Financial Markets

Read the written testimony of Houman B. Shadab, George Mason University, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform here.

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The BM&F Bovespa (IPA: [bo.'ves.pa]; Portuguese: Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo) is a São Paulo-based stock exchange. It is the second largest stock exchange inThe Americas and the third largest in the world..The BM&F Bovespa is linked to all Brazilian stock exchanges, including Rio de Janeiro’s Boverj (BVRJ), where only government bonds are traded. The benchmark indicator of Bovespa is the 50-stock Índice Bovespa. There were [...]

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For the last 3 months the US markets have been trading in a range - S&P500 futures between apporximately 1060 and 820. Absent any good news, there is a better than even probability that we may visit new lows in the next 6 months.

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A replay ?
Energy & Genius
A Brief History of Energy Boondoggles
Daniel Fisher 11.24.08, 12:00 AM ET  Forbes.com
The U.S. Department of Energy has spent $57.5 billion over the past 30 years researching and developing clean energy technologies. In all that time the nation’s energy portfolio has barely budged. Fossil fuel as a share of our energy supply has [...]

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Brilliant idea !
http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/

Clean, Safe, Affordable Power 
Where you need it,  When you need it.

Who would have thought that the benefits of generating electricity from huge nuclear power plants…

 
 Clean
no greenhouse gases to contribute to climate change Safe
the most controlled and regulated type of power on the planet Affordable
the cheapest in terms of dollars & environmental impact
 Reliable
Available 24 /7 rain or [...]

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 Sec Paulson and Chairman Bernanke need to put in checks/balances  else . . . .   :
Inside Europe’s corruption capital: How Bulgaria’s crime mafia plunders EU grant money
Tilled to this day by horse-drawn ploughs, the rolling pastures of rural Bulgaria have long been known for their cheap wines, strong tobaccos, sweet honey and juicy apricots.
By Colin [...]

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