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Questions grow over oil spike brokerage

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:00:40 +0000

PVM Oil Associates manager wrote bullish note on rising prices before rogue trade discovered

Palin resigns as Alaska governor

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:00:40 +0000

Sarah Palin abruptly resigned as governor of Alaska, saying she did not want to waste her time on ‘political blood sport’ and would hand power to her deputy later this month.

North Korea test-fires seven missiles

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:00:40 +0000

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, citing an unnamed government official, reports that North Korea on Saturday test-fired two Scud-type missiles that have an estimated range of 500km

On Wall Street: Banks no longer so lucrative

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:00:05 +0000

Private equity are eagerly buying troubled lenders, but they are not the money spinners that they once were, writes Henny Sender

Questions grow over oil spike brokerage

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:01 +0000

PVM Oil Associates manager wrote bullish note on rising prices before rogue trade discovered

Palin resigns as Alaska governor

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:01 +0000

Sarah Palin abruptly resigned as governor of Alaska, saying she did not want to waste her time on ‘political blood sport’ and would hand power to her deputy later this month.

On Wall Street: Banks no longer so lucrative

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:01 +0000

Private equity are eagerly buying troubled lenders, but they are not the money spinners that they once were, writes Henny Sender

China joins carbon tax protest

badnote — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:06 +0000

Beijing has joined a growing clamour of complaint about US plans for a carbon tax on imports from countries without their own emission caps, warning it could set off a global trade war

The Rising Mountain of Debt May Be the Next Crisis

badnote — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:04 +0000

The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It’s the national debt.

Medici lawyer says Kohn didn’t get Madoff payments

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:00:04 +0000

NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian fund manager Sonja Kohn did not receive any kickbacks from Bernard Madoff to steer Bank Medici customer funds to the swindler’s investment business, a Medici lawyer said on Friday.