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Oil Prices at One Year High, What's Behind the Rally? - Analysis and Discussion with Morgan Downey of Standard Chartered Bank (Bloomberg News)




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Another Financial Bubble Comes Into View by Bob Chapman

Bob Chapman
The International Forecaster
October 19, 2009

Some of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s closest aides, none of whom faced Senate confirmation, earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms, according to financial disclosure forms.

The advisers include Gene Sperling, who last year took in $887,727 from Goldman Sachs and $158,000 for speeches mostly to financial companies, including the firm run by accused Ponzi scheme mastermind R. Allen Stanford. Another top aide, Lee Sachs, reported more than $3 million in salary and partnership income from Mariner Investment Group, a New York hedge fund

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Housing Market Getting Worse Elizabeth Warren on Tech Ticker

Rising U.S. Unemployment Continues to Haunt Housing Market


"We see things getting worse in the housing market," Warren says, citing the pernicious effects of foreclosures, which rose 5% in the third quarter to a total of 937,840, according to RealtyTrac.

"The long-term impact of high foreclosure rates on our housing market and overall economy would be disastrous," Warren warns, citing estimates that 10 to 12 million U.S. homes could ultimately go into foreclosure. "We have to get foreclosures under control."
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