... and clean up a mess. It is not so much that subprime mortgages fell and that caused some losses to AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is what will become Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. So you have a situation where it's bailing out not just the ...

... having to step in and clean up a mess. It is not so much that subprime mortgages fell and that caused some losses to AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is what will become Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. So you have a situation where it

... and clean up a mess. It is not so much that subprime mortgages fell and that caused some losses to AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is what will become Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. So you have a situation where it's bailing out not just the ...

... in and clean up a mess. It is not so much that subprime mortgages fell and that caused some losses to AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is what will become Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. So you have a situation where it's bailing out not just the ...

... an example of the government having to step in and clean up a mess. It is not so much that subprime mortgages fell and that caused some losses to AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is what will become Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. So you have a situation where it

...AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is ... 1929; But even though the Acts included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation, later some provisions such as Regulation Q that allowed the Federal Reserve to regulate interest rates in ...

...of the government having to step in and clean up a mess. It is not so much that subprime mortgages fell and that caused some losses to AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is what will become Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. So you have a situation where it

...to step in and clean up a mess. It is not so much that subprime mortgages fell and that caused some losses to AIG. AIG was acting not simply as an insurance company; it was acting as a speculative investment bank/hedge fund, as was Bear Stearns, as was Lehman Brothers, as is what will become Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. So you have a situation where it’s bailing out not just the money, but ...

...Morgan Stanley are benefiting from these speculative activities and they are mobilising ... imbalance but to greed of speculators facilitated by lax regulatory system ... way the legislation on regulating speculative finance in commodity futures will ... against the onslaught of the speculators in foreign lands? Over the ... to check the excesses of speculators which could have adverse effects ...

..." <lorad474@cs.com> wrote in message news:28cd3b88-da2c-4aa4-b636-639709c941ce@b30g2000prf.googlegroups.com... On Jul 25, 7:35 am, "Dennis" <no.surren...@never.net> wrote: FROM NY TIMES HEAD: SPECULATORS ARE NOT DRIVING UP OIL PRICES, REPORT SAYS Yes of course.. And pigs fly. All gospel from the ivory tower of greed-head neoconism.. the Murdoch owned WSJ. ******* You do take ...