HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements. HSI, MHI, HHI and MCH Futures Markets There will be mandatory intra-day variation adjustment calls in the Hang Seng Index (HSI), Mini-Hang Seng Index (MHI),...

BMO says recovery stronger than expected? Self serving at best!

We are in the midst of a low volume summer recovery in the Canadian and US markets.  BMO (Bank of Montreal for those of us who still communicate using actual words and not acrinyms) says this is great...

Cape Cod & Islands Views: A Photo Journal

by Cape Cod photographer Christopher Seufert.

Tax Change Can Re-ignite Venture Investing

Written by Roman Kikta Like the rest of the economy the venture capital industry is struggling.  Even the best of VC firms are finding it difficult to raise new money and even collect on prior commitments. Venture Capitalists are responding in several ways. ...

A slow recovery is taking place

Since the hype of the financial meltdown has died down, the stock markets have been recovering. It’s been a slow process but you only have to look at the stock market charts to see that the peeks are gradually...

Wrong medicine kills US Dollar

The doctors were called in, the patient was very ill but still not life threatening sick. They unanimous diagnosed too much debt as cause of the illness and described restructuring instead of reviving his...

AIG bonuses four times higher than Originally MisRepresented

" The 2008 AIG bonus pool just keeps getting larger and larger. In a response to detailed questions from Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the company has offered a third assessment of exactly how much it paid out in...

H1N1 Swine Flu Hoax/Fraud Conspiracy Theories

"When the avian flu scare arrived, no one questioned it. This time, things are different. Those with some brains, a memory and internet ingenuity are on the case. Let’s hope this message gets out.   ...

Sri Lanka rupee at new low, foreign money leaves bourse

As Sri Lanka continues crushing the Tamils with butal attacks, its economy keeps falling abrubtly.  The rupee reached its all-time low and investors are cashing out the shares predicting the loss. " COLOMBO,...

Six Flags on Financial Roller Coaster

Six Flags amusement park operators are the latest to feel our current economy. "Six Flags has hired the boutique investment bank Houlihan Lokey to advise it on restructuring and the law firm Paul Hastings to...

Waters Helped Bank Whose Stock She Once Owned

"By SUSAN SCHMIDT WASHINGTON -- When Rep. Barney Frank was looking to aid a Boston-based lender last fall, the Massachusetts Democrat urged Maxine Waters, a colleague on the House Financial Services Committee, to...

S&P 500 Forecast from GTBP Equity Traders

"S&P 500 Forecast from GTBP Equity Traders ( Public ) Written by Rob Guerriere    Mar 04, 2009 at 10:47 AM UPDATE: Tues April 14th, 3pm:  After seeing the retail numbers today, I took the...

New York Times stock now cheaper than the Sunday paper

The Sunday Edition of the New York Times is $5.00. A share of the New York Times is $3.57"What costs more — a spark plug or a share of General Motors? A Sunday New York Times or a share of the newspaper company? A General Electric toaster or a share of GE? In...

how bad is the economy?

"The stock market crashed. Wall Street panicked. People stashed silver and gold under mattresses while businesses shut doors across America.We're talking, of course, about the Great Depression ... of 1873. That's...

Taleban release Chinese engineer in Pakistan

Taleban militants in north-western Pakistan have released a Chinese engineer held hostage for more than five months. The engineer, Long Xiaowei, along with a Chinese colleague in the August in the Dir region. A Pakistani guard and driver who had been captured with the two...

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