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	<title>FT Alphaville</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/81931/further-reading-394/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Friday,

- The dollar as a funding currency.

- Thermodynamics and US executive pay.

- A dollar shortage in China?

- What's up with the UUP Dollar ETF?

- Lessons for the foreign exchange market from the global financial crisis.

- IASB at odds with FASB on 'extend and pretend'....]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/81931/further-reading-394/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Galleon case triggers more arrests</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/81896/galleon-case-triggers-more-arrests/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[US prosecutors on Thursday intensified their crackdown on Wall Street insider trading, revealing criminal charges against 14 people which are related to the case last month against Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and five other people accused in an insider trading scheme. At the centre of a network described in Thursday’s complaints is Zvi Goffer,...]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/81896/galleon-case-triggers-more-arrests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Russia signals return to debt markets</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alexei Kudrin, the Russian finance minister, on Thursday visited London to woo investors ahead of Russia’s return to international debt markets for the first time in 10 years. Moscow is seeking up to $17.8bn in eurobond financing next year to cover deficit spending and fund a recovery from an economic contraction of nearly 11% in the first half of this year.]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/81876/russia-signals-return-to-debt-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Old Mutual still reviewing structure</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/81856/old-mutual-still-reviewing-structure/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julian Roberts, chief executive of Old Mutual, said on Thursday that he hopes to reveal the future structure of the life assurance and banking group around its 2009 results next March. Analysts have long expected a break-up of the group’s diverse businesses and there has been renewed speculation that Nedbank,...]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/06/81856/old-mutual-still-reviewing-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>[Galleon] More stoolies in the Rajaratnam-Goffer case</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81786/more-stoolies-in-the-rajaratnam-goffer-case/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The complaint documents associated with the latest swoop on those allegedly dealing inside make it abundantly clear the FBI has made very extensive use of co-operating witnesses.

In particular, there is bound to be speculation on the identity of someone referred to as "CS-1," who has been helping the authorities for more than a year....]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81786/more-stoolies-in-the-rajaratnam-goffer-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>[Galleon] Analysts, traders, hedgies, attorneys and other Galleon-accused</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81756/analysts-traders-hedgies-attorneys-and-other-galleon-accused/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the a fresh series of arrests against individuals allegedly involved in a $20m insider trading ring, the SEC released details of an amended complaint on Thursday.

Those featured in the complaint are a motley crew of  hedgies, analysts, traders and attorneys, many of whom stand accused of participating in a scheme in which Raj Rajaratnam and his Galleon hedge fund figure prominently....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>[Galleon] Great, sinking ship - more arrests in Galleon case</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early in New York on Thursday morning, CNBC reported that seven people had been arrested in what was described only as "an ongoing insider trading case related to hedge funds."

It has since become clear that the arrests are linked to the allegations against Raj Rajaratnam  and the Galleon hedge fund....]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81746/great-sinking-ship-further-galleon-arrests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bove-rred</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81651/bove-rred/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outspoken and prolific banking analyst Dick Bove has made a bid for personal victory.

Having been sued in July 2008 by BankAtlantic Bancorp for defamation and negligence over a note written for his previous employer, Ladenburg Thalmann, titled "Who Is Next" - the analyst is doing one big I told you so,...]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81651/bove-rred/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Japan, Einhorn and &#8216;tontine&#8217; fantasies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about "everyone and their uncle" seems to be shorting Japanese government bonds at the moment, notes Louis-Vincent Gave in the latest note from the asset allocation and research house Gavekal.

Friends on trading desks call it the "Einhorn Effect", he says, because of the famed Greenlight Capital founder's recent speech on the challenges many governments will face servicing their debt,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Thursday,

- Analysing the Fed statement word for word.

- A video with  "one of the most influential and yet least well-known people on Wall Street."

- In praise of ETFs.

- More caution on leveraged ETFs.

- Has Buffett overplayed his hand?

- Goldman one-ups Gordon Gekko....]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81656/further-reading-393/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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