All financial markets are gamed by insiders seeking cornered structures, collaborative
manipulations and inappropriate competitive advantages.
The surprising factor is that human behaviouralism results in exactly the same corrupt edifices
being constructed across the market continuum - Goldman Sachs betting against disinformational
advice sold to clients, banks working together to manipulate the LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered
Rate), football agents working to inflate the values of their clients, bookmakers working in unison
to achieve the required outcomes in criminalised football matches.
All financial markets are gamed by insiders seeking cornered structures, collaborative
manipulations and inappropriate competitive advantages.
The surprising factor is that human behaviouralism results in exactly the same corrupt edifices
being constructed across the market continuum - Goldman Sachs betting against disinformational
advice sold to clients, banks working together to manipulate the LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered
Rate), football agents working to inflate the values of their clients, bookmakers working in unison
to achieve the required outcomes in criminalised football matches.
All financial markets are gamed by insiders seeking cornered structures, collaborative
manipulations and inappropriate competitive advantages.
The surprising factor is that human behaviouralism results in exactly the same corrupt edifices
being constructed across the market continuum - Goldman Sachs betting against disinformational
advice sold to clients, banks working together to manipulate the LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered
Rate), football agents working to inflate the values of their clients, bookmakers working in unison
to achieve the required outcomes in criminalised football matches.
All financial markets are gamed by insiders seeking cornered structures, collaborative
manipulations and inappropriate competitive advantages.
The surprising factor is that human behaviouralism results in exactly the same corrupt edifices
being constructed across the market continuum - Goldman Sachs betting against disinformational
advice sold to clients, banks working together to manipulate the LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered
Rate), football agents working to inflate the values of their clients, bookmakers working in unison
to achieve the required outcomes in criminalised football matches.
Fabio Capello is reportedly in Moscow after his skiing holiday in Switzerland. The big drop is
he's meeting with Anzhi Makhachkala officials who are looking for a replacement for their coach
Yuri Krasnozhan.
The Russian coach is an acolyte of Alan Soziyev, the former director general of the club, who
departed the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.
The man's career maybe over with his Achilles heel tear but as a money making phenomenon he is
as yet unparalleled. Not bad for a player whose money to playing minutes ratio might leave Goldman
Sachs in the shade.
No. 1: David Beckham
Earnings: $40 million / 29 million euros / 24 million pounds
Age: 35
Country: U.
According to a Goldman Sachs study, The World Cup and Economics 2010, there is a link between a
country's FIFA football rankings and its Growth Environment Scores for sustainable growth and
productivity. GES are measured by grading law enforcement, level of corruption, political stability
and openness.
Baudrillard: "Globalisation is the globalisation of technologies, markets, tourism, information;
universality is the universality of values, human rights, freedoms, culture, democracy.
Globalisation seems irreversible; the universal might be said, rather, to be on its way out.
The Financial Times: "The panic in the world credit markets reached historic intensity [on
Wednesday] prompting a flight to safety of the type not seen since the 2nd World War."
Why aren't any of the agents of capitalism attempting to justify their noxious belief in "free
markets" now?
There is no such concept in Reality as a free market, there never has been and there never will be.
The elusive Red Knights convened in London yesterday to discuss their proposed takeover of
Manchester United. Deal broker Keith Harris, chairman of investment bankers Seymour Pierce, and Jim
O'Neill, chief economist at Goldman Sachs are known to be two of the men involved in the bid, and
Duncan Drasdo, Chief Executive of MUST appeared on Sky Sports News this afternoon to speak about
the meeting.
With less than one month until the World Cup, Goldman Sachs presents its fourth World Cup Report
(look at the bottom of the link for the adobe report). Goldman solicits the opinions of its
worldwide client base for predictions about the World Cup.  The authors of the report include
bankers and diplomats of international recognition.
The US has its popularity problems, as the hegemon of the day is wont to have. Heck, the Romans
have PR issues to this day and their empire fell 1,534 years ago. In any case, it's just a fact of
life that there are people around the world who resent the US, for reasons real or imagined.
Apparently, their numbers are not high enough for Denz over at RSL Soapbox, because today he
proposed the most effective thing to make Brazilians hate the US into eternity: take away their
chance to host the World Cup.
Apparent the Red Knights met again recently to iron out the details of their plans to
buy out the Glazers and wrest control of Manchester United ultimately - they say - so the fans can
own a bigger piece. Now don't get me wrong, I'm in absolute support of MUST and I signed up - and so far their
e-mail communication has been thoughtful, determined and just about frequent enough without being
spammy.
It's certain now that Ben Foster will move on to Birmingham. The fee is mooted to be about £6m.
The official site has also confirmed this.
Foster's sale confirms what a lot of people thought: the manager had lost faith in the 'keeper.
I'd wish him the best, and I think he will emerge better all round at Brum.
There's a long list of folks and entities to be congratulated this morning, so here they are in
no particular order ...
To the SEC for acting like a regulatory agency ... and how interesting that it's
Paulson and Company that's the particular entity within Goldman Sachs
that's especially on the hot seat right now.
