Welcome, President Obama! Here, have a shovel

During the Democratic primaries, I sometimes wondered if Obama and Clinton sometimes secretly wished the other would win, given the mess that they were inheriting. It certainly is Herculean -- a foreign policy agenda that has America bogged down in not one but two wars,...

Man orders pet snake to attack police

"Luckily for them that 2.7-meter-long pythons are not very obedient" I think lucky for the man the snake didn't turn around and attack him instead. This guy seems crazy, threatening everyone with retiles. "Police...

Bernanke and Paulson talking bull to support the dollar « Peter J. Cooper’...

" Then Bernanke will have to eat his words and dine on his own credibility and cut interest rates in response. That is perhaps why he has left interest rates at two per cent, and not gone for one per cent straight away. He is keeping some ammunition for the next stage of...

New Bond novel celebrates Fleming's 100th

To celebrate Ian Fleming centenary, the Fleming family commissioned a new Bond novel, "Devil May Care" from Sebastian Faulks.The book launch took place on the HMS Exeter where Fleming served as an intelligence...

Will the bond market be the next shoe to drop? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

The more immediate problem may be the bond market where prices anticipate falling interest rates that just may not be realistic or obtainable now that inflation is out of the bag.

Paddington Bear is back 50 years on

I love Paddington Bear, and I still have all the books on tape that I used to listen to as a child to help me get to sleep. It has been 50 years since Michael Bond asked people to 'please look after this bear'....

Wesley Snipes Gets 3 Years for Not Filing Tax Returns

Wesley Snipes is going to jail."A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the actor Wesley Snipes to three years in prison for willfully failing to file tax returns. Mr. Snipes, who was convicted in February,...

Bond's Aston Martin crashes into Lake Garda

Wouldn't Q have anticipated something like this? (hint: The Spy Who Loved Me)"A stunt driver has crashed the car used by movie secret agent James Bond into Italy's Lake Garda during filming of 007's latest...

Sealing activists bailed out with bag of toonies

Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were bailed out of jail yesterday by anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson, who paid the $10,000 bond partly in toonies! "Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton...

Bond villain to get just deserts

"Paris (ANTARA News) - The makers of the next James Bond movie have joined astronomers in plumping for the eerie Martian-like landscape of Chile's Atacama desert, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday. Key scenes from "Quantum of Solace" are being shot at Cerro...

'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Enters Plea

"Girls Gone Wild" video empire founder Joe Francis pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution charges Wednesday under an agreement allowing him to go free after nearly a year in jail.Francis, 34, returned...

Israeli Syrian Hezbollah’s ‘James Bond’ stories of Mugniyah’s death

" The violent death of Imad Mugniyah, arose the question of his killers identity.   Here is one James Bond Story (Israeli Mossad) telling us in details the last moments of Imad...

Chinese Man accused of spying appears in New Orleans court

"by Bill Walsh, The Times-Picayune Thursday February 14, 2008, 10:28 AM ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The New Orleans man accused by the government of being at the center of a Chinese spy ring was held in custody Thursday while a federal judge agreed to let his codefendant post $100,000...

James Bond is out for revenge in new film

"New James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" sees the British super spy out for revenge on a mission that takes him to Austria, Italy and South America.British actor Daniel Craig is back with a licence to kill after critics and cinema-goers hailed his debut in "Casino Royale" in...

What are Credit Default Swaps and Why Should We Care?

"In its most basic terms, a credit default swap is similar to an insurance contract, providing the buyer with protection against specific risks. Most often, corporate bond investors buy credit default swaps for protection against a default by the issuer of the corporate...

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