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To: regli who wrote (52709)	6/22/2006 1:49:27 AM
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What's next? www.NoJobNoMoney125%Mortgage.com

To: regli who wrote (52709)	6/22/2006 12:26:11 PM
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The Bernanke Blame Game online.wsj.com Gauri Vaswani, a real-estate broker turned day trader, says she has lost close to a third of her stock-market investment -- and a few good friends -- since the market started falling. She blames Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke for touching off a global selloff with talk of raising interest rates to combat inflation. "I was stupid. I should have sold," says Ms. Vaswani, who moved to a new apartment two months ago so she could be closer to the Internet cafe where she spends her days. "Now I'm waiting for Bernanke to shut his mouth."

To: regli who wrote (52709)	6/22/2006 3:45:31 PM
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Prominent homebuilders failing to pay subcontractors globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Mish

To: regli who wrote (52709)	6/22/2006 4:26:03 PM
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Inequality in America The rich, the poor and the growing gap between them economist.com

To: regli who wrote (52709)	6/22/2006 5:43:20 PM
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Let a Hurricane Huff and Puff On the Gulf Coast of Texas, Jim Hayes is building houses on concrete stilts that he says will shrug off winds of more than 130 miles an hour and will easily survive the worst hurricane flooding. Near Orlando, Fla., modest but striking cottages are being built with safe rooms and ballistic nylon storm shutters. In the Florida Panhandle, Jason Comer is putting up a village of gleaming white mansions with eight-inch concrete walls and heavy, ridged concrete roofs. ... ... nytimes.com [If that's what it takes to live there... why would anyone want to? Mish]