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Il Sistema del Signoraggio Creditizio (video) - Domenico De Simone
Cos'è il signoraggio? (video) - Eugenio Benetazzo
Signoraggio, Banca d'Italia, debito pubblico (video) - Eugenio Benetazzo

- RADUNO NAZIONALE ARCIPELAGO SCEC: I MEETUP CHE STANNO LAVORANDO SUI BUONI LOCALI DI SOLIDARIETA' - 2 FEBBRAIO 2008, TERNI, dalle 9,00 alle 19,00 (solo su invito)

Attualità - 16-31 gennaio 2008

Wal-Mart gets its bank - in Mexico: The retailer is pushing savings accounts for low-income customers - By Carolyn Whelan, Fortune Magazine, January 29 2008

Kucinich Bows Out with Dignity, Bangs Anti-War Drum (really?) - By Matthew Rothschild, January 25, 2008

Trends for Downsizing the US: The Bright Side of the Panic of ‘08 - Christopher Ketcham, 27 January 2008
“In 2008, Americans will wake up to the worst economic times that anyone alive has ever seen,” he wrote on December 17. “Just as they didn’t see 9/11 coming and were frozen in shock when terror struck, [Americans] will be frozen in shock when terror strikes again.” He predicts “failing banks, busted brokerages, toppled corporate giants, bankrupt cities, states in default, foreign creditors cashing out of US securities…the stage is set, the big one is on its way.” “Kidnappings for ransom will become common"

Jobless claims surge, spending softens - Reuters, Jan 31, 2008

01/31/08 - Candy Vs. Currency: A Debat on Value - by The Mogambo Guru
"Hershey, 'the world's largest candy maker', has to raise its prices on a third of its chocolate candy by 13% because of the soaring prices of energy, milk and cocoa. And they are going to raise prices by 3% over Hershey's entire U.S. product line!"

Reddito minimo, triestini due beneficiari su tre - Roberta Giani, Il Piccolo, 31 gennaio 2008

01/30/08 - The Tragic Tale of the Last Fool in Line - by The Mogambo Guru
"And the last guy, who may be otherwise known as the Last Fool In Line who bought at the exact top at the exact highest price, still has to find somebody to sell to at a profit, or the system goes into loss mode."
And since we are talking about the stupid, greedy, corrupt banks and how the stupid, greedy, corrupt banks are killing the economy with over-issuance of money and credit so that they could make more profits for themselves and their little friends, just like stupid, greedy, corrupt banks have always done, as that is their nature.

UK: MPs expose EU funding of pro-Lisbon Treaty NGOs - Spectrezine, Jan 2008

Merrill Lynch execs miss out on bonuses - Shanny Basar, Fraudster News, 31 Jan 2008

Senior China banker at Goldman resigns - Financial Times, 31 Jan 2008
Richard Ong, one of the most senior China bankers at Goldman Sachs, has resigned - the second mainland-based high-profile executive to relinquish full-time duties at the bank in recent weeks

[SCEC] Cosa sono le monete complementari? - Nello, progettoscec.com, 30 gennaio 2008

"Security Classified and Controlled Information: History, Status, and Emerging Management Issues," - January 2, 2008

MBIA, Ambac May Each Lose $11.6 Billion, Ackman Says - By Christine Richard and Mark Pittman, Bloomberg, Jan. 30 2008

Oro a 933 USD l'oncia

Fed cuts key rate by half a point, signals for more - By Greg Robb, MarketWatch, Jan. 30, 2008

The black box economy - By Stephen Mihm, The Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
Behind the recent bad news lurks a much deeper concern: The world economy is now being driven by a vast, secretive web of investments that might be out of anyone's control. In tell-all books, financial blogs, and small-circulation newsletters, a handful of insiders have begun to sound the alarm, warning that governments and top bankers may simply no longer understand the financial system well enough to do anything about it. (...) "It's like a butcher. He doesn't want the buyer to know what goes into making the sausage." He chuckles, noting that it's the same with financiers. "That's what they're all about and always have been."
Freaking doomed

Merrill abandons structured credit - Shanny Basar, Financial News, 30 Jan 2008

Bank Reserves Go Negative - Mike "Mish" Shedlock, January 29, 2008
End game

Given that the Fed is not in a credit tightening mode, we must look for a better explanation. Here it is: Banks in aggregate have now burnt through all of their capital and are forced to borrow reserves from the Fed in order to keep lending

BNP Paribas reveals profit tumble - BBC, 30 January 2008
BNP Paribas has warned that the "deepening crisis" in financial markets meant profits in the last three months of 2007 would be lower than a year ago

Secret bank rescues to be allowed - BBC, 30 January 2008
Chancellor Alistair Darling has proposed that failing banks should be able to receive help from the Bank of England in secret

FBI investigates sub-prime crisis - BBC, 29 January 2008
The FBI is investigating 14 companies embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as part of a crackdown on improper lending

Banking gamberge - Denis Robert, 30.1.08
Les banques sont des vitrines. Elles vendent leur image et leur capacité à faire gagner de l’argent. Elles sont la cheville essentielle du piège qui s’est refermé sur nous. Derrière la vitrine et l’apparence de sérieux, d’efficacité, les banques participent au dynamitage tranquille de nos démocraties.

[la morte del BRAND] Meno soldi per i consumi - Andrea Angelini, Rinascita, 30 Gennaio 2008

Europa torbida davanti al crack - Maurizio Blondet, Effedieffe, 30/01/2008

La Société Générale perd 5 milliards, les internautes s'amusent (videos) - Arnaud Devillard, 01net., 30/01/2008

Ex-Bayou finance chief sentenced to 20 years - The Wall Street Journal, 30 Jan 2008
Daniel Marino, the former chief financial officer of Bayou Management LLC, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with a scheme to defraud the hedge fund's investors out of more than $400m (€270.9m)

Morgan Stanley receives subpoenas on sub-prime debt - The Wall Street Journal, 30 Jan 2008
Morgan Stanley on Tuesday said it has received subpoenas and requests for information from the US regulators relating to sub-prime mortgages, and separately reclassified $7bn (€4.7bn) of assets as Level 3 from Level 2, meaning they are more difficult to value.

IMF forecasts slower US growth with global drag - The Wall Street Journal, 30 Jan 2008
The US will skirt a recession this year, the International Monetary Fund predicted, yet US growth will slow sharply enough to drag on economies around the world.

MAFIA: ARRESTATI AMMINISTRATORE E DIRIGENTI CALCESTRUZZI SPA, SEQUESTRATI 600 MILIONI - Corriere della Sera, 30 gennaio 2008

Paolo Pesenti, Assistant Vice President and Head International Research Function Federal Reserve Bank of New York

[inflazione] Bce crea 50 Mld In Asta, Tasso Marginale Al 4,21% - ANSA, 30 GEN 2008

Anybody Seen Our Gold? - GATA's advertisement in The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2008

UBS takes $14 billion hit from U.S. housing sector - International Herald Tribune, 30/01/2008

Ron Paul Backs up New Ad with Straight Talk: GOP Rivals are Fake Conservatives - 1/29/08
In a newly released TV ad entitled "The Only One," airing in Super Tuesday primary states, the campaign says that Dr. Paul is the only candidate who has "Never supported a tax increase. Never supported an unbalanced budget. Never supported wasteful government spending.”

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley called to court over sub-prime - Stephanie Baum, Financial News, 29 Jan 2008
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been instructed to give court evidence over the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market, making them the latest Wall Street banks to be scrutinized for their role in the crisis.

[brainwashing the Congress] "Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy" - CRS Report, January 11, 2008
[brainwashing the Congress] "China’s Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy" - CRS Report, January 9, 2008

US Congress To Raise Alpacas To Aid Struggling Economy - The Onion, January 30, 2008
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday called the new plan "intriguing," but stressed that the nation's economic policy should continue to center around Sen. Robert Byrd's (R-WV) practice of selling soda and candy bars out of his office, which accounted for almost 30 percent of last year's gross domestic product.
Alpaca

John Embry: Gold could soon pass the US$1,000 level - Gata.org, January 29, 2008

911: Follow the Money? God forbid - by Jim Hogue, The Baltimore Chronicle, Jan 29, 2008

01/29/08 - An Indication the Economy is Lagging - by The Mogambo Guru
"And, worse, the Lagging Indicator has been outdistancing both the Leading and Coincident indicators for months and months, too, indicating that costs are going up. And they were. And they are. And they will continue to do so."

A Creditors' Protection Bill - By George Reisman, mises.org, 1/29/2008

Suharto, the Model Killer, and His Friends in High Places - By John Pilger, ICH, 28/01/08

Why The Right Loves a Disaster - By Naomi Klein, Los Angeles Times, 28/01/08

The Trillion Dollar Secret - By John Riley, Cornerstone, 01/18/08
Deriva

Se la finanza la fa da padrona - Andrea Angelini, Rinascita, 29 Gennaio 2008

[alcolisti anonimi] Juncker: no rischio recessione - 29 gennaio 2008

Les «Bommeléer» et les injures de Juncker à partir du 3 février sur dok et scoop-TV - 28/01/2008

FMI taglia stime crescita mondo: Usa in frenata a +1, 5%, Eurolandia a +1, 6 - ANSA, 2008-01-29

ANTITRUST PIU’ VICINA AL CONSUMATORE - AgenParl, 29 Gennaio 2008

[housing market crash] The Business of Walking Away - Michael Shedlock, January 29, 2008

Bond Insurer Bailout Plan May Be `Too Late,' CreditSights Says - By John Glover, Bloomberg, Jan. 29, 2008

ECB secretly rescues Spanish banking system - By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph, January 28, 2008
Traders say the Spanish authorities are quietly turning a blind eye to use of the ECB window, and in some cases may be encouraging banks to go to Frankfurt

[DC di Rotondi...] Cosche e sanità: 18 arresti eccellenti - giornaledicalabria, 29 gennaio 2008

Banca Antonveneta, altri 16 patteggiamenti. Pm: era "piano criminoso" - Reuters, 29 gennaio 2008

[Let’s give each millionaire in America a $20 bill, and every poor child $287,000] One Bush Left Behind - by Greg Palast, 29th, 2008

[China's public seigniorage] China's Rapid Growth is Not Hugely Dependent on Exports - The Economist, Jan 3rd 2008
Most people suppose that China's economic success depends on exporting cheap goods to the rich world. If so, its growth would be seriously dented by a stuttering American economy. Headline figures show that China's exports surged from 20% of GDP in 2001 to almost 40% in 2007... If exports are measured correctly, however, they account for a surprisingly modest share of China's economic growth ... China's economy is driven not by exports but by investment, which accounts for over 40% of GDP.

House Pets the Biggest Victims of US Economic Woes - By Jim Kouri, NewsWithViews.com, January 29, 2008
Several animal welfare experts say the US is witnessing an increase in the number of abandoned animals as a result of the housing crunch. "It seems people are giving up their pets after they are forced to move to a place where animals are forbidden, or when they end up crowding in with family or friends who are not amendable to furry friends. It's also possible some folks just can't afford Fido or Fluffy's chow or vet bills anymore," said Woods.

[fuggi fuggi] Merrill chiefs leave after losses - Harry Wilson, Financial News, 29 Jan 2008

Jabre warns of ‘very severe recession’ in UK and US - Financial Times, 29 Jan 2008
The UK and the US are in for a “very severe recession,” Philippe Jabre, Geneva-based hedge fund manager, said.

Former Andersen partner settles Enron lawsuit - Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan 2008
David Duncan, who did not admit or deny wrongdoing, agreed to a permanent ban from working as an accountant in matters involving the SEC.

[fuggi fuggi] Merrill co-president quits amid sub-prime woes - The New York Times, 29 Jan 2008
Merrill Lynch on Monday said that a president, Ahmass L. Fakahany, would leave as the firm builds a new management team after an implosion in the credit market that caused $12bn (€8.1bn) in net losses in the second half of last year.

Citigroup's Self-Immolation and the Beginning of the Eclipse Of American-Style Capitalism - Raymond J. Learsy, January 28, 2008

A Plot At The Brink Of A Dark Age - LPAC, 1-28-8
It would appear, at this early stage of the investigation, that, far from being the result of fraud by a lone trader, the Société Générale affair is actually a part of an all-out war being waged between the City of London and its allies at the European Central Bank, and an opposing transatlantic faction centered around the NYSE Euronext market.

Half of gold in central banks gone? Watchdog: 'We want to expose and stop the manipulation' - By Jerome R. Corsi, WorldNetDaily.com, January 29, 2008
"Gold's recent rise toward $900 per ounce shows that the price suppression scheme is faltering," GATA says. "When it is widely understood how central banks have been suppressing gold, its price may rise to $3,000 or $5,000 an ounce or more."

Bernanke's Magic Money Button - By: Richard Daughty, The Mogambo Guru, 29 January 2008
Fortunately, I was heavily sedated and in a straightjacket at the time, tied to a chair as the minimum precautions to watching Federal Reserve chairmen appearing in public, especially in front of one clueless Congressional bunch of yahoos or another.

Keynesian Quackery - By: Richard Daughty, The Mogambo Guru, 27 January 2008
And now some piddly $150 billion is going to make a big difference in preventing the overdue bust at the end of the biggest boom the world has ever seen? Hahahaha! Stop! I'm laughing so hard my stomach hurts! Hahahaha! Stop! Stop! Hahahaha!

Signoraggio: sono 71 le famiglie italiane che controllano ognuna oltre 50 milioni di euro
Un mondo riservato che, secondo gli studi realizzati nel 2006 dall’Associazione italiana del private banking e da altre istituzioni, è composto complessivamente da 712 mila persone fisiche o nuclei familiari che possiedono un patrimonio superiore a 500 mila euro, per un totale di 820 miliardi di euro, in aumento del 4,3 per cento rispetto al 2005. La consistenza dei patrimoni è così distribuita: il 98 per cento dei ricchi italiani possiede dai 500 mila ai 5 milioni di euro, il 2 per cento tra i 5 milioni e i 50 milioni. Solo lo 0,01 per cento supera questa soglia ed è composto da 71 famiglie.
Nattino

Giampietro Nattino, amministratore delegato della Banca Finnat Euramerica

Societe' Generale: da 100 azionisti denuncia per insider trading, truffa, falso, ricettazione, etc. - ANSA, 2008-01-28

Banks have billions in exposure to monolines - Reneé Schultes, Financial News, 28 Jan 2008

Investors flee from equities worldwide - Mark Cobley and Phil Craig, Financial News, 28 Jan 2008

No hiding place for heads of institutions: Tumbling share prices have set the mob baying for blood - Ian Kerr, Financial News, 28 Jan 2008
Who wants to be chief executive of a leading financial institution in these markets? Are they invited to as many parties as before?

Pierluigi Paoletti ci parla della crisi del Dollaro (testo e audio) - Radio Italia Iran

Is gold ready for a 'rocket shot'? - By Peter Brimelow, MarketWatch.com, January 28, 2008

Caracas: al via le "grannacionales", imprese al servizio della sovranità - Siro Asinelli, Rinascita, 27 Gennaio 2008

Una Goldman&Sachs tira l’altra? - Ugo Gaudenzi, Rinascita, 26 Gennaio 2008

Bourse: "L'optimisme français est totalement décalé" - par Bruna BASINI, Le Journal du Dimanche, 27 Janvier 2008

Dollar peg pushes Saudi inflation above official interest rates: Saudi to Debate Riyal-Dollar Peg - From the Gulf Daily News, January 28, 2008

World's poor are up in arms over food prices - Debora MacKenzie, New Scientist, 26 January 2008

Venezuela, Allies to Start New Bank - By IAN JAMES, AP, January 26, 2008

Chavez Urges Withdrawals From U.S. Banks - January 26, 2008

Ron Paul: US has run out of money - PressTV, 28 Jan 2008

Ron Paul Addresses US directly on video (YOUTUBE 10:00)

SOROS BACKS CORPORATE DEMOCRATS - By Cliff Kincaid, NewsWithViews.com, January 27, 2008
In a real sense, many were tricked into getting loans they couldn’t handle. This was predatory lending. As a result, an estimated 3.5 million homeowners could default on their mortgages in the next 2 1/2 years.

Gli autori del crack - Maurizio Blondet, Effedieffe, 27/01/2008
La risposta è nei clienti degli hedge fund: per farne parte, bisogna investirvi almeno un milione di dollari di patrimonio, e il numero dei soci deve essere inferiore a cento. Insomma: bisogna essere plutocrati

Dopo Prodi: l’inganno continua - Gianfranco LaGrassa, Effedieffe, 27/01/2008
In effetti, lo spettacolo offerto con la faccenda del senatore dell'Udeur che ha cambiato idea in 24 ore «per il bene del Paese» ha del comico, ma anche dell'assai disgustoso. I «trasformisti» di un tempo erano dei gentiluomini in confronto. Pochissimo tempo prima della votazione decisiva, lo stretto collaboratore del senatore in oggetto veniva assunto come dipendente (veramente «una misera offa») all'Agecontrol, carrozzone statale addetto a controllare che i prodotti ortofrutticoli freschi vengano commercializzati secondo le disposizioni di legge...

IMF: Strauss-Kahn urges for new fiscal approach to stem credit crunch - Financial Times, 28 Jan 2008
The intensifying credit crunch is so severe that lower interest rates alone will not be enough “to get out of the turmoil we are in”, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned at the weekend

Banks offer generous counter-offers to retain risk managers - Financial Times, 28 Jan 2008
Investment banks are increasingly making generous counter-offers with guaranteed bonuses to risk managers trying to defect to rivals, a trend likely to be exacerbated by the colossal fraud revealed by Société Générale

Global Recession Risk Grows as U.S. `Damage' Spreads - By Rich Miller, Bloomberg, Jan. 28, 2008

Nous sommes ici face au trou noir de la finance: No control, no limit - Denis Robert, 28.1.08

Trema SocGen, truffa da 50 miliardi: La banca ammette la dimensione gigantesca dell'illecito - La Stampa, 28/1/2008
Prolungato il fermo di Kerviel: «Sono innocente, complotto per coprire le perdite»

Scandali, affari e misteri: tutti i segreti dello Ior - di Curzio Maltese, La Repubblica, 26 gennaio 2008
Si sa soltanto che le casse e il caveau dello Ior non sono mai state tanto pingui e i depositi continuano ad affluire, incoraggiati da interessi del 12 per cento annuo e perfino superiori.

Latest Ben Fulford Conversation With Jeff Rense - Program Interview Of 1-21-8, Transcript Courtesy Of David Wilcock, 1-26-8

The "Real" Gold Price ($6,255) - James Turk, Jan 25 2008

WORLD COURT ORDERS PARIBAS TO RELEASE OR BE SEIZED - Christopher Story, World Reports, 25 January 2008

Treasury's gold auditor doesn't know if reserves are leased or swapped: Feds Accused of Gold Price Manipulation - By Jerome R. Corsi, WorldNetDaily.com, January 25, 2008

SIGNORAGGIO NEWS 13, Francesco Cossiga su Mario Draghi: un vile affarista (video) - Striscia la Notizia, 24 gennaio 2008

Can you believe this? "Confidential customer information that was misappropriated from Clearstream":

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93606    GOLDMAN SACHS PARIS    0    E    GOLDMANS    10/31/1994    PARIS            FRANCE    6            6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
S0394    GOLDMAN SACHS PARIS    0    N    GOLDMANS    10/31/1994    PARIS            FRANCE                6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
G1102    GOLDMAN SACHS SECURITIES (NOMINEES)    0    N    7929N    8/8/1997    LONDON            UNITED KINGDOM                6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
93880    GOLDMAN SACHS SIM    1    E    GOLDMAN    10/31/1994    MILANO    1        ITALY    6            6/11/1999                8/18/1999                            E        EXTER                    L    N
02712    GOLDMAN SACHS SYNDICATION A/C    0    G    GOLDSYND    10/31/1994    LONDON    1        UNITED KINGDOM                6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
56553    GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST CO SAFE CUSTODY    0    P    GOLDTRUS    10/31/1994    NEW YORK    1        U.S.A.    6    E000004630        6/25/2001    Y    N            U            N    N        E        EXTER            K    S    L    N        Y
96266    GOLDMAN SACHS TST CO    0    E    GOLDMANS    10/31/1994    NEW YORK    1        U.S.A.    6            6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                X    L    N        Y
56809    GOLDMAN SACHS& CO.CUST./ISCC/PORTAL    0    P    GOLDMCUS    10/31/1994    NEW YORK    1        U.S.A.    2    E000004242        6/25/2001    N    N            U            N    N        E        EXTER            A    S    L    N    N    Y
9DSMT    GOLDMAN SACHS(A) FIN    0    E    GOLDMAN    9/9/1999    PORT LOUIS            MAURITIUS    6            6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
T0005    GOLDMAN, SACHS & COMPANY    0    N    GOLDS    6/3/1997    NEW YORK            U.S.A.                6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
T1660    GOLDMAN, SACHS & COMPANY (TRUST)    0    N    GSTR    6/3/1997    NEW YORK            U.S.A.                6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
60247    GOLDMAN, SACHS + CO. O -06USTX    0    P    GOLDMSAC    1/29/2001    FRANKFURT AM MAIN    1        Germany    0        D    8/9/2001    N    Y            U            N    N        E        EXTER        A    C    S    F    N        Y
60985    GOLDMAN, SACHS + CO. OHG    0    P    GOLDSACH    1/29/2001    FRANKFURT AM MAIN    1        Germany    0        D    8/9/2001    N    Y            U            N    N        E        EXTER        A    C    S    F    Y        Y
67246    GOLDMAN, SACHS + CO. OHG    0    P    GOLDSACH    1/29/2001    FRANKFURT AM MAIN    1        Germany    0        D    8/9/2001    N    Y            U            N    N        E        EXTER        A    C    S    F    N        Y
U0005    GOLDMAN,SACHS & CO.    0    N    GOLSCO    10/31/1994    NEW YORK    1        U.S.A.                6/25/2001                                            E        EXTER                S    L    N        Y
73690    GOLDMAN,SACHS & CO. OHG    1    P    GOLDMAN    10/31/1994    FRANKFURT    1        GERMANY    2    E000005447    D    8/30/1999    N    N        1/31/2000    U            N    N        E        EXTER            B        L    N
73738    GOLDMAN,SACHS & CO.OHG SYND.ACC.    1    P    GOLDSYND    10/31/1994    FRANKFURT    1        GERMANY    2    E000005456    D    8/30/1999    N    N        1/31/2000    U            N    N        E        EXTER            B        L    N
Etc.. Etc... [a Promis is a promis...]

Removal demand letter from Clearstream

Deutsche Bank in crisi: nega 750 euro di fido a dipendente di multinazionale - lettera di Poste Italiane, 26 gennaio 2008
Una dipendente a tempo indeterminato della SODEXHO si è vista negare il fido da 750 euro previsto dall'accordo tra Poste Italiane e Deutsche Bank.

De Benedetti: "Crisi senza precedenti, le ricette Usa non funzioneranno" - La Repubblica, 25 gennaio 2008
"Ho visto tante crisi in vita mia, ma erano circoscritte a una zona geografica (Messico, Thailandia, Russia) o a un'entità finanziaria come lo hedge fund Ltcm, che fu salvato facilmente da un'azione concertata delle banche americane. Perfino la crisi delle Savings&Loans, forse la più grande per dimensioni, era localizzata negli Stati Uniti. Quella che stiamo vivendo invece riguarda l'intero sistema finanziario mondiale" - Carlo De Benedetti

Campanilismo: I figli di Sandra e Clemente Mastella - Mauro Montanari, Corriere d'Italia, gennaio 2008

Truth about the United States Monetary System (audio) (articles) — interview of financial expert Andrew Gause by Peter Boyles, Jan 25, 2008

Singapore charges ex-Citigroup bankers with fraud - Financial Times, 25 Jan 2008

Ex-Norbourg CEO appeal to avoid prison for fraud - CBCNews, January 24, 2008

Banche senza Dio - Maurizio Blondet, Effedieffe, 25/01/2008

Registrazione dell'intervista di Magalli sullo SCEC (video YouTube)- RAI 2, Piazza Grande, 25 gennaio 2008

ON more SG - Denis Robert, 25.1.08
Et n'oublions pas que dans l'affaire des frégates de Taiwan, la Sogenal Luxembourg a servi d'intermédiaire...

Les 5 milliards disparus de la Société Générale sont passés par là - Denis Robert, 24.1.08

"Sembra che Mario Draghi, già socio della Goldman & Sachs, nota grande banca d'affari americana, oggi Governatore della Banca d'Italia sia il vero candidato alla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri di un "Governo istituzionale" e così avrà modo di svendere, come ha già fatto quando era Direttore Generale del Tesoro, quel che resta dell'industria pubblica a qualche cliente della sua antica banca d'affari" - Francesco Cossiga

Head of loan syndicate leaves BofA - Duncan Kerr, Financial News, 25 Jan 2008

The 20 biggest trading disasters - Telegraph, 25/01/2008

PRIGIONIERI DEL MOSTRO - Pierluigi Paoletti, Centrofondi, 24 gennaio 2008

Non solo mafia, come dice Travaglio - di Simone Bussola, 25 Gennaio 2008

Rick Ackerman: PPT emerges from the shadows - Gata.org, January 24, 2008

Un trader all'origine della truffa: Société Generale: buco da quasi 5 miliardi di euro, Standars & Poor's mette la banca sotto osservazione per eventuali declassamenti - La Voce, 24 gennaio 2008

[Regulators coerce big banks to bail out bond insurers] Banks Pressed to Bail Out Bond Insurers - By Ben White and Aline Van Duyn, Financial Times, January 24, 2008

Fingers Pointed at the Federal Reserve - By Gary Duncan, The Times, January 23, 2008

Soros: End Of Dollar Reserve - IHT, 01-24-2008

Luxembourg: La crise de l’Etat-Juncker - L'Investigateur, 23/01/2008

Ron Paul Unveils a REAL Economic Stimulus Plan - January 24, 2008
Four-pronged approach will strengthen the economy by reforming taxes, cutting spending, improving monetary policy and eliminating burdensome regulations

SOUTH AFRICA ORDERS MINES CLOSED: WORLD GOLD, PLATINUM MARKETS HIT ALL-TIME HIGH - Reuters, 25 January 2008

The Bank Robbing Effect of Financial Desperation - By: Richard Daughty, The MOGAMBO GURU, news.goldseek.com, 25 January 2008
The point is that not only is bank robbing 40% more popular by 40% than last year, but the FBI used to solve 75% of bank robberies in 2003, but only about half now.

[senza vergogna] VIA LIBERA AL RIFINANZIAMENTO DELLE MISSIONI ITALIANE [radioattive] ALL’ESTERO - AgenParl, 25 Gennaio 2008
Such expenditures are not only morally obscene, they are fiscally unsustainable. The world's top 10 military spenders and the approximate amounts each country currently budgets for its military establishment are:
1. United States (FY08 budget), $623 billion
2. China (2004), $65 billion
3. Russia, $50 billion
4. France (2005), $45 billion
5. Japan (2007), $41.75 billion
6. Germany (2003), $35.1 billion
7. Italy (2003), $28.2 billion
8. South Korea (2003), $21.1 billion
9. India (2005 est.), $19 billion
10. Saudi Arabia (2005 est.), $18 billion
World total military expenditures (2004 est.), $1,100 billion
World total (minus the United States), $500 billion

Bernanke: panico. O peggio - Maurizio Blondet, Effedieffe, 24/01/2008

20 milioni di lavoratori sottopagati - di ROSARIA AMATO, la Repubblica, 25 gennaio 2008

How the SG fraud unfolded - David Rothnie, Financial News, 25 Jan 2008

SCEC: Presentazione del progetto dei Buoni Locali di Solidarietà - Piazza Grande, Rai 2, 25 gennaio 2008 dalle ore 11,00

Governo: Fabris, Sarebbe Caduto Anche Senza Vicende Giudiziarie Mastella - Asca, 25 Gen 2008

SocGen scandal joins litany of losses - Grant Clelland, Financial News, 24 Jan 2008
The €4.9bn ($7.2bn) scandal uncovered at Société Générale is among the largest in history. It is bigger than many other previous losses in the securities business, including the fraud perpetrated by Nick Leeson at UK bank Barings, the losses at hedge funds Long-Term Capital Management and Amaranth, and the Sumitomo copper scandal, but falls short of the bigges

3.2 Million Unemployed Americans Apply For Opening At Ohio-Area Bob Evans - The Onion, January 21, 2008

THE FINANCIAL TSUNAMI PART III: Greenspan's Grand Design - by F. William Engdahl, January 23, 2008

01/23/08 - A Piddly $4.4 Billion 'Drop in the Bucket' - by The Mogambo Guru
"OF COURSE $4.4 billion is not enough! The economic system and the players in it have to absorb trillions of dollars of current and future losses! A piddly $4.4 billion? Hahahaha! Talk about your proverbial 'drop in the bucket'! Hahaha!"

Funzioni, deviazioni, crisi e rimedi del sistema finanziario "liberista" - On. Fabio Calzavara, Il Piave, 22 Gennaio 2008
Nell'articolo ci sono delle imprecisioni rispetto all'effetto moltiplicatore - che moltiplica 50 volte - ed alla sua dinamica (credit window).
Tesoro

La Casta dei giornali: I politici-editori - Beppe Grillo, 23 Gennaio 2008

Trichet Says ECB Still Focused on Fighting Inflation - By Christian Vits, Bloomberg, Jan. 23, 2008
Trichet on Jan. 10 threatened to raise the bank's key rate from 4 percent if unions push through wage increases that take the jump in inflation into account. What a racket!

[Clearstream] Suite de théorème - Denis Robert, 23.1.08

The worst market crisis in 60 years - By George Soros, Financial Times, January 22 2008

‘US citizens lose trust in Citigroup and Merrill’ - Financial Times, 22 Jan 2008

Germania: le grinfie di Maastricht sulla Costituzione tedesca - Movisol, 21 gennaio 2008

BANCA ITALEASE: 5 ARRESTATI, ANCHE EX AD FAENZA - ANSA, 2008-01-23

SunTrust Net Falls on Bad Loans, Money Fund Bailout - By David Mildenberg, Bloomberg, Jan. 23, 2008

Paul calls for eliminating federal income taxes to avoid recession - Larry Fester, USA Daily, 01/22/2008

Paul Blames Federal Reserve for Weak Economy - by Associated Press, January 22, 2008

Analisi: Sistema bancario e riforma fascista - Raffaele Ragni, Rinascita, 22 Gennaio 2008

Padoa Schioppa al comando del nuovo ‘29 - Maurizio Blondet, Effedieffe, 22/01/2008

Ancora sul «Nichilismo della Finanza» - Luigi Copertino, Effedieffe, 22/01/2008
«… Bankitalia - come tutti gli istituti di emissione aventi il privilegio dell'emissione di moneta fiduciaria - si appropria di risorse dei cittadini in misura pari all'entità delle banconote in circolazione. La cosa è del resto ammessa apertis verbis … nella relazione al disegno di legge varato dal Consiglio dei Ministri il 10 febbraio 1993: '…In conseguenza, non si consente agli esecutivi degli Stati firmatari del Trattato (di Maastricht, ndr) di esercitare signoraggio in senso stretto: OVVERO DI APPROPRIAZIONE DI RISORSE ATTRAVERSO QUELLA FORMA DI DEBITO INESIGIBILE CHE E'LA MONETA INCONVERTIBILE A CORSO LEGALE' ».

Il ‘29 è qui. E adesso? (Nino Galloni !) - Maurizio Blondet, Effedieffe, 21/01/2008

BofA profit tumbles 95% after $6bn sub-prime writedown - The Boston Globe, 23 Jan 2008

Firms gain protection against manager fraud - Mark Cobley, Financial News, 23 Jan 2008

Bayou funds’ founder James G. Marquez sentenced to more than four years in prison for fraud - The New York Times, 23 Jan 2008

23 January 2008 - Avoiding Responsibility - By: Richard Daughty, The MOGAMBO GURU, news.goldseek.com
And let's not forget that this lying lowlife loser, St. Louis Federal Reserve President William Poole, is a guy about whom Marketwatch.com reports, 'Last year, he voted in favor of all the FOMC's rate cuts'! Hahaha! What a creepy little worm!

22 January 2008 - Oil Battles Gold for Investment Supremacy - By: Richard Daughty, The MOGAMBO GURU, news.goldseek.com
Naturally, even a bonehead like me knows that a one percent chance is not very good, and I saw that my chances of him coming across with that cool thousand bucks was now slipping away.

DID BROWN BOTHER TO READ THE LISBON E.U. TREATY? DOWNING STREET WON’T SAY - Christopher Story, 22 January 2008
A standard obfuscation technique used by the European Commission to hide internal corruption is as follows. Open investigation A. Let it run for a month or two. Then open parallel investigation B. Let it run for some further months. Then arrange for several tame MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) to ‘call for’ investigation C. This then gives rise to ‘calls for’ investigations A and B to be suspended, a.k.a. held in abeyance, pending the outcome of investigation C. If this multi-layered obfuscation methodology fails to kick the embarrassing corruption issue into the no-man’s land between Commissions, open investigation D. Repeat the cycle as necessary.

CONVEGNO PER LA RIFORMA DELL’ATTUALE SISTEMA BANCARIO E MONETARIO, promosso dall'ASSOCIAZIONE PER LA DIFESA DEI CITTADINI, martedì 22 gennaio 2008, ore 10, presso il Jolly Hotel di Napoli
Relatori: - Alfonso Luigi Marra, (“FermiamoLeBanche”) - Aniello De Gennaro, (Scec: La solidarietà che cammina) - Pierluigi Paoletti, (Responsabile Centro Fondi); - Marco Saba, (Centro Studi Monetari); - Roberto Fico, (Amici di Beppe Grillo); - Renzo Rabellino (Segretario No Euro) - Ettore Affatati, (Comitato Liberazione Monetaria); - Angelo Sandri, (Segretario Democrazia Cristiana); - Raffaele Bruno, (Presidente Vento del Sud); - Angelo Pisani, (Responsabile Noi Consumatori);

Overseas Filipino workers told to shun dollars for pesos - From the "Random Jottings" Column, The Manila Times (Philippines), January 21, 2008

Gold: How High is High? - Antal E. Fekete, Gold Standard University Live, Jan 21, 2008
"Something is rotten in the state of economics. In the middle of the 20th century a group of bankers bribed some of the nation's top colleges to peddle a reactionary economic theory (which was to make bankers a lot of money). This theory swept American higher education with the result that pretty well everybody who has graduated with a degree in economics no longer has the slightest idea of what he is talking about... There is nothing wrong with the science of economics, but there is something terribly wrong with the kind of trash handed out by our nation's colleges today. It is people dumb enough to imbibe such trash who are the reporters and columnists in most of the media, and these are the people giving most Americans economic advice."
- Howard Katz

La disoccupazione - Patrizio R., Effedieffe, 20/01/2008
I rimedi al problema sono noti: si crea occupazione incrementando la domanda, attraverso la realizzazione di opere pubbliche (la spesa pubblica) cercando altresì di favorire gli investimenti con agevolazioni fiscali e facilitando l’accesso al credito. [Più che all' "accesso al credito" sarebbe opportuno pensare ad una democratizzazione della creazione monetaria: eliminando l'oligopolio di fatto, la libera concorrenza riequilibrerebbe il mercato]

Redditi: sondaggio Sky Tg24, per l’87% è allarme povertà - La Padania, 20 gennaio 2008
Prove tecniche di sciopero generale. Gli “avvertimenti” della Triplice a Palazzo Chigi: subito un confronto sul lavoro dipendente - La Padania, 20 gennaio 2008
Rosi Mauro: «Legare gli stipendi al costo della vita» - Simone Boiocchi, La Padania, 20/01/2008

La class action o azione collettiva risarcitoria introdotta dalla legge finanziaria per il 2008 nel codice del consumo - Visconti Gianfranco, Diritto & Diritti, 17/01/2008
RIFIUTI: ANCORA PROTESTE, VIA ALLA CLASS ACTION - ANSA, 2008-01-20
Da Reggio Calabria: Class Action sul canone acqua - Avv. Saverio Cuoco, 19 gennaio 2008
[la class action NON è retroattiva... perché?] Class action: il Governo fa quadrato intorno alle banche - Ascot, 19 gennaio 2008

[NEUROpe] MPs required to ratify Lisbon treaty without reading it - By Christopher Booker, The Telegraph, 19/01/2008

Nonostante la Bersani nel 2007 aumenta caro banche - MilanoFinanza, 18 gennaio 2008

[lex monetae nel cesso] Il Parlamento è sottoposto all'obbligo di consultare la Bce - Francesco Vella, 18.01.2008

Ron Paul happy to finish second in Nevada - Associated Press, Jan. 19, 2008

The World Melts for Gold: Futures in China, an ETF in India Are Part of the Frenzy - By CAROLYN CUI and JAMES T. AREDDY , January 19, 2008

IMAGINE THAT!! FEDERAL BANKS NOT TRUSTING FEDERAL BANKS!! - Every dog for himself - By: Rayelan, 19 January 2008

Former IRS Agent Joe Banister and Ron Paul On CNBC (video) - September 19, 2007

Joe Banister is a graduate of San Jose State University where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. He was a Certified Public Accountant for 15 years. In 1993 he accepted appointment to the Department of the Treasury, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, as a Special Agent (Criminal Investigator). Mr. Banister is believed to be the first and only IRS Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent ever to conduct an off-duty investigation about claims that the federal income tax is fraudulently administered and enforced and then confront top IRS officials about the validity of those claims. After confronting those officials, including his own IRS supervisors, he was encouraged to resign and did resign from the IRS on February 25, 1999. He has spoken out against the fraudulent administration and enforcement of the federal income tax ever since.

Ron Paul contends for second place in Nevada GOP caucuses - CNN, January 19, 2008

ECB Must Act Quickly Against Inflation, Draghi Says - By Steve Scherer and Alessandra Migliaccio, Bloomberg, Jan. 19, 2008

Contro Visco, preghiamo Sant’Antonio - Maurizio Blondet, Effedieffe, 19/01/2008

Cocaina, Fincantieri, agenda rossa e Procura di Palermo - di Gioacchino Basile, lettera a Manfredi Borsellino

Veltrusconi: Inciucio O Dialogo? La storia si ripete... 1995 - 2008 (video)

LA CLASS ACTION ALL'ITALIANA - AgenParl, 18 Gennaio 2007

Australia: Bread, milk, meat prices tipped to soar - By Melanie Christiansen and Brian Williams, NewsCom, January 19, 2008

Australia: Shares in freefall amid fears of a global downturn - NewsCom, January 18, 2008

A stable currency and no inheritance tax makes Cyprus a popular place to retire - The Telegraph, 17/01/2008

Nothing Like a Crisis to Polish Up Image of Gold - By Robin Bromby, The Australian, January 19, 2008

Radio Fermo 1, trasmissione sullo SCEC (diretta audio) - sabato 19 gennaio intorno alle 9.30

Wall Street Journal agrees to print full-page ad from GATA - Gata.org, January 18, 2008

Sterling shunned as UK retail sales slide - By Edmund Conway, The Telegraph, 19/01/2008

Bush calls for $145-billion to prop up economy - ANDREW TAYLOR AND DEB RIECHMANN, The Associated Press, January 18, 2008
“It's going to be focused on consumers, individuals, families — putting money in their pocket. And it's going to be focused on giving businesses the incentive to hire people, to create jobs.”

Panic selling shuts £2bn Scottish Equitable fund - Patrick Collinson, The Guardian, January 18 2008
One of Britain's biggest property funds was forced to shut its doors to withdrawals yesterday after the slump in commercial prices triggered panic selling by small investors.

[Euro zone M3 inflation YoY at 12%] Thrill Ride - by Ty Andros, SafeHaven, January 18, 2008
Real inflation

As you can see inflation is eating the middle class and G7 economies alive, economic growth and interest rates are massively negative if adjusted for this chart's message. Do you think this is limited to the US? The politicization of all economic data in the G7 has been expanding every year since 1990.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Clients Demand $1.14 Billion in Auction Dispute - By David Scheer, Bloomberg, Jan. 18, 2008
The Mahers' complaint accuses Lehman and its employees of lapses including negligence, deception, breach of contract, making unsuitable investments and supervisory failures.

01/18/08 - The Golden Commodity Compass - by The Mogambo Guru
"You will be glad to know that we have given up slaughtering American natives, although we keep our skills up by killing thousands of natives in OTHER countries, but we don't do it for gold. Nowadays, we do it for money and oil."

Due soluzioni eleganti per salvare l'Italia dalla crisi monetaria:
Zero-coupon perpetual puttable securities: a way to get back monetary sovereignty without breaching the Maastricht Treaty - Julian D. A. Wiseman, October 2000
How a private-sector company could take Germany out of EMU - Julian D. A. Wiseman, March 2001

[central banking] The pretend market for money - Julian D. A. Wiseman, New York, July 2007

United States Emirates: SEIU attacks Carlyle plans to buy Booz Allen unit - Financial News, 18 Jan 2008

La Casta dei giornali: Il Sole 24 Ore - Beppe Grillo, 17 Gennaio 2008

Farloccolandia: mutui, perizie & company - Eugenio Benetazzo, Rinascita, 13 Gennaio 2008

Merrill unveils $15bn sub-prime writedown in record quarterly loss - New York Post, 18 Jan 2008
John Thain, presiding over his first set of earnings on Thursday as the new leader of Merrill Lynch, cleared the decks with about $15bn (€10.3bn) of sub-prime mortgage related writedowns that led to the largest quarterly loss since the brokerage was founded 94 years ago.

Banca Mondiale, oggi chiusi uffici per allarme bomba - Reuters, 18 gennaio 2008

The banks' £4bn protection racket: After a record fine for an 'extortionate' loan protection scheme, customers are urged to claim back what they are owed - By Martin Hickman, Independent, 17 January 2008

[quo warranto] 7-year plan aligns U.S. with Europe's economy: Rules, regs to be integrated without congressional review - By Jerome R. Corsi, WorldNetDaily, January 16, 2008

Tax Truth, your IRS information site - Eddie Khan

01/17/08 - The Futility of the Economic Weatherman - by The Mogambo Guru
"Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has no such qualms about shame, and said he is ready to take "substantive additional action", which the media and markets took as saying, 'Rates are going down, dudes!'"

[sovranità monetaria] ANNAMARIA VITERBO, I REGIMI DI CAMBIO NELL’ODIERNO SISTEMA MONETARIO INTERNAZIONALE, Il diritto dell’economia, Mucchi editore, n. 1, 2005
"Una quarta possibilità di addivenire ad una dollarizzazione ufficiale è, infine, data dall’intervento delle Nazioni Unite. Spesso, infatti, negli interventi di aiuto alla ricostruzione di paesi come il Kosovo, Timor Est, l’Afghanistan e l’Iraq, sia le Nazioni Unite che il FMI hanno incoraggiato, ovvero anche direttamente condotto, una precisa politica monetaria. In alcuni casi i pareri degli esperti del Fondo (e talvolta anche degli esperti del Tesoro americano) hanno influenzato e indirizzato le decisioni sull’adozione di un nuovo regime di cambio; in altri casi le Nazioni Unite hanno proceduto alla dollarizzazione di un paese come misura di amministrazione provvisoria. Si pensi alle decisioni dell’amministrazione UNMIK in Kosovo (oggi territorio facente parte della Federazione di Serbia e Montenegro) tramite le quali è stato attribuito corso legale all’euro o alla decisione del Rappresentante Speciale del Segretario delle Nazioni Unite per Timor Est di adottare il dollaro come moneta legale. Questi interventi, in quanto volti a ristabilire l’ordine pubblico monetario e la sicurezza delle transazioni, sono ritenuti conformi al diritto internazionale consuetudinario anche nell’ipotesi in cui mancassero del consenso dello Stato della moneta."

The Panic Starts - Jim Sinclair, MineSet, January 17, 2008

Intervista a Guido Rossi :«Troppe leggi dettate dai mercanti» - di Bruno Perini, Il Sole 34 Ore, 17 gennaio 2008

One World, One Money - By Carl Teichrib, Forcing Change

The Monkey Trap - by John Hoefle, Executive Intelligence Review, January 18, 2008
The bankers are perpetrating a giant criminal fraud upon the nations and their populations. The securitization scheme of which the mortgage securities were but a part, was designed as a giant debt-recycling machine, converting loan exposures into securities which could be moved off the books of financial institutions and into hedge funds, money-market funds, pension funds, and others.

Homebuilding: Sharpest drop in 27 years - By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com, January 17 2008

[Bills of Exchange, LEX MERCATORIA] IRS v. SNIPES: SNIPES PAID $14 MILLION - BUT NOT IN FRNs - By: hobie, 17 January 2008
[Bills of Exchange, LEX MERCATORIA] Lawyers face off at start of Snipes tax fraud case - By Barbara Liston, Reuters, Jan 16, 2008
Wesley Snipes

Lehman suspending wholesale operations at Aurora Loan Services - By Margaret Jackson The Denver Post, 01/17/2008

Japanese stock market plunge rattles Fukuda - By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph, 17/01/2008

Mutui: Almunia; Crisi Pesera' Su Crescita, Agire Subito - ANSA, BRUXELLES, 17 GEN 2008

Casino Royale - Brian Bloom, 321gold, Jan 17, 2008

Una famiglia su 2 sotto 1.900 euro. Istat: il 14% non arriva a fine mese - TgFin, 17/1/2008

[petrodollars] George of Arabia: Better Kiss Your Abe ‘Goodbye’ - by Greg Palast, January 16, 2008
The Flow

Deutsche Bank axes markets staff as cutbacks start to bite - Harry Wilson, Financial News, 17 Jan 2008
Deutsche Bank’s is pushing ahead with job cuts in its global markets business three months after it slashed compensation for its staff and cut back its bonus pool in the wake of a more than 90% fall in profits.

Bernanke: Juice the economy 'quickly'; Fed chairman, urging lawmakers to boost consumer spending within 12 months, tags mortgage meltdown's cost at $100 billion or more - By Paul R. La Monica, CNNMoney.com, January 17 2008

SOROS BETS ON US ECONOMIC COLLAPSE - By Cliff Kincaid, NewsWithViews.com, January 17, 2008

US Financial Markets Are Beyond Farce And Becoming More So - By: Bill Murphy, Le Metropole Cafe, 17 January 2008

Elgin fund blocks withdrawals after losses on leveraged loans - Financial Times, 17 Jan 2008

UBS winds down private banking business for US clients - Financial Times, 17 Jan 2008

Deutsche Bank chief executive Josef Ackermann calls for overhaul of banking system - Financial Times, 17 Jan 2008

LaRouche Webcast Jan. 17, 2008: Six Months Into the Greatest Financial Crash Ever

Interview: Presidential candidate Cong. Dennis Kucinich - Jan 16, 2008
The Randi Rhoads Show interview Cong. Dennis Kucinich, excluded from Dem's debate.

Derubata la Banca Centrale d'Albania - Etleboro, 16.01.2008

Jean-Claude Juncker, le Premier ministre luxembourgeois, est devenu complètement fou - L'investigateur, 16/01/2008

New crisis embroils World Bank leader - By Steven R. Weisman, Herald Tribune, January 16, 2008
Bank officials said that despite Zoellick's efforts to heal the wounds left from the stormy tenure of his predecessor, Paul Wolfowitz, the resignation of Suzanne Rich Folsom, Wolfowitz's top deputy in his anti-corruption campaign, was stirring new bitterness.

Turkey to launch 'diamond market'- Reuters, 13/01/2008

City of Cleveland sues 21 banks for damages under Ohio public nuisance law: the filing document - Jan 11, 2008

Euro flops after ECB's Mersch warns on growth - By Kevin Plumberg, Reuters, January 16 2008

The Financial Tsunami - Part II: The Financial Foundations Of The American Century - By F. William Engdahl, rense.com, 1-16-8

Mercury Real Estate Hedge Fund Restricts Redemptions - FINalternatives, January 16, 2008

ZOPA: LA BANCA SIAMO NOI [sempre usura è] - AgenParl, 16 Gennaio 2008

People & Power - The Village: Busunju (video) - AlJazeera, 16 Jan 08

INFLATION IS BECOMING A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON: And it is getting worse as the U.S. and European economies slip into recession - by Monty Guild, Guild Investment Management, Inc., January 15, 2008
There is a general dishonesty displayed by government statistical functionaries pretty much world wide, in presenting the statistics regarding inflation and economic growth. The first is usually understated and the second often overstated.

CLEARSTREAM: ecco dove finiscono i guadagni del signoraggio - di Manuel Zanarini, Il Consapevole

01/16/08 - Let Gold Yell For You - by The Mogambo Guru
"And what the chart shows, but nobody is saying, is that it wasn't until 1960 that the Dow high, again rose high enough to equal the very peak in 1929. 'Investing for the long term'! Hahaha!"

BofA to cut 650 jobs and sell equity prime brokerage - Shanny Basar, Financial News, 16 Jan 2008

Caro-vita, La Tela propone lo “Scec”: La “quarta settimana” così fa meno paura - Corriere Adriatico, 16 gennaio 2008

- AMI 2008 Monetary Reform Conference at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Sept. 25-28, 2008
- 314° anniversario del signoraggio il 27 - 7 - 2008 (anno sabbatico) - 314th seigniorage anniversary (anno Templare 890)

- Third International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance: Risk Management, Regulation and Supervision, April 2008, Karachi Pakistan- CALL FOR PAPERS
- Conferenza sulo SCEC presso "sala conferenze" del Convento di San Domenico (Pistoia) - 28 febbraio alle 21.00
- Conferenza: “Valute regionali complementari all’Euro… a quando la moneta biellese?“ - ITIS " Q.SELLA " Aula 39, Via Rosselli 2, Biella, alle ore 21,00, giovedì 21 febbraio 2008