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Allegations of Fraud, 20% Drop In Stock Price, Market Manipulations, Internal Investigations: Nothing To See Here, Move On...

On Wednesday, 17 April 2013 I queried "What Should The US Do If One Of The Biggest Ba...

BoomBustBlog Hard Hitting, Bleeding Edge Research Results In 2nd High Level Ouster/Resignation In The UK & Euroland

For the past two months I have been releasing heretofore unseen documentation, proof-backe...

Euromoney Jumps On The BoomBustBandwagon: French banks most systemically risky in Europe

Yesterday I opined extensively on transparency (actually, the lack thereof) in the Europea...

Apple Bonds Proven To Have A Nasty Taste

The Financial Times reports Apple bonds lose 9% in six weeks: Investors are nursin...

Transparency In The European Banking? Madness, I say! Sheet, Utter Madness!!!

Last month I posted updates of my search and studies of distressed European assets stemmin...

Allegations of Fraud, 20% Drop In Stock …

On Wednesday, 17 April 2013 I queried "What Should The US Do If One Of The Biggest Banks In Ireland Blatantly Defrauded US Investors?" In such query, I levied some heavy accusations at the Bank of Ireland. Its worth a read if you haven't done so already. Well, two months later, I read in the Irish Independent the following: Internal probe at...

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For the past two months I have been releasing heretofore unseen documentation, proof-backed allegations and logical assertions throwing light on what I view to be gross misrepresentations, attempts at financial reporting prestidigitation and what I consider to be outright fraud in the Irish and UK banking system. BoomBustBlog has been the only source of such information and except for a...

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Yesterday I opined extensively on transparency (actually, the lack thereof) in the European banking system - Transparency In The European Banking? Madness, I say! Sheet, Utter Madness!!! I tore into the Irish banks as well as reminding all of the 2011 research that found the French banks to be the weakest link in pan-European banking contagion. Of course, you'd never here that...

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The Financial Times reports Apple bonds lose 9% in six weeks: Investors are nursing losses of up to 9 per cent on Apple’s record-breaking $17bn bond offering, less than six weeks after the securities landed in their portfolios. The technology giant tapped the white-hot bond market for the largest debt fundraising to date on April 30, but a sharp turn in interest rates has...

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Transparency In The European Banking? Ma…

Last month I posted updates of my search and studies of distressed European assets stemming from the banking crisis to be had at prime risk adjusted returns, see Preparing Resources To Shop For Distressed Assets As Banks Refuse To Come Clean On Near Fraudulent Reporting and Which Banks Are We Looking At To Shop For Assets?. Well, a month later, the Economist...

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Angels, ArchAngels and Data Demons: The Smartphone Battle Is Officially Taken To The Cloud!

Today Reuters reports Samsung Electronics loses $12 billion market value on smartphone worries while yesterday Barron's reports Apple, Samsung Sees Weakening Smartphone Sales. You know, reading BoomBustBlog is like reading the pre-eminent news sources of the world, just 3 months into the future. March 7, 2013, BoomBustBlog posts Samsung Will Be Ready To Do That Fruit Thing, Just Like Blackberry & Apple -...

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Wireless Pricing Clues Us Into The Downfall Of Wintel And The Rise Of Google-tel?

I received several letters in response to my Deadbeat Carrier Series. Here are a few, along with my responses to them. Reggie, I found what I think are some flaws in your carrier monthly cost numbers in your "Deadbeat Carriers Compete" blog posting. First the biggest flaw is that the $70 T-Mobile plan does NOT include unlimited hot spot service. It...

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Taxation Without Representation: UK Taxpayers Learn From The Irish What US School Kids Get Taught In 3rd Grade

First up, a quick history lesson courtesy of Wikipedia: "No taxation without representation" is a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the British colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution. In short, many in those colonies believed that, as they were not directly represented in the distant British Parliament, any laws it passed taxing the colonists...

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Death Of The Deadbeat Carrier, part 3 - Home Internet Access Unplugged!

Last week I posted on the demise of the Deadbeat Carrier, whose antiquated business models will quickly cause theiir obsolescence. In said post I showed how cost effective it is to use unlimited wireless carriers as a sole source of connectivity. Well, the Wall Street Journal ran a similar piece, Cord-Cutters Lop Off Internet Service More Than TV, to wit: Hundreds of...

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Google Has Officially Gone On Record To Confirm Reggie Middleton's

On Thursday, 12 August 2010 I penned How Google is Looking to Cut Apple’s Margin and How the Sell Side of Wall Street Will Enable This Without Sheeple Investor’s Having a Clue. In said piece I unequivocally detailed the process and mechanism with which Google would systematically slash the profitability of the fat-margined OEM hardware and software vendors. I was the ultimate...

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Is Tim Cook Cooked? Market Share vs Profit Margin, part 2 - Follow What I Do, Not What I Say!

Tim Cook was in the media yesterday weighing in on market share. It's as if he is in a delirium, that is if you believe his words, which I don't. He states that for Apple, quality is more important than quantity (or something of that sort). As per Endgadget: Apple's head honcho Tim Cook is chatting up Android's growth explosion, and...

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Blackberries, Apples & Fruit Borne Succe…

Sameer Singh posts Apple & Samsung's "Profit Share" Trap on Tech Thoughts blog: Over the past few days, there has been a lot of noise in the tech media about the supremacy of "profit share" over "market share", specifically related to Apple's performance in the smartphone market (but it can be extended to Samsung as well). Most proponents of this argument seem to...

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