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    U.S. Said to Plan Approval Today for 10 Banks to Repay TARP

    June 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Treasury is preparing to announce today it will let 10 banks buy back government shares, people familiar with the matter said, signaling confidence some of the largest U.S. lenders won’t again need a taxpayer rescue. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is among those cleared to...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    "Newsflash" Deutsche Exporte mit schlimmsten Einbruch seit Bestehen der BRD German Export slump worst since WW II http://www.handelsblatt.com/ Good Morning, Germany !
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    Gordon Gekko... has a daugher

    LOL !!! :p :D :)
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    London based brokers

    Obviously, you´re not a big player otherwise you would be offered 10 Cents per side...:)
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    Canadians angered over "Buy American" rule

    WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadian municipal leaders threatened to retaliate against the "Buy America" movement in the United States on Saturday, warning trade restrictions will hurt both countries' economies. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities endorsed a controversial...
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    The Battle of the Quants III: The Return of the Quants

    June 12, 2009 The May Fair Hotel London Quantitative fund managers have received close scrutiny recently as investors have focused on whether the quant models and formulas can generate positive returns in the recent tremendous upheaval in the financial markets. At best one could say...
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    FED´s Dudley Says TALF Assets Totally Safe Because They're AAA

    Of course ABS is a different story then CDO´s, but given the fact that already 11 % of outstanding mortgage debt is delinquent - it´s a different this time, isn´t it ?
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    FED´s Dudley Says TALF Assets Totally Safe Because They're AAA

    We're not sure if New York Fed President Bill Dudley was trying to be sarcastic or just completely out of his mind when he tried to reassure participants at a SIFMA summit that the Fed's risk of loss from the TALF program was remote due, in part, to the fact TALF assets are required to be AAA...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    You have to love it ! Never ending vola ! :)
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    240 min SMA at 936.50. Big move possible in either direction.
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Thanks to Bernstein's Hintz upgrade of Goldman Sachs, because he thinks the investment bank will benefit from a "sustained" recovery in fixed-income markets. GS + 4,51 %
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    Living with negative repo rates

    The market has been getting used to negative repo rates ever since the Fed introduced fines for failed US Treasury deliveries on May 1st. However, negative rates of 3 per cent are perhaps a little more than the market may have been prepared for. From Bloomberg on Wednesday: June 3...
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    Marketing mark-to-market changes to the FASB

    http://www.careerdirections.ie/CD/DBAllCareerFrame.jsp?id=297 Good luck ! :)
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    Marketing mark-to-market changes to the FASB

    For an insight into the kind of lobbying that took place before the US Financial Accounting Standards Board agreed to ease mark-to-market rules, we direct you to this 2,180-word Wall Street Journal story (H/T Felix Salmon)...
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    GBP hammered...lost 250 pips within minutes...

    Rio breaks with Chinalco; $12bn rights likely Posted by Paul Murphy on Jun 04 13:10. The Chinese must be livid. From Lina Saigol and colleagues at FT.com: Chinalco is set to walk away from a $19.5bn deal with Rio Tinto following weeks of wrangling over the terms of the transaction...
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    GBP hammered...lost 250 pips within minutes...

    Lucky me ...I was short...:p
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    Gordon Gekko... has a daugher

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    U.K. House Prices Unexpectedly Jumped in May 2.6 percent, Halifax Says

    Maastricht ? Ha, ha, ha. Spain is already at 9 % pace this year ! Welcome in the dream world of Maastricht criteria !
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