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GDP’s Debt to Credit

Contrarian Profits (September 23rd, 2009) Writes:

The FDIC is considering tapping its emergency line of credit with the Treasury. FDIC Chair Sheila Bair recently hinted after a speech at Georgetown University that all options are on the table when it comes time to replenish the dwindling Deposit Insurance Fund. We’ll find out more in the next few weeks after the FDIC board of directors meets.

Stock market bulls aren’t concerned about the inevitable acceleration in bank failures — at least for now. Even though deposits will be insured against loss, the loss of local banks will still have a depressing effect on hundreds of small communities. These communities are going to lose their only access to business credit when their local zombie banks — loaded with toxic construction or commercial real estate loans — are liquidated or merged into other weak banks.

Meanwhile, the latest monthly figures show that commercial bank balance sheets are shrinking at a fairly

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PennyOmega.com Stock Report! 8/18/09, EPIQ, GSIC, ASUR, OMX, INTX, HWAY

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Epiq Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:EPIQ) today reported that July 2009 operating revenue (total revenue before operating revenue from reimbursed direct costs) was an all-time best month for corporate restructuring, and that for the month of July, corporate restructuring operating revenue exceeded the full third quarter of 2008. Fueled by robust bankruptcy filing trends and strong market share, the company’s overall Bankruptcy segment experienced a 112% increase in July operating revenue compared with the same period in the prior year.

GSI Commerce Inc. (Nasdaq:GSIC) today announced that it has closed its previously announced public offering of common stock. The company sold 5,438,650

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Exchange Rates: New Papers

Menzie Chinn (August 10th, 2009) Writes:

During the summer, I had the good fortune to attend two excellent conferences focused on new findings in exchange rate economics (yes, not all economic research is focused on the financial crisis and recession). The first was a Bank of Canada-European Central Bank conference Exchange rates: The global perspective, and the second was the NBER International Finance and Macroeconomics Summer Institute session "Exchange Rates and Relative Prices".

narrowdollar.gif Figure 1: Log nominal value of US dollar (blue) and real value of US dollar (red), against currencies of major trading partners. NBER defined recession dates shaded gray, assuming the recession has not ended by July 2009. Source: Federal Reserve Board.

The Bank of Canada-ECB conference papers are here. All the papers, as well as powerpoint files of the presenters and discussants, are available from the conference website; I've reproduced some of the abstracts below.

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Octus Energy Adds Two Energy Industry Executives to Its Management Team

Stuart Smith (July 10th, 2009) Writes:

DAVIS, CA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/09 — Octus Energy (OTCBB: OCTI) today announced the addition of two energy industry executives to its management team, strengthening the company’s commercialization of the Octus Smart Energy Platform (OctusSEP). Joining the company are Tobin J.M. Richardson as Senior Advisor, Energy Markets, and Siva Gunda as Senior Engineer, Smart Energy Solutions.

“Smart energy is a dynamic space, and Tobin and Siva are dynamic energy industry executives,” said Chris Soderquist, Octus CEO. “They bring a wealth of relevant, seasoned and contemporary experience and relationships to Octus that we believe will catalyze commercialization of OctusSEP and spring innovation within the company.”

Richardson has 15 years’ experience in strategy and business development with energy and technology companies. He is Director of the ZigBee Smart Energy Initiative, where he drives adoption of energy efficiency technology in key smart energy markets. In 2008, Richardson directed Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s

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Jay Bryson: Economic effects of swine flu – Mexico and beyond

Prieur du Plessis (May 4th, 2009) Writes:

This post is a guest contribution by Jay Bryson*, global economist of Wachovia.

The swine flu epidemic has become front page news this week. Mexico is the epicenter of the outbreak and thousands of cases have been reported in that country. However, scores of cases have been confirmed in the United States, and countries as far afield as Israel and New Zealand have hospitalized people with symptoms that resemble swine flu. Not only have the Mexican stock market and currency been hammered over the past few days, but financial markets in most other countries have been adversely affected as well.

The financial and economic costs of the epidemic will ultimately depend on its severity. The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept through Asia in the spring of 2003 is instructive. The SARS epidemic was deadly - nearly 800 people in

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University Endowment Funds List | Resource

Richard C. Wilson (September 24th, 2008) Writes:
University Endowment FundsUniversity Endowment Funds ListUniversity Endowment Funds ListQuick Link: Hedge Fund Marketing GuideYesterday a hedge fund sent me this list of university endowments from Wikipedia and I thought I would share this with others involved in hedge fund marketing and sales.Institution ↓ Endowment (2005)billion USD ↓ Endowment (2006)billion USD ↓ Endowment (2007)billion USD ↓ Amherst College $ 1.155[1] $ 1.337[2] $ 1.662[3] ...
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