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Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse: An intense second tremor rocked Haiti early Wednesday, disrupting rescue and recovery operations in Port-au-Prince following last week’s devastating 7.0 earthquake.
2009 was a horrible year for trend-trading. We don’t have the data for 2008, but we can imagine that wasn’t so hot a year either.
Automated Trading System Blog tracked about twenty trend-trading firms, only to find that they for the most part horribly underperformed. Trend trading has been in the dumps lately:
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The White House announced the release of a new White House iPhone app via a late-night blog post on WhiteHouse.gov. Included in the mobile application are features like news items, photos, blog posts, videos, and even live video streaming. That’s right – live video. According to White House blogger Dave Cole, the app lets users watch public events like speeches and press briefings in real time using their mobile device. Next week’s State of the Union address by President Obama will kick off this effort, delivering live video of the speech to anyone running the free application on their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch.
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This downloadable mobile application (iTunes link) is the first of its kind to be released by the current administration… that is, unless you count the Obama campaign’s iPhone application, which offered mobilized access to campaign news, media and events prior to the election. The Obama administration is notable for the way it’s embraced technology, using everything from YouTube for weekly "fireside chats" to wikis for recruiting purposes. They even licensed the transition site Change.gov using Creative Commons, which allowed a company called Cerado the ability to translate the site into a Web-based iPhone application.
What’s most interesting about this new mobile effort is the fact that the iPhone application was launched prior to the mobile-ready version of WhiteHouse.gov’s website. While that effort is “coming soon,” says the blog post, it won’t be available in time for Obama’s next presidential address, and there are no details as to whether or not it will offer any sort of video features, much less live streaming.
Of course it’s important that the government’s efforts aren’t iPhone-only, but it’s clear that the Apple platform is an important part of the administration’s efforts to reach its constituents – especially the young, tech-savvy mobile users who some say helped Obama win the election.
Also of interest: The White House states that mobile Web use has grown over 100% in the last year in the U.S., and higher worldwide. That’s putting it mildly. Over the past year, we’ve heard from numerous companies and analyst firms regarding the explosive growth of the mobile web. For example, in spring of 2009, Opera reported a 157% increase in usage of their Opera Mini web browser and a 319% increase in year-over-year data traffic. AdMob released a report in October revealing a 19% increase year-over-year in iPhone/iPod Touch data traffic alone, and last month, analyst firm IDC predicted over a billion mobile web users by 2010. Ignoring the mobile masses at this point would be a mistake and it’s clear that the White House understands that. Notes the blog post: “this is just the first step for WhiteHouse.gov’s mobile platform.”
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley flagged the uneven recovery of the financial system Wednesday, in comments that also said central bank policy was aimed at trying to help that healing process continue.
“The capital markets have recovered” but “the banking system is still under quite a bit of strain,” Dudley said. For banks, “it is a healing process, it will take some time,” and that’s “one of the reasons why we have our monetary policy setting where it is,” Dudley said.
The official was speaking as part of a discussion held by Partnership for New York City. His comments followed formal remarks in which the policy maker argued attempts by Congress to audit the Fed’s monetary policy decisions and take away regulatory powers could ultimately make the institution less effective at helping the economy.
Dudley’s post speech remarks — he’s also vice chair of the interest rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee — were wide ranging.
The official said Fed efforts to bring Wall Street compensation in line with banks’ risk profiles were still ongoing. He noted it was “very unfair” to see so many bankers being well paid given high unemployment and bank bailouts. But the official added “there’s been a lot of movement in the right direction” and over time it appears likely compensation levels will be more appropriate.
Dudley also said he is cautious about attempts to separate banks from some of their riskier activities, and worried that putting certain activities outside the financial safety net will only push financial firms to go there, to avoid oversight.
What’s more, “I’d be careful to say hedge funds should be excluded from oversight” as they now are, Dudley said. While hedge funds were not the drivers of the current financial crisis “there’s no reason why they might not cause problems in the future,” which argues for oversight now.
Dudley also said when it comes to dealing with asset market bubbles that can cause greater economic stress, he’s less concerned about the difficult process of spotting trouble, than finding a way to deal with the problem.
The official said he’d like to see the development of tools that could address excessive leverage, or borrowing by participants in the financial sector. Leverage amplifies market up and downturns, and the reduction of this borrowing is a big reason explaining why financial markets have been under such stress.
This is a quintessential winter soup, starring kale, a hardy leafy winter vegetable. Trader Joe’s doesn’t carry kale, but Marcy Rosenthal, who sent me her recipe, suggests using spinach instead. Great idea! I think this soup would also be good using TJ’s Southern Greens blend of collard greens. But if you can get fresh kale, try it while you can – it’s packed with nutrition and antioxidants.
I’m not sure why I never tried kale until just a few years ago. I always had the misconception that it was bitter, so I was delightfully surprised when I bit into some kale, wincing in anticipation of the bitterness, and instead was met with an earthy, almost sweet flavor. I’ve loved kale ever since.
I decided to put a Latin spin onto this recipe by making it similar to Caldo Verde, a popular Portuguese soup. By cooking the kale (or spinach) for just a few minutes, the leaves retain their vibrant green color. I love how the specks of blended greens make almost a pesto-like base for the soup, with larger chunks of kale and potato lending a satisfying heartiness. Sausage or chorizo chunks can be added for an extra punch of flavor and protein.
Note: I used chicken broth, but if you’d prefer to use vegetable broth, I have a tip for you. Make your own veggie bouillon using this quick tip from Heidi Swanson: www.101cookbooks.com/archives/homemade-bouillon-recipe.html. I tried making this soup with the boxed vegetable broth, and I wouldn’t use it again. The broth had a weird, canned after-taste that I didn’t care for at all. But if you use the right broth, the soup is absolutely delicious.
I hope you try both versions of potato and kale (or spinach) soup, posted below. For more soup recipes, see our January newsletter, which has 12 more soups you can try.
PORTUGUESE STYLE POTATO AND KALE SOUP RECIPE
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed, or 2 cubes frozen Crushed Garlic
6 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
1 lb potatoes, diced into 1/2-inch cubes
1 large bunch kale, chopped, or 1 pkg frozen spinach
Salt and pepper to taste
Smoked sausage or chorizo, cooked and chopped (optional)
1. Heat olive oil in a soup pot. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1-2 minutes longer.
2. Pour in broth, potatoes, and chopped kale stems (these cook longer than the leaves). Bring mixture to boil, then cover, lower to simmer, and cook for 10 minutes until potatoes are almost tender.
3. Increase heat and add kale (if using spinach, add it at this time). Cook for 5 minutes until leaves turn bright green. Do not overcook.
4. Blend half of the soup using an immersion blender or regular blender. Combine soup and check for seasonings, adding salt and pepper to taste. Top with sausage if desired.
POTATO AND SPINACH SOUP RECIPE
by Marcy Rosenthal
1 Tbsp olive oil
1-2 Tbsp butter
1 container Mirepoix (or use 1 cup each: chopped onion, carrot, and celery)
2 leeks, white and light green parts, washed and thinly sliced
6 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
4 red potatoes, chopped in big dice with skin on
1 tsp salt or Herbamare
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 pkg frozen chopped spinach
1 can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
4 chicken garlic & herb sausages, sliced (optional)
1. Heat oil and butter in a big soup pot and sauté mirepoix and leeks for about 10 minutes until golden, soft and sweet.
2. Add veg broth, potatoes, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and cover and simmer on low for 45 minutes.
3. When the soup is cooked, take half of it and place it in a blender to puree. Add this back to the rest of the soup and then add the frozen spinach, the beans, and sausage if you like sausage and want more protein.
Amnesty International has called for arms transfers to the Somali government to be suspended until there are adequate safeguards to prevent weapons from being used to commit war crimes and human rights abuses.
In its latest briefing paper on the country, Amnesty International details US shipments of arms, including mortars, ammunition and cash for the purchase of weapons to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG).
These transfers were made despite substantial risks that such types of weapons could be used in indiscriminate attacks by TFG forces, or diverted to armed groups opposed to the TFG, who also commit gross and widespread abuses.
“International concern for the future of the Somali government has not been matched by an equal concern for the human rights of civilians,” said Michelle Kagari, Amnesty International Deputy Director for Africa.
“Mortar attacks continue to claim lives – it is time for international donors to apply tighter controls to their support for the government”
Amnesty International’s briefing also details growing international programmes of military and police training for TFG forces, despite a lack of adequate oversight procedures.
The training is delivered in Somalia itself and in Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti and Uganda. The European Union, France, Germany and Italy are involved, or have pledged funding for it.
Amnesty International calls for all states providing, financing or planning military and police training for the TFG to provide training in international humanitarian law and on arms management. They should also press for the establishment of oversight procedures for TFG forces.
A UN arms embargo on Somalia has been in place since 1992 but states can apply to the UN Sanctions Committee for exemptions to supply security assistance to the Somali government.
Amnesty International is urging the committee to apply criteria for assessing the risk that exemptions to the arms embargo will contribute to war crimes and human rights abuses, and to deny authorisations on this basis.
To be effectively implemented, Amnesty International argues that such criteria need to be enshrined in international law and universally applied to all arms transfers. The organisation calls on states to establish such common standards in an international Arms Trade Treaty.
Somalia has been mired in armed conflict since the collapse of the Siad Barre government in 1991. Conflict intensified and unlawful killings of civilians increased after Ethiopian troops entered Somalia at the end of 2006 to help the TFG fight against several armed opposition groups from whom it has been seeking to regain territorial control.
Despite a peace agreement between the TFG and one armed group, the appointment of a President issued from the former armed opposition and the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia, armed opposition groups have continued attacks against the TFG. In May 2009, they launched a major offensive against the TFG, which currently only controls a small part of the capital Mogadishu.
In 2009, indiscriminate attacks by all parties to the armed conflict have resulted in thousands of civilians killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. The number of people internally displaced within Somalia is now 1.5 million and some 3.7 million are dependent on humanitarian assistance for their survival.
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Warren Buffett tells CNBC in a live interview on Squawk Box this morning that he has “a lot of doubts” about Kraft’s planned purchase of Cadbury and that he “feels poor” in the wake of the deal.
The deal does not need to be approved by shareholders, but “If I had a chance to vote on this, I’d vote no.”
Kraft shares are down over two percent in pre-market trading on his comments. Current price: [KFT 28.755 
-0.655 (-2.23%) 
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Despite his criticism, Buffett rejected Joe Kernen’s suggestion that he show his displeasure by selling Berkshire’s stake of over 9 percent in Kraft. That, he says, would be too expensive because Kraft’s stock is still “undervalued” but not as undervalued as it was three weeks ago.
Buffett also strongly criticized Kraft’s recent sale of a pizza business to Nestle at a price he believes was too low.
But he says Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld is a “good operator” and a “good person.” He has “cordial relations” with her despite their “difference of opinion.”
He thinks “deal momentum” fueled by the investment bankers may have helped push the Kraft-Cadbury deal forward.
Will Buffett become a more activist shareholder in the future? He says no, he’s getting it out of his system now.
On the economy, he says Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries have shed around 25,000 jobs in the last 12 to 18 months, and won’t be rehiring “until orders start coming in.”
And he thinks “you’re not going to have people feeling good until jobs come back,” although “a lot of the housing crisis is behind us.”
While the economy remains Buffett’s biggest concern, he again repeated his long-held belief that it will rebound strongly over a period of years.
He repeats his belief that its better to hold stocks than cash or bonds.
Buffett also tells us the proposed 50-for-1 stock split of Berkshire Hathaway’s Class B shares does not mean he’s changing his mind on all his other long-held beliefs.
Buffett had consistently rejected a stock split, but says today that it was a “simple” decision to make because it will facilitate Berkshire’s planned acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
Buffett says the split “makes sense” and he’s confident he has the votes to win shareholder approval of the move.
He still doesn’t like the idea of stock splits and issuing new shares, but feels it’s necessary for the Burlington deal which will bring a “great long-term asset” to Berkshire. He enjoys the stock moves “as much as I enjoy preparing for a colonoscopy.”
Asked about the announcement yesterday by Korean steelmaker POSCO that Buffett told its CEO he will raise Berkshire’s stake in the company, Buffett says he has no immediate plans to buy and agreed with Becky that his comments may have been “lost in translation.”
Buffett doesn’t approve of President Obama’s proposed tax on banks to help pay for the government’s bailout of financial firms. He thinks its not fair for banks that have already paid back the government’s investment in them to be forced to make up Washington’s losses on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
He does think the U.S. government should not backstop investment banks such as Goldman Sachs [GS 165.84 -1.02 (-0.61%) ].
Buffett thinks “the banks are cleaning up their own mess,” and many aren’t making “obscene profits,” despite popular concceptions. But he does have a problem with CEOs getting big pay packages when they leave a bank that needed to be bailed out by the government. Instead, he says, the CEO should “essentially be wiped out.”
Buffett again endorses the job Ben Bernanke has done as Federal Reserve Chairman, calling for the Senate to confirm him and joking that there would be a big market stock selloff if Bernanke does not win Congressional approval.
Current stock prices:
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Berkshire Class B: [BRK.B 3358.00 26.00 (+0.78%) ]
Burlington Northern: [BNI 99.23 0.09 (+0.09%) ]
Wells Fargo: [WFC 28.35 0.07 (+0.25%) ]
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Noah goes hands-on with the Nokia E72. The E71 was one of his favorite phones of 2008. Can the updated E72 keep up the E Series’ good name?
We all know that every single detail on a modern Formula One car has to do with aerodynamics nowadays. And that’s the logical progression of the policy introduced by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) regarding engine development inside the series. Once the teams were not allowed to further increase their engines’ performances, it was only natural for the engineers and designers to start focusing on other ways to improve the car’s capabilities while on track.
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Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), in a Unified Command, have ordered evacuations for residences located within Phase 1 and Phase 2 in the foothill area of Southern Tujunga. These are homes located within the communities of Alpine Village, Seven Hills, Blanchard Canyon Road, Tujunga, and Riverwood. The evacuations have been ordered to be completed by 9 AM Wednesday morning, January 20, 2010.
With significant rainfall predicted for Wednesday afternoon evacuations have been ordered to ensure the safety of the community and emergency responders. This storm is predicted to be one of the most significant storms to hit this area in several years.
The below-listed Evacuation Centers have been made available to those affected by the evacuation order:
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Evacuated small animals will be held at the Northeast Animal Shelter located at 15321 Brand Blvd, Mission Hills, CA 91345, 818-837-2609 or 818-756-9323.
Evacuated large animals will be held at Pierce College located at 6201 Winnetka Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA, 91371, 818-347-0551.
For information pertaining to the evacuation order and information about when residents might be allowed to return to their homes, please contact LAPD’s Media Relations Section at 213-486-5910 or the LAFD’s Public Information Office at 213-485-5162.
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None of the journalists who opposed health care reform quite want to say it’s dead–at least, not any of the ones I’ve talked to. On the one hand, Democrats are in full panic mode, and they no longer have a filibuster-proof majority. On the other hand, Democrats have already pushed this far, far past where any of us thought they would be willing to take it. Yesterday’s results show what we all knew: ramming through an unpopular health care bill on a party-line vote is very politically costly. But until last night, the entire caucus somehow seemed to have convinced themselves otherwise. So who wants to say they keep going with their current message to voters . . . which is to say, “Lalalalalalala I have my fingers in my ears! I can’t hear you!”
But still, I can’t see any path to passage at this point. The centrists began bolting so quickly that it’s pretty clear they weren’t gladly risking their careers for an unpopular bill they deeply wanted to pass–they were voting for it under heavy pressure from the leadership. Now that the leadership is itself threatened, they can’t keep the caucus in line.
Let’s look at the three possible paths to a bill:
Rush through a compromise before Brown is seated Not going to
happen. Brown’s margin is too big to delay certification longer than
15 days, which means there is probably not enough time to get a full
compromise scored by the CBO and then jump all the procedural hurdles.
Even if there were,Lieberman, Bayh and Webb have already signalled
pretty strongly that they will not vote on anything until Brown has
been seated; I can only assume that Nelson, Lincoln and Landrieu are
even more reluctant.
Have the House pass the Senate bill unchanged
Er . . . maybe, but I don’t see how. Pelosi has already lost one of
her votes, Robert Wexler, who quit to become president of a DC think
tank. It looks like at least Bart Stupak, and possibly more members of
the pro-life caucus, will refuse to vote for it. And Louisiana
Republican Joseph Cao has already said he won’t vote for it again.
That
means that Pelosi has to find more votes. It was widely believed that
she had some in reserve, who she allowed to vote no last time. But if
they were allowed to vote no, that means that they needed to vote no.
It’s hard to see many people becoming willing to switch now. Democrats
have been pushing the line that “you’re already pregnant”–having voted
for the thing once, the damage is done. But for these representatives,
that’s not true–and the safest place to be seen right now is probably
bucking their party.
Even progressive Anthony Weiner was on television last night, saying this means they need to slow down.
Pass it through budget reconciliation
At this point, the most likely–but not likely. The math in the Senate
gets better–but if they lose just three more people, they can’t even
do reconciliation. And I don’t see that the math in the House
improves, especially since so many vote-buying elements have to be
stripped out in order to get the parliamentarian to approve it.
All
in all, I think it’s dead. I think we’ll get a Medicare expansion
later in Obama’s term. But I’ve been back and forth on this so many
times, that I don’t know how confident I am in my prediction.
I
do have one pretty powerful indicator, though. The “anti” journalists
are quoting represenatives saying no and running numbers. The
progressive journalists are floating theories of how it could happen,
and lambasting their side for being panicky, spineless wimps.
A special version of the Fiat 500 created in collaboration with the Italian jeanswear house, DIESEL, was displayed in Berlin at a show dedicated to youth fashion, introducing Midnight indigo blue, a special body color, and the 1.3 Multijet II 95 HP (Euro 5) with Start&Stop system fitted as standard. According to the Italian carmaker, almost 6,000 cars have already been ordered worldwide, out of the 10,000 available in total.
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On Thursday, Congressman Ron Paul appeared on Fox Business to discuss runaway spending and printing, Freddie and Fannie Mac, the Geithner-AIG affair, and Federal Reserve transparency.
Calculated Risk reminds us that December’s falling housing starts, reported this morning, was actually decent news, in the sense that less new starts means we can work down the total inventory of excess housing faster.
As I’ve noted before, this is both good news and bad news. The good news is the low level of starts means the excess housing inventory is being absorbed – a necessary step for housing (and the economy) to recover. The bad news is economic growth will probably be sluggish – and unemployment elevated – until residential investment picks up.
Sure, there is a negative side in that fewer starts means less work for homebuilders, but we can’t have our cake and eat it too.
So more accurately, perhaps the decline in new starts is good news for anyone concerned about housing prices, while bad news for anyone who works in the industry and needs income in the near term.
Overall, as Calculated Risk highlights, if the overarching housing problem is that too many houses were built during the boom, then we should want new starts to slow down, as a long-term fix. This is healthier than rooting for even more housing supply to be created just to give us a short-term jolt of economic activity.
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MàJ le 20/01 à 16.00 Nouveau: pour vous permettre de suivre l’évolution d’Opel et de ses modèles, voici le Fil News continu. A chaque news, le Fil est remis à jour et remonté en une. Plus besoin de chercher les infos…
Bienvenue sur le Fil News Opel, créé ce 04/01 à l’occasion de la publication des premières photos du Meriva II
–> Derniers article publiés concernant Opel: La nouvelle Saab 9.5 est-elle la future Opel/Vauxhall Omega/Senator? – Opel Corsa Color Race – Nouveau Meriva II.
20/01:
–> GM/Opel/Vauxhall a bien décidé de fermer l’usine Opel d’anvers. Consternation en Belgique, même si ce n’est pas une surprise. Le site d’ Anvers produit des Astra et compte plus de 2300 salariés. On attend confirmation, mais Nick Reilly a lui même annoncé la nouvelle vendredi dernier en comité restreint, alors qu’il venait d’être nommé. Il a ensuite fait marche arrière devant les médias, mais il est peu probable que ce soit durable… Et 2300 victimes sociales de plus dans la longue liste engendrée par la politique commerciale et industrielle irresponsable pratiquée depuis le début des années 90 par General Motors.
19/01:
–> Nouvelle video du Meriva II:
18/01:
–> 1 Opel dans le classement très discutable des pires voitures la décennie selon Autocar: à lire ici.
–> Les premières photos de l’intérieur du Meriva, c’est à lire ici.
15/01:
–> Nouvelle Corsa Color Race. Les caractéristiques: ici. La gallerie et la vidéo:
10/01:
-Voici deux nouveaux rendus pour l’Astra GTC, qui sera présentée à Genève, en mars. S’il n’est pas sur que les écopes grises à l’avant type Megane Coupé fassent école, mais pourquoi pas, le reste est probablement très réaliste.
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07/01:
–> Retrouvez les chiffres de vente d’Opel sur les bilans 2009 déjà publiés: Allemagne, Espagne, Italie, Grande Bretagne (Vauxhall).
-Première video du nouveau Meriva:
04/01:
-Voici donc la gallerie des premières photos officielles pour le Meriva 2. Rien encore pour l’intérieur, on en reste de ce point de vue aux spyshots. La présentation de la voiture aura lieu au salon de genève en mars, et la commercialisation dans les 2 mois suivants, à partir d’environ 17500€.
-Tout semble en hausse sur ce nouvel opus par rapport à la génération actuelle; présentation, encombrement, confort, equipements.
-La singularité du Meriva II, ce sont bien sur ses portes antagonistes, appelées FlexDoors par Opel. Techniquement, on connait déjà quelques caractéristiques du monospace. La gamme comprendra 6 motorisations essence et diesel de 75 à 140cv., associées à des boites manuelles 5 ou 6 vitesses selon les versions, ou a une boite séquentielle à 6 rapports, également disponible.
-Viendront rapidement d’autres motorisations bénéficiant du label Ecoflex, à consommations et rejets réduits.
-Arrivé ce jour également, un nouveau rendu de l’Astra Sports Tourer, prévue elle aussi pour être présentée en mars à Genève, mais dont la commercialisation n’interviendra qu’à l’automne prochain.
-Et enfin, pour mémoire, le plan produit Opel pour les mois et années à venir, si tout va bien:
– 2010: Meriva II & Astra IV ST (ci-dessus), puis présentation de l’Antara restylé en septembre et lancement en octobre à l’occasion du mondial de l’auto de Paris.
– 2011: Calibra II, probablement présentée pour Genève en mars. Zafira III au salon de Paris en octobre.
– 2012: Ampera, présentation de la soeur jumelle de la Chevy Volt, qui devrait être commercialisée en 2013. En 2012 devrait également être présentée et lancée la Corsa Cross.
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