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[North Korean Economy Watch] North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » South Korean ...: In the aftermath of the Cheonan incident, the Lee Myung-bak administration has sought to strictly punish North Korea with the ”˜May 24 Sanctions.’ As North Korea has reacted strongly to the South’s sanctions, there are many concerned over the safety of the ROK workers in the Kaesong Industrial Complex, and the economic implications of the ”˜Korean Peninsular Risk’ are evident in the KOSPI and the value of the South Korean currency.

[The Irish Economy] The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » Germans Restrict CDS and Short ...: Interest rate swaps are the biggest part of the business for many banks, both in nominal volume as well as profit, but those figures ($28bn) are exclusive of derivative business like CDS i think (or if they are included, CDS on sovereign bonds would be a tiny tiny fraction of it). For example, most major banks would have a handful, or less (i work for a decent sized bank and we have nobody doing it), of guys trading sovereign CDS, but they’d have dozens of guys trading different parts of the interest rate swap curves across the different currencies and maturities.

[billy blog] billy blog » Blog Archive » NSW state budget commentary: The ambitious infrastructure program is continuing and further funds will help our region in terms of improving our amenities, cutting costs for businesses and increasing employment. A number of projects will benefit from this funding including the Hunter expressway, the inner city bypass as Shortland, Newcastle Justice Precinct, the stadium, Newcastle port, and James Fletcher hospital.

[Bakebeanbird's Blog] A Distribution Project; Remixed « Bakebeanbird's Blog: The old adage that no man is an island instantly springs to mind when acknowledging that every person that participates in musical, literary, scientific, philosophizing, creative communities and cultures remixes to an extent. The world’s organized religions may be seen as various remixes of old-age worshipers, the traditional method of oral storytelling remixed from person to person till an entire religion is based upon a giant game of Chinese whispers.

[SC GOP Blog] Change Must Begin With Us | South Carolina GOP: Now our country is socked with a ballooning debt, a big-government takeover of health care and in general, a fiscal mess that's going to take a .According to a recent study, it will mean $6.1 billion dollars annually for the state economy, and thousands of jobs created by vendors who will service the facility.

[Adab-Arz Blog] A Warning From Noam Chomsky on the Threat of Elites: He notes that Hamas is regularly attacked in the U.S. press, but there has not been comparable attention given to the U.S./Israeli decision to inflict daily collective punishment on the people of Gaza since they democratically elected Hamas in January 2006. He quotes Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1950, which states that “no protected person may be punished for an offence he or she had not personally committed” and reports how Israel, fully supported by U.S. leaders, continues to inflict precisely such punishment on the people of Gaza by destroying their economy, limiting their access to food and water, denying them health care, restricting their movement, and engaging in kidnapping, assassination and bombing””a program he calls “imposing massive suffering on the animals in the Gaza prison.”

[londonbingo.net Blog] Spain to Cut Down on Gambling | londonbingo.net Blog: We’re used to seeing health warnings on packets of cigarettes, but it has now been said that slot machines in Catalonia will also carry warnings, advising players that if they play for too long then the machines may turn themselves off. This is part of a pioneering new project that aims to tackle problem gambling.

[Finance Blog] Air China Adds Seats, Air France Holds Fast in Test of Recovery's ...: I’ve had readers in the past let me know they appreciate when I link back to some of my older posts. I thought we would take a look at the most popular posts this month and from Aprils in the past.

[Saynsumthn's Blog] Obama's pro-abortion agenda “FOCA by Stealth” « Saynsumthn's Blog: During his campaign, President Obama publicly stated he would appoint USSC justices in the mold of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter, two of the Court’s most ardent abortion rights supporters who, for example, voted to strike down the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. President Obama further opined he finds himself compelled “to side with Justice Breyer’s view of the Constitution””that it is not a static but rather a living document, and must be read in the context of an ever-changing world.”

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