We like emerging markets and the euro

We like emerging markets and the euro

Silver Set For All Time Record Quarterly Close - Gold to Silver Ratio on Way to 17 to 1 as per 1980?

Silver Set For All Time Record Quarterly Close - Gold to Silver Ratio on Way to 17 to 1 as per 1980?

The results of the US 5-year note auction were mixed

The results of the US 5-year note auction were mixed

Canada: Home prices up 0.4% in January

Canada: Home prices up 0.4% in January
Good news for the Maple Leaves then...

Portugal sliding closer to bailout

Portugal sliding closer to bailout
Does someone have an answer for this crisis-now Portuguesa,next Italia who is nexta?

Wall Street begins session higher following ADP result

Wall Street begins session higher following ADP result

February US Personal Income and Spending

February US Personal Income and Spending
Not better than expected but atleast a move in the right direction

Speculation of an ECB rate hike overshadows talks of bailout

Speculation of an ECB rate hike overshadows talks of bailout
The only question is not if ,but when will the rate hike be-better to stay informed.My guess is the date will be mid-April,just after the big ECB meeting...

US: GDP Annualized outpaces expectations in 4th quarter

US: GDP Annualized outpaces expectations in 4th quarter
the recession seems to be way behind Obama now..

Quantative Easing Explained

Quantative Easing Explained

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/28/advantest-verigy-idUSL3E7ES13820110328

Misplaced priorities

My dipleasure about the situation in Kenya.We're busy raising funds for Ocampo's 6 but nobody is talking about the calamities that followed the 2007 election process.
I saw last week a lady who passed her exams excellenly but the sad thing is she read for them lying inside a tent with all the elements.
And the media isn't helping either-The media relies on 2 pillars according to Friedrich Ebert Stiftung,the public policy research entity-objective reporting and investigative reporting-has local media been known for these?Unfortunately the answer is NO!
So what can the public do?-Collect all our impatience in the social media-register our disappointment and stop waiting on the authorities when we can make an effort.
Start by housing those people displaced,giving them words of encouragement in place of weekend long parties that achieve little.Donate 1 lunch serving per week to causes dedicated to IDPs and lastly don't fund any suspect's murder trial-inasmuch as they are innocent until proven otherwise.
To assist towards the emancipation of IDPs,please vote on the following poll.

Forex: Aussie soars near 35-year high

Forex: Aussie soars near 35-year high

US: GDP Annualized outpaces expectations in 4th quarter

US: GDP Annualized outpaces expectations in 4th quarter
Some good news for the weekend!

Euro area: IFO and M3 confirm ECB hike in April

Euro area: IFO and M3 confirm ECB hike in April

New Zealand's Q4 2010 Gross Domestic Product

New Zealand's Q4 2010 Gross Domestic Product

Today's Gold Forecast

Today's Gold Forecast
Gold price keeps going up-lack of risk appetite..

Commodity dollars march forward as growth hopes rise

Commodity dollars march forward as growth hopes rise

Radiation concerns on the rise; Yen gentle moves extend

Radiation concerns on the rise; Yen gentle moves extend

On T-Mobile sale to at n t

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Better than expected PMI in EMU and Germany

EMU PMI increases to 56.9 in March versus 56.8 in Feb while Germany PMI is up to 60.1 versus 58.4 in Feb-this lifts Deutsche Tel up again

T-mobile

still tracking DEutsche tel stocks in Europe

If regulators at the Department of Justice and the FCC approve AT&T’s (T) $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile, it will be difficult to overlook a comment made by Barack Obama while on the campaign trail in 2008: “I strongly favor diversity of ownership of outlets and protection against the excessive concentration of power in the hands of any one corporation, interest, or small group.” While calling AT&T “small” may be tantamount to describing Apple (AAPL) as a start-up, the arrangement would reduce the overall size of the domestic mobile phone market to just three major names. According to AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, the deal “represents a major commitment to strengthen and expand critical infrastructure for our nation’s future,” and will deliver “significant customer, shareowner, and public benefits that are available at this level only from the combination of these two companies with complementary network technologies, spectrum positions, and operations.” However, according to consumer watchdog groups, the deal would represent nothing short of an “excessive concentration of power in the hands of... one corporation” Free Press research director S. Derek Turner said in a statement: "Don't believe the hype: There is nothing about having less competition that will benefit wireless consumers. And if regulators approve this deal, they will further cement duopoly control over the wireless market by AT&T and Verizon (VZ). "A market this concentrated -- where the top four companies already control 90 percent of the business, and two of them want to merge -- means nothing but higher prices and fewer choices, as the newly engorged AT&T and Verizon exert even more control over the wireless Internet. "Before rushing to sign off on yet another mega-merger, the FCC and the Justice Department should confront the very real problems of runaway consolidation in the wireless market." And Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge, warned: “The combination of the second-largest wireless carrier, AT&T, with the fourth-largest, T-Mobile is, as former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt once said, 'unthinkable.' We urge policymakers to think similarly today. The wireless market, now dominated by four big companies, would have only three at the top. We know the results of arrangements like this – higher prices, fewer choices, less innovation. “The fact that AT&T and T-Mobile would even think of such a combination shows how desperately the U.S. needs both strong network neutrality rules and a competition policy that requires dominant broadband providers to make their networks available to competitors.” The question on many minds now is whether or not the government will allow the takeover to be consummated. Data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics reveals that AT&T has been the #1 corporate donor to members of Congress on both sides of the aisle for the past 22 years. It had 93 lobbyists working on its behalf in 2010. And William Daley, the new White House chief of staff, not only knows his way around Wall Street -- he was Midwest chairman of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) -- he also seems to be a lucky charm of sorts for the companies he’s been involved with -- Boeing (BA) landed a $35 billion contract to replace the Air Force’s aging fleet of refueling tankers while Daley sat on the company’s board. Though perhaps most conveniently, Daley happened to serve for four years as president of SBC Communications, the telecom that swallowed AT&T in 2005. A source "directly involved in the deal" tells the New York Post (NWS) that "AT&T believes having Daley in a powerful White House role helps improve the chances the Department of Justice will approve the merger," which an AT&T spokesman calls "ridiculous." Be that as it may, Art Brodsky of Public Knowledge tells Minyanville that it is still too early to tell what effect, if any, Daley will have on the odds of the AT&T/T-Mobile transaction being approved. “I wouldn’t say that it’s a fait accompli,” Brodsky says. “I’m not sure how widely known Daley’s AT&T connection is just yet; he basically had a cup of coffee at AT&T, he wasn’t there that long. That said, he was there. And while it may be a blip on the radar for him, in this case, it’s a rather bright blip. We hope he will formally recuse himself from any discussion, because he shouldn’t be within a mile of this.” Brodsky points out that “for good or ill, he got the NAFTA deal through [as chairman of President Clinton’s NAFTA Task Force], so he really knows how to operate at the highest levels.” Now may be an opportune time for the President to remember something he told the Chicago Tribune in 2003, when he was still a State Senator and William Daley was lobbying for a bill that would allow SBC to almost double the fees it charged competitors to use its network: “Ramrodding bills through because you've got the clout to do so -- rather than because you've got arguments on your side -- is not a good way to do the people's business.” Lasting through April 15, 100% of the donations made to The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children's Education will be channeled to the children of Japan as they attempt to find their footing following this natural disaster; and to kick off this drive, we'll pledge $5000 to get it started. Please do what you can, as it will add up, and thanks.

Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic cautious over T-Mobile deal-a real dampener!

T-mobile sale

www.reuters.com-awaiting regulatory response-20% gain forecast for deutsche tel

swagbucks referral

lets meet at www.swagbucks.com/refer/JesseJamesMwangi and do biz