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		<title>Friedman’s euro crisis is proving to be improbable</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/friedman%e2%80%99s-euro-crisis-is-proving-to-be-improbable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amr Ismail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The discussion over the future of the Euro continues, here is one view from Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley

Many euro skeptics have argued that the worst is yet to come, but given recent events, it is now they who bear the burden of proof
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		<title>All raged up with no nose to punch</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/all-raged-up-with-no-nose-to-punch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amr Ismail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a mixed bag of bad news and less job security, no wonder the mood can be sort of mute, to say the least, in and around the workplace. So it was no big surprise reading Reuters account of how employees are feeling the pinch. We have to be cool under pressure&#8230;&#8230;
- Amr
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		<title>Global Finance has new bosses</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/global-finance-has-new-bosses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week The Financial Times published two pieces reviewing the newly emerging global finance lansdscape. No analysis of how new players are contributing to the stability of the world economy, but a mere view of what is taking place in markets, and some caution ahead of what is shaping to be a new model in global finance:


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		<title>Wall Street Blues!</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/wall-street-the-green-zone-of-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amr Ismail</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three articles published in the past few days observe the investing and money lending landscape with a keen eye on the economic realities of people. From Microsoft Money, Bloomberg Financial Services, and The Guardian respectively: 
 
The next banking crisis on the way
Write-downs for high-risk, high-yield corporate debt, known as &#8216;junk,&#8217; could dwarf losses in the mortgage mess. And 
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		<title>Will Fannie and Freddie lose their home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAR the US National Association of Realtors expects the housing market to be badly damaged and the value of homes to fall; in markets there is a credit deep freeze, there is hedge funds bloodbath, and there is the highest level of uncertainty; given the fact that there is no clear signal of a turnaround in US [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrismail.wordpress.com&blog=901138&post=29&subd=amrismail&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Business Owners Rank Internet as Most Important Marketing Tool</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/business-owners-rank-internet-as-most-important-marketing-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting !
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Entrepreneurs now say the Internet is the most important marketing tool for their companies, but they primarily still use the Web for e-mail and research, according to a new survey. The Capital Access Network Small Business Barometer, a quarterly poll of 250 business owners nationwide who accept credit cards from customers as a method [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrismail.wordpress.com&blog=901138&post=25&subd=amrismail&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Broken Steps&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/broken-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my May 9th post, it seems things have turned worse for some heavy weights. What&#8217;s broiling with hedge funds!?
read more.. Bear Stearns bails out hedge fund 
                  A confluence of investor fears from hedge fund land
                 Wall Street stumbles as subprime worries reemerge
&#8211; Amr
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		<title>Gap?</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe&#8217;s employment rate is almost 10 percent lower than that of the United States. A  report published this month by Princeton University Press and written by an international group of leading labor economists suggests, after a two-year research project, that examined data from France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, these economists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrismail.wordpress.com&blog=901138&post=22&subd=amrismail&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heinous hogs&#8217;s dangerous play of hedge funds could fumble</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/heinous-hogss-dangerous-play-of-hedge-funds-could-fumble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 02:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany warned of dire consequences over hedge funds practices given the current market climate, and The European Council this week opted for self regulation of hedge funds (european-council-conclusions-on-hedge-funds.pdf). At the same time Timothy Geithner, New York Fed president, the most influential Fed amongst the 12 US banks, warned also this week of the &#8220;biggest threat&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrismail.wordpress.com&blog=901138&post=16&subd=amrismail&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it the end of dominance?</title>
		<link>http://amrismail.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/is-it-the-end-of-dominance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dollar is Under the Microscope. Big changes seem to be coming for the dollar, and we seem to be moving towards greater parity between currencies. The United States has recently joined the ranks of developing nations in paying more in interest to overseas creditors headed by China than it receives in interest from its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amrismail.wordpress.com&blog=901138&post=14&subd=amrismail&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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