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Government Statistics: Lessons in Cooking and Spinning By: Richard Benson, SFGroup June 12, 2003 A government is no different in behavior than any corporation in its desire to show the best possible report. For a corporation, there is a bias in reporting high revenues and earnings. For...

It is understandable that the economy needs help to recover. But isn't the following proposal somewhat far out there? Is it possible that it will ever become reality? ...The Fed is also considering unconventional means if money velocity shrinks. Fed senior vice president Marvin Goodfriend...

Congress Approves Record Debt Limit Fri May 23, 3:05 PM ET By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Republican-led Congress passed legislation Friday allowing government debt to grow by a record $984 billion, brushing past Democrats' attempts to spotlight the federal IOUs...

Being a member of an exchange entitles one to spend all of one's daily hours engaged in a form of financial combat. The trading floor of an exchange is an environment wherein a higher concentration of people are subjected to more incomplete information bits flying around than anywhere else...

For the privileged few who own seats on a stock or derivatives exchange, the opportunities abound. Anon -------------------- If NASA's Mission Control were run by the boys from Animal House, it would look a lot like the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Ray Dean Mize "Never Ever Lose...

Sorry max401.... Apparently you are only interested in attacking people, and diverting from your own subject on this thread. I'm not really interested in turning this into your pissing contest. I only posted info that may be of help on the North Korean issue, and to contribute to your...

Good links Babak. Thanks. Yes, a lot of undercurrents are going unnoticed. Another very interesting issue may immerge if OPEC members, start asking for payment in gold pegged currencies, or straight gold. Both Euro and Dollar may suffer greatly. Iran gets Euro's for their oil, so has Iraq...

Ahhh I forgot that you only accept Ari Fleicher's statements as true. gggg max401...j/k.... if you don't like the info do you always have to shoot the source? BTW, I don't recall asking for a nuclear response anywhere in my post. Tenet: North Korea has ballistic missile capable of...

Another question is, why haven't we responded to this: NK Missile Warhead Found in Alaska By Ryu Jin Staff Reporter The warhead of a long-range missile test-fired by North Korea was found in the U.S. state of Alaska, a report to the National Assembly revealed yesterday. ``According to...

Jayford, This following article is more comprehensive. Major Oil Field Discoveries Country Year Region South America 1868 Brea, Peru Czarist Russia 1870 Surakhanoskoye, Azerbaijan North America 1871 Bradford, Pennsylvania Middle East 1908 Masijid-I-Suleman, Iran Southeast Asia...

.....Yesterday the Associated Press announced that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan "was confronting new fears of recession and refining an emergency economic plan." As part of the "emergency" plan, the Fed chairman reportedly is considering further interest-rate cuts (12 increases didn't...

The key to understanding derivatives is a deeper understanding of all that's underlying. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter advertisement in Derivatives Strategy, October, 1997, p. 15 ------------------------ It's not like I'm some junk bond. I'm a triple-A bond that produces high yields. You...

harry!!! If you are into the lunarnomalies, then you may also like this: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/mj12.html Enjoy Josh

Yes, your assessment may very well be correct. Real Rates and Gold 4 While the recent gold pullback frightens investors, real interest rates in the US remain massively negative, an immensely bullish omen for gold. excerpts: ...Similarly, in the last couple decades gold rallied...

Madison, good info, and now this: Russia to Hold Naval Exercises in Indian Ocean in May MOSCOW, April 2. Russian warships will take part in naval exercises in the Indian Ocean in May. "By agreement with India, two squadrons of ships of Russia's Black Sea and Pacific Fleets will be sent...