Interview with Infosys boss.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=16715884
I remember working with them in early 2004 or 2005 :-)

BA and Iberia agree merger deal

British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia say they have reached a preliminary agreement for a merger expected to be completed in late 2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8356780.stm

Readings

Uncle Buck bides his time
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiiwiicomNotes/~3/xfzeremc-8c/uncle-buck-bides-his-time.html
USD bull

Gold - time is running out
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiiwiicomNotes/~3/q6dPsHGCRBg/gold-time-is-running-out.html
Gold neutral

When at First You Don't Succeed ---- Make It Up
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/08/when-at-first-you-dont-succeed-make-it.html

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
http://jsmineset.com/2009/08/27/hourly-action-in-gold-from-trader-dan-156/

More:

World's 50 safest banks 2009
http://www.gfmag.com/tools/bank-rankings/2341-words-50-safest-banks-2009.htm
Via Jesse

Hotel RevPAR off 16.7 Percent
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/jj7jYkVe0WY/hotel-revpar-off-167-percent.html

In Bulgarian:

Край на рецесията? - България, Германия, Япония
End of the recession - BG, DE, JP
http://ikonomika.org/?p=2849

Readings

HUI - Weekly view
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiiwiicomNotes/~3/KqIMD6Viywg/hui-weekly-view.html

Are you a trader or investor? HUI
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiiwiicomNotes/~3/YVp4iZlyuA4/are-you-trader-or-investor-hui.html

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
http://jsmineset.com/2009/05/06/hourly-action-in-gold-from-trader-dan-113/

Orbitz Down Earnings Got Me Thinking....
http://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/05/orbitz-down-earnings-got-me-thinking.html
Orbitz I believe earning at least $50 per ticket. That's much more than any one online agency, and is close to "off line" agencies and bucketshops. If Orbitz are in trouble, I do not want to think about their competitors...

Ponzi schemes: simply defined
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawinfoWeblog/~3/hnr9oXDfJ98/

Readings

FDIC Closes Sale of Indymac, Loses $10.7 billion
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/25Rz5RjFViM/fdic-closes-sale-of-indymac-loses-107.html

Bernanke doing his best to crash USD
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealityLenses/~3/oUBBdZx6plU/bernanke-doing-his-best-to-crash-us.html

then see this:

Switzerland starts competitive devaluation
http://realitylenses.blogspot.com/2009/03/switzerland-starts-competitive.html

Yousa! Eleven hundred tonnes in the trust!
http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2009/03/yousa-eleven-hundred-tonnes-in-trust.html
GLD tonnage

Airtravel and Hotels

Hotel Occupancy Rate Off Sharply
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/7v267JFUD9k/hotel-occupancy-rate-off-sharply.html
Interesting how it fell after 9/11, because there were no planes in the air for about a week.

Ryanair will charge 1 GBP for toilet inside the aircraft.
http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/03/20-reasons-not-to-fly-ryanair.html
Unfortunately if toilet is 1 GBP, you will decide NOT to buy overpriced water @ 3 GBP.

However may be this will change men mind to pay even 5 GBP for those Ryanair toilets :)

Ryanair girl is secret porn star
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2323138.ece
Copy/Paste link, because contains explict porn :-)

Readings

A look at the FOREX casino...
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiiwiicomNotes/~3/ZzvC54IjGeo/look-at-forex-casino.html
Interesting EUR chart

A Positive Entry for Once
http://chrispycrunch.blogspot.com/2009/03/positive-entry-for-once.html
U.S. Housing Starts

US Dollar Crash Alert: level 87 is crucial!
http://sufiy.blogspot.com/2009/03/us-dollar-crash-alert-level-87-is.html

Decoupling: China relaxes rules for firms to invest overseas
http://sufiy.blogspot.com/2009/03/decoupling-china-relaxes-rules-for.html

Jim Rogers Says U.S. Bailouts Add to Risk of Depression
http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?N=av&T=Jim%20Rogers%20Says%20U.S.%20Bailouts%20Add%20to%20Risk%20of%20Depression&clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vQzOcJXbzz.A.asf
I believe, I'm reprinting this one.

FUN:

The CEO's Guide to Jetting
http://www.welcomebigwigs.com/
The new Jet Blue advertizement campaign :o)

Readings

Top news

Swiss minister rejects U.S. demand for UBS data: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5261NG20090308

"Normal" news:

USD at critical support
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiiwiicomNotes/~3/wQqIyWDayLc/usd-at-critical-support.html

FDIC Warns of Bank Deposit Insurance Fund Failure
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/03/fdic-warns-of-bank-deposit-insurance.html

Gold/Silver Mining Costs Falling on Two Fronts
http://trendsman.com/2009/03/07/goldsilver-mining-costs-falling-on-two-fronts/
It needs black gold to mining gold

Gold, $HUI Looking Good
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/ZYdtK2tRQlQ/gold-hui-looking-good.html

Dubai Eye radio interview with Peter Cooper
http://arabianmoney.net/2009/03/09/dubai-eye-radio-interview-with-peter-cooper/
Audio Interview

Has Nouriel Roubini got it right about the recession?
http://arabianmoney.net/2009/03/08/has-nouriel-roubini-got-it-right-about-the-recession/
see my comment at the end too ;-)

White Gold: The gas engine made petroleum the world's biggest commodity. The electric car could do the same for Lithium.
http://sufiy.blogspot.com/2009/03/white-gold-gas-engine-made-petroleum.html

Interesting:

The market crash in Money Magazine covers
http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/2009/03/market-crash-in-money-magazine-covers.html

EU and UK:

British Airways Cut to "Junk"
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/03/british-airways-cut-to-junk.html

Run on UK sees foreign investors pull $1 trillion out of the City
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/03/rekjavik-on-thames-run-on-british-pound.html

GBP to be devalued by 50%-70% within next 6-12 months
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RealityLenses/~3/KwbPL2fcM3Y/gbp-to-be-devalued-by-50-within-next-6.html

US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River (video)

Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River

all aboard reported safe...
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/new.york.plane.crash/index.html

Internet Bots: Anatomy of a Stock Selling Frenzy

How United Airlines' stock dropped from $12.50 to $3 per share in the matter of 15 minutes:
http://www.hothardware.com/News/Internet-Bots-Anatomy-of-a-Stock-Selling-Frenzy/Default.aspx

I don't follow airline stocks, but this is amazing. This shows why you need to trade fundamentally and "calm" looking at the long term.

Freaky weekend ... again :)

Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms gone
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080915/financial_meltdown.html
Ta da ... surprize ... LEH is officially bankrupt.

Monday market madness
from Interest Rate Roundup by Mike Larson
http://interestrateroundup.blogspot.com/2008/09/monday-market-madness.html
LEH, BofA, AIG

Lehman Intends to File Bankruptcy
from Calculated Risk by CalculatedRisk
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/392899970/lehman-intends-to-file-bankruptcy.html
and
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/392860663/lehman-aig-late-night.html
and
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/392776566/summary-thread-lehman-aig-bofa-buys.html
and
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/392755770/aig-rejects-private-equity-asks-fed-for.html
official messages for LEH and AIG

Fed Announces New Liquidity Initiatives
from Calculated Risk by CalculatedRisk
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/392764327/fed-announces-new-liquidity-initiatives.html

AIG to Sell Assets, Seeks $40 Billion to Avoid Bankruptcy, Bridge Loan from the Fed
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/09/aig-to-sell-assets-seeks-40-billion-to.html

AIG wants $40B from Fed; Market Cap is $32B
from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis by Michael Shedlock
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/392876435/aig-wants-40b-from-fed-market-cap-is.html
and
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/392779815/aig-struggling-to-stay-alive-begs-fed.html

Lehman to Declare Bankruptcy with Backstops Insuring "Orderly Liquidation"
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/09/lehman-to-declare-bankruptcy-with.html

Roubini Says U.S. at Start of 'Very Severe' Bank Crisis
http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?N=adviser&T=Roubini%20Says%20U.S.%20at%20Start%20of%20%60Very%20Severe'%20Bank%20Crisis&clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vmUV7PR4JGX8.asf
video

The Hidden Bailout Of $1.4 Trillion In The Hidden Bailout Of $1.4 Trillion In
http://the-great-retirement-experiment.com/Products/Hidden%20Bailout%20091008.htm
inflationista theory

Bring on the next bubble
By Gary
http://biiwii.blogspot.com/2008/09/bring-on-next-bubble.html
Gold Stock bubble?

Back to the Big Picture
By Gary
http://www.biiwii.com/prem/biiwiiletter.htm

HUI weekly - possible road map
By Gary
http://biiwii.blogspot.com/2008/09/hui-weekly-possible-road-map.html

China Seeks to Reduce Its Exposure to Dollar Assets
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/09/china-seeks-to-reduce-its-exposure-to.html


Charts in the Babson Style
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/09/charts-in-babson-style-for-week-ending_12.html
and
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/09/us-dollar-weekly-chart-with-commitments_12.html

JPM Said to be in Advanced Talks to Buy Washington Mutual
from Jesse's Cafe Americain by Jesse
http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2008/09/jpm-said-to-be-in-advanced-talks-to-buy.html

XL Airline Goes Under, Alitalia Close To Bankruptcy
from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis by Michael Shedlock
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/390837704/xl-airline-goes-under-alitalia-close-to.html

Gasoline Shortages And Higher Prices Likely Headed Your Way
from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis by Michael Shedlock
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/392007109/gasoline-shortages-and-higher-prices.html

U.S. Foreclosures Hit Record; NV, CA, AZ, FL Lead The Way
from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis by Michael Shedlock
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MishsGlobalEconomicTrendAnalysis/~3/390862520/us-foreclosures-hit-record-nv-ca-az-fl.html
Interesting, Oil is under $100 mark.

Now buy gold and silver to profit from the Wall Street crash!
from Peter J. Cooper's Weblog by peterjcooper
http://arabianmoney.net/2008/09/15/now-buy-gold-and-silver-to-profit-from-the-wall-street-crash/

Gold vs Gold (Paper vs Physical)
from Reality Lenses by pej
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RealityLenses/~3/390826687/gold-vs-gold-paper-vs-physical.html

Jamie Dimon regrets the purchase of Bear Stearns and paradox of deleveraging
from The Yellow Brick Road by Andy Bebut
http://yellowroad.wallstreetexaminer.com/blogs/2008/09/13/jamie-dimon-regrets-the-purchase-of-bear-stearns-and-paradox-of-deleveraging/
...or directly the MP3 (8.6 MB) ...
http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/Economics/On_Economy/vkZ0W2_u1U8Y.mp3

JetBlue goes eBay

From WallStrip:

Last night, JetBlue put more than 300 round-trip flights and a bunch of vacation trips up on eBay for auction. The bids started last night, with starting prices around 5 or 10 cents.

It’s a great stunt…who knows? They might get more than they would have charged for these tickets. Maybe that’s what they’re banking on. Smart.

Ticket gets too expensive? Hey, it’s not JetBlue’s problem…it’s YOURS!

Here’s more, from the Orlando sentinel:

Bids were set to begin by 9:30 p.m. last night. The auction lengths will vary
from three to five to seven days.

“We’re putting the price of
spontaneous weekend trips this fall into the hands of our customers,” Don
Uselmann, manager of Business Development for JetBlue, said in a written
statement.

Read the full story here.

MD 82

Movie about the airplane crash in Spain.

http://www.20minutos.tv/video/FuYzXitMef

in Spanish.

BAA and London airports

Airline sector news

United (Airlines) Pilots Call for CEO to Resign
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/finance?ch=4043681&cl=9244105&lang=

Airline sector

The Airline Sector - Opportunity Cloaked in Crisis...
by Clive Maund
http://www.safehaven.com/article-10802.htm