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Dubai: An ostentatious real estate market to rival the U.S.

Dec 3rd, 2009 | By James Howard Kunstler | Category: Featured, Financial News

James Howard Kuntsler, author of The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, analyzes the Dubai Debacle for Whiskey & Gunpowder.

Tags: Artificial Islands, Bomber Pilot, Convection Oven, Credit Default Swap, Dubai Debacle, Financial Repercussions, Global Banking, James Howard Kuntsler, Jet Bomber, Map Of The World, New York Stock, New York Stock Exchange, New York Times, No Problemo, Nyt, Palm Island, Self Contradiction, Target, Urban Condition, York Stock Exchange
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Global Investing Roundups Friday, October 24th, 2008

Oct 24th, 2008 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Microsoft Profit Up; Goldman Slashes Jobs; Dow Reports 6% Jump in Profits; Sony Slashes Earnings Outlook; WaMu Debt Value Set; Crude Gains on OPEC Expectations

Tags: credit crisis, Credit Default Swap, Creditex, DOW, Dow Chemical Co, Goldman Sachs Group, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, GS, Internet Bubble, Japanese Consumer Electronics, Markit, MSFT, Opec, Petroleum Exporting Countries, SNE, Sony Corp, Wamu, WAMUQ, Washington Mutual Inc, William Patalon III
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Credit Default Swaps: A $50 Trillion Problem

Apr 2nd, 2008 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: Politics & Economics

Of all the really bad ideas that have infested the finance business in the last 30 years, the most dangerous is probably the credit default swap (CDS).

Tags: Cds, Credit Default Swap, Credit Derivatives, Credit Markets, economics, Foreign Banks, Gross Domestic Product, Hedge Fund, politics, recession
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Dubai: An ostentatious real estate market to rival the U.S.

Global Investing Roundups Friday, October 24th, 2008

Credit Default Swaps: A $50 Trillion Problem

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