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To: dybdahl who wrote (42660)	11/12/2008 8:08:10 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217764

The negotiations in Germany seems to have ended in agreement. The German government expects recession in 2009, but improvement late 2009. They also expect some increases in unemployed meanwhile. The biggest hit in Germany has been retirement funds - they still talk about Lehmann derivatives, which seem to have had a big market in Germany. Oh - and based on the television interviews with editors of youth magazines etc., I'd say that Obama wouldn't collect an audience of 200,000 if he went to Berlin today. I think his audience would be at least 500,000. He has become the world symbol that represents the fact, that skin color does not decide a human's capabilities.

To: dybdahl who wrote (42660)	11/12/2008 10:14:46 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217764

Thanks for the elaborate report - Today I tried to convince a shipping company who also owns RE in Germany to start selling the yielding properties and prepare to buy general cargo ships by summer - response they are afraid to do it - which in my book means that we are close to the bottom of this cycle. In another instance another client tried to convince me that the world commerce will come to a standstill and hunger will prevail and only then the world will decide to switch to the gold standard Now in both instances during spring this year the shipping company complained that they are sorry of not owning more ships and the guy thinking now of the gold standard explained me then that commodities will go trough the roof so much for contrarian indicators