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To: TobagoJack who wrote (28477)	1/26/2008 11:07:43 PM
From: Rolla Coasta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218615

if things are that bad with zero rate, why not keep the rate as is ?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (28477)	1/26/2008 11:44:29 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218615

decent boy" who was being made a scapegoat. Others wondered if Kerviel could have really acted alone, as SocGen says. "It's impossible he was acting by himself," said Agilis Gestion, fund manager Arnaud Scarpaci, on Friday. reuters.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (28477)	1/26/2008 11:47:32 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218615

"computer genius,"? only IT skills he lists on the CV are "Microsoft Office Package - Visual Basic." Whether or not he was an IT whiz kid, some of his colleagues questioned how he could have created such a mess all by himself. "Internally, people are wondering how it was possible that no one saw anything. There is perhaps another story that we have not been told," one SocGen employee said, declining to be named. Jesus! Mr. TJ, they got a scapegoat!!! Wayo is everywhere!

To: TobagoJack who wrote (28477)	1/27/2008 12:05:22 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218615

Food price side effects: China Eases Tolls for Food Trucks. Mexico cut import duties on food.(The Economist) So did China. Distortions on the food market are being removed. Food prices are a potent weapon to kick goverments into removing subsidies and other tariffs. All good and healthy developments. Will have multiple effects on the world economy and welfare of people. Just fresh from Davos: WTO -where Bazil battles to cut subsidies- DAVOS-WTO breakthrough possible soon-Brazil Sat 26 Jan 2008, 14:40 GMT [-] Text [+] DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A breakthrough in negotiations for a world trade deal is possible and the next two to three months will be crucial, Brazil's foreign minister said on Saturday. "Differences are not so big any more in terms of numbers, sometimes they are bigger politically than in economic terms," Celso Amorim told reporters. "I am still hopeful that we will be able to do it." He was speaking after ministers representing the United States, the European Union, India, and a dozen other countries met World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy to discuss the chances of getting a breakthrough in the Doha round WTO negotiators to tackle obstacles to farm deal Guardian Unlimited, UK - Jan 3, 2008 Record food prices have eased pressures on governments to support farmers with subsidies, and worries about food-price inflation and even security of food ...