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    Weak yen lifts Tokyo

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Japanese stocks soared Wednesday on a weakened yen and news some firms will soon restart production at plants affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami, while solid results from Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and other corporations boosted Hong Kong shares. The...
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    Temporary Open Market Operations for March29, 2011

    The Japanese crosses are already exciting. EUR/JPY making new multi month highs as I am writing.
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    Temporary Open Market Operations for March29, 2011

    Pressure from foreign nations? I think the pressure comes from that grand, old party, too - and rightfully so! :=)
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    Temporary Open Market Operations for March29, 2011

    To implement monetary policy, short-term repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements are used to temporarily affect the size of the Federal Reserve System's portfolio and influence day-to-day trading in the federal funds market. http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/omo/dmm/temp.cfm...
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    Fed's Plosser: Funds rate should hit 2.5% in year

    If I am not wrong, USD toilet paper should strenghten with time IF FED is serious about raising rates, but given uncle BEN´s "historic approach" and unprecedented measures, I wouldn´t believe ANY WORD coming from helicopter BEN.
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    A 300 million USD hedge fund manager "trading mistake" after Japanese earthquake

    In our occasional series on the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on Japan-focused investors, here’s an intriguing tale of Philip Jabre’s $300m blunder. It’s rare to hear such admissions — let alone explanations — from the mouth of the former star trader at GLG. And it...
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    Ireland Wants Bondholders to Share Bank Burden, Minister Says

    March 28 (Bloomberg) -- Ireland wants to share bank losses with senior bondholders as part of a “final solution” for the country’s debt-laden financial system, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said. Finance Minister Michael Noonan will seek agreement from European authorities to share...
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    Santander, CCB to Target Smaller China Towns

    SHANGHAI—Spain's Banco Santander SA will take a 19.9% stake in a joint venture with China Construction Bank Corp. to provide banking services outside of China's major cities, an area of increasing interest to foreign financial institutions looking to make a mark in China. The tie-up, which...
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    Merkel´s party suffers historical loss in Germany:

    Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a historic loss in Baden-Württemberg on Sunday, ending nearly six decades in power. According to exit polls, the Greens will lead a German state for the first time. CDU suffers historic loss in Baden-Württemberg Published: 27 Mar 11 18:17...
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    Fed's Plosser: Funds rate should hit 2.5% in year

    Actually, Jan Hatzius was running our of ideas...:cool:
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    Fed's Plosser: Funds rate should hit 2.5% in year

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Federal Reserve should hike interest rates from current range near zero to 2.5% within a year under a plan unveiled Friday by Charles Plosser, the president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank. Plosser did not give a specific time when this exit would begin...
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    Bank of Japan´s president Shirakawa becomes intolerable for Japan´s policy

    March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa is under fire for refusing to consider 1930s-style purchases of government bonds to fund reconstruction from the nation’s record earthquake. Shirakawa yesterday repeated his attempts to quash direct buying of government debt...
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    Utah raises standard in anti-Fed campaign - state turns to gold?

    Shops in Salt Lake City will soon be able to accept gold Buffalo and Eagle coins (no foreign minted Napoleons or Krugerrands allowed), after a bill to make gold and silver legal tender passed Utah’s House and Senate. The state does not trust the US Federal Reserve. However, visitors need...
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    Ex-Fund Manager Charged in SEC Death Threat Blames Agency Bias

    March 23 (Bloomberg) -- For Vincent P. McCrudden, the former hedge-fund manager charged with threatening to kill financial regulators including U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary L. Schapiro, his prosecution is the culmination of a decade-long government vendetta...
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    Swiss Franc at 1.1126 at CME...

    About time to buy some deep OTM put options, Dec 2011. It´s going to be fun to see how this affects the Swiss export industry, soon. :cool:
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    So a Bloomberg Terminal is $1,500 per month. Why?

    Bloomberg is all about ADHESION CONTRACTS. Ask MIchael Bloomberg. He is a professional risk free "money maker"! :cool:
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    So a Bloomberg Terminal is $1,500 per month. Why?

    :D
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    Ex-Goldman Programmer Found Guilty in Code Theft

    Simple code in three sentences. :D :D :D
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    U.K. Feb. annual inflation rises to 4.4%

    You don´t worry about inflation. The next revolution will happen in Uk, USA and other money printing economies around the corner! ;=)
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    Ex-Goldman Sachs programmer gets 8 years in prison

    A former programmer for New York-based Goldman Sachs has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for stealing secret computer code that enables high-speed trading. Sergey Aleynikov (SUR'-gay uh-LAY'-nih-kawf) of North Caldwell, N.J., was sentenced Friday in federal court in...
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