UBS $15bn deal with Blackrock looks absurd « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

Hedge fund Blackrock therefore acquires a $15 billion loan portfolio for an equity payment of $3.75 billion. But the risk of this massive leverage is largely borne by the seller UBS through a loan to fund the acquisition.

London needs more green

One day my two friends and I wanted to go have a picnic in Regent's Park. It was a beautiful spring day, we were finished our exams, and we wanted to have a bottle of wine, some store-made sandwiches, and...

BC Justice: Police to "Knock Three Times"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnother World Event riding in the Province that is hosting the 2010 Olympic games, seems to be a Criminal Free for All when BC Justice mandates to our national police force...

Canada: Islamic Congress Sues Maclean's Magazine

OpinionBarry Artsite, Now Public ContributorAh, Human Rights, the bastion of  what makes Canada attractive to many wishing to flee their war torn countries for the safe haven of our shores.  These same...

Dairy Farmers & Oil Barons: White Gold vs Black Gold.

North American Dairy Farmers control the worlds thirst for  "White Gold" and the Oil Barons control the worlds thirst for "Black Gold" speaks volumes over the disparity between the two in terms of Global markets...

Conservatism, The Ideology of Freedom?

Conservatives continually trot out a never ending stream of claims to principles like freedom, democracy, loyalty, patriotism, and fairness in their anti-liberal rhetoric. When examined in even a cursory manner their...

"Don't Drive while Blindfolded" : The most stupid laws in UK & the world!

"A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation.The most absurd international law was judged to be in the US state of Ohio, where it is illegal to get fish drunk. The unusual...

Gore and Nobel Win: A coup for junk science!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Coup for non believers, whereby it seems everybody's crackpot theories like the GAYBOMB (Taxpayers paid for this?) can line up for a Nobel Peace Prize along with the...

Crosshairs on Iran: The Big Lie

Is Iran really a threat to the security of the USA and the global community as is so shrilly  being proclaimed by Washington and Paris?  Scott Ritter, ex-Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and United Nations...

Call for time limit on marriages

"A German politician has been ostracised by her party after she called for a maximum time limit on marriages of seven years. Controversial conservative CDU/CSU party politician Gabriele Pauli said all marriages should be limited to save the costs of a divorce and force...

Committee chair says Justice officials' remarks are 'absurd'

"Journalist bill may benefit terrorists, House panel told Committee chair says Justice officials' remarks are 'absurd' Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau Friday, June 15, 2007 * Printable Version * Email This Article delicious del.icio.us digg Digg technorati...

Rudy Giuliani v. Ron Paul, and Reality

"Rudy Giuliani made clear in Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate that he is not ready to let the facts get in the way of his approach to foreign policy. The most heated moment in the debate, which aired live on the conservative Fox News network, came when the...

Why we need religion

""I WOULD ban religion completely," British pop-music star Elton John said in a much-noted interview last November. "It turns people into hateful lemmings, and it's not really compassionate."It isn't exactly news...

Canadian Mobile Data Rate Costs (1GB)

Blame Canada!  Man we gotta do something about those monopolies.  I thought we invented the damn phone!  Why are we getting so fleeced by the mobile carriers?"Thanks to Thomas Purves for doing the...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

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