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Incredible understanding and explantation of societies evolution into the web

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What happens when the leveraged buyout firms deleverage

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The definitive users of leverage over the last 3-5 years have been the private equity funds; Blackstone, Fortress, APAX partners, KKR and the Carlyle Group to name a few. They have raised billions for leveraged buyouts, far beyond the scale of anything ever seen before. They acquired a company they felt has too much fat, [...]

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What caused the crash, who should go to prison and how to fix this mess

April 6th, 2009 No Comments

This article could have so many titles:
 
Whose to Blame?
 
Why are the wrong people being blames?
 
The one reform the market desperately requires?
 
Where was the free market watchdog? No not the SEC……
 
Why are the rating agencies not owning responsibility for their mess?
 
Should AIG and Madoffs investors be allowed to sue the Rating Agencies?
 
Who owns the Rating [...]

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When Will Obama Go To War

April 6th, 2009 No Comments

 “History does not repeat itself but it does Rhyme”
Mark Twain
 Barack Hussein Obama and his administration along with the “Great Depression” historian and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are repeating almost every move executed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the 1930’s “New Deal.”  This can be seen right down to the wording of their speeches and [...]

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