Origin Of HIV/AIDS

The origin of HIV/AIDS is quite not clear till date. Here are some of the theories which scientist proposed to explain how this deadly disease might have come into existence.

Subprime Home Mortgage Crisis

NY Times ace financial guru, Floyd Norris, in his column today, Oct 19, 2007, explains Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's latest invention to ward off disaster for the big banks and the country's financial system, the "Master Liquidity Enhancement Conduit," which will rival the Los Angeles aqueduct.

9-19-08 Crisis End Game--Paul Krugman NY Times

Op-Ed Columnist Crisis Endgame By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: September 18, 2008 On Sunday, Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary, tried to draw a line in the sand against further bailouts of failing financial...

GRAVE NEW WORLD -- VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES REPLACING CORPORATE GIANTS

The other day, a noted British economist saw an extraordinary vision of the world in the not too distant future. Ian O. Angell of the London School of Economics said: "I have seen the future." ...

Guesstimates Won't Cut It Anymore--Gretchen Morgenson in the NYT 10-28-07

Excerpts from Morgenson article; The $30 billion in losses and write-downs taken by big brokerage firms in the third quarter are not likely to be the last. After last week it was no longer plausible to deny...

So What Is a Structured Investment Vehicle (SIV) Anyway?

Structured Investment Vehicles, or SIVs have received much attention in the news lately as financial crisis continues to widen. Unfortunately, that attention hasn't included any kind of explanation as to what...

Straws in the Wind 11-3-07

In a special meeting tomorrow (Sunday) Citigroup's board of directors is expected to fire the bank's CEO, Charles O. Prince. Prince will follow Stanley O'Neal Merrill Lynch's CEO who was fired last week in...

CROOK ALERT 6--THE FORECLOSURE FACTORY IN THE MORTGAGE SERVICING RACKET Published 12-22-06

Massachusetts Sues 5 Major Banks Over Foreclosure Practices - NYTimes.com Massachusetts is suing the nation’s five largest mortgage lenders, including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, over deceptive foreclosure practices. NY Times Advertisement...

Stock Market Analysis for Sophisticated Investors Only

Hedge Fund Blues Merle Hazard Meets Arthur Laffer and Sings "In the Hamptons." market sentiment.  rigorous analysis.  SIV.  they have good names - the names they think up are very very...

Merle Hazard Meets Arthur Laffer In the Hamptons and Sings the Hedge Fund Blues