Examinator, If you’re soTuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 10:04PMIn reply to Risk Rising, Uncertainty Falling : Examinator, If you’re so keen on these crackpot schemes why don’t you invest your own money in them. As a taxpayer, I object to the Government squandering money on hair-brained, unproven energy and market experiments. I will table them later and comment how dodgy they are. By subsidising these expensive, unproven energy and market reengineering ...
Actually Examinator. ItTuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 10:04PMIn reply to Risk Rising, Uncertainty Falling : Actually Examinator. It doesn’t matter if you respond or not. You are rusted on to your position with a shrinking group of spruikers and sycophants. Your attempts to move the debate on to non-arguments like risk factors don’t wash with the general public.
Mining 2011Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 8:02AMMANILA, Philippines - Blanket prohibition for mining projects is unreasonable. Each mining venture should be evaluated on its merits. The country needs to create wealth or income so that its citizens do not have to leave their families behind in order to find a job abroad. We did not join the export wave that created wealth for our neighbors like Taiwan, South Korea, and others in the nineteen ...
India vows to ease FDI policiesSunday, March 6, 2011 @ 1:44AMIndia vows to ease FDI policies
Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 4:04AMMANILA, Philippines - Common topic among bankers nowadays is ICAAP. What is ICAAP? ICAAP or the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process is the process by which banks assess their capital adequacy relative to their risk profile.
Megan McArdle Uses Straw Men to Argue Against Principal ModsTuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 11:05AMMegan McArdle has a post up discussing why she thinks the benefits of principal mods would be "at best small and mixed". The problem with her lengthy discussion is that it is rife with straw men. Before we get to the nitty gritty, I want address two bits of framing at the top which I found troubling. The first was the title, "Principal Write-Downs Still Popular With Wonks". The "still" suggests ...
International Forecaster June 2010 (#2) - Gold, Silver, Economy + MoreSunday, June 6, 2010 @ 7:39PMThe following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster. For the full 35 page issue, please see subscription information below.
Paying tax on elusive inheritanceThursday, May 13, 2010 @ 5:00AMYou shouldn't pay taxes on inheritance money you never received, explains Bankrate's tax adviser.
Tesoro Corporation Reports First Quarter ResultsThursday, April 29, 2010 @ 5:23PMSAN ANTONIO----Tesoro Corporation today reported a first quarter 2010 net loss of $155 million, or $1.11 per diluted share compared to net earnings of $51 million, or $0.37 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2009.