-year bond!

You see the people them walking along,
Walking along, walking along
You see the people them walking along.
Some of dem, no look so strong
(See them a [...]

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