rufus got 23 yrs- recieved news from court the other day- don;t think money will be recoverd.jmo.rick

FINALLY GOT OFFICAL PAPERS FROM THE COURT =WEIL,GOTSHAL& MANGES LLP OF NEW YORK.NOW TO GET SOME LAWYER TO EXPLAIN THEM , LOL
JUDGE PECK SIGNED THE "CONFIRMATION ORDER" CHAPTER 11 CASE # 08-13555[JMP]

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Nassar al-Rubaie: to postpone the formation of the government to the next Wednesday, the Iraqi and Kurdistan have not submitted their candidates


Date: Monday 12/20/2010 11:22



Baghdad (news) .. confirmed leader of the current chest to view the formation of the government to the next Wednesday. He said in a statement (of the Agency news) that although the details and the reasons for adjournment of the meeting, but it comes to giving the opportunity to Prime Minister Maliki for the selection of the squad which made some of the lists the names of candidates.

For his part, said a source in the Iraqi List, said the session today will not see displayed the names of candidates, and that the failure of the Iraqi List to submit names of candidates to fill the ministerial posts, he further added that the Kurdistan Alliance does not display the names of candidates to fill the ministerial posts so far, the Prime Minister.

A source close to Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki's cabinet reshuffle, which included, took the National Alliance is composed of a coalition of law and the national 18 ministries, Iraqi and 9 and ministries, including defense, finance, and a coalition of blocs Kurdistan 6 and ministries, including Foreign Affairs, but the security ministries ( Defense, Interior) has not resolved ordered.

The source said in a statement (of the Agency news) said on Monday: that a coalition of state law, won 7 and visited them two sovereign, oil and Planning, in addition to the three service: education, sports and youth, human rights, and the Ministries of State, as well as for the post of prime minister.

What happened to the Sadrists to 7 Ministries, Municipalities and Public Works, Housing and Construction, Water Resources, Tourism and Antiquities, Labour and Social Affairs, and the Ministries of State (Foreign Affairs and marshes), as well as sovereign Deputy Prime Minister, who has not yet been decided.

The stream of martyr Mehrab got the position of vice president in addition to the service ministries (Transport, Ministry of National Reconciliation), what happened the Islamic Virtue Party Vhd on one ministry, the justice and virtue Sitolha the head of the parliamentary Hassan Shammari.

And has the National Alliance 159 seats in the House of Representatives, including 89 to state law, 35 to the Islamic Dawa Party and 54 scattered among the mass of independent and gathering skills and personalities tribal and religious, The National Coalition has 71 seats, 40 of block Liberal of the Sadrist movement, and 21 line martyr mihrab (the Council the top, the Badr Organization), 7 of the Islamic Virtue Party, and a complex one for each of the Reform Movement, Dr. Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and the National Congress led by Ahmed Chalabi, an independent lawmaker from the province of Basra.

The source added: that the Iraqi got 9 and ministries, finance, defense, and were distributed among the components according to Alasthak electoral each component, it will be the Ministry of Finance and head of the National Independent Rafie al-Issawi, communications Accord Movement Itolha Mohammed Allawi, and assigned the Ministry of Industry and Minerals for the movement of the solution he named her Ahmed Karbouli, and electricity to the movement of the solution also nominated her Ziad worldwide abolition, either the Ministry of State for Tribal Affairs has gone to the movement of reconciliation and settled for the vice-Hussein al-Shaalan, the Ministry of State for the provinces and territories Sitolha leadership in the block dialog Salah al-Jubouri, has gone and the Ministry of Agriculture to rally Iraqis, science and technology to block the dialogue and the Ministry of Other unresolved after commanded them, saying that Saleh al-Mutlaq was nominated for the post of deputy prime minister, Tariq al-Hashimi and retained his position as vice president.

The Iraqi List is composed of six components, Accord Movement, led by Iyad Allawi, the mass of the National Dialogue led by Saleh al-Mutlaq, of the Iraqi-led Osama Najafi, a list of renewal led by Tareq al-Hashemi, the independent National Assembly, led by Rafie al-Issawi, and gathering headed by Jamal al-Karbouli solution.
The source revealed to the sphere of decision-making within the coalition of Kurdish blocs that the coalition on the fuel of 6 and ministries, including one and two sovereign countries.

The source said that the Kurds will represent 6 and ministries in the new Federal Government, Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Democratic Party Alkrordstani, health candidate Necmettin cream, and the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs, and the MDC have the Displacement and Migration, The Islamic Union of Kurdistan received the Ministry of State for civil society and the candidate leading in the Union Dindar Dosky.

The source added: that the Christians got the Ministry of Environment, and Turkmen will have two ministries, one share of a coalition of state law and the other from Iraq.

The source continued: that Maliki will be a number of ministries, including the state until the name of the political blocs that still is not satisfied with the distribution of cabinet portfolios, indicating that the security ministries (Defense, Interior, and National Security), in addition to the two intelligence and the fight against terrorism will be acting as well, when naming their candidates.
Pointing to the existence of a dispute between the Sadrists and the Council on National Security bag.
Al-Maliki, has announced the opening of the nomination of the political blocs to fill the security forces during the press conferences to provide figures assume the presidency of the Anti-terrorism and national intelligence and security services, he said, could block a political mandate nomination independent personality.

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Iraq to unveil new government Monday



By Suadad al-Salhy
BAGHDAD | Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:08am EST

(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will unveil his new cabinet on Monday, retaining the oil minister who forged ambitious plans to turn the war-ravaged country into a top global oil producer, senior officials said.


Iraqis have been waiting for a new government since a parliamentary election in March failed to produce a clear winner and displayed the depth of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian divisions. Months of political squabbling ensued.

Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, a Shi'ite, will be a key member of the new cabinet as Iraq tries to rebuild damaged and neglected infrastructure more than seven years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein and triggered sectarian warfare that killed tens of thousands.

Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari, a Kurd, will also stay in his post but a final decision on a new finance minister has not been made, said sources close to Maliki, a Shi'ite.

Parliament cleared one of the final hurdles to the government formation on Saturday by lifting a ban on three senior Sunni politicians who had been excluded for suspected links to the party of former dictator Saddam Hussein.

"Today's decision will help create a suitable atmosphere to form the government," said Sami al-Askari, a prominent member of Maliki's political bloc.

Shahristani's return is a sign to oil companies that Iraq will honor contracts to develop its vast oil reserves.

Under the direction of the former nuclear scientist, the oil ministry has set out ambitious targets to increase Iraq's production capacity to 12 million barrels per day (bpd) over the next six or seven years, from 2.5 million today,

That level would rival global leader Saudi Arabia. Analysts say a goal of 6-7 million bpd is more realistic for Iraq, which garners 95 percent of federal revenues from oil.

"The minister of oil will stay in his place as the minister of oil," said Abdul-Hadi al-Hasani, an official with Maliki's coalition. Other senior sources confirmed he would stay minister rather than accept a post as deputy prime minister in charge of energy affairs which might be less influential.

BIG GOVERNMENT

Maliki intends to name a cabinet that is expected to include 42 posts, including three deputy prime ministers. The jobs are being divvied up among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish factions according to the seats they won in the March election.

Two of the most prominent Kurds in the government's inner circle will be familiar faces: Zebari and Deputy Prime Minister Ross Nouri Shawis.

Still unsettled is the role of Iyad Allawi, the secularist Shi'ite former prime minister whose cross-sectarian Iraqiya bloc won 91 seats in parliament, more than any other grouping.

Under a power-sharing deal reached on November 10, he was expected to take the leadership of a national strategic policies council. But he has since wavered, and said on Friday he would only take part if he was given real power. Maliki has said the strategic policies council would be an advisory body.

Senior officials said Maliki's announcement on Monday would not include sensitive security posts, including the interior, defense and national security ministers. Nominees have not yet been decided due to a dearth of qualified, independent candidates, officials said.

Sure did, So what do you think? I liked it.home stretch coming on.

U.S. Deputy Ambassador of Basra: Iraq will emerge from Chapter VII of the end of the year

December 2, 2010

Basra, December 2 / December (Rn) - The deputy U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said Thursday that Iraq will emerge from Chapter VII end of the year after that fulfilled all its obligations, stressing that his country's troops remaining in Iraq was transformed from a combat force to the advisory Although the attacks, bombs and rockets continue to target foreign workers, as well as with it.




Stuart Jones said at a news conference in Basra, and attended by a reporter and news agency Kurdistan (Rn) "The United States pledged to drive Iraq from Chapter VII and is committed to this pledge in the graduating end of this year."

Jones said, "fulfilled all its obligations with respect to oil for food program and does not possess weapons of mass destruction, leaving only the issues related with the Kuwaiti side and which will hopefully end it by the new Iraqi government during the next few days." Noting that "the UN envoy Nations in Iraq, Ad Melkert Interviews with all parties to come out the country's Chapter VII. "

With regard to U.S. forces remaining in Iraq, said Jones, "The work will be a consultant is no longer combat, and will cooperate with the Iraqis in the areas referenced and training after withdrawing about 25 thousand soldiers end of the year and thus would be a U.S. presence in Iraq has reached its lowest level."

Commented Jones also realize the improvised explosive devices and rockets, saying it was "aimed at foreigners working in Iraq in general, which impedes the progress and construction in the country and create jobs and investment, because the foreigner can not go to a place he finds himself a target." Noting that "foreign companies operating in Iraq in the past two days, expressed fear and concern of those attacks. "

He stressed that "the overall security situation in Basra is reassuring given that the security chiefs in the province showed their emphasis to reduce these attacks and to finish it as soon as possible, especially after the development of combat power in Iraq."

And visiting U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Basra, accompanied by the extension of trade, came in the context of the work to transform the American PRT reconstruction team to the diplomatic work at a U.S. consulate in the province, and the team carried out a number of important projects including the removal of the radioactive remnants of war and contribute to building a hospital of the child.

The delegation met with U.S. security chiefs in the province as well as businessmen, the President of the University of Basra in the context of a twinning project with the University of American universities.

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The Governor of Central Bank:

December 1 2010

Iraqi Media Network

Said Dr. Shabibi central bank governor that this year's budget an investment budget because it focused on the size of the investment Ziada.

Shabibi said that the role of the central bank is to address the imbalance that would result from the development process that will result from changes in economic structure are basic.

He pointed out that the central bank is to achieve development in a stable monetary environment through attention to all means and policies to achieve economic stability and moderation in the environment and the normal rate of inflation moderate.

He continued: our budget relating to the conservation of its resources, is done by combating inflation. Stressing that the bank had several measures including raising the dinar exchange rate.

He pointed out that the impact of this action on the budget through the impact on the purchasing power of government, will increase by addressing inflation.

Shabibi said: that this policy will increase the confidence in dinars, which will pull some of the money to the banking sector and the rationalization of government spending because of its impact on inflation.

He indicated that this action will lead to a reduction in prices of import goods such as private sector imports and the import of the government's development that comes from converting the Iraqi dinar to the dollar.

He added that this policy at the time weakens the government's ability to buy the dinar, it strengthens Aldenarabraghi which is owned by the government. He pointed out that the bank wants and means to affect the economic and monetary policy by making the dinar valuable and powerful.

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Now ADD -NATURAL GAS , retired currency-larger bills then having to be on par with neighbor country's. what's that make you think of??

Well it has been quiet for a while but some interesting stuff was revealed at the Harvard talk.check the dinar boards

Yassin Majid: Today or tomorrow, Maliki received the names of the candidates, blocs of portfolios
By: mano
21-11-2010 03:35 On: Sunday 11/21/2010 15:35


Baghdad (news) U.S. leadership in a coalition of state law and the representative of the National Alliance Yaseen Majeed, said the names of candidates for the ministries of the new government will come to the National Alliance candidate Nouri al-Maliki to form a government this evening or tomorrow.
Majid said in a statement to the reporter (Agency news) on Sunday: that next Thursday will cost the candidate of the National Alliance Nuri al-Maliki to form a government during an official ceremony hosted by President Jalal Talabani at the Peace Palace.
He added, glorious: that evening or tomorrow, the names of candidates will receive al-Maliki, parliamentary political blocs to fill the ministerial positions, and that every portfolio 3 candidates.
The office said the choice of the sovereign and ministerial portfolios would be according to the elections and the system of points which share will choose each parliamentary bloc in the new government and through the calculation of points for each two seats Gnapein and 15 points for the presidential post.
The current government includes 37 ministerial portfolio was rated five of which are sovereign: the oil and finance and foreign affairs, defense and interior And then service and ministries of the State and is expected to remain this division in the new government due to compliance requirements and partnership, which emphasizes the political blocs.
Under this system, the ministry will divide the value of a certain number of points ranging between 3 and 10 points depending on the size and importance of the ministry where it will be for each position of the three presidencies of the Republic and parliament and the government had 15 points and less than that of the vice-presidencies.
It is noteworthy that al-Maliki, had asked the fundamental blocks nominate more than one character for each ministry to be left to him to choose whomever it deems appropriate for the job, noting at the same time that the key defense and interior will be delegated to independent figures from outside the political blocs.
According to Article 76 of the new Iraqi constitution, it is incumbent on Maliki to form a new government within 30 days from the day of the formal letter. This article states that: "The president assigns the candidate of the parliamentary bloc, the most numerous, the formation of the Council of Ministers, within fifteen days from the date of election of the President of the Republic,
And The prime minister-designate, naming members of his Cabinet within a maximum period of thirty days from the date of commissioning, with costs of the President, a new candidate for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers within fifteen days. when the failure of the Prime Minister-designate to form the cabinet, within the period set forth in Section II of this article, and displays the Prime Minister-designate, the names of his cabinet, and the curriculum Ministerial, the House of Representatives, and is in possession trust, upon approval of the individual Ministers and the ministerial program, an absolute majority, while the president will take assigning of another candidate to form a cabinet within fifteen days in case the Cabinet does not win confidence / Finished / (7. t. m).

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Saturday parliament; No withdraw
Iraqi List will participate in Saturday parliament; No withdraw
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Baghdad, Nov. 12 (AKnews) – The Iraqiya list led by the former Prime Minister, Ayad Allawi, stated on Friday, that it will attend the coming parliamentary meetings after ending the misunderstanding at yesterday’s meeting, indicating that its withdrawal from yesterday’s meeting is not related to its position from the political process and the formation of the next government.

It was understood that Iraqiya wanted to withdraw from the parliament for not including the political agreement signed by the outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdistan Region’s President Massoud Barzani within the agenda of yesterday’s meeting.

Jamal al-Battikh, told AKnews, that the list will be present in tomorrow’s meeting at the second parliamentary meeting as it accepted to be part of the government national partnership government.

“Our withdrawal from yesterday’s meeting was to consult and discuss an issue, and the points of dispute will be resolved before attending tomorrow’s meeting” said Battikh

The Iraqiya List agreed with other political blocs that its leader Ayad Allawi will head the National Council for Strategic Policies, which is part of the executive power and replace the National Security Council in addition to other tasks, and commit the ministers, each according to his major to attend the necessary meetings.

The Council includes: The local and foreign policies, the economic and monetary affairs, security and military affairs, oil, gas, electricity, water, environment, and food security affairs.

Its functions are developing common and responsible visions about managing the strategic files in the State’s supreme institutions about the economic, political, security, services, energy issues, and others.

IMF renews demand to end the Iraq debt

Posted: November 11, 2010 by Justhopin in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

The adviser at the CBI, on Wednesday, the IMF renewed its call on Iraq to end its debt outstanding files that hinder the movement of the Iraqi economy.
He said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) “The IMF renewed its call to the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank need
to develop a convincing solutions to the crisis of external debt in order to facilitate the move of the financial Iraqi banks.”

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IMF renews demand to end the Iraq debt

Posted: November 11, 2010 by Justhopin in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

The adviser at the CBI, on Wednesday, the IMF renewed its call on Iraq to end its debt outstanding files that hinder the movement of the Iraqi economy.
He said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) “The IMF renewed its call to the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank need
to develop a convincing solutions to the crisis of external debt in order to facilitate the move of the financial Iraqi banks.”

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Marathon Parliament begins tomorrow after the inauguration of the three heads of agreement between the political blocs

November 10, 2010



Today’s News Summary
o Currency Newshound Poll…revisted
o Washington Post: Iraqi leaders reach deal to form new government; Maliki to retain power
o Parliament to convene 3pm Thursday (6am CST); All parties agree
o Marathon Parliament begins tomorrow after the inauguration of the three heads of agreement between the political blocs
o Talabani named president of the republic and al-Maliki as prime minister
o Allawi to head political council of strategic policies
o Political blocs agree to form the National Council for strategic policy; Allawi is preferred to lead council
o Shaways: All blocs agree to reconvene parliament; 11am Baghdad (2am CST)
o Shaways: Blocs agree on many files of contention; 10am meeting before reconvening of parliament
o Iraqi List will attend Parliament Thurs; Allawi to assume Pres of National Council of Strategic Policy
o Iraq List agrees on mechanism to select the Vice-President of the Political Council and its members
o The start of Wednesday’s meeting of political blocs in Baghdad
o Watch UNSC Meeting Live – Iraq
o al-Jubouri: After a crucial meeting of leaders of blocs today the position of the Iraqi List will be announced tomorrow (3pm)
o List Discusses Allawi’s candidacy to the presidency of the National Council for the strategic policies

* Osama Nujaifi – Presidency of the Parliament
* Jalal Talabani – Presidency of the Republic
* Nuiri al-Maliki – Prime Minister,
* Iyad Allawi – Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Policies

Anticipated Scenario

Council [will select] its first Speaker and his deputies, and then [will select] the President of the Republic and his deputies, and then make the president’s nomination of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

All of which resulted during the month of the formation of his government, has resulted in this agreement thanks to the round table, which was al-Hakim has called for since the end of the announcement of the the election results.

It is believed widely that the current squad will see a lot of mutual supervision between the blocks, which can contribute to the objective not to laxity in the joints of all, in addition to the possibility that turns into a blocking agent of the government action in the event of the desire of some Balastafrad resolution.

Said the leadership in the state of law in the National Alliance Almnzawi good Snead said the National Alliance reached a final agreement with all the blocks on the candidate of the National Alliance Nuri al-Maliki to form Iraqi government.

He said Snead during a press statement that all the political blocs winning and eventually arrived at a final agreement on a candidate National Alliance Nuri al-Maliki to form Iraqi government, stressing that the House of Representatives tomorrow will be the inevitable and irreversible, after three sessions compressed managed winning political blocs to leave a satisfactory outcome on political leaders and the Iraqi people, stressing God willing, we will seek to replace the holiday away (Eid al-Adha and the formation of the government).

This, said sources inside the meeting that the leadership of the political blocs in the Iraqi List, Saleh al-Mutlaq left the meeting leaders of political blocs after he had finished his meeting with Maliki’s profile and Sinead, and Mohammed Allawi

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Marathon Parliament begins tomorrow after the inauguration of the three heads of agreement between the political blocs

November 10, 2010



Today’s News Summary
o Currency Newshound Poll…revisted
o Washington Post: Iraqi leaders reach deal to form new government; Maliki to retain power
o Parliament to convene 3pm Thursday (6am CST); All parties agree
o Marathon Parliament begins tomorrow after the inauguration of the three heads of agreement between the political blocs
o Talabani named president of the republic and al-Maliki as prime minister
o Allawi to head political council of strategic policies
o Political blocs agree to form the National Council for strategic policy; Allawi is preferred to lead council
o Shaways: All blocs agree to reconvene parliament; 11am Baghdad (2am CST)
o Shaways: Blocs agree on many files of contention; 10am meeting before reconvening of parliament
o Iraqi List will attend Parliament Thurs; Allawi to assume Pres of National Council of Strategic Policy
o Iraq List agrees on mechanism to select the Vice-President of the Political Council and its members
o The start of Wednesday’s meeting of political blocs in Baghdad
o Watch UNSC Meeting Live – Iraq
o al-Jubouri: After a crucial meeting of leaders of blocs today the position of the Iraqi List will be announced tomorrow (3pm)
o List Discusses Allawi’s candidacy to the presidency of the National Council for the strategic policies

* Osama Nujaifi – Presidency of the Parliament
* Jalal Talabani – Presidency of the Republic
* Nuiri al-Maliki – Prime Minister,
* Iyad Allawi – Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Policies

Anticipated Scenario

Council [will select] its first Speaker and his deputies, and then [will select] the President of the Republic and his deputies, and then make the president’s nomination of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

All of which resulted during the month of the formation of his government, has resulted in this agreement thanks to the round table, which was al-Hakim has called for since the end of the announcement of the the election results.

It is believed widely that the current squad will see a lot of mutual supervision between the blocks, which can contribute to the objective not to laxity in the joints of all, in addition to the possibility that turns into a blocking agent of the government action in the event of the desire of some Balastafrad resolution.

Said the leadership in the state of law in the National Alliance Almnzawi good Snead said the National Alliance reached a final agreement with all the blocks on the candidate of the National Alliance Nuri al-Maliki to form Iraqi government.

He said Snead during a press statement that all the political blocs winning and eventually arrived at a final agreement on a candidate National Alliance Nuri al-Maliki to form Iraqi government, stressing that the House of Representatives tomorrow will be the inevitable and irreversible, after three sessions compressed managed winning political blocs to leave a satisfactory outcome on political leaders and the Iraqi people, stressing God willing, we will seek to replace the holiday away (Eid al-Adha and the formation of the government).

This, said sources inside the meeting that the leadership of the political blocs in the Iraqi List, Saleh al-Mutlaq left the meeting leaders of political blocs after he had finished his meeting with Maliki’s profile and Sinead, and Mohammed Allawi

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By Suadad al-Salhy and Waleed Ibrahim
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi politicians appeared to have broken an eight month political impasse on Wednesday when the Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance agreed to take part in a new government headed by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.


Maliki inched closer to a final deal to secure a second term on a day when bomb and mortar attacks targeting Christians across the Iraqi capital killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others.

After a meeting of Iraqi political leaders, a senior lawmaker from the cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition headed by former prime minister Iyad Allawi told Reuters the bloc would join a Maliki government.

The decision offered hope that the next government would include enough Sunni representation to ease the chances of a return to the sectarian violence that killed tens of thousands of people after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein.

Iraqiya will meet on Thursday to sort out lingering disagreements and choose a nominee from the party for speaker of parliament, said the lawmaker, who asked not to be named.

Parliament was scheduled to meet on Thursday for just the second time since an inconclusive election in March.

Iraq has been without a new government since the vote, which gave Iraqiya two more seats than Maliki's bloc. Neither had enough for a majority in parliament, leaving the factions to negotiate a government.

Iraqiya joins a Kurdish alliance in supporting Maliki following months of contentious negotiations that raised tensions in Iraq as the army and police try to cement security gains against a stubborn insurgency.

Last month, Maliki toured capitals in the region -- from Iran and Syria to Turkey and Egypt -- to gain regional backing for his effort to stay in power. He offered Arab nations investment deals in Iraq in exchange for nudging Iraqiya towards a compromise, political sources said.

Over the past months, Iraqiya had repeatedly rejected another Maliki term and demanded the right to form the government as the top vote winner in the election.
"Tomorrow in parliament, it will be the beginning of forming not just the government, but forming the Iraqi state," said Maliki on Wednesday. "God willing, we will go ahead."

Parliament met briefly in June but lawmakers said they needed more time to decide who would hold the highest offices. Last month, Iraq's high court ordered parliament to resume its sessions, putting pressure on politicians to expedite a deal.

The long deadlock has fuelled tension even though the sectarian carnage unleashed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion is receding while U.S. forces prepare to withdraw in 2011.

A series of attacks on Christian targets across Baghdad on Wednesday stirred renewed fear in the minority community. The bomb and mortar blasts occurred just 10 days after a bloody siege at a Catholic cathedral that killed 52.

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Politicians from Maliki's Shi'ite grouping, the National Alliance, said they would go ahead with government formation as long as they had a political majority and even if other blocs chose to boycott the parliamentary session.

"We do not imagine a government that does not represent all Iraq's factions ... But the government does not and will not stop, God forbid, if a list stays behind," Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a senior member of the National Alliance, told a news conference.

Haidar al-Ibadi, an influential lawmaker from Maliki's Dawa party, said his bloc has agreed with others, including the Kurdish Alliance, which has 57 seats, to attend Thursday's parliamentary session even if others chose to stay away.

"We want a national sharing government but if some parliament members insist on not attending, this is up to them," he said.

Iraqi political leaders began a series of talks on Monday to try to agree on a government of national unity that would include Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds. They were expected to reach a final deal on the top posts before the parliamentary session on Thursday.

The government needs a component representing the minority Sunnis if it is to try to heal old sectarian wounds. Excluding Iraqiya could anger its Sunni voters and reinvigorate the Sunni Islamist insurgency.

Under the expected deal, Maliki would remain prime minister and Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, would retain the presidency.

Iraqiya would take the speaker's post, the foreign ministry and a role with possibly expanded authority over defence issues, the economy and foreign affairs.

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'Maliki to remain Iraqi premier
Sun Nov 7, 2010 12:43PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-MalikiIraq's political rivals, who have been at work for a long time to appoint the country's future government, clinch a deal which rein states Nouri al-Maliki as premier.




"An agreement was reached yesterday among the political parties," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh was quoted by AFP as saying on Sunday.

"The prime minister will stay on, and the Iraqiya Alliance will choose its candidate for parliament speaker," Dabbagh said, citing the provisions of the deal.

The country held parliamentary elections on March 7.

Maliki's State of Law coalition and archrival Ayad Allawi's al-Iraqiya respectively secured 89 and 91 seats in the 325-member parliament, both stopping shy of the 163 seats required for a majority.

Speaking to British daily The Guardian on Wednesday, Allawi said, "We are in the final days of making a final decision on this issue."

Recurrent high-profile messages had cautioned ahead of the agreement that further delay in formation of a new government could increase violence.

The next leadership is expected to defuse the countrywide tension, resulted from the 2003-present US-led invasion.

Over one million Iraqis have been killed during the operations, says California-based investigative project, Project Censored.

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Only Iraqis would decide on their govt. formation – Turkish FM
November 7, 2010 - 08:08:48

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday that only the Iraqis are the ones who make the decisions regarding the formation of their new government, according to a statement by Maliki’s office.

“Davutoglu stressed Turkey’s support for Iraq to maintain its security and stability and achieve prosperity,” read the statement as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Maliki had received the Turkish top diplomat and his accompanying delegation and underlined during the meeting the importance of furthering relations between Iraq and Turkey in all fields to the interests of the two countries.

Davutoglu had arrived in Arbil Sunday morning and was received by Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani and Prime Minister Burham Saleh.

The visit comes one day ahead of an expected meeting of the leaders of Iraqi political blocs in Arbil on Monday (Nov. 8) in a bid to reach an agreement over sovereign posts and the formation of an Iraqi government.

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"Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday that only the Iraqis are the ones who make the decisions regarding the formation of their new government, "

NOTICE it clearly SAYS PRIME MINISTER NOURI al Maliki-

says it Plain enough for Me.

And I bet -Iyad Allawi's WILL be elected or Appointed as SPEAKER.

Iraq rivals 'agree to Share Power'


The deal will see Nouri al-Maliki stay on as Prime Minister. (AFP: Ali Al-Saadi)

Related Story: Maliki hails 'independent' Iraq as US troops pull out Related Story: Main Shiite bloc picks Maliki for Iraq PM Related Story: Iran signals support for Iraq's Maliki Iraqi politicians have reached agreement on a power-sharing deal, exactly eight months after the country went to the polls.

The deal will see Nouri al-Maliki stay on as prime minister, but will allow MPs from Iyad Allawi's Iraqiya party choose the speaker.

A government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, says some details still need to be ironed out but that parliament will meet to choose a speaker on Thursday.

He says Mr Makaki and Mr Allawi will meet in the northern city of Arbil later today for a formal ceremony to announce the agreement.

"An agreement was reached yesterday among the political parties in which the prime minister will stay on, and the Iraqiya party will choose its candidate for parliament speaker," Mr Dabbagh said.

Iraq's second general election since the 2003 US-led invasion ended in deadlock after none of the main parties won enough of the 325 seats in parliament to form a majority government.

Parliament has since remained in hiatus, except for a 20-minute oath-taking ceremony and another brief meeting at which acting speaker Fuad Massum declared an indefinite "open" session.

- AFP

question for anyone who might KNOW and have a Linc to the WTO REQUIREMENTS. What does Iraq's Currency have to be at at the time of Admittence to the WTO. And does it have to be a TRADEABLE CURRENCY on the Open Market?. Thanks. Rick c

sorry I could not find it there. Perhaps if you saved it you could post the article here for all to read. Thanks.

ROLMAO.I sure wish you a lot of luck. I have been in this BEFORE IT BECAME ffgo.still waiting.

Well I have a nice stack of J's-m's-LHH-F's and G's so what ever happens I hope to see those turn GREEN and the Sooner the Better.

This was taken from that Linc-" Lehman fell 0.1 cent to 7.4 cents as of 11:07 a.m. in over- the-counter trading after rising as much as 76 percent yesterday. The company’s Lehman’s $2.5 billion of 6.875 percent 10-year bonds due in May 2018 were unchanged at 23.25 cents on the dollar as of 11:14 a.m. in New York, according to Trace, the bond-pricing reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The bond has risen from 16 cents in October 2009.---------------
My question is -What are the BONDS -That are referd too here? And what effect could this have on CT's & Preferd type shares.

Vietnam’s inflation accelerated to a 19-month high, a sign that an August currency devaluation may be hurting efforts to restrain prices.

Consumer prices rose 9.66 percent in October from the same month a year earlier, according to figures released by the General Statistics Office in Hanoi today. That’s faster than an 8.92 percent increase the previous month. Prices rose 1.05 percent from September.

Vietnam has devalued its currency three times in the past year as policy makers sought to cut the trade deficit. The dong’s weakness may fan inflation, which has held above 8 percent for nine consecutive months, exceeding the government’s target for this year.

“Inflation is on the rise again and we expect it to top 10 percent by year-end,” Dariusz Kowalczyk, a Hong Kong-based senior economist and strategist at Credit Agricole CIB, said in an Oct. 11 note. “Policy makers have ignored the fact that real interest rates have turned negative as growth seems to be their primary goal.”

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s government is targeting economic growth of as much as 7.5 percent and inflation of about 7 percent next year. Gross domestic product may expand 6.7 percent in 2010, Dung told the National Assembly on Oct. 20.

Dong, Stocks

The State Bank of Vietnam weakened the currency’s reference exchange rate by 2 percent in August, citing the need to curb the trade shortfall.

The dong traded at 19,495 per dollar in the interbank market as of the close in Hanoi yesterday, from 19,099 when the central bank devalued the currency. The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange’s VN Index rose for a second day, adding less than 0.1 percent to 445.21.

“The Vietnamese dong weakness will continue to push up inflation,” Alan Pham, the Ho Chi Minh City-based chief economist for VinaSecurities, said in a monthly research note received on Oct. 15. “The possibility of another devaluation in the 2 to 3 percent range cannot be ruled out.”

Overall food prices rose 11.91 percent in October from a year earlier, and climbed 1.32 percent from September.

--Jason Folkmanis. With assistance from Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen. Editors: Sunil Jagtiani, Stephanie Phang

To contact the Bloomberg News staff on this story: Jason Folkmanis in Ho Chi Minh City at folkmanis@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Chris Anstey at canstey@bloomberg.net; Paul Tighe at ptighe@bloomberg.net

It's been a LONG LONG time since I visited here, But I see NO ONE HAS BEEN PAID YET, so nothing has Changed yet. Yes I'm a shareholder, since the very beginning, Long before it became FFGO. Not 1 private e-mail that I recieved and Saved from Alan Santini has come to pass.but I suppose there's always a chance.Slim as that might be. good luck to all.

As of now, the show should be airing Friday.

http://www.alsumaria...kh-Al-Ghad.html

Posted Today, 05:38 PM

Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:25am EDT

* Dong pushing up against its permitted ceiling

* World Bank says policy broadly "moving in right direction"

* However, govt needs to communicate policy intentions better

* IMF has expressed concern about lack of policy coordination (Adds World Bank comment, IMF background from paragraph 5)

HANOI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The State Bank of Vietnam has no plans to adjust the dong exchange rate against the U.S. dollar, even though the dong's value has been dropping on the unofficial market, a state-run newspaper reported on Tuesday.

"At present the State Bank does not have any plans for exchange rate adjustment," Governor Nguyen Van Giau was quoted by the Saigon Giai Phong daily as saying, rejecting market rumours of a dong devaluation.

The central bank has devalued the dong VND=SBVNVND=VN three times since November and speculation of another devaluation has been putting pressure on the currency, making businesses reluctant to sell dollars.

Dollar demand has also been rising as businesses need the currency for loan repayments and importers need dollars for settlements.

However, the dong edged up to 19,870/19,920 per dollar on the unofficial market on Tuesday morning from 19,920/19,970 on Monday, while it was steady at 19,490/19,500 dong on the interbank market, with the selling rate at the permitted ceiling.

Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank's representative in Vietnam, told reporters on Tuesday that "we think that broadly the government has been moving in the right direction" on monetary and fiscal policy.

However, she said more could be done by the authorities to communicate their policy stance and give more information on indicators, so as to build up confidence in overall macroeconomic management.

This would help "address some of the left-over expectations of inflation and continued instability that are underpinning some of the challenges".

The Bank's lead economist for Vietnam, Deepak Mishra, said he expected pressure on the dong to ease over time, but how the market reacted would depend on the government putting forward a "credible road map" for dealing with the problem.

The International Monetary Fund warned in September that Vietnam needed to concentrate on maintaining the level of the dong, and said that repeated comments from the government about the need to lower lending rates was counter-productive.

"A lack of coordination between monetary and fiscal policies, or the appearance thereof, would amplify market scepticism," it said. [ID:nN08145433] (Reporting by Ho Binh Minh and John Ruwitch; Editing by Alan Raybould)

Financials-http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSHAN47686120101019

show was POSTPONED untill THIS FRIDAY. I will try to Copy and paste the entire TEXT Directly off the news channel for all to read.

Now OFF TOPICm But still of interest to a lot here is this from todays news=

October 11, 2010, 11:09 PM EDT
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Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s dong is about 2 percent cheaper to buy in the black market than the rate banks pay and devaluations are likely in 2011 to bring the official exchange rate into line, according to Credit Agricole CIB.

The dong was trading at between 19,820 and 19,880 per dollar at money changers in Ho Chi Minh City this morning, according to a telephone information service run by state-owned Vietnam Posts & Telecommunications. The rate in the interbank market was 19,485 as of 9:35 a.m. in Hanoi. The Vietnamese central bank permits the currency to trade up to 3 percent on either side of its reference rate, currently set at 18,932.

Dollar liquidity has dried up because of the disparity between the official rate and market rate, forcing importers that need foreign exchange to buy euros instead, according to an Oct. 11 research note written by Dariusz Kowalczyk, a Hong Kong- based senior economist and strategist at Credit Agricole.

“The foreign-exchange market in Vietnam is distorted by all the regulations and by all the methods that companies are forced to use to circumvent them,” Kowalczyk said in a phone interview yesterday. “But the big picture point to make is that relatively soon after the last devaluation, the implied exchange rate is already 2 percent weaker than the official rate.”

Devaluations Coming

The last devaluation of 2 percent on Aug. 18 was “not large enough to balance the market,” Kowalczyk wrote in the note. The dong will probably be devalued by another 2 percent in February and by a further 3 percent in the northern hemisphere’s summer or autumn of 2011, bringing the official exchange rate to 20,500 per dollar, he wrote.

Vietnam’s inflation accelerated in September to 8.9 percent, the fastest in four months. The trade deficit widened to $1.05 billion in September from $395 million the previous month, according to preliminary General Statistics Office figures.

The currency’s weakness is being driven by Vietnam’s “large and persistent” trade deficit and by inflation, wrote Kowalczyk. The trade shortfall is putting “pressure on Vietnam’s balance of payments, requiring further devaluation in order to at least partially restore exports’ competitiveness,” he wrote.

--Jason Folkmanis in Ho Chi Minh City. Editors: Andrew Janes, James Regan

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To contact the reporter on this story: Jason Folkmanis in Ho Chi Minh City at folkmanis@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Sandy Hendry at shendry@bloomberg.net

That Announcment is being AIRED THIS SUNDAY . To all interested.

October 15th ~ An Announcement Has Been Made to Delete the Zeros for Iraq's Currency ... Will be Explained on TV in Iraq ~ Alsumaria News @ 10 pm-15th
IMF ASKS IRAQ TO PROMOTE THE VALUE OF THE IRAQI DINAR ...

and ...remember ~ Iraq: Bush Hails New Currency Ahead Of Launch (October 15, 2003) ...

***Central Bank past by deleting the zeros of the Iraqi operation

October 11, 2010

As of tomorrow displays the file "to delete the zeros of the Iraqi currency

(Voice of Iraq)

The Central Bank launched in early 2007, to develop a strategic project located under the title of the reform of management system of the Iraqi currency on the recommendation of the Supreme Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers with the support of the Iraqi Ministry of Finance.

The project speaks for gradual substitution of the Iraqi currency with another is lower than in the nominal value.

From here, presents the program "as of tomorrow" on Alsumaria afternoon, Friday, October 15, 2010 at ten pm Baghdad time this topic to see its repercussions on the Iraqi economy.

Contagious and will discuss the program with guests Ahmed Hassan several themes in the context of the loop.
Does the economic climate well suited to the order of these changes on the currency?

The effects of deletion of zeros, including whether this is causing unrest in the Iraqi market?

Meanwhile, the guests discuss the possibility of bit of this project to reform the Iraqi system of payments and the impact of deletion of zeros on the stock market as well as to the descent completed the process of deletion of zeros.

Is a delete operation will add zeros to the value of purchasing something and economic gains that will come out in this project? In addition to details of other more accurate timing of the work related to the project.

Hosts "on tomorrow" in the next episode adviser to the CBI the appearance of Mohammed and two economists as Antoine Majid picture in addition to the economic expert Faili spokesman Thaer Investment Authority, Baghdad, as well as the President of the Federation of Iraqi businessmen and investors willing Reza industrial fixed Baldawi.

Full-time working group "on tomorrow" this week to put the episode titled "Delete zeros" of the Iraqi currency pm Friday, October 15, 2010 at ten pm Baghdad time, and run-off on Sunday morning at ten o'clock on Alsumaria, Iraqi Satellite TV Network.

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Sunday 10/10/2010

Central Bank past by deleting the zeros of the Iraqi operation

Ministry of Finance said that the central bank past in his quest to delete the three zeroes from the Iraqi currency.

He said Finance Minister Bayan Jabr said in an interview with Iraq and the world in Washington that the decision in the interest of Iraq and beneficial to its economy.

"Now that the deletion of zeros in the currency will contribute to the protection of citizens and financial institutions from theft operations, and facilitate the deal in the

The Minister of Finance that the move would not affect the prices of goods, food or staff salaries.

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It's a RESTRICTED STOCK, But the GREEN DOES look nice.

IMF ASKS IRAQ TO PROMOTE THE VALUE OF THE IRAQI DINAR ...
And that "the International Monetary Fund holds a vision for Iraq as completely isolated from the global system, which called him to ask the government to promote the value of the Iraqi dinar Iraq, compared with foreign currency and Arabic." It is hoped to discuss the Iraqi government ended its mandate over the next few days the budget in 2011 Finance Ministry confirmed earlier that it will take care of the implementation of service projects.

02/10/2010

Government adviser: International Monetary Fund calls for Iraq to reform the tax

Baghdad, November 2 (Rn) - A source in the Iraqi government ended its mandate on Saturday, the International Monetary Fund stressed the need for Iraq to hold semi-radical changes in the tax system as a prerequisite for granting loans and to support its projects.

A member of the team negotiating with the Iraqi International Monetary Fund, Fadel Mohammed Al-Sarraj told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) announced today that "the International Monetary Fund request from the Iraqi government formally Dharrop restructuring the tax system in the country in proportion to Iraq's dealings Finance with the International Monetary Fund" .

He pointed out that "the International Monetary Fund has criticized the report handed to the Iraqi negotiating the distribution of the budgets of previous years which focused on the financing of security mechanisms is studied."

He explained that the OS "The team was able to convince the Iraqi negotiator member states in the International Monetary Fund that Iraq would abide by the payment of loans through the sale of crude oil during the coming years."

OS and continued that "the International Monetary Fund yesterday agreed to grant the amount of $ 741 million as part of a loan of $ 3 billion and $ 700 million."

And that "the International Monetary Fund holds a vision for Iraq as completely isolated from the global system, which called him to ask the government to promote the value of the Iraqi dinar Iraq, compared with foreign currency and Arabic."
The value of the Fund disbursements of the loan to Iraq $ 1.2 billion out of 3.7 billion.

It is hoped to discuss the Iraqi government ended its mandate over the next few days the budget in 2011 Finance Ministry confirmed earlier that it will take care of the implementation of service projects.

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This I believe IS good solid news. JMO. Rick c

GOOD , it could take that long to organize the Funeral arrangments.

NO.It acts like a company needing a Funeral Director. Wish I had not invested so much in all the different types. bunch of loosers. Buyers BEWARE.

NOT 1 of the Lehman stocks no matter the class has gone anywhere except DOWN, I hold 5 types and have held them since this board was started. Good luck trying to recover anything.I have lost $ in in everyone of them..

A BOOK on Lehmans collapse-


Maria Bartiromo's Book Is a Fly on the Wall During Lehman's Fall
By CARRIE COOLIDGE
Posted 8:00 AM 09/14/10 JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley , American International Group, Bank of America, Citigroup, Books
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Print this page|EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on LifestreamSept. 15 marks the two-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy and the extraordinary events that not only shook Wall Street to its core but altered its landscape forever.

In her newly released book, The Weekend that Changed Wall Street (Portfolio/Penguin, $26.95), author and CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo skillfully describes the fateful events that took place during the weekend of Sept. 12, 2008. Bartiromo gives the reader a fly-on-the-wall view of the discussions and phone calls that determined the fate of Lehman Brothers, the esteemed 158-year-old investment bank, as well as the fate of many other Wall Street firms, from Merrill Lynch to Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS).

Bartiromo's access to movers and shakers from Wall Street to Pennsylvania Avenue is impressive, and it affords her an eyewitness account few others are privileged to have. Many of the anecdotes she shares were previously unreported and reveal the emotions of the key players involved.

The book opens with a prologue that describes the legendary annual holiday party held at Steve and Christine Schwarzman's opulent apartment at 740 Park Ave. in December 2006. Bartiromo attended the James Bond-themed event accompanied by her husband, Jonathan Steinberg (who's father, Saul Steinberg, was the former owner of the apartment). Bartiromo recalls standing in a corner of a room, chatting with Jimmy Cayne (the former chief executive of Bear Stearns) and Dick Fuld (the former head of Lehman Brothers). Little did any of them know that two years later, neither Bear Stearns or Lehman Brothers would exist.

A Tale of Two Suitors

Bartiromo's book portrays Henry "Hank" Paulson, then Secretary of the Treasury, as a marriage broker of sorts during the crisis, desperately trying to find a potential Lehman buyer. Paulson encouraged Fuld to reach out to both Bank of America (BAC) and Barclays (BCS) in order to prevent his investment bank from failing. Bartiromo describes how Fuld and his Lehman lieutenants furiously tried to structure a deal that involved packaging and off-loading the toxic assets on Lehman's balance sheet to make it an acceptable acquisition candidate for a potential buyer.

According to the book, Fuld thought he had a deal lined up with Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, but in reality, Lewis had quietly decided not to buy Lehman. In fact, on Saturday, Sept. 13, a day after informally agreeing to a deal, Lewis was avoiding the calls Fuld made to his home phone.

Indeed, according to Bartiromo, that same weekend, Paulson had also encouraged John Thain of Merrill Lynch to contact Lewis to discuss strategic opportunities between their two firms. While Lewis was avoiding Fuld's calls, he was accepting calls from Thain, who was also trying to save his company. Lewis agreed to fly from his Charlotte, N.C., headquarters to New York to meet with Thain on Sept. 13. Bartiromo writes that when she learned that Lewis was in discussions with Thain that day, she knew that Lehman was down to one possible suitor -- Barclays.

Massive Wake-Up Call

According to The Weekend that Changed Wall Street, Lehman Brothers prepared three different press releases that weekend, unsure of which would be distributed before the markets opened Monday: One announced a sale to Bank of America, another described a sale to Barclays and the third announced that Lehman had found a Middle Eastern investor. In the end, neither Bank of America or Barclays stepped up to the plate because the federal government was unwilling to guarantee Lehman's toxic assets. It was a press release hadn't been prepared -- one announcing Lehman's bankruptcy -- that was distributed to the world on Sept 15.


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The Weekend that Changed Wall Street also describes in colorful detail what was going on in the minds of the CEOs of other major Wall Street firms, including John Thain of Merrill Lynch, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan (JPM), John Mack of Morgan Stanley, Vikram Pandit of Citigroup (C), Robert Wolf of UBS (UBS), Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs and Robert Willumstad of American International Group (AIG). Bartiromo described how everyone realized that there was much more at stake than just the future of Lehman Brothers. It was a massive wake-up call. Each key player knew that every Wall Street firm was connected to all of the others. If one failed, there would be a ripple effect, and possibly more would be brought down.

The Weekend that Changed Wall Street is more than just a riveting read -- it's an important one. Bartiromo's narrative of the fateful events of that September weekend will long serve as a reminder of how swiftly the great can fall and that confidence in the capitalist system can be extremely fragile and is not to be taken for granted.

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