Magnitude 6.4 - FIJI REGION

Magnitude 6.4 - FIJI REGION:


"Magnitude 6.4 - FIJI REGION
2008 July 19 22:39:53 UTC"

	Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 22:39:53 UTC Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 10:39:53 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	17.134°S, 177.420°W
Depth	396 km (246.1 miles)
Region	FIJI REGION

Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Releases sad news for some...

seen on agentwill.com ..........

"Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Releases June 2008 Statistics
posted in Statistics |

Well the latest stats are out and the big Big BIG news is that sales are down from record levels…. not just a little but a lot. Try 42.9%. All the while listings are up almost 19%."

click chart to see larger version.......



agentwill.com is a very handy site to check if you're into the condo biz and such.

BBC NEWS | UK | 15,000 bags stranded at Heathrow

BBC NEWS | UK | 15,000 bags stranded at Heathrow

Last Updated: Saturday, 29 March 2008, 18:10 GMT E-mail this to a friend Printable version

15,000 bags stranded at Heathrow

The knock-on effects have stranded bags at all terminals Luggage mountain At least 15,000 bags are stranded at Heathrow airport after a third day of cancellations at the new Terminal 5. The news came after one-fifth of British Airways flights from the troubled terminal were scrapped on Saturday - 67 out of the 330 scheduled.

VISTA CRASHER EXPOSED

NVIDIA drivers responsible for nearly 30% of Vista crashes in 2007

from Engadget by Nilay Patel

SHAW TRYS LATER ???

WELL , LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ...

SHAW SPEED PROMO FAILS TO IMPRESS

they said I'll have 5MB d/l as of yesterday...yet this is not even 10% of that speed ...


this is so sad but what do you expect .... no delivery on this one !!

TheSpoof.com : NASA on Roswell incident: Conclusion - Alien space turds are edible! funny satire story

TheSpoof.com : NASA on Roswell incident: Conclusion
- Alien space turds are edible! funny satire story:

"'We have recovered what appears to be Alien Poo. We theorize that once the doomed craft were heading in at high crash speeds, the aliens pooped their spacesuits. We have recovered the turds from the wreckage in the immediate days after the crash. It was fresh, firm, and surprisingly fragrant!'"

Strange lights spotted in Lincolnshire's skies may have been a warning of the earthquake

DID 'UFO LIGHTS' HERALD LINCOLNSHIRE EARTHQUAKE?

: "Several sightings of lights appearing in the sky were reported in the days leading up to the quake, which had its epicentre near Market Rasen when it struck early on February 27.

And some believe that these could be 'earthquake lights' - caused by changes in the electrical properties of the ground before a quake occurs.

There have been many similar reports of 'earthquake lights' throughout history.

The most well known case was in Lincoln's twin town, Tangshan, in China in 1976, before a massive quake that killed 240,000 people across the country."

Wall St soaks up China funds...

China learns hard M&A lessons | Special Coverage | Reuters:

By Michael Flaherty

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The unraveling of CITIC Securities' plan to link up with Bear Stearns (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) may prove the latest example of a Chinese deal gone bad.

Sitting on a mountain of cash, China's government has sought to diversify its holdings and expand state-run companies by investing more in foreign assets.

But to date, many of the deals have turned out to be duds.

That point was highlighted over the weekend when CITIC's $1 billion venture with Bear was thrown into serious doubt.
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"China Investment Corp. (CIC) formed, setting aside $200 billion to invest.

The fund's entry into dealmaking brought the government face to face with some of the globe's savviest players in the mergers and acquisitions market.

And it led to investments in U.S. firms with significant exposure to what Wall Street hoped was a passing credit mess.

It's only gotten worse."

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don't forget Blackstone !

WallSt soaks China funds...
Snow and GW must be having a chuckle

A Wall Street Domino Theory - New York Times

News Analysis

A Wall Street Domino Theory

By JENNY ANDERSON and VIKAS BAJAJ

Published: March 15, 2008

The Federal Reserve’s unusual decision to provide emergency assistance to Bear Stearns underscores a long-building concern that one failure could spread across the financial system.

A Wall Street Domino Theory - New York Times: "“You get to where people can’t trade with each other,” said James L. Melcher, president of Balestra Capital, a hedge fund based in New York. “If the Fed hadn’t acted this morning and Bear did default on its obligations, then that could have triggered a very widespread panic and potentially a collapse of the financial system.”

Already, investors are considering whether another firm might face financial problems."

FT.com / In depth - Wall Street waits for the next domino to fall

“The most pressing question on investors’ minds: who’s next?” .......

..Wall Street waits for the next domino to fall.....

By Francesco Guerrera and Michael Mackenzie in New York

Published: March 16 2008 20:22 | Last updated: March 17 2008 02:43

FT.com / In depth - Wall Street waits for the next domino to fall:

"“The most pressing question on investors’ minds: who’s next?” said Jeffrey Rosenberg, head of credit strategy at Banc of America Securities. Analysts expect US banks to report some $50bn in additional losses in the first half of this year – in addition to the $100bn-plus in writedowns announced so far – as key markets such as leveraged loans, home equity and real estate continued to deteriorate."