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12406 [lbo-talk] Trichet: markets returning to normal -- rank: 1000

NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2007 Euro-zone money-market conditions have "progressively gone back to normal," said European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet in a statement that came after several days of cash injections by central banks world-wide amid volatile swings in the markets. The ECB and Federal Reserve moved in the wake of a liquidity crunch set off by rising defaults on home loans. For more information, see: http://wsj.com/article/ 0,,SB1187 ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 14 06:27:40 PDT 2007

12407 [lbo-talk] yuan dollar -- rank: 1000

On Aug 13, 2007, at 7:35 PM, bhandari at berkeley.edu wrote: > http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/ > 2007/08/10_globalcapital.shtml > > Hi Doug, > I thought implied in the above report was the explanation I gave > for why > US Treasury wants a faster appreciation of yuan vis a vis the > dollar. I > can't believe that the US Treasury would be exerting such pressure > or even > pretending to on the behalf of American workers in declining > industries, ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 18:42:37 PDT 2007

12408 [lbo-talk] technical assistance -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown writes: > I'm back to an old problem with this computer and email system: my > posts extending in one long line. I checked and they are already in > plain text. My mailer breaks the lines, but evidently not all do. Anyone know what's up? Here are his full headers: Subject: offlist Date: August 13, 2007 5:00:21 PM EDT To: dhenwood at panix.com Lines: 11 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mailcrunch3.panix.com X-Spam-Level: X ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 13 14:07:29 PDT 2007

12409 [lbo-talk] 50 reasons... -- rank: 1000

...<http://www.analsexyes.com/praise.shtml>

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 13:56:17 PDT 2007

12410 [lbo-talk] Pacifica news -- rank: 1000

Someone fired a gunshot from a passing car into the studios of KPFT, the Pacifica outlet in Houston. (Back in the late 1960s, the Klan blew up their transmitter.) The bullet penetrated a few windows and lodged in the door of the control room. No one was injured, though two people were doing a show at the time. Makes a failed fund drive look like good news!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 13 13:27:42 PDT 2007

12411 [lbo-talk] yuan-dollar -- rank: 1000

On Aug 13, 2007, at 12:34 AM, bhandari at berkeley.edu wrote: > The pressure from > the US for yuan revaluation is not coming out of concern for US jobs How do you know? Where's it coming from then? Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 12:30:43 PDT 2007

12412 [lbo-talk] Sut Jhally needs to get to Moscow, quick -- rank: 1000

On Aug 13, 2007, at 2:33 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I just googled "Sut Jhally" and saw he writes on > advertising. What's his schtick, the short version? We're poisoned from birth by ads 'n' stuff.

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 12:08:20 PDT 2007

12413 [lbo-talk] green fakers -- rank: 1000

<http://radaronline.com/features/2007/08/ barbara_streisand_al_gore_hypocrisy_leonardo_dicaprio_1.php> Green Fakers Why Eco-Hypocrisy Matters By Jeff Bercovici A few weeks ago, I wrote an item about Barbra Streisand, who was on tour in England. Though she's a big backer of environmental causes, and even offers tips for low-carbon living on her personal website, she was busted by the British press for touring in a private jet with a massive entourage that required 13 trucks and vast amo ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 11:36:24 PDT 2007

12414 [lbo-talk] NYC's watery doom -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/hurricane-nyc/bill-evans-fortells-our-watery- doom-288727.php?autoplay=true>

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 11:13:21 PDT 2007

12415 [lbo-talk] Sut Jhally needs to get to Moscow, quick -- rank: 1000

Telegraph (London) - August 13, 2007 <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/13/ wads113.xml> Ads targeting schoolgirls spark fury By Adrian Blomfield Moscow's oldest department store, which was infamous in Soviet days for its empty shelves and churlish staff, is at the centre of controversy after telling young schoolgirls to wear Western designer clothes or else become social outcasts. In a demonstration of the extent to which the land of Lenin has embraced consu ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 10:58:45 PDT 2007

12416 [lbo-talk] Ed Hyman on the current conjuncture -- rank: 1000

[This is from Wall Street's favorite economist, Ed Hyman] Let's -- Start -- Thinking About Tomorrow Contd A global slowdown seems likely to weaken oil, at least cyclically. It was down -$4 last week. The GSCI was down a big -13 points. Inflation fears seem likely to recede if all this falls into place. The Fed may ease quite a bit. The dollar was up 0.5% last week -- flight to safety. Perhaps the dollar doesn't have to fall if the Fed eases. S&P up 21 Points Last Week With all the ups an ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 09:57:16 PDT 2007

12417 [lbo-talk] Dollar assets key part of China's reserves: Xinhua -- rank: 1000

On Aug 13, 2007, at 11:33 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > China on Sunday delivered a vote of confidence in the > dollar, saying dollar assets form an important part of its foreign > exchange > reserves and the U.S. currency plays a prominent role in the global > monetary > system. "Important" seems like a mild word in what purports to be a reassurance. As does "prominent." But the markets don't act nervous. In fact they look to be recovering their composure, ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 08:53:46 PDT 2007

12418 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Democratic Party is growing more liberal (But the candidates are not) -- rank: 1000

On Aug 13, 2007, at 11:33 AM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > Note: forwarded message attached. We have mailman set to strip attachments (and HTML code). It makes everything easier if posters send plain text in the first place, of course. Doug

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 08:47:55 PDT 2007

12419 [lbo-talk] Rick Kuhn's Grossmann book -- rank: 1000

Someone asked where James H's review of Kuhns Grossman book is. It's at: <http://www.spiked-online.com:80/index.php?/site/ reviewofbooks_article/3632/>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 13 06:00:43 PDT 2007

12420 [lbo-talk] Karl Rove: the exit interview -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - August 13, 2007 'The Mark of Rove' By PAUL A. GIGOT Washington These are the days of Republican doubt, with President Bush fighting an unpopular war, Congress in opposition hands, and a 2008 presidential field trailing Democrats in nearly every poll. But don't tell that to Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's political alter ego, who even as he prepares to resign from the White House after six and a half years sees recovery ahead. Sitting in the book-lined living room of his townhome ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 13 05:59:24 PDT 2007