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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know Newsby SA Editor Rachael Granby- Bank trio becomes duo. Wells Fargo (WFC) will become the largest U.S. bank by branches with its bid for Wachovia (WB), after Citigroup (C) withdrew from compromise negotiations late yesterday on concerns about the quality of some of Wachovia's assets. Wells Fargo, with a bid valued at $11.4B, expects the purchase to be completed by the end of the year, and denies it will have to absorb assets shakier than originally thought.
- Government considers next steps. As the financial crisis continues to worsen, the U.S. government is considering two dramatic steps to turn around, or at least slow, the damage: guaranteeing billions of dollars in bank debt and temporarily insuring all U.S. bank deposits. The moves, which would mark the government's most extensive intervention to date, are in discussion stages only.
- Credit stays frozen. As frozen credit markets refuse to thaw, the cost of default protection on corporate bonds reaches new global records amid investor concerns the credit crisis will trigger corporate failures as companies struggle to finance their businesses. Interbank lending remains limited, and borrowing from the Fed's expanded discount window continued its trend of setting new highs every week, as the total daily average rose to $420.2B vs. $367.8B last week.
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What Happens When Banks Are Nationalized
interesting that it is only happening in countries/zones with central banks, no?
and yes fraud/greed can be relied upon.
The Economy Won't Be Ignored
pretty grim, slim.
What is Hank Paulson Thinking?
tough row to hoe. more inflation won't improve our standard of living without pay raises which aren't probably going to happen.
look out for back doors. The comment regarding the FDIC...i saw somewhere how the FDIC was terribly under capitalized, and less than 1/10th or so (if i'm remembering correctly) of current deposits under 100k were even really insurable.
The Fed could give the FDIC cash and then the FDIC pass it to companies without a bill or a vote....The Fed has given money directly to Mexico without a Congressional vote...
I'm hesitant to believe that something good could actually come out of this "democracy" (really republic) at the federal level... If the bill is defeated...stay vigilant for backdoor attempts to disperse that money...
I hope i'm wrong
We've Crossed the Line from Capitalism to Socialism
so... what line are you talking about?
A First Look Inside the Fannie / Freddie Bailout Plan
Loose lending was encouraged for this reason, and the money top gives away USD for the same reason.
there's my two cents.
--I kicked myself fot not buying Bear Stearns the Friday prior to the Monday bailout announcement... I wonder what this will do to FNM and FREs' stock prices...??
Rentech: Homegrown Synthetic Fuel On the Near Horizon
Rentech: Homegrown Synthetic Fuel On the Near Horizon
1) Heat comes from natural gas, which is subject to considerable price variation. If RTK would use solar PV and electic arc or something to produce heat, it would be more attractive.
2) Coal is used for electricity generation. The Fischer-Tropsch CTL process is about 70% efficient. One barrel of oil requires about 192kg of coal to to be produced usin CTL. This means we need a daily 4.4 billion kg increase to current coal output in order to meet 23 million bbl/day completely from coal. This is a very large increase in daily coal output, and challenging to meet.
Of course, a combined GTL, CTL, Wind, Solar, Biogas, Algae fuel will better address the petroleum crisis, and we probably will not rely solely on CTL.
But! CTL is expensive b/c 1) we need coal for power plants, 2) mining operations would need to be significantly increased to meet a new demand, 3) mining is polluting
But RTK is probably a good buy at this price...looking down the road.
nice article.
The Obama/McCain Energy Charade: Nothing But Empty Ideas
1) Polywell Fusion Research at EMC2
2) Coal to Liquid Technology (across the board)
America has lots of coal, it can be converted to petroleum with about 70% efficiency, and costs about 2X what oil does to produce.
As far as hydrocarbons go, 40 yrs of oil left globally, America has coal. Why not increase mining rate and use the coal? Environmentally dirty...so clean it up. Treat mining waste like nuclear waste.
I was hyped about Algal biopetroleum...then i found that it currently costs about $1,600.00/bbl to produce.
We have no patch to replace oil at present. Our best bet, America, is to use what we have: COAL.
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How Merrill Lynch Moved Its 'Microwave Ovens'
Is the U.S. Banking System Safe?
2 Schools of Thought on Buying Bank Stocks
No, the Financial Crisis Is Not Over
On financials, on hope they keep dropping cause my shorts are around my ankles after this fucking rally.
More Liquidity from the Fed: Welcome to the Roach Motel
Too Late to the Oil Party? Consider an Alternative (Part II)
well, Kailing, how about volatility in oil prices...yes they are down now, but for how long?
also, speaking of clean energy, the only viable hydrocarbon substitute as far as i can tell, is algal fuel. what about those companies?