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	<title>Comments on: Live blogging the SocGen conference call</title>
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		<title>by: SnapLogic Blog &#187; SocGen, Facebook, and historical data analysis</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11582</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11582</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[[...] Last week, SocGen opened the latest chapter in the saga. While preparing to announce profitable results, despite subprime related writedowns of € 1.1 billion, they discovered a € 50 billion (US $73 billion) position in the European futures market. A position that was somewhat larger than the capitalization of the bank. The apparent culprit is a ‘rogue trader’ , and the results of unwinding the positions result in a trading loss of € 4.9 billion (US $7.2 billion.) Not a fun conference call  for them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: Vittorio Pasteris &#187; L&#8217;uomo da 5 milardi di euro</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11430</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11430</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[[...] Data la dimensione enorme del caso, come notano Francesco Aramando e Alberto D’Ottavi, per raccontare ai suoi lettori la conferenza stampa sulla vicenda il Financial Times ha messo on-line un ottimo live blogging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: allaboutalpha.com: Welcome to AllAboutAlpha.com</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11410</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[...] Official news of the SocGen fiasco broke on Thursday, January 24 (See conference call notes from 5am ET that day).  As the media widely reported, the company opted for a rights issue to shore up its capital ratios.  Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan were chosen as underwriters. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: Quasi.dot &#187; JK</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11398</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11398</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[[...] Della più grande frode finanziaria mai conosciuta non credo di avere molto da dire. Ho tante domande in testa (da “possibile che un uomo solo?” a seguire con tutti i leciti dubbi sulla vicenda). Mi ha divertito il FT che ha fatto live-blogging della conferenza stampa. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: Risk Moment RES &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Federal Reserve policy makers didn&#8217;t know about trading loss at Societe Generale</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11354</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11354</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[[...] Officials at Societe Generale admitted that the firm was in the markets, trying to close these positions in the last few days before telling people what was going on. FT.com’s Alphaville blog did a nice live-blog of the firm’s conference call, where officials reportedly said that “with the chance of good fortune, it was possible to liquidate these positions over three days, which was quite exceptional.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: First Dollar</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11353</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11353</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[Off with their heads]]></description>
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		<title>by: Did SocGen Spark Global Selloff? Fed&#8217;s move? &#124; Prince of Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11349</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11349</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[[...] Officials at Societe Generale did admit that the firm was in the markets trying to close positions in the last few days before telling people what was going on. FT.com’s Alphaville blog did a live-blog of the firm’s call, where officials said that “with the chance of good fortune, it was possible to liquidate these positions over three days, which was quite exceptional.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: Dorfkramer</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11345</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11345</guid>
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		<title>by: MarketBeat Blog - WSJ.com : Was the Fed Tricked?</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11326</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11326</guid>
					<description><![CDATA[[...] Officials at Societe Generale admitted that the firm was in the markets, trying to close these positions in the last few days before telling people what was going on. FT.com’s Alphaville blog did a nice live-blog of the firm’s conference call, where officials reportedly said that “with the chance of good fortune, it was possible to liquidate these positions over three days, which was quite exceptional.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>by: Deal Journal - WSJ.com : SocGen: Thank Goodness It Was Fraud</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/01/24/10432/live-blogging-the-socgen-conference-call/#comment-11306</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[...] SocGen shares were remarkably down just 5% on the news, and are off just 6.6% for the year. Read the FT’s live blog on the bank’s conference call here. [...]]]></description>
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