Financial Boom: This Time is Different

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Economy, 13th Century, Amazon, Authors, Charts And Graphs, Congress, Derivatives, Economic Policies, Financial Crises, Financial Crisis, Financial Deregulation, Follies, Government Debt, Heroic Work, Human Suffering, Investment Banking, Monumental Effort, National Leaders, Policymakers, Primary And Secondary Sources, Regulators, Reinhart, Rogoff, Savings And Loans, Shenanigans, Six Years, Unemployment, Utter Failure

The authors’ findings are sobering. They conclude that the road out of financial crisis is long and arduous. Financial crises around the world have been followed by five years of rising unemployment and six years of falling housing prices. Government debt typically balloons 86%.
Reinhart and Rogoff note that financial deregulation often preceded meltdowns: “It helped [...]

Britain faces gas shortage in six years due to Russia – Telegraph

Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Britain, Energy, Alistair, Buchanan, Chief Executive, Coal, Cubic Metre, Cubic Metres, Energy Demand, Energy Regulator, Energy Shortfall, Europe, Gas Developments, Gas Shortage, Global Economy, Nuclear Plants, Ofgem, Russia, Russian Gas, Russian Projects, Six Years, Telegraph

Britain is facing an energy shortfall by 2015 over its exposure to six risky Russian gas developments, if the UK becomes much more dependent on imports from abroad, according to Ofgem.
Alistair Buchanan, chief executive of the energy regulator, has found that Europe could be under-supplied by 41bn cubic metres in six years’ time, [...]

Putin until 2024? -Times Online

Posted by Matt in September 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, academics, Annual Meeting, climate change, Economy, inflation, Medvedev, Polluters, President Putin, Russia, Six Years, Victory, Vladimir Putin, Western Journalists

Vladimir Putin has often used an annual meeting with Western journalists and academics to set out his views on the world, on Russia and on himself. This year he told The Times and a few other papers that Russia needed to lower inflation and hold down the rouble exchange to revive the battered economy. He [...]

The Road to World War II: Why Wasn’t Hitler Stopped? – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Posted by Matt in September 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in History, War, Admirer, Adolf Hitler, Allies, Beginning Of World War Ii, Blossoms, Bouquets, Entrance To The Garden, Floral Arrangements, German President, Germany Invaded Poland, News International, Personal Experiences, President Richard, Reich Chancellery, Sept 1 1939, Six Years, Soldier, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, world-war-II

World War II began 70 years ago when Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. It would last six years and claim millions of lives. But the Allies missed several opportunities to stop Hitler in the run-up to the war.
Editor’s note: This is part one of a SPIEGEL article about the beginning of [...]

Will Iran’s ‘Marriage Crisis’ Bring Down Ahmadinejad?

Posted by Matt in June 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Bedroom Apartment, Farhad, Iran, Jobs, Mahnaz, Marriage, Marriage Crisis, Middle Class, Passion, Relationship, Six Years

My friends Farhad and Mahnaz are the quintessential Iranian couple. They are both engineers with a shared passion for hiking and movies and have been smitten with each other for six years — but Farhad and Mahnaz can’t afford to get married because even a one-bedroom apartment is beyond their reach, despite their both having [...]

Iran to mass produce long-range missiles

Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Defense Establishment, Estimates, Israeli Defense, Midst, Missile Launchers, Missiles Iran, Range Ballistic Missiles, Range Missiles, Six Years

Iran is in the midst of a multi-year plan that it hopes will culminate in the production of several hundred missile launchers and over 1,000 long-range ballistic missiles within the next six years, according to estimates in the Israeli defense establishment.
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Putin’s Authoritarian Steamroll in Russia

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, House Of Parliament, kremlin, Last Monday, Parliament, putin, Russia, Six Years, Upper House Of Parliament

Last Monday, the entire upper house of parliament voted to extend the Russian presidential term from four years to six years, a move recommended by President Dmitry Medvedev in his annual November address. But really, you didn’t think the “reform” was meant for Medvedev, did you? Or that anything occurring behind the walls of the [...]

A RETURN OF PUTIN TO THE KREMLIN TO SAVE THE NATION?

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Acting President, Commentators, Federal Assembly, Former President, Insiders, kremlin, Medvedev, moscow, Newsru Com, No Doubt, Parliamentary Term, Prime Minister, putin, Referendum, Russian Constitution, Six Years, Surkov, surprises, Three Months, Vedomosti, Vladimir Putin

President Dmitry Medvedev’s address to the Federal Assembly had two principal political surprises, one internal and one external. Medvedev announced that the present Russian constitution, adapted by referendum in December 1993, would be amended to increase the term of office of president from four to six years and the parliamentary term from four to five [...]

The List: The World Most Powerful Crime Syndicates

Posted by Matt in May 22nd, 2007 | no comment

Published in Crime, Control, Crime, Crime Syndicates, Famous Mobsters, Foreign Policy Magazine, Global Crime, Illicit Trade, Innocent Victims, Mafias, Mexico City, Mobster, moscow, Off-Topic, Real World, Season Finale, Six Years, Sopranos, Television Drama

The Sopranos, an acclaimed television drama about a fictional Italian-American mobster, is headed for its last season finale after six years of startling success. But what of the real-world mafias that control illicit trade and terrorize innocent victims from Moscow to Mexico City? This week’s Foreign Policy Magazine List shows that when it comes to [...]