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    Sep 29 12:38 PM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    To see the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, got to www.usa.gov/ and type "bailout" in the search field. Reply
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    There is little question that this is the end of an era. In a way it is a shame that it didn't come six months earlier, so that the campaigns could digest it and present to the public a clearer vision of what basic assumptions about our world have changed, and what remains the same. For my part, I prefer the assumptions that McCain would make, and his courage to help work our way through the transition. But, given the calamity and the timeframe, it looks as if voting "present" will be good enough. Reply
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    Sep 29 12:02 PM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Billgls, you are confused. Not only is Franklin Raines not connected to the Obama campaign (this has been debunked for days if not weeks), but McCain's campaign manager was on Fannie's payroll just to provide access to McCain. The only reason anyone connected Raines to Obama is because they are both African-American.

    From Newsweek:

    Never mind the fact that Raines never actually advised Obama on anything. The real problem here is that McCain's campaign is swarming with 26 advisers or fundraisers who have lobbied for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac--including nearly a dozen who lobby right now. As the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen wrote last week, "one of McCain's top policy advisers, Charlie Black, was lobbyist for Freddie Mac for 10 years, while his campaign manager, Rick Davis, lobbied to help Fannie and Freddie steer clear of additional federal regulations [and earned $2 million in the process]... Tom Loeffler, who serves McCain's campaign co-chairman, also lobbied for Fannie Mae. Aquiles Suarez, a McCain economic adviser, was a Fannie Mae executive. Dan Crippen, a McCain adviser who helped craft the campaign's health-care policy, lobbied for Fannie Mae (and Merrill Lynch). Arthur B. Culvahouse, who helped lead McCain's VP search committee, also lobbied for Fannie Mae." According to former Fannie Mae executive William Maloni, "photographs of Sen. McCain's staff... loo[k] to me like the team of lobbyists who used to report to me." Without these ties--which are far more extensive than Obama's--McCain would have every right to say that associating with officials from troubled financial institutions is a sign of bad judgment. Again, it's not like Obama's hands are spotless. But with them, McCain offers Obama an otherwise unavailable opportunity to remind voters that McCain's own judgment--at least by McCain's own standards--is worse. So much for "no seat... at the table."

    www.blog.newsweek.com/...
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  • commenter
    Sep 29 11:34 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Thanks, Jersey Reply
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    Sep 29 10:14 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Lets try that again, financialservices (dot) house (dot) gov Reply
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    Sep 29 10:12 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Axelrod, the plan can be seen at financialservices.hous... Reply
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    Sep 29 10:04 AM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    no one at the top will pay.there are just too many crooks."too big to fail & too many to jail".has a nice ring to it & sadly is the truth.i think sen. dodds father(also a sen.) went to jail.like father like son?mccain was one of the keating five.just no leadership. Reply
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    Sep 29 10:00 AM
    Predictions on Imclone's Suitors [view article]
    Jeez. Is it not possible to disagree with Derek without calling him "incompetent"... as well? What are your credentials? Reply
  • commenter
    Sep 29 09:33 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Today a momentous task starts towards a decision that will change our nation more than any war, storm or sneak attack. There is a proposal being made that some think will take us directly into a Socialist Government. The worst thing I can think of the bill is that it is pushed in a sense of urgency; stop and let things settle for our lives depend upon you. May cooler heads take charge and have a month wait before it comes to vote by either chamber and if they do not comply please veto it.

    I believe the most important thing I heard last week in the debate between the two men applying for President was Senator McCainʼs promise of accountability.

    We have at least two elected congressional representatives that were charged with oversight of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, Senators Dodd and Representive Barney Frank that took favors and were negligent of duty, an act as serious as or more serious than a soldier, sailor or marine sleeping on watch.

    At least one Senator that wants to be President, Obama, that has taken large sums of money and favorable loans from Fanny Mae and/or Freddy Mac and has a potential felon, Franklin Raines, CEO of the Fanny Mae, as an advisor on his Campaign board. Of course, the CEO should be tried and sent to a dark damp dungeon and the publically elected Senators and Congressmen that are guilty of malfeasance of duty tried and sent to an adjoining dungeon to the CEOs.

    We citizens of the United States of America deserve the right to impose punishment upon any miscreant elected official and or his staff.
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  • commenter
    Sep 29 09:27 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Does anyone out there have a url for the "new" plan ? Is it available anywhere online for "we the sheeple" to read ? Probably not, but please, if it is, lut us know where. Reply
  • commenter
    Sep 29 08:49 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    BAILOUT POLITICS:
    [1] Imposes "some curbs" on Exec comp........
    [2] Taxpayers to "share" in any profits.......... with ACORN??????
    [3] Treasury Dept still Market Maker...........
    [4] Vulture Investors.........Full Disclosure when they buy????????
    [5] SARBOX & FASB 157 not addressed to stop hemmorraging.......
    [6] No contribution from Billionaires/Millionai... $11 Trillion.........
    [7] No change to SEC UPTICK RULE & NAKED SHORTING!!!!!!!
    ****As one honest expert stated Sunday, TAXPAYERS ARE THE SUCKERS..............A...
    Americans who are investors in stock market instruments need to take this opportunity to reevaluate their financial positions and consider preservation of capital as #1 priority well above gains/risks..............
    Don't let this happen to you again, as it will, because nothing has happened to the GREED MERCHANTS or the GAMES OF WALL STREETS WORST PLAYERS!!!!!!!!
    IMHO
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  • commenter
    Sep 28 01:38 PM
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    Predictions on Imclone's Suitors [view article]
    This is the second article by the same biotech-incompetent author.

    Unfortunately, the author is incapable of understanding the ways to value biotechnology companies.

    Diamonds and pearls are not valued by pounds and inches but rather by quality and beauty. The same is true for biotech.

    The biotech value is in a company portfolio of drugs already available for sale including the presently approved and future indications, the value/potential of its pipeline in development and its patent portfolio.

    These are the parameters potential buyer is looking at then they evaluate a potential biotech candidate rather than company's financials and/or its real-estate holdings.

    This is a very difficult and complicated process. It is not a secret that the FDA evaluates drug candidates based on clinical trials results rather than on the Wall Street analysts or even the best scientists evaluations.

    Back in 2001 then the FDA even refused to accept ImClone lead drug Erbitux for consideration, it appeared that ImClone has no value at all. Shortly from now, the same Erbitux being a bright oncology star is about to become a multi-billion dollar blockbuster drug helping thousands and thousands cancer patients all around world.

    ImClone also has an outstanding pipeline of new drugs in developments. Some of these drugs are in the final Phase III development stage. A success of just one of these candidates will potentially double the present ImClone's value.

    Consequently, a "secret" ImClone admirer has a lot of difficult work to do. There is no any need for either ImClone, its shareholders or a "secret" ImClone admirer to rush with the decision.

    Disclosure: I am an ImClone shareholder. In my opinion, ImClone value is well above $8B.
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  • commenter
    Sep 28 12:03 PM
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    Lilly Sinks After Hours on Effient Delay [view article]
    Eli Lilly is experiencing difficult times,as a Zyprexa damage claimant I can only hope they stay afloat to resolve their outstanding debts.
    Daniel Haszard
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  • commenter
    Sep 26 08:45 AM
    Roche Covets Genentech for Good Reason [view article]
    Bottom line is... WHEN IS ROCHE GOING TO STEP UP AND MAKE THE NEW OFFER!!!!


    On Sep 24 10:26 PM Bryan wrote:

    > You do not seem to make a clear correlation between personalized
    > medicine and Genentech. I would posit that DNA made its mark initially
    > in the old vanguard of biotech, but by using its initial tenets,
    > that of developing therapeutics through the understanding biology
    > is what will drive it through the personalized medicine era. Sequencing
    > may become routine enough to tell that you have a certain makeup
    > that can predispose to disease or affect treatment regimens, but
    > its what is done with that information that makes all the difference.
    > Not one company really came out of the genomics era using any genomics
    > information for the design of drugs.
    > If the founder of google now knows he may get parkinsons, well where
    > do you think he might put his money?
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  • commenter
    Sep 25 12:37 PM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    JOHN McCAIN Meet Wall Street


    The following Vietnam War Fighter Pilot JARGON key is provided in order to expedite discussions and reduce confusion with John McCain concerning TARP

    Agent Orange: A toxic equity tranche
    Body Count: Number of bankers fired
    E&E: Escape and evasion tactics: Often applied by Wall Street CEOs and politicians
    Hootch: What investors smoke before they visit Bear Stearns and Lehman
    Gook: What you will find in Lehman and AIG's financial footnotes
    Level 3 Asset: Covert assets
    Cumshaw: OTC trading
    Crispy Critters: Exploding Hedge Funds
    Water torture: Forced to read ISDA standard terms
    DC: Dick Cheney then, Dick Cheney now
    Deuce and a half: 250 Trillion dollars
    C Rations: Stale sandwiches from Kaplans deli.
    AWOL: Chairman Cox during the runup of the great meltdown.
    Delta neutral: A Wall Street hedging strategy not to be confused with Mekong Delta.
    Oversight: What Congress must do: Excuse us for the oversight.
    AAA: Anti Aircraft Artillery/ also Rating Agency Jargon
    AVRN: Already Very Rough Numbers
    Go juice: Prune juice
    Chop Shop: Workout firm
    M&A: Mission Accomplished!
    HUD: Heads up display (Housing and Urban Development, where the subprime mess started)
    Ho Chi Minh Trail: AMTRACK
    HMONG: A friendly Vietnamese tribe (on Wall Street: Honor "Hmong" thieves)
    Golden Parachute: Every pilot and CEO must have one
    Tailhook: The contingent liability payable under a CDS
    SAM: Securitised asset markdowns
    Million Dollar Wound: A wound not warranting bailout money
    Bandits: Short sellers
    Jesus Bolt: The nut that holds everything together (Hank Paulson)
    Gigahertz and Nanoseconds ~ Highly technical, detailed, and hard to understand ("It's getting down to gigahertz and nanoseconds.")

    Lost the Bubble ~ Got confused or forgot what was happening. Alan Greenspan lost the bubble.

    Loud Handle ~ Lever or grip that fires ejection seat. Often used by Wall Street CEOs.

    LTCM: An early Wall Street ICBM

    Peter Pilot ("PP"): Affectionate name for inexperienced pilot newbie or Vice Presidential running mate.

    PSY-OPs: Whitehouse tactics

    R&R: What Congress takes every 3 business days and what George Bush does for a living.

    POW: Prisoner of War: Wall Street-Person of Wealth

    ReTARP: He who will explain the next Wall Street Bailout

    Re-Education Camp: Where investment bankers go to learn about the real business world
    Selling short: What the US government does to its Armed Forces
    Smoking Hole ~ A bottomless write off.
    Spiderhole: Where W emerges once in a blue moon
    TOP Gun: A derivative salesman
    Tunneling: What hedge fund managers do to opaque financial reports
    Tunnel Rat: SEC short hunter
    Up on the Governor ~ When someone is about to have a tantrum (term comes from the device that keeps the engine from overspeeding).
    Up to Speed, or Up to Snuff ~ To understand or to know what's going on.
    Swiftboating: There you go again ;-)
    Unknown Unknowns: The OTC derivatives market
    FWMD: Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction
    Zero Dark 30: Operations between 12AM and sunrise (Going to the printers)

    Brought to you by: WilliamBanzai7
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