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Former Vice President of Dallas Fed: Tarp Didn’t Restore Health of Banking System

Newsweek has a one year retrospective on the Tarp bailouts which contains the following important quotes:”It hasn’t done what [Paulson] said it would,” says Jerry O’Driscoll, a former vice president of the Dallas Federal Reserve and a senior fellow at …

Galbraith: Administration’s Sole Goal is to Restore System of 5 or 10 Years Ago, But Confidence Won’t be Restored Unless Fraud is Prosecuted

As I have repeatedly written, the largest U.S. banks have repeatedly gone bankrupt due to wild speculation which was blessed by the Fed, and then the government covered up their bankruptcy.Indeed, the New York Times writes today about one of the too bi…

Former Chairman of Citigroup: Restore Glass-Steagall

The former chairman of Citigroup, John S. Reed, wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Times calling for a reinstatement of Glass-Steagall:As another older banker and one who has experienced both the pre- and post-Glass-Steagall world, I would ag…

Microsoft Posts Sidekick Restore Link On T-Mobile Web Site

Microsoft continues to work on the data-loss situation for T-Mobile Sidekick owners, posting a link on the My.T-Mobile Web site on Oct. 20 allowing users of the smartphone to restore their personal contacts. Other information such as photographs and notes will be restored at a later date. A server failure at Microsoft subsidiary Danger, Inc. reportedly led to the personal data loss for a portion of 800,000 Sidekick owners earlier in October.

Microsoft has released a recovery tool for T-Mobile Sidekick
owners who lost their personal data due to a catastrophic server failure earlier
this month. The hardware in question reportedly belonged to Microsoft subsidiary
Danger, Inc.

Starting Oct. 20, Sidekick users can sign onto the M…


Turkey, Armenia to restore ties

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country will sign a deal to establish diplomatic relations with Armenia on 10 October. Erdogan said the deal would still need parliamentary approval in Turkey and Armenia after being signed by their foreign ministers.

Playboy’s Barbi Twins Target GOP Rep. Hastings Over Wild Horses

The U.S. House recently passed the “Restore Our American Mustangs Act,” which would protect wild horses in 10 western states by providing additional land and protections. But Rep. Doc Hastings, (R-Wash.) isn’t a huge fan.

More o…

Mark Kirk Enters Senate Race, Looks To ‘Restore Ethics And Integrity To Illinois’

CHICAGO — Republican Congressman Mark Kirk is running for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

Kirk says Illinois has become a laughingstock since Democrat Roland Burris was appointed to the Senate seat by former Il…