
Le logo en forme de O a déjà été utilisé pendant la campagne:

Je pense qu'il aurait mieux valu éviter l'ambiguïté.
Chronique de la chute de l'Empire


By Mark Pittman and Bob Ivry
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The following table details how the U.S. government has pledged more than $11.6 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers over the past 19 months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Changes from the previous table, published Feb. 9, include a $787 billion economic stimulus package. The Federal Reserve has new lending commitments totaling $1.8 trillion. It expanded the Term Asset-Backed Lending Facility, or TALF, by $800 billion to $1 trillion and announced a $1 trillion Public-Private Investment Fund to buy troubled assets from banks.
The U.S. Treasury also added $200 billion to its support commitment for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s two largest mortgage-finance companies.
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Limit Current
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Total $11,623.63 $3,800.18
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Federal Reserve Total $7,565.63 $1,478.88
Primary Credit Discount $110.74 $65.14
Secondary Credit $0.19 $0.00
Primary dealer and others $147.00 $25.27
ABCP Liquidity $152.11 $12.72
AIG Credit $60.00 $37.36
Net Portfolio CP Funding $1,800.00 $248.67
Maiden Lane (Bear Stearns) $29.50 $28.82
Maiden Lane II (AIG) $22.50 $18.82
Maiden Lane III (AIG) $30.00 $24.34
Term Securities Lending $250.00 $115.28
Term Auction Facility $900.00 $447.56
Securities lending overnight $10.00 $5.59
Public-Private Investment Fund $1,000.00 $0.00
Term Asset-Backed Loan Facility $1,000.00 $0.00
Currency Swaps/Other Assets $606.00 $417.86
MMIFF $540.00 $0.00
GSE Debt Purchases $600.00 $33.58
Citigroup Bailout Fed Portion $220.40 $0.00
Bank of America Bailout $87.20 $0.00
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FDIC Total $1,551.50 $400.30
FDIC Liquidity Guarantees $1,400.00 $261.30
GE $139.00 $139.00
Citigroup Bailout FDIC $10.00 $0.00
Bank of America Bailout FDIC $2.50 $0.00
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Treasury Total $2,206.50 $1,621.00
TARP $700.00 $387.00
Tax Break for Banks $29.00 $29.00
Stimulus Package $168.00 $168.00
Stimulus II $787.00 $787.00
Treasury Exchange Stabilization $50.00 $50.00
Student Loan Purchases $60.00 $0.00
Citigroup Bailout $5.00 $0.00
Bank of America Bailout $7.50 $0.00
Support for Fannie/Freddie $400.00 $200.00
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HUD Total $300.00 $300.00
Hope for Homeowners FHA $300.00 $300.00
To contact the reporters on this story: Mark Pittman in New York at mpittman@bloomberg.net; Bob Ivry in New York at bivry@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: February 24, 2009 00:01 ESTThe current S.E.C. charges stem from an inquiry opened in October 2006 after a routine exam of Stanford Group, according to Stephen J. Korotash, an associate regional director of enforcement with the agency’s Fort Worth office.
He said the S.E.C. “stood down” on its investigation at the time at the request of another federal agency, which he declined to name, but resumed the inquiry in December 2008.Reuters:
Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis.
Soros said the turbulence is actually more severe than during the Great Depression, comparing the current situation to the demise of the Soviet Union.
Je ne sais pas si Soros lit le blogo mais la comparaison de la situation actuelle à la chute de l'Union Soviétique y a déjà été faite le 25 novembre:
The Stanford Financial Group hired its first Washington lobbyists in 1999, at the time the anti-money laundering drive was gathering steam. And the company quickly learned how to cultivate pull in the Capitol -- between July 2000 and July 2001, Stanford and his employees doled out $448,000 in "soft money" contributions to senior lawmakers in both parties, according to a report by watchdog group Public Citizen.
Among the lawmakers benefiting from Stanford's largesse was Senate Banking Committee Chairman Phil Gramm (R-TX), who let a House-passed money laundering bill die a quiet death in his panel in the last months of the Clinton administration.
According to Public Citizen's report, "Gramm later publicly boasted to a group of bankers that 'I killed the administration's anti-money-laundering legislation.'" But Stanford's attention was by no means limited to Republicans, who happened to control the Senate at the time. Stanford made a splash at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, a tale that we'll pick up in Part Two of Mr. Stanford Goes to Washington ...

