Home owners and businesses face having to pay higher interest rates following a downgrade in the credit ratings of Britain’s biggest banks, analysts warned on Thursday. By James Kirkup TelegraphUK 21 Jun 2012 Moody’s, a leading international ratings agency, on Thursday night cut its scores for Barclays, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland because... »
Archive for June 21st, 2012
FBI gets a broader role in coordinating domestic intelligence activities
By Greg Miller WashingtonPost.com The FBI has been given an expanded role in coordinating the domestic intelligence-gathering activities of the CIA and other agencies under a plan enacted this year by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., officials said. The bureau’s highest-ranking field agents now also serve as the DNI’s representatives across... »
IT’S STARTED: MOODY’S DOWNGRADES GLOBAL BANKS
Eric Platt BusinessInsider.com June 21, 2012 UPDATE: Morgan Stanley cut two notches to Baa1 from A1. Bank of America cut to Baa2, outlook negative. Citi cut to Baa2. JP Morgan cut two notches to A2 from AA3. Credit Suisse cut three. Goldman cut to A3. HSBC cut to AA3 from AA2, one notch. UBS... »
Thursday Special Broadcast with Steve Quayle: “Invasion, Occupation & Destruction, Just for Starters”
HomelandSecurityus.com 21 June 2012 Join us tonight – Thursday, June 21, 2012 for a special three-hour broadcast of The Hagmann & Hagmann Report at a special time, from 9:00 p.m. to midnight Eastern (6:00-9:00 pm Pacific) with our very special guest Steve Quayle. The broadcast titled “Invasion, Occupation & Destruction, Just for Starters” will... »
Greyerz – We Are Headed For Panic As Global Markets Tumble
KingWorldNews.com June 21, 2012 With global stock markets plunging and gold coming under serious selling pressure, today Egon von Greyerz told King World News the entire financial system is under immense pressure and we will eventually see a massive panic. Egon von Greyerz is founder and managing partner at Matterhorn Asset Management out of... »
The Recession Threat Is Growing Around The World, And Goldman Says The Fed Won’t Do Anything About It
Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com June 21, 2012 Prior to yesterday’s FOMC meeting, Goldman’s Jan Hatzius was one of the most confident that the Fed would do QE. It didn’t. Now Hatzius doesn’t see any QE on the imminent horizon. This is what he said in a note this morning: ...the hurdle for additional balance sheet... »
Turk – Gold & Stocks Smashed, Expect Massive Spike In Fear
KingWorldNews.com June 21, 2012 With gold and silver getting smashed, along with stocks and commodities, today King World News interviewed James Turk out of Europe. Turk told KWN, “while the Lehman Brothers (event) was bad, it was just a warmup for a much worse financial catastrophe … We’re just getting started in terms of... »
The New World Order in 2012
TheGlobalistReport.com In 2012 very few people understand what the New World Order is all about and how the New World Order has evolved to what it is today. This lack of understanding is derived from a systematic denial by the Globalists and Politicians that the New World Order doesn’t exist. When the term New... »
The Ultimate Game Of Chicken Has Begun In Europe
Joe Weisenthal BusinessInsider.com Jun. 21, 2012 Prior to Greece’s election this Sunday, the assumption was that if left-winger Alexis Tsipras won, and steadfastly refused to comply with the current bailout, then a huge game of chicken would commence. Would Tsipras back down (risking future bailout money?) or would Europe back down (out of fear... »
Moody’s poised to downgrade UK banks
The ratings agency Moody’s is expected to downgrade some of Britain’s biggest banks as early as this evening. By Angela Monaghan TelegraphUK 21 Jun 2012 The move is expected as part of a broader credit downgrade of some of the world’s major banks and could be delayed until after US markets close. It is... »