Friday, November 16, 2007

This must be the umpteenth time that we’re using James Bond in our articles...

Though in the case of Amaranth it was the abrupt reverse trend in natural gas prices, in the case of Bear Sterns, it was the sub-prime lending that played the spoilsport. According to the Bank for International Settlement (BIS), sub-prime mortgages made up more than half of the $503 billion in collateralised debt obligations sold in 2006, but another $524 billion in ‘synthetic’ CDOs (if the CDO acquires primarily synthetic assets by selling protection rather than buying assets for cash, it is a synthetic CDO) were also issued. Bear Sterns was required to pump in $3.2 billion in one its funds to bail out the funds, the biggest bailout since hedge fund Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) collapsed in late 90s.
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Teasing Nimitz flyboys for nuts!

In their fight against imperialism, Communist parties have oft en taken up flimsy and trivial issues, but none would match their recent protest against the entry of USS Nimitz in Indian waters. The CPI & CPM started their protests before the US aircraft carrier (with 80 aircraft s and over 6000 sailors on board) could even drop anchor Initially, their objection was on two counts - first, the US wanted to draw India in Gulf war and secondly, the vessel carried nuclear warheads.

Their first objection did not hold water, as the aircraft carrier was not going to the Gulf, but was returning from the war zone. There was no question of India’s involvement on the ground of providing it logistic support. However, the US administration provided some ammunition to the Left , by refusing to categorically deny the absence of nuclear weapons on board USS Nimitz.
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