Blogs1 - 10 of 11 recent posts for tag:"confidence game"
26
Oct
2009
Banking is a Confidence Game.

13 days ago by Brett D. Sherman

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE UNIQUE VULNERABILITY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO THE DREADED CONFIDENCE CRISIS More than any other type of business, financial institutions a ...

BRETT SHERMAN - wallstreetlaw.typepad.com/sherman

18
Oct
2009
Breastfeeding – The Ultimate Confidence Game

21 days ago by Sofia S.

Thus begins the crisis of confidence for many modern breastfeeding mothers… Human breasts are mammary glands and are fairly mysterious structures when viewed from the outside. Their size and storage capacity for holding a milk supply will vary greatly from woman to woman. Unlike other types of conta ...

MomsNBabies.com - momsnbabies.com · Rank: 182,600

13
Oct
2009
Bilderbergers Want Global Currency Now!

27 days ago by Jodie Anderson

But nationalists and populists around the world ready to fight to retain financial sovereignty Bilderberg has had front-men call anew for creating a global currency and establishing major European Union-style regions for the administrative... (Read entire article on the site)

Battalion Of Deborah - battalionofdeborah.org/blog

16
Sep
2009
Top 10 Con Games

54 days ago by TopTenz Master

Unlike most kinds of petty crime, a confidence game, or con, takes an enormous amount of skill and forethought to pull off. When done right, in many cases the grifters who perpetrate them have not actually done anything overtly illegal–they’ve simply used lies and manipulation to get their victim, o ...

Top 10 Lists - toptenz.net · Rank: 3,659 · 265 references

11
Jul
2009
Inside Wall Street: Government Bets on Positive Spin to Save Failing Banks

121 days ago by UncleRuthless

by Shah Gilani Global Research, July 10, 2009 Money Morning Just when you thought the U.S. banking system had regained its footing, the reality is that a carefully woven federal-government PR campaign may actually be masking the next phase of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. In ...

The Ruthless Truth blog - theruthlesstruth.com/wordpress · 13 references

01
Jul
2009
On secondary markets.

130 days ago by Sinistergrasp

So it seems Best Buy is trying to get into the used games market again; they tried it in limited markets a few years ago but it doesn’t seem like it took off at that time. Couple this with Amazon’s relatively new service and it seems that the secondary games market is the next bubble waiting to burs ...

The Gates of Rashomon - sinistergrasp.wordpress.com

19
Jun
2009
Sting Operations — to be or not to Be?

142 days ago by admin

anand kumar asked: Sting Operation –To be or not to be? A Sting Operation is an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime by means of deception. A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care. The word “sting” derives its origin from American usage to mean a police ...

kentank|dot|com - kentank.com

21
Apr
2009
Robert Kuttner: Confidence Game

202 days ago by Martin

Some time in the next two weeks, the Treasury will report on the result of "stress tests" conducted on 19 major banks. But you don't have to wait to learn the results. It's already clear that no major bank will be declared insolvent. The administration's economic assumptions about the worst conditio ...

MoneyHowl.com - moneyhowl.com

Fed’s Kohn-criticism against rate hikes looming

202 days ago by Martin

NEWARK, Del., April 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserveis bracing for political pressure not to raise interest rateswhen policy-makers at the central bank deem it necessary, FedVice Chairman Donald Kohn said on Monday. "I am sure that when we get ready to raise interest ratesthere will be a lot ...

MoneyHowl.com - moneyhowl.com

18
Apr
2009
Confidence trick

205 days ago by Nicolae

A confidence trick, confidence game, also known as a con, scam, grift or flim flam, is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the “mark”) usually with the goal of financial or other gain.The confidence trickster, con man, grifter, scam artist or con artist often works with ...

Gambling WebLog - gamblingweblog.com · 7 references

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