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Greece's coalition government passed a confidence vote to implement budget austerity measures needed to meet conditions for further bailout finds, according to media reports Wednesday. The parliament, led by new Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, passed the measure 255 to 38 out of 300 seats...

So, you are still short? Sorry to hear... :cool: Maybe you have missed the latest headline: ROSENGREN: CRISIS MIGHT WARRANT COORDINATED ACTION BY FED, ECB

Amid great economic stress, policymakers have missed many opportunities to improve the situation and better the lives of people. The leadership void in the U.S. was illustrated by the dismal display of policy dysfunction that led the country to lose its AAA credit rating. European leaders...

Hum, RIEF Futures LP negative? That´s strange....Medallion was suppoed to be positive for October. Wouldn´t they apply similar models as their employee fund for their customers (of course front running excluded)? :confused:

Job losses in the global financial services industry this year are close to surpassing 200,000 as Citigroup Inc. (C), France’s BNP Paribas SA and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) eliminate employees to reduce costs. Citigroup, the U.S. bank that shook up senior management earlier this month, may...

http://www.eurexchange.com/download/documents/publications/Factsheet_BTP.pdf Volume : 14-23.000 per day. Seems 89.25 to be some sort of support....Maybe I throw in a 1000 lot order and squeeze the market "a bit". Should give quant and momentum tarders a nice bost in correlated EUR, bunds and...

Adding 5850,5800,5750 puts. Rock solid wall of puts. :D

German frustration over Britain’s approach to the eurozone crisis erupted on Tuesday after a close ally of Angela Merkel accused the UK of selfishness just days before a meeting between the two countries’ leaders in Berlin. In a speech to members of the German chancellor’s CDU party...

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/cl1z Fasten your seat belts...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest U.S. bank, is preparing for a faster global economic rebound than most forecasters expect, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein said. “I don’t think that we can conclude that this slowdown is secular rather than cyclical...

Goldman´s Blankfein said today at Bank of America conference; “I don’t think that we can conclude that this slowdown is secular rather than cyclical change,” Blankfein, 57, said today at an investor conference in New York hosted by Bank of America Corp. (BAC)’s Merrill Lynch unit...

Retail sales rose more than projected in October as Americans snapped up Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhones and demand for automobiles improved, giving the world’s largest economy a boost entering the final quarter of 2011. The 0.5 percent gain followed a 1.1 percent increase for September, Commerce...

You are aware that in the last couple of weeks (4-5) tons of tail risk hedges went over the counters? Implied vola for all asset claases exploded exponentially. Usually, if 95% of braniacs at buy side shops are bying protection, Wall Street is saying "Thank you, have a nice day". Shouldn´t be...

Qatar Airways Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker ridiculed Airbus SAS after walking away from aircraft purchases at the Dubai Air show, saying the manufacturer is “still learning how to build airplanes.” Al Baker said he had planned to make a “very large” announcement today...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-15/stock-futures-drop-in-europe-as-monti-faces-resistance-bhp-rio-may-drop.html Third act, scene 2. Action please.

E U R O P E A N C E N T R A L B A N K WORKING PAPER SERIES WORKING PAPER NO. 294 DOES THE YIELD SPREAD PREDICT RECESSIONS IN THE EURO AREA? 8 Conclusion In this paper the importance of the use of the term spread as predictor of recessions is con¯rmed also for the euro area. In...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party voted to offer euro states a “voluntary” means of leaving the currency area. CDU delegates meeting in the eastern German city of Leipzig for their annual party congress today backed a motion on the euro that included a...

= Deflationistas! :D

Italy's UniCredit: No dividend to be paid for 2011 UniCredit announces 7.5 billion euro rights issue Finally, about time for the capital increase...

One of the measures immediately having a "bombastic" effect would be to increase the "effective" corporate tax rate of US multi national compaines. I don´t get it how companies like Google have an effective tax rate of 3%. From...