Money & Markets – Week of 6.16.08

Charges at Bear Stearns Linked to Subprime Debacle
By Tom Hays – Associated Pres (19 Jun 2008)

~ Read the PRESS RELEASE – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York

~ Read the SEC COMPLAINT filed 19 Jun 2008




U.S. Government Sued Over Seizure of Liberty Dollars
By Joseph Goldstein – New York Sun (20 Jun 2008)

Senators Propose Ban on Commodities Investing
Pensions & Investments (18 Jun 2008)

U.S. Rail Freight Carloads for Week Ended June 9
By Andy Burt – Bloomberg.com (14 Jun 2008)

Mexico Imposes Price Controls on Food
By Adam Thompson – Financial Times (18 Jun 2008)

Credit Card Fees: Some Gas Stations Say ‘No More’
By Tom Breen – Associated Press (18 Jun 2008)

Fed’s Bear Stearns Books Look Prime for Cooking
By Jonathan Weil – Bloomberg.com (18 Jun 2008)

Loss of Credibility by Fed, ECB Will Spark Crash, Bank’s Analyst Warns
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (17 Jun 2008)

Monster: Worrisome Falloff in May Job Listings
By Eric Savitz – Barrons.com (2 Jun 2008)

Conrad Says Countrywide Waived Point on His Mortgage
By John Hughes & Nadine Elsibai – Bloomberg.com (14 Jun 2008)

Hedge Investors Hunt for Next Blockbuster Strategy
By Laurence Fletcher – Reuters (15 Jun 2008)

Goldman Agrees $7bn SIV Restructuring
By Anousha Sakoui – Financial Times, London (17 Jun 2008)

Obama Eyes Credit Card Clampdown
By Teddy David & Sunlen Miller – ABC News (16 Jun 2008)

‘Catastrophic’ Event Feared as Fed Fights ECB on Rates
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (16 Jun 2008)

Iran Reported to Withdraw $75 billion from Europe
By Parisa Hafezi – Reuters (16 Jun 2008)

Secrecy for N.Y. Fed’s Derivatives Bailout Scheme Challenged
By Joanne Morrison – Reuters (15 Jun 2008)

Lehman, J.P. Morgan and Conflict of Interests at the N.Y. Fed
By John Olagues – Truth in Options (15 Jun 2008)