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SOTT: Grand Theft Economics uh oh
so thats what happened
The credit derivatives markets will on Monday set the price tag for settling up to $500bn of contracts related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the US mortgage lenders whose seizure by the US government had the unexpected knock-on effect of triggering defaults on derivatives deals.
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BBC: New car registrations fall by 21% September normally the most lucrative month on the garage forecourt sees private registrations fall 23% and business registrations plunge 37% the worst decline in new car and commercial vehicle registrations since 1991.
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BBC News website: Lehman Bros head took home $300m The head of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers has told Congress that he took home about $300m in compensation over the past eight years.
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Independent: Darling warns Europe against unilateral action “It does demonstrate the problems that arise when member states take unilateral action because of course it does have a knock on effect for other member states. It does emphasise the need for us all to work together” - what about when one member state goes on a […]

findaproperty: General London Market Improves Russell Jervis, Managing Director of Haart, comments: “September started to show the first encouraging signs of green shoots, with a surge of buyers registering in order to take advantage of the more affordable prices and more attractive mortgage deals that lenders were offering.
……….what grren shoots and what attractive mortgage deals????? […]

BBC: 95% LTV mortgage options fall The number of mortgages available to buyers with a 5% deposit is shrinking fast, as lending is cut because of the credit crunch and falling house prices.
There are only 60 such deals currently available from lenders, down from 860 a year ago.
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BBC: Financial crisis at-a-glance: 6 Oct 1649: The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares closed down 7.85% at 4589 points, a drop of 391 points.
1638: The Cac 40 in Paris closes down 9%, the worst fall in percentage terms since its creation in 1988.
1534: Russia’s dollar-denominated RTS stock market closes down 19%, its worst one-day […]

Sky News: Biggest FTSE Fall For 20 Years The FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares has suffered its biggest one-day fall since the 1987 crash amid the deepening global financial crisis.
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BBC: Pope criticises pursuit of wealth The global financial crisis is proof that the pursuit of money and success is pointless, Pope Benedict XVI has told a meeting of bishops in Rome.
Still doesn’t stop the catholic church being on of the richest organizations on earth!
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Telegraph via SOTT: Nobody will be spared, unless they own gold bars Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The London Telegraph
We face extreme danger. Unless there is immediate intervention on every front by all the major powers acting in concert, we risk a disintegration of global finance within days. Nobody will be spared, unless they own gold bars.
As the unflappable […]