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  • Obama Strengthens George Soros' Oil Interests In Brazil

    03/21/2011 9:02:51 AM PDT · by george76 · 23 replies
    check ^ | 3/18/11 | Dr B
    Obama left his lush golf get-aways and NAACP basketball sprees to depart for a Brazilian vacation. ... Obama abandoned the victims of genocide in Libya to help America's oil opposition. Why? Out with Western oil, in with Russian and Brazilian oil. Is it just coincidence that George Soros sold his Western oil stock and bought stock in Russia and Brazilian oil companies, about three months ago ? ... Last March, Soros invested in airport screeners. How did he know to do that? Insider info!
  • Fed: TARP injection is high-level capital (lowering the bar)

    05/22/2009 8:51:57 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 3 replies · 442+ views
    Market Watch ^ | 05/22/09
    Fed: TARP injection is high-level capital WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Federal Reserve on Friday adopted a rule that will allow banks receiving capital from the bank bailout fund to consider some of the financial injections they have received to be a high-level of capital. According to the Federal Reserve, banks can consider senior perpetual preferred stock they have received from the Treasury Department as grade-A, Tier 1 capital, the kind of assets a bank needs to have lots of. Private preferred equity stakes are often considered Tier 2, a lower form of capital, while common equity has traditionally been considered...