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To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/16/2008 11:48:15 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 306849

Nice find Les.

To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/16/2008 12:00:55 PM
From: 10K a day	Respond to of 306849

Holy Crap!

To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/16/2008 12:02:24 PM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

EXCELLENT presentation. This is the best summary I have ever come across. I also concur with "Holy Crap!" Before looking at this I thought we were in the fifth inning. It is more like the bottom of the second inning. What in the hell were the a-holes on Wall Street doing, and where was the government while this was going on?

To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/16/2008 12:11:09 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Front page--not business section: nytimes.com Not guaranteed to calm the markets tomorrow: "But now, as the meltdown in credit markets threatens major institutions on Wall Street and a recession appears inevitable, Mr. Bernanke is inventing policy on the fly."

To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/16/2008 12:34:27 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 306849

Fannie Mae to hike LLPAs come June 1st efanniemae.com

To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/16/2008 3:22:42 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 306849

Superb presentation, not just on ABK/MBI issues but on the scope of the housing bubble in general. A must read by all thread participants.

To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/17/2008 9:58:05 AM
From: Smiling Bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

75 pages??? You could have at least put that in the Cliff notes version. :)

To: Les H who wrote (110350)	3/22/2008 6:07:41 AM
From: 10K a day	Respond to of 306849

LOL As Bear Stearns Implodes, Spector Keeps $382 Million March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Warren Spector, forced out as president of Bear Stearns Cos. last August, may have outdone his former mentor James ``Jimmy'' Cayne as the 85-year-old brokerage firm imploded. After a spat over politics in 2004, Cayne, then Bear Stearns's chief executive officer, changed the company's deferred compensation plan, prompting Spector to sell $382 million of stock. As of last March, his stake in the New York-based firm had dwindled to 0.06 percent, worth about $8 million when he left. ``In this case, the golden handshake didn't turn into a tin one,'' said Shaun Springer, chief executive officer of London- based recruiting firm Napier Scott Executive Search Ltd. Spector, 50, faced Cayne again in a bridge tournament in Detroit last weekend. As the competition was coming to a close, Bear Stearns was being sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for $291 million, less than the value of its Manhattan headquarters building. Cayne's 5 percent stake has plummeted in value from almost $1 billion last year, when the shares reached their peak price of $170, to about $12 million based on the sale price. elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com