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Posted on Feb 5, 2013 By R. Tamara de Silva
United States v. McGraw-Hill, Inc and Standard & Poor's
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By R. Tamara de Silva
Comparing the Incomparable- Credit Ratings Agencies Revisited By R. Tamara de Silva January 17, 2011 Yesterday, Standard & Poor's relieved the Eurozone's bail-out fund, the European ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
http://www.timelyobjections.com/2011/12/why-mf-globals-last-days-may-have-been-criminal.html
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
Was Corzine's Testimony About MF Global Truthful? By R Tamara de Silva December 13, 2011 Testimony before Congress today revealed that MF Global had illegally transferred $175 million out of ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
http://www.timelyobjections.com/2011/11/mf-globals-missing-customer-funds-and-its-implications-on-the-futures-industry.html www.timelyobjections.com Abstract: The collapse of MF Global is an ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
Postponing the Inevitable Collapse of the Housing Market - Timely Objections Blog www.timelyobjections.com
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
http://www.timelyobjections.com/2011/10/insider-trading-charges-against-goldmans-rajat-gupta.html
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
Why the CFTC's New Regulations on Position Limits for Derivatives Are Misguided By R. Tamara de Silva The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") finalized its proposed rule 76 FR ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
The Market Rules- Directed Verdict Against S&P By R. Tamara de Silva September 1, 2011 Standard and Poor's (S&P) announced on August 5, 2011 that it would downgrade the credit rating of ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
The SEC's Perplexing and Illegal Destruction of Files By R. Tamara de Silva August 19, 2011 Rolling Stone Magazine broke a story on August 17, 2011 stating that according to a former SEC attorney ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
Why Warren Buffet's Op-ed is Wrong According to Warren Buffett's op-ed in the New York Times on August 15, 2011, we as a nation have coddled the super-rich. As evidence of this, Buffett claims ...
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Posted on Aug 14, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
Banning Short Selling and When Regulation is Most Like an Ostrich By R. Tamara de Silva August 15, 2011 There were many culprits behind the last financial crisis in the United States including, ...
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Posted on Aug 8, 2011 By R. Tamara de Silva
The Credit Ratings Agencies Revisited This is the first day of trading after S&P downgraded the United States of America from triple AAA to AA+. [1] There is no question that the United States ...
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