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The Real Party of Wall Street

Photo credit: media.photobucket.com By: Michael G. Franc NRO Online The Democrats’ populist assault on all things Wall Street, we are told, helps them politically regardless of the legislative outcome. Democrats, NBC Nightly News reported, “actually scheduled [Monday’s] vote knowing they would lose and they did because they see it as a political win — better [...]

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Shock over Dubai woes is overdone

One of the traders who was quoted over the weekend in the financial press helped put the Dubai debt crisis in perspective. He noted that Dubai World’s debt is $60 billion, but when Lehman Brothers Holdings went belly up over a year ago, it’s debt burden was $1 trillion. ~~John Cronin~~ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30001424052748703499404 574561541613011518.html online wsj.com [...]

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