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BLOG.JMHAMILTONPUBLISHING.COM: Daily Archive - 1/5/2012

Two words one never wants to see in the same sentence.... "Bank" and "Hole."

Borrow and Spend Republican... Equals Greater Deficit! President H.W. Bush (R)... Called this "Voodoo Economics."

Gross did not mention other beneficiaries of ultra-low short-term rates that he has recommended in the past -- mortgage real-estate investment trusts and leveraged closed-end muni funds.

“Congress was clear that we were to impose position limits promptly,” Bart Chilton, a Democratic commissioner

Spokesmen for S&P and Moody's declined to comment.

“The market got ahead of itself,” said Jeffrey H. Bunzel, "Earlier in the year, there were unrealistic expectations. Since then the macro environment has definitely come down.”

“Yahoo seems like the ideal fixer-upper from afar,” Mr. Rohan said. “But Internet assets are hard to fix.”

“Now, with a director, the C.F.P.B. can exercise its full authorities — with respect to both banks and nonbanks — to help those markets operate fairly, transparently, and competitively.”

Commercial insurance, which accounts for approximately half of Chubb's written premiums, could also see a boost in the coming year, as many sector watchers think prices have finally bottomed.

France needed to “sell longer-term debt because that’s what investors and ratings agencies are watching in terms of a signal of confidence.”

“It’s a demographic tsunami.”

Gregg Easterbook: President Santorum, an honest man who honestly holds strong views that reflect maybe 5 percent of the American population.

When Dick Cheney urged the enactment of those tax cuts as a way to stimulate an economy that was slowing down at the end of 2000, Krugman dismissed him as a “vulgar Keynesian”

One reason for the mobility gap may be the depth of American poverty, which leaves poor children starting especially far behind.

Pressed by reporters, Mr. McCain did little to mask his lack of enthusiasm for the idea. “I’m happy in the Senate.”

Said David L. Goldwyn, former State Department coordinator for international energy affairs. “We would take out their frigates.”

“I laugh at the drug tests,” said Billy Simmonds, a vegan bodybuilder in Las Vegas. “I don’t even eat meat.”

When we accept this idea, we are edging into the idea of Internet access as a civil right, because ensuring access is a policy made by the government.

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