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Sky Valley Chronicle Banks “had to know” about his long running scam Sky Valley Chronicle Harry Markopolos who blew the whistle on Madof 10 years ago to the SEC which did nothing to stop the biggest fraud in Wall Street history. CLICK TO ENLARGE (NEW YORK, NY) — In the first public admission since he was sent to prison, convicted Ponzi …

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London Stock Exchange is in advanced merger talks with Canada’s TMX Group in the first big strategic act by Xavier Rolet, chief executive, to secure the future of the UK bourse

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“This hearing will be the first in a series of hearings to examine the steps Congress can take right now to protect taxpayers from the ongoing bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.” The hearing is titled “GSE Reform: Immediate Steps to …

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Information sought on alleged scam artists Republican & Herald Troopers said that in the first incident, a man went to a home on Heather Lane near Pine Grove about 3:45 pm and told the resident he had been contracted to … and more

Wells Fargo, the fourth-largest US bank by assets, said on Wednesday that quarterly lending had risen for the first time since the financial crisis began

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Wells Fargo in lending boost

The $2.4bn cash deal for a majority stake in Massmart, the South African group, paves the way for the first entry into sub-Saharan Africa by a leading mass market retailer

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PRLog.Org (press release) Two Internet Scams Flourish During Economic Downturn PRLog.Org (press release) 2009 was the first serious year of the current economic recession, and the work -at- home scam and survey scam gained popularity, according to the Internet …

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JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley have received approval for securities joint ventures with Chinese partners, the first US banks in six years to gain such access

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US banks get nod for China securities

Social network catering to business people is said to be planning to register for an initial public offering in the first quarter

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LinkedIn planning IPO in first quarter

The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways, which is the first customer for the 787 aircraft, is becoming increasingly impatient about delays to the trouble-prone jet

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Long wait for Dreamliner’s arrival

Mid-speech Bernanke has sudden inspirational flash of brilliance regarding Groupon. The idea for the first cartoon above came from reader “Everett”. I came up with the second one. If you have suggestions please send them my way. Bear in mind, two two things: 1. They need to be current events 2. I may get far more suggestions than I can possibly use. Mike “Mish” Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post ListMike …

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Sunday Funnies 2010-12-05 Bernanke Discusses Groupon

One of the first examples of cross-border co­-operation where the UK watchdog has taken the lead

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Family faces transatlantic insider trading charges

All Nippon Airways, the first customer for Boeing’s 787, has complained of repeated delays, in a fresh sign of pressure on the maker of the world’s most advanced long-haul passenger jet

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ANA presses Boeing on 787 delay

The US jeweller is seeing early demand during the first weeks of the holiday season exceed its expectations as the company raises its full-year earnings forecast

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Holiday sales sparkle at Tiffany

The LPS Mortgage Monitor has a nice series of 33 slides that shows delinquent loans had stabilized in the first half of 2010 but new problem loans are once again picking up. Over 4 million homes are 90 days late or in foreclosure. Total Delinquent and Foreclosure Rates Delinquent loans still at troubling levels. Expect foreclosures to rise. Noncurrent Loans There are 7 million noncurrent loans but that is down from 8.1 million at the beginning of the year. New Problem …

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LPS Mortgage Monitor Shows 7 Million Noncurrent Loans, 2 Million Homes in Foreclosures, Deteriorating Conditions

The State As economy festers, job scams multiply The State The bureau received nearly 3000 complaints about work-from-home scams in the first eight months of this year. That's more than double the 1200 it received … and more

The tobacco group reports a higher-than-expected fall in organic sales volumes in the first nine months of the year and joins its peers in making up for the loss through higher prices

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BAT hurt by floods and declining volumes

Los Angeles Times Scammers target desperate job seekers Los Angeles Times The bureau received nearly 3000 complaints about work-from-home scams in the first eight months of this year. That's more than double the 1200 it received … and more

The company becomes the first computer maker to release a touchscreen device running Microsoft’s operating system, launching a model aimed at US business users months after Apple’s iPad

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Companies spent a record $21bn on acquisitions in the first half of 2010 to gain access to the US shale gas boom in a trend that shows no signs of slowing, says a report

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M&A deals soar as shale gas fever hits

Indeed, it was the recognition of that scam back in the first quarter of 2007 that induced me to start chronicling this crap – not as a means to make money, but as a way to, hopefully, enlighten the people as to how they got robbed – and why it …. Filed under Corruption, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure Fraud, MERS, Mortgage Fraud, bankruptcy, cdo, cds, foreclosure, freddie mac, securities fraud · Tagged with criminal, theft, conspiracy, assignment, MERS, Fannie Mae, bank fraud, …

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A US regulator is calling on Wall Street firms’ expertise as it seeks to write rules to monitor the same firms’ derivatives dealings for the first time

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CFTC discusses derivatives rules with Wall St

The company faces the first broad antitrust probe of its core search business, in its latest fight to contain legal challenges prompted by its spreading influence on online life

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Texas watchdog reviews Google’s practices

The US justice department will review the company’s planned acquisition of the online travel service, the first in-depth antitrust investigation into the internet search group’s core service

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The two-year slide in US magazine circulation accelerated in the first six months of 2010, in spite of a gradual recovery in advertising spending

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Magazine circulation fails to rebound despite rise in ads

The US home loans provider shed $1.2bn in the second quarter, compared with a $11.5bn loss in the first quarter, suggesting that it will need less government aid than had been expected

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Biden just said your (we) are going to lose $24 billion……and just like the Fanny and Freddie scam , your administration is not doing a thing to correct what caused the problem in the first place …

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Gibbs Takes on Rush Limbaugh – PC Free Zone

It’s been one hell of a non-recovery in housing, smack in the face of now-expiring $8,000 home tax credits that have proven to be as stimulative and futile as attacking fire ants with a BB-Gun. Please consider Foreclosure Filings Rise in 75% of U.S. Metro AreasForeclosure filings climbed in three-quarters of U.S. metropolitan areas in the first half as high unemployment left many homeowners unable to pay their mortgages, according to RealtyTrac Inc. The number of properties receiving a …

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Housing Bubble will Not be Reblown; Foreclosures Increase in 154 of 206 Metro Areas with Population Over 200,000

The deal, which gives Procter & Gamble the right to use the Olympic rings logo globally, is the first with the International Olympic Committee that covers multiple brands under one sponsor

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P&G in 10-year deal with Olympics

Maywoood, California outsourced all city services including police and fire. The unions predicted dire consequences. Well, not only did the sky not fall, but services have improved. Please consider A City Outsources Everything. Sky Doesn’t Fall. While many communities are fearfully contemplating extensive cuts, Maywood says it is the first city in the nation in the current downturn to take an ax to everyone. The school crossing guards were let go. Parking enforcement was contracted out, …

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News Alert: Sky Does Not Fall

Economists are surprised by the strangest things. The UK has announced austerity measures, Greece, Spain, Portugal (3 little PIIGS) are in forced austerity programs, and Germany is paying more attention to deficit reduction than growth (rightfully so), yet somehow economists expect factory orders in Germany to keep improving. Please consider the Bloomberg report German Factory Orders Unexpectedly Fell in MayGerman factory orders unexpectedly fell for the first time in five months in May as …

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Economists Surprised Again as German Factory Orders Unexpectedly Fall

The mortgage financiers seized by the US government during the financial crisis have paid $635m in fees to banks this year, making them Wall Street’s biggest capital markets customers in the first half of 2010, according to recent analysis

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Fannie and Freddie are Wall Street’s top customers

A group of former Bank of America executives has agreed to acquire a chain of Florida banks for $175m as the first step in an ambitious plan to build a regional bank serving the southeastern US

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Ex-BofA executives buy Florida bank

Washington, DC – June 22, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Loan modifications and refinancings by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased significantly in the first quarter as the volume of permanent modifications under the Administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) tripled, … Additionally, FinCEN today also provided updated guidance to the financial industry concerning new scam techniques that financial professionals should watch for and report. Foreclosure.com …

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Acergy and Subsea 7 agree a $5.4bn merger, in the first major consolidation in the oil services sector since BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill raised industry concerns of a regulatory clampdown on deepwater drilling activity

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The acquisition of a £106m stake in the UK airport is believed to be the first big direct investment under an infrastructure programme that the US state pension fund launched several years ago

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Calpers buys 12.7% stake in Gatwick

Spirit Airlines, the ultra low cost carrier, is bracing itself for a pilot strike that could begin as soon as Saturday morning, in an action that would be the first walkout at a US passenger carrier in almost five years

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Spirit Airlines braces for pilot strike

For the first time ever, the FHA is issuing more mortgages than Fannie and Freddie. The reason is the FHA has lower down payments. Please consider FHA Home-Financing Volume Sign of ‘Very Sick System’. FHA lending last quarter may have …

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Banks Face Fraud From Short Sales as U.S. Home `Flopping' Schemes …

Liquidnet, a US-based independent operator of ‘dark pools’, will start offering its members the possibility to trade Mexican equities, claiming to be the first alternative trading system to do so

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JPMorgan Asset Management plans to raise up to £200m for the first investment trust to take all its income from emerging markets

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Michael McNamara, Vice President, Research and Analysis for SpendingPulse, observes Consumer Takes a Respite as Spending in Many Sectors Declines.The momentum in consumer spending that was building through the first quarter, seems to be taking a breather in the second quarter of 2010, at least so far. Financial volatility in the capital markets and ongoing macroeconomic issues could account for this shadow cast over the recovery in consumer spending. Some sectors seem to be responding to …

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MasterCard Study Says Consumer Spending Has Taken A Break

V-Shaped recovery proponents are crowing about auto-sales as GM U.S. Sales Rise 17%, Topping Analysts’ Estimates. General Motors Co. posted a 17 percent increase in May U.S. sales, the first time the automaker topped analysts’ forecasts since January, as customers snapped up Chevrolet Equinox sport utility vehicles and Malibu sedans. Deliveries rose to 223,822 from 191,875 a year earlier, the Detroit-based automaker said today in statement. GM was expected to report a 5.9 percent increase, …

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GM Auto Sales Rise 17% – Not as Impressive as it Sounds

The US government makes a profit on the sale of the first tranche of its 27% investment in the US financial group and intends to sell more of the shares in the next few months

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Treasury nets $1.3bn from Citi stake sale

For the first time ever, the FHA is issuing more mortgages than Fannie and Freddie. The reason is the FHA has lower down payments.Please consider FHA Home-Financing Volume Sign of ‘Very Sick System’.FHA lending last quarter may have …

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Mark Kurland, a former Bear Stearns hedge fund founder, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison, the first sentencing in the insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam’s fund

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Fund founder jailed for Galleon role

Fannie Mae lost $11.5 billion in the first quarter while Freddie Mac lost more than $6.7 billion. After posting those massive losses, they asked for a combined additional sum of nearly $20 billion in government assistance. … made billions by creating, selling, and risk swapping trillions in bad mortgages, and now American taxpayers are on the hook for the worst of the losses, in addition to saving the bad banks with bailouts. This is the greatest scam ever perpetrated. …

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Fannie and Freddie Still Bleeding | News Gangster

After four years of comparable sales declines for the world’s largest DIY chain, Home Depot,has reported year-on-year growth for the first quarter

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US home improvement retailers

Berkshire Hathaway sold off 31.5m shares of Kraft in the first quarter, while the global food company was completing its acquisition of Cadbury, a deal that Warren Buffett had publicly criticised

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Why we never lost our way on Wall St Hindustan Times On Friday, Oliver Stone's sequel to Wall Street premiered at the Cannes film festival. Readers of a certain age may remember the first Wall Street , … and more

The private equity group takes a step closer to a New York flotation as it reports a profit of $674.8m for the first quarter, in what is likely to be its last set of results before the planned share sale

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KKR moves closer to IPO on back of results