Post by sweetredfl on Oct 30, 2007 7:39:08 GMT -5
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Roots of credit crisis laid at Fed’s door- Regulatory minimalism allowed risky practices to flourish, expert says (Full 2-page article)
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MINING
knobias.10kwizard.com/contents.php?ipage=5237035&repo=tenk&back=1
Lundin Mining CORP SC 13G filed on 10/29/2007 - SC 13G, A statement of beneficial ownership of common stock by certain persons
www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/30/c9568.html
Claude Resources Inc. announces flow-through private placement offering - at a price of $1.85 per common share, to raise a maximum of $7,000,000.
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biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071029/to254.html?.v=53
**Golden Arch Resources Ltd. Arranges $1 Million Funding for Exploration on Four Properties
Les Kjosness, President is pleased to announce two private placements for a total of almost $1,000,000, subject to regulatory approval. The first is a brokered flow-through private placement for $499,999.92Cdn consisting of 4,166,666 units at $0.12Cdn.
knobias.10kwizard.com/contents.php?ipage=5235519&repo=tenk&back=1
U.S. Canadian Minerals, Inc 8-K filed on 10/29/2007
Ron Serota, President - U.S. Canadian Minerals
Effective October 24, 2007, the Company engaged Ronald Serota CPA, P.C., a Nevada PCAOB registered CPA firm, as its principal accountants pursuant to an engagement agreement executed by the Company with Ron Serota, CPA.
www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=6358946&subject=companies&action=article
Lundin Petroleum acquires 34 pct stake in Cambodian exploration block
www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=785768
Arizona Star Resource Corp. Announces C$18.00 Per Share Cash Offer by Barrick Gold Corporation
The Offer will be effected through a take-over bid circular to be mailed to Arizona Star shareholders not later than November 9, 2007. The transaction values Arizona Star at approximately C$773 million.
El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. (OTC/BB:ECPN) President & Chief Executive Officer,
Ken Pavlich will be featured in an exclusive interview with www.wallst.net on Monday, October 29, at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
The interview will be posted on www.wallst.net by 8 p.m. EST that same day.
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071026/to226.html?.v=60
Work Permits Granted on Company's Wakefield Lake Zinc Property, Sask. - www.goldenarchresources.com
biz.yahoo.com/cnw/071025/rio_tinto_alcan_offer.html?.v=1
Rio Tinto Offer for Alcan - additional shares acquired
www.thestar.com:80/Business/article/270241 (I am excited about this ipo)
Franco-Nevada is not a miner but rather a royalty company which holds lucrative stakes in a number of mines. Founded in 1982 by Lassonde and Seymour Schulich, it was bought by Newmont in 2002 in a $4.2-billion (U.S.) three-way merger that included Australia's Normandy Mining Ltd.
biz.yahoo.com/ccn/071025/200710250421245001.html?.v=1
Explor Resources Inc.: Private Placement - is pleased to announce the negotiation of a private placement of up to CDN $1,050,000.
Remember this was one of UC's companies in the past.
www.kommersant.com/p818953/VTB_Eurobond_/ VTB Launches Eurobonds at Large
VTB placed Eurobonds for the total worth of $2 billion under the new program of overseas borrowing, which amounts to the record $20 billion. The program of domestic loans will step up as well.
www.stockwatch.com/swnet/newsit/newsit_newsit.aspx?bid=Z-C:MTX-1422274&symbol=MTX&news_region=C Metalex gets ready for Brazil gem hunt
Chuck Fipke's Metalex Ventures Ltd. is making plans for over $1-million worth of exploration on its Batovi diamond project in Brazil and it will likely have a partner willing to pay the bills.
www.forbes.com/2007/10/25/bp-energy-environment-biz-energy-cx_bw_1025bpfines.html?partner=yahootix
BP: Big Fines, Good News
In an effort to wipe the slate clean and return to the business of making money--which it seems to do very well)--the London-based oil and gas giant agreed Thursday to pay $373 million in fines and restitution for violating U.S. environmental laws and defrauding customers
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BANKS
biz.yahoo.com/rb/071026/merrill_wachovia.html?.v=2
Merrill CEO met Wachovia over merger: report
biz.yahoo.com/ap/071026/bank_of_america_mortgage.html?.v=3
BofA Makes More Changes After Dismal 3Q
www.banktech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202602017
Departures of Bank Executives Spur the Need for Succession Planning - Financial executives at the top leaving at higher rates compared to other employees
dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10053121.shtml
Former U.S. Treasury head questions bank super-fund
"We've got all this paper out in the system, and my inclination is to say, let's accelerate the price discovery process on this paper," Snow said on CNBC Television.
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BROKERS
Morgan Stanley's MSCI unit sets $224 million IPO - which will be used to pay down debt held by Morgan Stanley,
according to an amended IPO filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
www.signonsandiego.com:80/news/business/20071026-0557-msci-ipo-.html
www.businessweek.com/investor/content/oct2007/pi20071024_215525.htm?campaign_id=rss_null
Online Brokers Sidestep Subprime Woes - Industry players TD
AmeriTrade and Schwab actually benefited as trading volume surged amid market volatility, though E*Trade stumbled
www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20071026%5cACQDJON200710260029DOWJONESDJONLINE000024.htm& In Discount Brokers' Search For Stability, Schwab Leads Rivals
In the discount brokerage business, the top companies are quickly becoming something other than discount brokers, and investors are applauding. A peek at the Internet home pages of the top three publicly traded discount brokers reveals the major trends that are transforming the business.
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MARKETS
news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=102620070660
Earning Results Drive Markets Higher - U.S. Commentary
Wall Street is posting substantial gains on Friday, as investors shrug off record oil prices and instead focus on positive earning results from Microsoft (MSFT) and an optimistic outlook from Countrywide Financial (CFC).
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2c0fFZjNKok S&P, Moody's, Fitch, Probed by Connecticut on Ratings (Update4)
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is probing Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings for strong-arming issuers into giving them business.
money.cnn.com/2007/10/26/news/ct_ag.ap/index.htm?section=money_latest Big three credit-raters subpoenaed
Connecticut's attorney general said Friday that he has subpoenaed the nation's three largest debt-rating agencies as part of an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal confirmed that his office issued subpoenas Oct. 10 to Standard & Poors, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., (Charts, Fortune 500) Moody's Investor Services (Charts) and Fitch Ratings Service.
tinyurl.com/3x7v8o Connecticut's attorney general said Friday that he has subpoenaed the nation's three largest debt-rating agencies as part of an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal confirmed that his office issued subpoenas Oct. 10 to Standard & Poors, Moody's Investor Services and Fitch Ratings Service.
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NAKED SHORT SELLING
camrhon.proboards102.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=safe&thread=1193412669&page=1
Naked Short Selling
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FRAUD
www.dispatch.co.za/2007/10/26/SouthAfrica/atalirp.html
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OF INTEREST
UC HOLDINGS - bhollen
camrhon.proboards102.com/index.cgi?board=safe&action=display&thread=1193331373
www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20071026033802570C224610
Son spills the beans on Petersens' dealings - Money laundering, diamonds and forex trading.
These are some of the deals Najwa Petersen and her music legend husband, Taliep, were allegedly involved in before he was shot dead.
www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=180306&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
ROME: Italy’s centre-left premier, Romano Prodi, edged
closer to a government collapse once more yesterday when a minister being probed in an embezzlement case threatened to resign if the cabinet did not support him.
**Senators Want Probe on Content Blocking
biz.yahoo.com/ap/071027/data_discrimination_senate.html
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SEC
www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN2558382320071025
US SEC sees "rampant" insider trading on Wall St.
Roots of credit crisis laid at Fed’s door- Regulatory minimalism allowed risky practices to flourish, expert says (Full 2-page article)
_________
MINING
knobias.10kwizard.com/contents.php?ipage=5237035&repo=tenk&back=1
Lundin Mining CORP SC 13G filed on 10/29/2007 - SC 13G, A statement of beneficial ownership of common stock by certain persons
www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/30/c9568.html
Claude Resources Inc. announces flow-through private placement offering - at a price of $1.85 per common share, to raise a maximum of $7,000,000.
___________
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071029/to254.html?.v=53
**Golden Arch Resources Ltd. Arranges $1 Million Funding for Exploration on Four Properties
Les Kjosness, President is pleased to announce two private placements for a total of almost $1,000,000, subject to regulatory approval. The first is a brokered flow-through private placement for $499,999.92Cdn consisting of 4,166,666 units at $0.12Cdn.
knobias.10kwizard.com/contents.php?ipage=5235519&repo=tenk&back=1
U.S. Canadian Minerals, Inc 8-K filed on 10/29/2007
Ron Serota, President - U.S. Canadian Minerals
Effective October 24, 2007, the Company engaged Ronald Serota CPA, P.C., a Nevada PCAOB registered CPA firm, as its principal accountants pursuant to an engagement agreement executed by the Company with Ron Serota, CPA.
www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=6358946&subject=companies&action=article
Lundin Petroleum acquires 34 pct stake in Cambodian exploration block
www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=785768
Arizona Star Resource Corp. Announces C$18.00 Per Share Cash Offer by Barrick Gold Corporation
The Offer will be effected through a take-over bid circular to be mailed to Arizona Star shareholders not later than November 9, 2007. The transaction values Arizona Star at approximately C$773 million.
El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. (OTC/BB:ECPN) President & Chief Executive Officer,
Ken Pavlich will be featured in an exclusive interview with www.wallst.net on Monday, October 29, at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
The interview will be posted on www.wallst.net by 8 p.m. EST that same day.
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071026/to226.html?.v=60
Work Permits Granted on Company's Wakefield Lake Zinc Property, Sask. - www.goldenarchresources.com
biz.yahoo.com/cnw/071025/rio_tinto_alcan_offer.html?.v=1
Rio Tinto Offer for Alcan - additional shares acquired
www.thestar.com:80/Business/article/270241 (I am excited about this ipo)
Franco-Nevada is not a miner but rather a royalty company which holds lucrative stakes in a number of mines. Founded in 1982 by Lassonde and Seymour Schulich, it was bought by Newmont in 2002 in a $4.2-billion (U.S.) three-way merger that included Australia's Normandy Mining Ltd.
biz.yahoo.com/ccn/071025/200710250421245001.html?.v=1
Explor Resources Inc.: Private Placement - is pleased to announce the negotiation of a private placement of up to CDN $1,050,000.
Remember this was one of UC's companies in the past.
www.kommersant.com/p818953/VTB_Eurobond_/ VTB Launches Eurobonds at Large
VTB placed Eurobonds for the total worth of $2 billion under the new program of overseas borrowing, which amounts to the record $20 billion. The program of domestic loans will step up as well.
www.stockwatch.com/swnet/newsit/newsit_newsit.aspx?bid=Z-C:MTX-1422274&symbol=MTX&news_region=C Metalex gets ready for Brazil gem hunt
Chuck Fipke's Metalex Ventures Ltd. is making plans for over $1-million worth of exploration on its Batovi diamond project in Brazil and it will likely have a partner willing to pay the bills.
www.forbes.com/2007/10/25/bp-energy-environment-biz-energy-cx_bw_1025bpfines.html?partner=yahootix
BP: Big Fines, Good News
In an effort to wipe the slate clean and return to the business of making money--which it seems to do very well)--the London-based oil and gas giant agreed Thursday to pay $373 million in fines and restitution for violating U.S. environmental laws and defrauding customers
_____
BANKS
biz.yahoo.com/rb/071026/merrill_wachovia.html?.v=2
Merrill CEO met Wachovia over merger: report
biz.yahoo.com/ap/071026/bank_of_america_mortgage.html?.v=3
BofA Makes More Changes After Dismal 3Q
www.banktech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202602017
Departures of Bank Executives Spur the Need for Succession Planning - Financial executives at the top leaving at higher rates compared to other employees
dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/10053121.shtml
Former U.S. Treasury head questions bank super-fund
"We've got all this paper out in the system, and my inclination is to say, let's accelerate the price discovery process on this paper," Snow said on CNBC Television.
_______
BROKERS
Morgan Stanley's MSCI unit sets $224 million IPO - which will be used to pay down debt held by Morgan Stanley,
according to an amended IPO filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
www.signonsandiego.com:80/news/business/20071026-0557-msci-ipo-.html
www.businessweek.com/investor/content/oct2007/pi20071024_215525.htm?campaign_id=rss_null
Online Brokers Sidestep Subprime Woes - Industry players TD
AmeriTrade and Schwab actually benefited as trading volume surged amid market volatility, though E*Trade stumbled
www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20071026%5cACQDJON200710260029DOWJONESDJONLINE000024.htm& In Discount Brokers' Search For Stability, Schwab Leads Rivals
In the discount brokerage business, the top companies are quickly becoming something other than discount brokers, and investors are applauding. A peek at the Internet home pages of the top three publicly traded discount brokers reveals the major trends that are transforming the business.
_______
MARKETS
news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=102620070660
Earning Results Drive Markets Higher - U.S. Commentary
Wall Street is posting substantial gains on Friday, as investors shrug off record oil prices and instead focus on positive earning results from Microsoft (MSFT) and an optimistic outlook from Countrywide Financial (CFC).
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2c0fFZjNKok S&P, Moody's, Fitch, Probed by Connecticut on Ratings (Update4)
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is probing Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings for strong-arming issuers into giving them business.
money.cnn.com/2007/10/26/news/ct_ag.ap/index.htm?section=money_latest Big three credit-raters subpoenaed
Connecticut's attorney general said Friday that he has subpoenaed the nation's three largest debt-rating agencies as part of an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal confirmed that his office issued subpoenas Oct. 10 to Standard & Poors, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., (Charts, Fortune 500) Moody's Investor Services (Charts) and Fitch Ratings Service.
tinyurl.com/3x7v8o Connecticut's attorney general said Friday that he has subpoenaed the nation's three largest debt-rating agencies as part of an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal confirmed that his office issued subpoenas Oct. 10 to Standard & Poors, Moody's Investor Services and Fitch Ratings Service.
_____
NAKED SHORT SELLING
camrhon.proboards102.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=safe&thread=1193412669&page=1
Naked Short Selling
______
FRAUD
www.dispatch.co.za/2007/10/26/SouthAfrica/atalirp.html
________
OF INTEREST
UC HOLDINGS - bhollen
camrhon.proboards102.com/index.cgi?board=safe&action=display&thread=1193331373
www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20071026033802570C224610
Son spills the beans on Petersens' dealings - Money laundering, diamonds and forex trading.
These are some of the deals Najwa Petersen and her music legend husband, Taliep, were allegedly involved in before he was shot dead.
www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=180306&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
ROME: Italy’s centre-left premier, Romano Prodi, edged
closer to a government collapse once more yesterday when a minister being probed in an embezzlement case threatened to resign if the cabinet did not support him.
**Senators Want Probe on Content Blocking
biz.yahoo.com/ap/071027/data_discrimination_senate.html
_____
SEC
www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN2558382320071025
US SEC sees "rampant" insider trading on Wall St.
