Between the lines

  • Standard & Poor’s Gets Sloppy.. Apparently..

    Nov 11, 11 • 4480 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Standard & Poor’s Gets Sloppy.. Apparently..

    “For India, China and many of the other new powers, they don’t see simply a crisis of the euro zone. They see a crisis of the rich world and it makes them even more confident that their time has come” – Kleine-Brokhoff at the George Marshall...

  • États-Unis d’Europe est mort, sera l’arbre vivant?

    Nov 10, 11 • 3291 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on États-Unis d’Europe est mort, sera l’arbre vivant?

    Italian writer and politician Giuseppe Mazzini called for the creation of a federation of European republics in 1843. This set the stage for perhaps the best known early proposal for peaceful unification, through cooperation and equality of membership, made...

  • Berlusconi Made An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse

    Nov 9, 11 • 2977 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Berlusconi Made An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse

    Whilst all eyes are on Italy’s bond crisis, Greece’s potential default and France ultimately being ordained into the dishonorable members of the inglorious PIIGS (finally putting the f in the ‘efin PIIGS) a real bombshell was dropped by one of the...

  • Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, Italy’s Bond Yield Reached 6.66% On Monday

    Nov 8, 11 • 3273 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, Italy’s Bond Yield Reached 6.66% On Monday

    I thought this Between The Lines blog entry would be a light hearted joke given ‘the Mark’ relates to money, you know the script; 666, Berlusconi (beast), Rome, “muhahahahaha” etc. Then the parallels got a bit scary once I engaged in a bit of fact...

  • Cannes We Fix It? No We Can’t

    Nov 7, 11 • 4451 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Cannes We Fix It? No We Can’t

    It’s been bonfire “weekend” in the UK. Lots of the festivities and many of the organized displays now have funfairs running alongside. Not so great as parents, as your pockets get emptied, but if indirectly the proceeds go to the organizers then...

  • The Chinese Wall of Opinion Versus a Euro Bailout

    Nov 4, 11 • 4283 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on The Chinese Wall of Opinion Versus a Euro Bailout

    An estimated 200 million people live at or below subsistence levels in China, spending 20 billion euros on them, instead of buying some form of Eurozone bond as part of the EFSF bail out package, would raise their standard of living by half for a year...

  • Le Coq and La Conquete

    Nov 3, 11 • 3834 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Le Coq and La Conquete

    Nicolas Sarkozy can’t watch a film released in May exploring why his wife left him on the same day he was elected as he needs to “protect his sanity”. The film, La Conquete, (The Conquest) covers Sarkozy’s second divorce from Cecilia Attias and his...

  • Threaten the Markets with Democracy and a Collapse Ensues

    Nov 2, 11 • 6479 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Threaten the Markets with Democracy and a Collapse Ensues

    There is a sub text to the threatened Papa G referendum that’s been missed by the mainstream media and it’s not the obvious fact that he’s actually an American and may have another agenda. He was born George Papandreou in 1952 in Saint Paul, Minnesota,...

  • The OECD Pricks the Eurozone Bubble as 200 Million are Feared Unemployed

    Nov 1, 11 • 4345 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on The OECD Pricks the Eurozone Bubble as 200 Million are Feared Unemployed

    Is it irony or coincidence that as we welcome our seventh billionth global citizen into our world global unemployment reaches 200 million according to the ILO. The International Labor Organization said in its report that about 80 million net new jobs will be...

  • Anyone prepared to bet that the Eurozone crisis is over? George Soros isn’t…

    Oct 31, 11 • 3511 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on Anyone prepared to bet that the Eurozone crisis is over? George Soros isn’t…

    George Soros, who achieved fame when he bet against sterling remaining within the Exchange Rate Mechanism in the 1990s, believes the 50 percent “haircut” for private bond holders agreed last week as part of the overall bailout package will only reduce...