MGM, Dubai Fall Behind on $3.5 Billion Loan for Las Vegas Plan (tags)
July 29 (Bloomberg) -- MGM Mirage and Dubai World are late in raising as much as $3.5 billion for their $11.2 billion CityCenter project in Las Vegas because banks saddled with debt to casinos and hotels are wary of making new loans.
The Real Financial Tsunami is coming! (tags)
"The $690 billion worth of “interest only” ARMs due for interest rate hike between now and July 2008 are by and large not Sub-prime but a little higher quality, but only just. There are a total of $1.4 trillion in “interest only” ARMs according to the US research firm, First American Loan Performance. A recent study calculates that, as these ARMs face staggering higher interest costs in the next 9 months, more than $325 billion of the loans will default leaving 1 million property owners in technical mortgage default. But if banks are unable to reclaim the homes as assets to offset the non-performing mortgages, the US banking system and a chunk of the global banking system faces a financial gridlock that will make events to date truly “peanuts” by comparison. "
Germans consider Bush more dangerous than Saddam (tags)
Bush is considered more dangerous to world peace than Saddam, according to a recent poll of German citizens.
Indymedia Nederlands summoned to remove Radikal site links (tags)
Indymedia NL refuses to remove links to Radikal site despite being summoned to do so by Deutsche Bahn (German Rail)
The Shortwave Report 8/10/01 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! (tags)
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 13.6mb. Free to rebroadcast. Spain, Cuba, Netherlands, China, Germany. Streaming audio at http://www.outfarpress.com/
The Shortwave Report 6/22/01 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! (tags)
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. (13.7MB). Free to rebroadcast. Deutsche Welle, Netherlands, China, Cuba. With times and frequencies for listening at home.
The Shortwave Report 6/8/01 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! (tags)
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinions recorded from a shortwave radio. Free to rebroadcast, please notify. Times and freqs for English-language broadcasts. Deutsche Welle, Netherlands, Russia, Cuba, China. (13.8MB/30:00)
The Shortwave Report 6/1/01 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! (tags)
A weekly 30 minute review of stories and opinions in English recorded from a shortwave radio. Free to rebroadcast, please notify. Times and freqs for English-language broadcasts. Radio Netherlands, Germany, China, Russia, Cuba. 13.6MB mp3
The Shortwave Report 5/25/01 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! (tags)
A 30 minute weekly review of international news and opinions, recorded from a shortwave radio. (13.8MB/mono/29:58) Free to rebroadcast upon notification.This week- Radio Netherlands, Deutsche Welle, China Radio International, Voice of Russia, Radio Havana Cuba.
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 3/9/01 LISTEN GLOBALLY! (tags)
A 30 minute review of stories recorded from a Shortwave radio. (13.7mb) FREE TO REBROADCAST UPON NOTIFICATION. This edition features Radio Netherlands, Deutsche Welle, Voice of Russia, Cuba. Stories include Zapatistas, South Africa & pharmacueticals, Greenpeace in court, Spies, Argentina, Palestine, and Operation Condor.
The Shortwave Report 2/9/01 Listen to the world! (tags)
30 minutes of news and opinion pieces recorded from a shortwave radio. New show every 2 weeks. (13.6mb) This edition features Radio Netherlands, Deutsche Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Spain, China Radio Int, and the Voice of Russia. Free to rebroadcast, please notify. Also times and frequencies for listening on your own. LISTEN GLOBALLY!