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To: Les H who wrote (168939)	12/4/2008 9:50:39 AM
From: Bank Holding Company	Respond to of 306849

lol

To: Les H who wrote (168939)	12/4/2008 9:55:31 AM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

In other words, if you have money in those funds, you aren't getting it all back. The funds can't even meet current redemptions, much less future requests, so they will hold onto equities into a falling market. Gotta love those high price fund managers! They really work for your best interests!

To: Les H who wrote (168939)	12/4/2008 10:32:14 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Geithner May Seek to Push Bair Out After Clashes During Crisis By Robert Schmidt Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Timothy Geithner, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for U.S. Treasury Secretary, is seeking to push Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair out of office. Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has argued Bair isn't a team player and is too focused on protecting her agency rather than the financial system as a whole, according to two congressional officials and a person familiar with his thinking. Bair has battled with Geithner and fellow regulators over aid to Citigroup Inc. and other emergency actions, making her enemies in the Bush administration. ... Geithner became increasingly wary of Bair as she worked with the other regulatory agencies on emergency bailouts of banks in recent months. The New York fed chief has been concerned that Bair was more worried about keeping the FDIC's insurance program protected than she was about the entire financial system, one person said. Bair twice sparred with her colleagues at the Fed and Treasury over efforts involving Citigroup. In October, she acquiesced to Wachovia Corp.'s agreement to a takeover by Wells Fargo & Co. days after agreeing to back an initial deal with Citigroup. Geithner was concerned that allowing the Citigroup transaction to fail would inhibit other lenders from working with the FDIC on any subsequent rescues, the people said. Wells Fargo offered about $15 billion for Wachovia, compared with Citigroup's $2.2 billion deal to acquire Wachovia's banking operations, and didn't need any FDIC aid. bloomberg.com