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To: hui zhou who wrote (2990)3/12/2008 3:00:55 PM
From: RealMuLan  Respond to of 12464
 
Another side of the story is that BX, and other hedge fund firms like it, have brought billions of $ in fees for Wall Street. As the liquidities getting dry, both of them suffers<g> Since they cannot do as much of the paper shuffling<g>



To: hui zhou who wrote (2990)3/12/2008 11:44:24 PM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12464
 
[USAF whines for more money in order to keep dominating the skies]--"USAF runs into funding crisis

Washington: US Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically they would not be able to dominate the skies as they have done for decades.

After six years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the USAF’s aging jet fighters, bombers, cargo aircraft and gunships are at breaking point, and expensive replacements are needed fast.
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