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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (245907)	4/27/2010 7:21:10 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Jim, I would also penalize the SEC by blocking all internet PORN sites! LOL

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (245907)	4/27/2010 9:26:53 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 306849

You have my vote. But your common sense approach is not what we do here in the US. We enjoy our sound bites and farcical solutions that provide a facade for our criminals.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (245907)	4/27/2010 10:11:42 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 306849

Why? "Shareholders and bondholders would have first shot st the IPO of news shares." Let bankruptcy courts handle it

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (245907)	4/27/2010 11:10:31 PM
From: Bank Holding Company	Respond to of 306849

> I probably would have taken over the banks, run them and broken them up if they were too big to fail.<<< they should have done what Simon Johnson said...."remove the (Top) Management with a mandate to clean it up. The fed had the authority to do it." Bernancke said they didn't.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (245907)	5/10/2010 11:23:09 AM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

John Paulson: Housing Prices May Soar 10 Percent Hedge fund star John Paulson, who made his fortune betting against the housing industry during the real estate meltdown, now sees things somewhat differently. In a conference call with investors, Paulson said that earlier in the year he saw a chance for a double-dip recession. “I'm not concerned about that at all today," said the man whose dealings with Goldman Sachs led to government charges of fraud against the banking titan. A V-shaped recovery is more likely, he says. "The outlook for 2011 could be very strong," he said, according to MarketWatch. Paulson’s also bullish on the housing market, saying home prices already have stabilized and may climb 8 percent to 10 percent next year. Paulson voices optimism about the credit markets too. He’s not worried about the huge amount of corporate debt that needs to be refinanced in coming years. "That is a concern to some investors. It's not at all a concern to me," Paulson said. "There's so much demand for debt. (There’s a) voracious appetite for credit," Paulson said. He notes that debt offerings are vastly oversubscribed. Renowned economist Robert Shiller isn’t so confident about housing and the economy. “Home prices have been going up for nearly a year now,” he told The Motley Fool. “Normally we could extrapolate that kind of upward trend. But I think we're in a very unusual circumstance. I don't trust the trend that we have. I'm worried that it might get reversed.” moneynews.com