January 2009
28 posts
“Auch eine Uhr, die stehen geblieben ist, geht zweimal am Tag richtig. Anirvan...”
– Wirtschaftskrise - Nouriel Roubini - Der Prophet des Untergangs
Not only loose but also pay back what you've got...
Investors who got money back from indicted New York financial guru Bernard Madoff may be looking over their shoulders at a bankruptcy court case in another investment scheme that blew up in 2006 and affected a number of Memphis investors.
Bankruptcy law says that if an investment promoter makes payments to investors in attempt to defraud or deceive people, the trustee may try to get those...
“The loss was noticed about a week ago when Gabor’s husband Frederic von...”
– Gabor lawyer: actress may be latest Madoff victim - San Jose Mercury News
John Robbins says he lost life savings in Madoff...
Robbins, who has spoken at the United Nations and appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” said he began investing small amounts with Madoff Securities International Ltd. through a trusted friend and attorney in Marin County whose family had been Madoff clients for 35 years. Then, after several years of steady earnings from what he thought was a portfolio in line with his principles,...
“Maybe Michelle should wear a Citigroup hat or “Bank of America”...”
– J. Crew Shares Jump After Obamas Don Company’s Clothing At Inauguration
Madoff: One of Many Scammers?
Officials point to the cases of Arthur G. Nadel in Florida, Joseph S. Forte in Philadelphia and James Ossie in Atlanta as among the most notable allegations. Call them mini-Madoffs.
Ponzi schemes attract people because they give them an outrageous percentage” return on investments, he said. “There will always be a percentage of us that will do that because there’s that...
“Officials point to the cases of Arthur G. Nadel in Florida, Joseph S. Forte in...”
– ABC News: Madoff: One of Many Scammers?
Immobilien in Spanien weiter im Sinkflug
Verkäufe aus privater Hand sind im Preis noch nicht sehr stark gefallen weil niemand gerne unter dem Einkaufspreis verkaufen will und solange es keine Druck von der Bank wird man im Privatbereich in absehbarer Zeit auch keine extremen Preisnachlässe erwarten können.
openPR.de - Pressemitteilung - ‘Albrecht Immobilien International Inh. Gesine Albrecht - Immobilien in Spanien weiter im...
Obama facts
Barack Hussein Obama II, born August 4, 1961, star sign leo.
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu to Ann Dunham, a white American from Wichita, Kansas of predominately English descent. Obama’s father was Barack Obama, Sr., from Kenya. His parents met in 1960 while attending the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. The couple married on February 2, 1961; they separated when Obama was two years old...
“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again...”
– Transkript: Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
Obama: Das neue Amerika-Gefühl
Die Vereinigten Staaten vibrieren wieder. Der neue Präsident hat seine Landsleute wachgeküsst. Auch im Ausland bewundert man Barack Obama.
Zunächst und vor allem anderen: Die Menschen waren stolz auf sich und ihren neuen Präsidenten Barack Obama. Nummer 44 ist der erste Schwarze in der Geschichte eines Landes, das seine Minderheiten oft schäbig behandelt hat.
“Wir können gar nicht anders,...
Madoff: Also small investor losses will mount
In the early days access to Madoff funds was restricted to institutions investing tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, or to the super-rich such as clothing entrepreneur Carl Shapiro, who invested $500 million. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities was a sort of an exclusive club, very difficult to get into.
Later on, a number of Madoff feeders took investments of as little as $50,000....
Madoff: Expect to get little money back in 2015
I expect distributions to go out well into the future, because it will involve litigation, and that takes time,” the lawyer said. “You will be talking about this case in 2015.” Picard has taken steps to sort investor losses and compensate victims. On Jan. 5, he sent 8,000 claims forms to people who appeared to have invested with Madoff. He has found $830 million in “liquid” assets at the...
Santander linked to Madoff
Santander, Spain’s biggest lender, may lose customers at the domestic branch network that accounts for a third of profit if it is found to have misled people who trusted their neighborhood bankers, said Peter Hahn, a fellow at Cass Business School in London. The bank, led by Chairman Emilio Botin, has said clients have 2.33 billion euros invested with Madoff, including 320 million euros from...
“The types of calls I’m getting are from investors who had kids in college and pulled money out to pay for tuition, or from people who had a relative in a nursing home and pulled out money to pay for it,” said Steven B. Caruso, a Manhattan attorney specializing in securities. That these investors may be required to return money is not fair, Caruso said, particularly since they...
“On Orlando Parliament House Full Moon Saloon. …to keep the bar’s masculine...”
– Watermark Online - YOUR GLBT LIFE.
“But another theory widely repeated by those who know Mrs. Kohn is that she may...”
– Austria’s ‘Woman on Wall St.’ and Madoff - NYTimes.com
“Accused swindler Bernard Madoff had signed checks totaling more than $173...”
– Madoff had $173 million in checks ready, U.S. says - washingtonpost.com
“Joseph S. Forte of Broomall, Pa., claimed he was investing the money in...”
– Shades of Madoff: Another Ponzi Scheme Emerges - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com
“Hundreds and maybe thousands of investors in Madoff’s funds have been...”
– The Associated Press: Madoff ‘victims’ do math, realize they profited
“The judge made no immediate ruling on the request by federal prosecutors to...”
– Madoff sightings cause heads to turn in New York | Reuters
Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed. I’ve decided to share something very personal with the...
