samedi, août 09, 2008

RUSSIA'S WAR: ...TRUCE REJECTION!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Russia Is Waging `Full-Scale War' Over S. Ossetia, Georgia Says"

RUSSIA:..... "WAAAR".....

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Russia's `War' With Georgia Dashes NATO Entry Plans (Update3)"

EURO FAAAALLS MOST IN 8 YEARS!

Bloomberg.com: Europe: "Euro Falls the Most in 8 Years on Reduced Bets for Higher Rate"

ASIAN STOCKS FAAAALL FOR 2nd WEEK!

Bloomberg.com: Asia: "Asian Stocks Fall for Second Week, Led by Commodity Producers"

RUSSIA!......WAR HAS STARTED....!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Putin Says `War Has Started,' Georgia Claims Invasion (Update4)"

EUROPE: DEPRESSING....!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Wellink Says Second Quarter `Won't Look That Good' (Update3)"

CANADA LOSES JOBS!.....ZUT!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Canada Lost 55,200 Jobs in July; Unemployment Fell (Update4)"

SINGAPORE CUTS GROWTH FORECAST!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Singapore Cuts Growth Forecast; Expects `Bumpy Year' (Update1)"

US STOCKS UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. Stocks Rise, S&P Posts Best Week Since April as Oil Falls"

RUSSIA: ....WAR...!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Putin Says `War Has Started,' Georgia Claims Invasion (Update4)"

RUSSIA: ....WAAAR......!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Putin Says `War Has Started,' Georgia Claims Invasion (Update4)"

GLOBAL CREDIT CRISIS: ...RAGING ON!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Money Market `Plagued' by Libor That Fed Can't Reduce (Update1)"

CZECH INFLATION UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Czech July Inflation Quickens to 6.9%, First Jump Since January"

INDONESIA'S RATE AT 9.5%:...OK?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Indonesia Says Rate at 9.5% `Adequate' for Inflation (Update1)"

EUROPE HARDENS VS IRAN!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "EU Sets Sanctions on Iran, Inching Past UN Resolution (Update1)"

US PRODUCTIVITY TOMORROW!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Productivity in U.S. Probably Grew as Employers Eliminated Jobs"

EGYPT'S RATE UP, UP, UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Egypt Central Bank Raises Key Rate for Fifth Time to 11 Percent"

JAPAN'S RECESSION?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Japan Economy Probably Shrank as Recession Looms (Update1)"

jeudi, août 07, 2008

SECUESTRO:.. ¡LA SOLUCIÓN!...

¡Por favor lea mi opinión al final de esta sección!

PAKISTAN PRESIDENT: IMPEACHMENT?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Pakistan Government Seeks to Oust President Musharraf (Update2)"

JAPAN: RECESSION?......S.O.S!....HELP!

Bloomberg.com: Asia: "Japan Economy Probably Contracted, Bringing a Recession Closer"

MÉXICO INFLATION UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Mexico Inflation Accelerates on Food, Gasoline Prices (Update1)"

EUROPE: NO RATE CHANGE!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Trichet Sees `Particularly Weak' Economic Growth (Update2)"

PENDING HOME RESALES UP!....WEIRD?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "U.S. Economy: Pending Home Resales Unexpectedly Climbed in June"

EUROPE WEAK!...ZUT!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Trichet Sees `Particularly Weak' Economic Growth (Update2)"

AIG PLUMMETS!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "AIG Plummets as Insurer Won't Rule Out Capital Raise (Update4)"

US CONSUMER CREDIT UP, UP, UP!!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. June Consumer Credit Up $14.3 Billion, More Than Forecast"

EUROPE: MORE DEFAULTS?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Defaults to Rise in Europe a Year After Crunch Began (Update1)"

ITALIAN PRODUCTION STALLS!..OH MY GOD!..

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Italian June Production Stalls as Record Oil Prices Damp Growth"

US COVERED-BOND PLAN: ...HEROIC?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Hank the Great? Paulson Copies Frederick With Covered-Bond Plan"

SPAIN ECONOMY: ...AWFUL!...

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Rojo Saves Spain From Worse Pain as Defaults, Jobless Surge"

GERMAN EXPORTS UP!.....WOW!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "German June Exports Rise the Most in Nearly Two Years (Update1)"

UK TO REFRAIN FROM RATE CHANGE?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Bank of England Pressured in Slump to Recoil From Rate Change"

S. KOREA'S RATE UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Bank of Korea Raises Rate to 5.25% to Curb Inflation (Update3)"

EUROPE: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS INFLATION!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Trichet Focuses on Inflation as Lufthansa Lifts Wages (Update2)"

CHINA: WORRYING HUMAN RIGHTS!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Bush Cites `Deep Concerns' Over Human Rights in China (Update1)"

mercredi, août 06, 2008

SECUESTROS: ¡LA SOLUCIÓN!

Legisladores:

¡Hagan ilegal la negociación y el pago del rescate (castigo con cárcel a quien no denuncie) y cobren multas tan altas como el pago mismo para quien lo realice!

Este programa fue un éxito en Italia contra grupos terroristas (brigadas rojas) a principios de la década de los 80s.

Esto daría una salida moral a los familiares involucrados para no
pagar debido a que normalmente sufren lo indecible para tomar la
decisión entre denuncia y entrega de sus bienes. Si es una exigencia de
ley, ¡esta decisión resultará más fácil!

Como en todas las guerras habrá mártires pero hoy en día para los
secuestradores de todos modos es más fácil deshacerse de la víctima que mantenerla prisionera (caso Martí en México, entre muchísimos otros).

Lo importante de esta medida es que:

  • Sacará a la luz pública (previamente a las autoridades) la magnitud del problema puesto que se conocerán cuántos secuestros se realizan al año.
  • Hará desistir de proseguir en el negocio a los actuales y sobre todo hará desistir a potenciales criminales que considerarían a esta "industria del secuestro" como una mala inversión, muy riesgosa y poco redituable.
  • La opinión pública podrá exigir con más argumentos (al conocer estadísticas más claras) a los responsables de seguridad pública para que bajen esto índices de maldad.

Concedido: Es una medida extrema pero este es un caso extremo. ¡A grandes enfermedades, grandes remedios!. ¡La sociedad esta muy enferma de este flagelo!

Se requiere voluntad política (que podría aparecer ahora, dadas
las gravísimas características de la situación actual).

Esta no es una idea nueva. Se trató de implantar hace algunos años en la república mexicana. ¡Es hora de desempolvarla!

jcnn


IRELAND BUDGET IN TROUBLE!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Ireland Doesn't Plan Tax Increase as Economy Slows, Harney Says"

FANNIE, FREDDIE RESCUE?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Pimco's Gross Says Treasury Likely to Rescue Fannie, Freddie"

MALAYSIA'S ANWAR: A SODOMIST?

Bloomberg.com: Asia: "Malaysia's Anwar to Be Charged With Sodomy Tomorrow (Update1)"

S. KOREA MAY KEEP RATE!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Bank of Korea May Keep Rate at 5% as Economy Slows (Update1)"

FED SIGNALS NO RATE CHANGE SOON!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Fed Shift Indicates Main Rate Will Stay at 2% to Revive Economy"

UK CONFIDENCE DOWN, DOWN, DOWN!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.K. Consumer Confidence Drops Most Since 2004, Nationwide Says"

JAPAN: D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-A-T-I-N-G-?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Japan Says Economy Deteriorating, Signals a Recession (Update1)"

mardi, août 05, 2008

US STOCKS RALLY ON FED'S OUTLOOK!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. Stocks Rally Most Since April on Oil's Drop, Fed's Outlook"

¿EBRARD EN PROBLEMAS?

Exige Calderón a Ebrard trabajar en coordinación en materia de seguridad - El Universal - México: "Exige Calderón a Ebrard trabajar en coordinación en materia de seguridad"

¡Si Ebrard desea contender seriamente por la Presidencia de la República, deberá dejar de lado gran parte de su estrategia populista, demagogia socialista y distanciarse de manera convincente de los errores que su mentor López Obrador cometió en las últimas elecciones
(y algunos más recientes como la toma de tribunas del congreso) que provocaron la división del PRD!


¡Por supuesto que tiene que trabajar al lado del gobierno federal en todos los ámbitos de interés público!

¡Ha hecho un buen trabajo hasta ahora respecto al avance del respeto a los derechos humanos en el DF, el control del ambulantaje en el centro histórico y el mejoramiento de las vías de comunicación y transporte público!

El cinismo como arma para contrarestar la crítica (sensata) de los medios de comunicación
respecto al delicado tema de la seguridad pública y de la corrupción sería su perdición política (y hasta legal), como lo fue en su momento la de López Obrador.


Su mejor carta es un mayor acercamiento público (dado que en lo obscurito sí se da) con el gobierno del Presidente Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.

¡Ojalá que el Sr. Ebrard recapacite a tiempo!

jc

TAIWAN'S INFLATION UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Asia: "Taiwan's Inflation Accelerates to 14-Year High on Food, Oil"

NO CREDIT AROUND?....WORRYSOME!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Fed Knows When General Mills Sells Debt Like Cheerios (Update1)"

JAPAN ALREADY IN RECESSION?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Aso Says Japan in Recession, May Need to Delay Balancing Budget"

FED KEEPS RATE AT 2%!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Fed Keeps Rate at 2% as Economic Growth Stagnates (Update3)"

CHINA DETAINS AND BEATS JOURNALISTS!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "China Locks Down Kashgar After Attack; Police Beat Journalists"

RUSSIA: SHORT OF HOPE?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Russia's Summit Ambitions May Be Bridge Too Far for Vladivostok"

N. ZEALAND: MORE RATE CUTS?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Bollard Says He Has Scope to Cut New Zealand Rates (Update2)"

PHILIPPINE INFLATION UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Philippine July Inflation Accelerates to 16-Year High (Update2)"

INDONESIAS' RATES UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Indonesia Raises Rate a Fourth Time to Tame Inflation (Update1)"

US FED REBELLION VS BERNANKE?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Bernanke May Sound Tougher on Inflation to Avert Fed Rebellion"

AUSTRALIA'S DOLLAR FALL, FALL, FALL!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Australia Signals First Rate Reduction in Seven Years (Update1)"

CHINA BEATS JOURNALISTS!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "China Locks Down Kashgar After Attack; Police Beat Journalists"

AUSTRALIA: NO RATE CHANGE!....FOR NOW!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Australia Signals First Rate Reduction in Seven Years (Update1)"

lundi, août 04, 2008

EUROPE STOCKS DOWN, DOWN, DOWN!

Bloomberg.com: Europe: "European Stocks Drop on Inflation, Credit Concern; HSBC Falls"

BRAZIL: FRAGILE?....WATCH OUT!

Bloomberg.com: Exclusive: "Brazil Broken Markets Pit Bulls Against Mobius, Bears (Update3)"

SUPERPESO: STRONGEST IN 6 YEARS!

Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "Mexico Peso Advances to Six-Year High on Bets Yield Gap to Grow"

US FACTORY ORDERS UP! ...BRAVO!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "U.S. Factory Orders Rose More Than Forecast on Fuel (Update1)"

US STOCKS FALL!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. Stocks Fall, Led by Commodity Producers; Exxon Drops"

IRAN: DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Iran Tests Anti-Ship Weapon, Repeats Stance on Hormuz (Update4)"

OIL TUMBLES BELOW $120! ...BRAVO!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Oil Falls to 13-Week Low on Signs Storm to Miss Gulf Facilities"

US CONSUMER INFLATION UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "U.S. Economy: Inflation Erodes Buying Power, Tax-Rebate Effects"

AUSTRALIA MAY KEEP RATE!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Australia to Leave Benchmark Rate at 7.25 Percent (Update1)"

MALAYSIA'S EXPORTS -S-L-O-W-!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Malaysian Export Growth Slows on Electronics Shipments to U.S."

JAPAN: NO BONDS FOR EXTRA-BUDGETS?

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Ibuki Says Japan Avoids Using Bonds for Extra Budgets (Update1)"

INDONESIA MAY RAISE RATE!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "Indonesia May Raise Key Rate on Inflation: Week Ahead (Update1)"

US ECONOMY THIS WEEK II!

Bloomberg.com: Economy: "U.S. Consumer Spending Probably Slowed in June as Rebates Faded"

CHINA-US: REALLY OK?

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Bush Burnishes China Card for Obama, McCain in Taiwan's Shadow"

CHINA: 16 POLICEMEN DEAD!...WORRYSOME!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Xinjiang Border Patrol Attacked, 16 Dead, Xinhua Says (Update1)"

CANADIAN DOLLAR LOSING ITS WINGS!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Loonie Loses Currency Wings as Canada Hurt by U.S. (Update1)"

dimanche, août 03, 2008

S. ARABIA INFLATION UP, UP, UP!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Saudi Inflation Accelerates to Record 10.6% in June (Update1)"

US ECONOMY THIS WEEK!

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "Services Probably Shrank for Second Month: U.S. Economy Preview"