During his recent trip to the United States with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia told reporters that inflation rate will return to single digit by the end of current fiscal. Some even believe that a single digit figure will be achieved by the end of December and by March the position would be still better. 

The Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Shri Pronab Sen is of the view that inflation will remain in double digit until January, due to the base effect and higher prices of manufactured products. 

Dr. Ahluwalia however indicated that the government is not in favour of taking excessive harsh measures to check inflation because that will impact the growth of the economy.

The government has already taken a number of measures to increase the domestic supply of goods and services in the country. For this purpose while the import of goods has been liberalised, restrictions have been placed on the exports of certain commodities. For instance, in the case of pulses, customs duty on imports has been reduced to zero, until March 2009. Simultaneously a ban has been imposed on its export up to March end. 

Custom duty on semi-milled or wholly-milled rice too has been completely done away with, till March 2009.   Export of non basmati rice was banned and the minimum export price of basmati rice was raised to $1200 per tonne .  In the case of wheat there will be no import duty till December this year. In order to pave the way for increased supply of edible oils, a commonly used medium of cooking in India, a number of steps have been taken. Customs duties on crude and refined edible oil have been reduced by about 50 percent and now range from 20 to 27.5 percent. Simultaneously, the import of crude edible oil at zero duty and refined oil at 7.5 percent has been allowed. Customs duty on palm oils too was reduced by 10 percentage points. The 4 percent additional countervailing duty on all edible oils was also withdrawn. Export of all edible oils has already been prohibited.

Customs duty on maize imported under Tariff Rate Quota of five lakh metric tonnes was also done away with. Import of Portland cement, other than white cement, was exempted from countervailing duty. At the same time, export of cement was banned. Basic customs duty on various kinds of steel too was either reduced or done away with. On cotton imports the 10 percent customs duty along with 4 percent special additional duty was abolished. Crude oil and petroleum products also received a favourable consideration. In the case of crude oil customs duty was done away with. On petrol and diesel it was reduced from 7.5 to 2.5 percent. On other petroleum products it was halved to just 5 percent. Excise duty on petrol and diesel too was reduced by Rs. 1 per litre.  What is a matter of some consolation is that the international price of crude oil is coming down and has already reached $ 94 a barrel. If the trend continues it will bring down the inflation level in the days ahead.

A series of monetary measures too have been taken to deal with the situation. These include repeated increases in the cash reserve ratio of banks and the Repo, as well as reverse Repo rates. The purpose is to check the flow of liquidity into the open market and thereby reduce the price level.

The problem is that just like any health care medicine, the economic measures mentioned above have a negative aspect too. They can impact the growth rate also if adopted without proper monitoring. 

The real treatment of the problem is to increase the supply position. This is bound to happen as soon as fresh crops come to the market. In the long run, the government needs to draw a strategy to ensure that agriculture produce in the country, which continues to be our mainstay, increases. Since food represents more than half of the expenditure of a vast majority of our poor population,  adequate attention needs to be given to this aspect.

The question now is how far is the meltdown in the US financial market going to affect the Indian economy. Dr. Ahluwalia maintains that its’ direct impact on India has been negligible. There is also a silver lining. The country has ample stock of foreign exchange reserves. So we should be able to deal with the situation that may arise temporarily in the financial markets. But the US financial turmoil is not likely to end anytime soon. Economists believe that this may happen only by the end of the next year. As such India cannot be completely insulated against the economic uncertainties in future. Even the US government believes that the massive bail- out package of $ 700 billion that it has approved may not be enough to stave a financial turmoil in the US. The sub- prime crisis in the United States is a matter of concern since it is exerting pressure on the financial systems and growth implications around the world.

Ultimately it boils down to somehow increasing the supply of goods and services in the market by increasing the imports and reducing or stopping altogether the exports of certain key commodities, reducing money supply in the short run and ensuring proper distribution of whatever stocks are available. That is precisely what the government is doing right now. How soon it can overpower the monster of inflation can be anybody’s guess.  All that we can say right now is that we seem to have crossed the inflation hump.(PIB)

MUMBAI: National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (NMCE), the country's first online demutualised, multi-commodity exchange, unveiled its new identity recently in Mumbai where it has shifted its headquarters from Ahmedabad. The new identity was unveiled by Mr B. C. Khatua, IAS, Chairman, Forward Markets Commission

Mr. Kailash Gupta, Managing Director, NMCE and Mr. Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Director, NMCE were also present on this occasion. 

The unveiling of the new identity, comes at the back of NMCE receiving approval from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for Reliance Money’s proposed acquisition of stake in the exchange. 

Mr. B.C. Khatua, while unveiling the new identity wished NMCE all the very best and stated, “The new corporate identity is not a mere change in the logo but a reflection of the inner change in approach and mindset to take upon new challenges to be a vibrant and leading Commodity Exchange of the future.”

“It was important for us to review what our members and clients think of the exchange.  The objective has been to make it contemporary, forward looking and relevant.  In addition to launching a new identity, we have also moved our Corporate Office to Mumbai, and are looking at recruitments at various levels to further strengthen our management,” said Mr. Kailash Gupta, Managing Director, NMCE. 

The exchange’s current logo is being replaced with a new and bold looking ‘NMCE’ written in red with three red and blue arrows on its top right hand side, signifying continuous forward movement. 

“With a renewed focus on growth, NMCE is aggressively looking at not only revamping the entire working of the exchange but also changing the way the exchange is looked at.  We not only plan to expand our membership network and commodity base offered, but also plan to reach out to the huge investor base in the commodity space through various new schemes and tie-ups,” said Mr. Sudip Bandopadhyay, Director, NMCE.

The exchange through its new identity is defining itself as one which has a bold outlook towards the future.  The colour ‘Red’ in the logo depicts dynamism and an innovative approach to continuously be on the look-out for newer opportunities in today’s ever changing business environment; while the colour ‘Blue’ which stands for depth, denotes the trust and faith of its members, clients and all other stakeholders. 

NMCE  is  the  country's  first  online  de-mutualised,  multi-commodity  exchange  with a nationwide  reach.  It not only revived futures trade electronically in the commodities in India after a gap of 41 years but also integrated the centuries old commodity market with the latest technology.   NMCE has 300 members with more than 30,000 clients and is present across 14 states in India.

The launch of the new corporate identity comes at a time when the exchange is preparing to announce a series of exciting business initiatives, such as starting an agri-spot exchange and launching of currency futures amongst others.  The new identity is sure to kick-off a fresh chapter not only for NMCE but also the Indian commodities markets.

About National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India
www.nmce.com

The National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) was launched on November 26, 2002 as the country's first online demutualised, multi-commodity exchange with nationwide reach.  It is promoted by the country's largest warehousing corporation CWC along with NAFED - the country's apex body of marketing cooperatives, Punjab National Bank, the second largest public sector bank and the Government of Gujarat.  NMCE not only revived futures trade electronically in commodities in India after a gap of 41 years, but also integrated the centuries old commodity market with the latest technology. 

NMCE offers an electronic platform for futures trading in plantation, spices, food grains, non-ferrous metals, oilseeds and their derivatives and is backed by compulsory delivery based settlement to ensure transparent and fair trade practices.  It is the first to introduce efficient clearing and settlement system backed by adequately capitalised corporate brokerage houses in commodities with sound and reliable transferable warehouse receipt system, using appropriate communication channels.

For further details –
Poonam Gupta  NMCE    +91-9825017610 
B. N. Kumar   Concept Communication  +91-9321048332 mailbnk@gmail.com

Let's ignore the fact that I talk to myself a lot (but you got to admit, you talk to yourself, too), so we could focus on the issue at hand: Some greedy, no-good businessmen are cutting corners to make a quick buck at the expense of the consumers. It's one thing to cheat and give less than what the customer is paying for, but it's completely unacceptable to jeopardize a customer's health without him knowing it.* And in this current scenario, innocent babies are being killed. Absolutely unforgivable!

It's unfortunate that a number of helpless babies had to sacrifice their ultra-short lives just to educate the general public about the harmful effects of: melamine in particular, business cheating in general.

* The same case could not be said about the tobacco industry, wherein the consumers are willing victims. But that's another topic.

Well the stock market is crashing, credit is freezing up, unemployment is rising precipitously. An institution called the "free market" bears a major responsibility for this state of affairs, perhaps the total responsibility. So how did this happen? Isn't the "free market" supposed to be self-regulatory? Isn't the "free market" supposed to be the best determinant of the best distribution of goods and services in society? Isn't the only way that the "free market" can operate successfully is to be left alone by government so that it can just go on its merry way?

Well, if the central goal of the "free market" were really to be the best allocator of goods and services for all of society, perhaps that might be true. But that is not the central goal of the "free market." Sometimes it is a peripheral one. But if that happens, if there are side benefits for society as a whole, as in successful professional sports teams making money while bringing joy to a certain segment of the members of their home community, that is just by-the-by.

The central goal of the "free market," which is made absolutely crystal clear every time something like what is going on now happens, and it happens with regularity in "free market" economies going back to the early 19th century, is to make money for those who have enough capital to participate in it. Despite what Milton Friedman and his clones, and their historical predecessors going back to the early 19th century, like to tell us, making money for its participants is really it. Nothing but it. What has happened now is a clear demonstration of that fact.

For example, lots of people made lots of money in the "free market" for something called "securitized mortgage instruments" (a type of security so complex that even a financial writer for Newsweek who I happened to have heard on Air America Radio the other week confessed that he did not fully understand all of its permutations and combinations and certainly could not explain them to his listeners).

The recently former head of the bankrupt Lehman Brothers investment bank, with only mild embarrassment, told a House Committee chaired by Henry Waxman of California that yes indeed he had made somewhere between $300 million and close to $500 million (he seemed not quite sure, although that seems like a rather large range to me) over the past seven years (coincident with Georgite reign, it should be added). He and his boys were collecting their most recent "bonuses" at the same time that Lehman was going down the drain. There were no restraints or constraints. So why the heck not? It's not a question of "morality." They were just participating in the "free market" to get what doing so is supposed to get them: more money.

On a broader scale, the "securitized mortgage instruments" were being sold and re-sold at rising prices, not because value was being added at each step but rather, it seems, that because each purchaser was just sure that he (or she) could find someone next in line to pay more for the thing. That is until the bottom dropped out of the housing market and also the mis-sold and wrongly sold subprime mortgages stopped paying off as their monthly payment rates suddenly went sharply up.

As is well known, the other principal causes of the crisis are the rapidly mounting national debt (which causes a decline in the value of the dollar among other things), the rapidly rising cost of oil (which is caused in part by the rapidly declining value of the dollar, in which international oil sales are denominated), the rapidly rising annual Federal deficits caused in part by the massive tax cuts with which Bush rewarded what he has publicly called his [real] "base" (as contrasted with his electoral base, the Christian Right, to whom he has thrown bones now and again), and "globalization," which in reality has little to do with "free trade" and a great deal to do with the free export of capital from the U.S., that is American jobs going overseas. But there should have been no surprise here. The "free market" was doing exactly what it is designed to do, except of course in the words of its propagandists who dominate the media and have dominated much of the government and the Federal Reserve Board since the election of Ronald Reagan.

And so we come to what should be done to remedy this catastrophe. (Of course, most peoples' financial nightmare is Grover "Shrink Government to the Size of a Bathtub and then Drown it in the Bathtub" Norquist's wet dream. If Obama should somehow manage to overcome the extensive plans to fix the election being already implemented by the Republicans and be elected President, he will have precious little leftover money to work with. Grover will be so happy. But that's another story.) "Our side" very sensibly says: re-regulate the stock and banking markets, get rid of such exotic instruments as securitized mortgages, bring back the Glass-Steagal Act (which was flushed down the toilet by McCain's principal economic advisor and apparently Treasury Secretary-designate Phil "Nation of Whiners" Gramm), which keeps commercial and investment banking separate, regulate the currently unregulated and unexamined "hedge funds," which may well be involved in market rigging.

All of these measures and others to be sure would be necessary to fix the mess and prevent it from happening again, that is until the next historical period when the so-called "free marketeers" were able once again to sell their snake oil to an unsuspecting public. And so what do the "free marketeers" and their political "leaders" such as McCain, Palin, Giuliani, Romney, Jeb Bush, and Gingrich, and their mouthpieces such as Hannity, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Savage, and Levin (pronounced LeVIN rather than LEvin because presumably most Levins, such as Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, don't agree with him and pronounce their name the latter way), and Kristol and the whole Weekly Standard/Fox "News" Channel crowd tell us to do?

Why, cut taxes; eliminate regulation and let the "free market function freely;" go after "Wall St. corruption" (except that those folks were simply behaving like any well-respected "free marketeer" would: make money while the making is good); and cut government spending by "eliminating earmarks." Why do you know that cutting out McCain's favorite target, the $3,000,000 gene study of buffalo in Montana (designed top help preserve the species) would save the cost of about 10 minutes of the War on Iraq? (You could do the arithmetic like I did.) And oh yes, they would continue the War until "victory" (left thoroughly undefined) is achieved (with more borrowed money, presumably). These people have followed their ideology over the cliff and they just want to keep going, while taking all the rest of us with them.

Steven Jonas, MD, MPH is a Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University (NY) and author/co-author/editor of 30 books. He has also published numerous articles and reviews in both the academic and the lay literature on health policy, health and wellness, and athletics. On politics Dr. Jonas is a www.TPJmagazine.us Contributing Author; a regular Columnist for the webmagazine Buzz Flash; a Special Contributing Editor for Cyrano’s Journal Online; a Contributing Columnist for the Project for the Old American Century, POAC; and a Featured Writer for Dandelion Salad.

see

Divide and Conquer by Bruce Gagnon (+ video)

Leo Panitch: It’s time to make banking a public utility

Jim Rogers: They are unleashing an inflationary holocaust

A Solution? By Paul Craig Roberts

Black Friday? By Mike Whitney

The Edge of the Abyss by Danny Schechter

How to Save the U.S. Economy by Richard C. Cook

The Biggest Bank Heist in History (Interview with Richard C. Cook)

The Economy Sucks and or Collapse

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* Who and how are consumers already using the Internet to find and patronize similar businesses; and

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All the training will be done via email, my online forum and my chat room.
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How it will work:
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There will not be any homework as such, just suggestions that you can choose to implement or choose to ignore, it will be entirely up to you.

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I do believe I have something to offer you, even if it is just a different way of looking at things. My approach is slightly off-beat, but it works for me.

You will be expected to attend a weekly chat session with suggested homework. Of course it is up to you whether you implement the suggestions or not. The training will be conducted in a chat room and on my forum.

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Every day investors get up in the morning in the hope that there would be some positiveness somewhere in the market..but at the end of the day they return with a chink in the armour..how long is this gonna be continued..whats in store for dalal street..whaats the worst it can get to??

I always believed that indian investors have more tolerance and optimism then investors of any other country..but actually this time situation is totally out of their control..no matter how hard they try..its gonna be in red unless some heavyweights come into picture. The market has such conviction in hammering a stock down so continuously despite all sorts of clarifications coming in.

We have to realize that indian market was totally standing on FII's feet..and now as wall street has already crumbled..many banks failed..has direct implications on indian market which unfortunately many analysts were denying at the very hint of the worse, possibly because they didn't want to generate any thunder in the market or they were just greedy when others are fearful..

All the panic striken FII's coz of Global markets jittery are pulling back their money from indian soil leaving hard to fill liquidity crisis in the dalal street. I really think it would be very difficult to attract these foreign institution investors again to invest in indian market once this crisis is over as they have the options of investing in things like US treasury bills and European bunds..So, what will happen next? The valuations of all companies become zero? They will become bankrupt? Civilisation will extinct? Would the Sensex gets stable at 9000 level..??

Should government ban the short-selling at this point?? They should drop some policies in pipeline which makes FII's really difficult to leave indian market..Actually do the economists who run the country know only what they should do or they are just relaxing and enjoying the D-Street Mayhem?

Where are our heavyweights..the big boys are the only ones that still have some juice or some meat left reliance..dlf..bharti.. i think tht these are the people who can really save market from tumbling any further..just like warren buffet did for US..though im still wondering that whether that was his smart investment or step to to help..but anyways his action did supported wall street a bit..We really need few harshad mehta's at this point who can again boost and capitalise the market to level that we have seen at the start of this year.

Moral of the story:
Enough damage has happened this week in four trading days to lose 15%, which is something that one doesn’t expect. The Bottom is still far of the indian market..and there might be more blood-bath on the D-Street!
And as its aid that we have learnt from history that men never learn from history. So, till the human beings are there with there primitive emotions of fear and greed, bull and bear market will survive don't know when but it surely will.

However, there are some things to consider before purchasing any crm software solutions. One of the important things which must be cogitated is functionality of the software. This is due to the fact that good quality software has modifiable functions. In this way, a certain business can perform more effectively. Another thing to take into account prior to the purchasing of crm software is the data migration program. This kind of program is vital in converting the present database in the required system. In this way, the costs cannot be drastically affected. And lastly, simplicity should also be considered to have an interface which is a lot easier to use compared to any other types of interface.

Therefore, one should mull over some things before purchasing any crm software. This is essential due to the fact that a particular business can experience transitions. Thus, a complete and across the board crm software is needed.

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Los Angeles community

If you live in the Los Angeles, the talent agency UTA has a non-profit foundation that puts out a non-profit jobs list twice a month. You can subscribe to the list by e-mailing UTAFoundation AT unitedtalent DOT com.  Though they don’t abuse your e-mail address, you will occasionally receive promotional e-mail for events being sponsored by the UTA Foundation.

Another Los Angeles resource for non profit work, particularly if you’re looking for work in development is an informal mailing list run by Daniel Rothblatt of the Jewish Community Foundation.  He forwards openings he receives throughout the day to his private list.  You can ask to be included on that list by e-mailing DRothblatt AT jewishfoundationla DOT org.

Other resources

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (New)

“We have identified that the main problem is liquidity, and we have assured the people that we will respond swiftly and take steps to infuse more liquidity according to the needs of the situation. Reserve Bank of India was advised to take appropriate steps in this behalf,” he said.

Following the cut in the CRR by 50 basis points announced on Monday, October 6, 2008, the RBI has announced a further reduction in the CRR by 100 basis points, thus making a total reduction of 150 basis points. I welcome the decision of the RBI. The Governor, RBI has also assured the Government that the RBI is keeping a close and continuous watch on the situation and will take appropriate steps according to the evolving situation.

Mr Chidambaram has received a number of representations from banks, other financial entities/intermediaries, corporates and small businesses that the issue of liquidity must be addressed in a comprehensive manner. They have impressed upon him that intermediation of credit must take place smoothly and efficiently.

He has, therefore, decided to constitute a group to make a quick assessment of the requirements of liquidity and advise the Government. The group will be headed by Mr Arun Ramanathan, Finance Secretary and Secretary (Financial Services). It will consist of:

(i) Representative of RBI

(ii) Shri T.S. Narayanaswamy, Chairman, IBA & CMD, Bank of India

(iii) Shri U.K. Sinha, CMD, UTI

(iv) Shri Y. M. Deosthalee, CFO, L&T & Director-in-charge, L&T Finance Limited

(v) Shri R.M. Malla, CMD, SIDBI

The group has been authorised to co-opt any more members, if necessary.

The Minister has requested the group to begin work immediately, also visit Mumbai, and submit an interim report within a week.

Write and distribute press releases that are newsworthy, and send them to newspapers, magazines, and television and radio stations. If only one media outlet airs the story, you'll have free access to thousands of people. Design the headline to grab readers' attention in as few words as possible. Use active verbs. Get to the point quickly, with a lead sentence that will draw the reader into a convincing piece.

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Renting space at a trade show can be expensive, but the best shows are a great way to build your business. Have plenty of promotional materials ready to hand out to interested people. When the show's over, follow up. Call your leads in order of importance, but get in touch with all of them within seven days. Above all, keep every promise made at the booth

Quadrants! They make life’s decisions much easier when it is all laid out. However, there aren’t (Robert Kiyosaki quadrant) s of Rich Dad Poor Dad. This is a video about 4 other business quadrants that you need to consider before leaving your job.

If you want to own your own business then you have a few opportunities to choose from. Start your own business, Start a Franchise, Start your own online business or start your own MLM business. Each have their pro’s and cons, some more cons then pro’s. It really comes down to what your made of. How long are you willing to last, what kind of money are you willing to spend to see a return and how smart can you be with your money and start up.

Some factors to ask yourself when looking into starting any new business opportunity, online business or franchise, etc, are things like:

How much Time will it take to run this business?

How much Money will it take to run this business?

How much Support and Training will I get in this business opportunity?

Are there proven systems in place?

And what is my Start Up like? How quickly can I get up and running?

If you feel uneasy about any of these questions or more importantly the answers, then stop. You need to reassess your goals and what you want from life. Of course you can always go back and get a job at any point but if you are not willing to stick with something for a year then you probably just weren’t made to run your own business. And that’s OK. Not all of us can be a Doctor or Lawyer either. We can’t all go to the moon. You just have to find out what are you good at and go with it.

Before starting any new endeavor you should always make a (quadrant for business) or a (quadrant) of your choices. You would be surprised how much more clear things will look and feel.

Robert Kiosaki has mentioned many times that if he were to do it all over again, he would get into network marketing. There is a lot of money to be made and there are many opportunities that you can take advantage of now. So (what is MLM business) or (what is MLM Marketing)? (What is a network marketing) and (how to make money in network marketing)? My videos in my channel will help you to answer these questions so don’t forget to subscribe. As well, you can always visit my website at http://turnkeyventure.com so see what I do and what I have created in my Network Marketing business.

So take a read through these 4 (business quadrants) and see if starting your own business, starting your own franchise, starting your own online business or starting an MLM is right for you. As well, subscribe to my channel if you want more tips on (how to run small business) or (how to run your business). I can especially help with (how to run online business) or (how to run internet business). Feel welcome to contact me at any point with questions and you can also visit my website at http://turnkeyventure.com?t=WPquad

I wish you huge success in whatever you do.

FDR: Together we cannot fail.

Now, where are our leaders?

HT: Paul Volker mentioned this in his chat with Charlie Rose.

A legislative investigation has concluded that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in pushing for the firing of an Alaska state trooper who was once married to her sister, or by failing to prevent her husband Todd from doing so.

The report by investigator Steve Branchflower was made public late this afternoon by a bipartisan 12-0 vote of the Legislative Council, which authorized the investigation.

Branchflower's report contains four findings...

By all media accounts, the former brother-in-law is far from a redeeming character...one you never want in the family...let alone around children.

Access the original documents here and what the report says or doesn't say.

• PDF Copy of the Branchflower Report issued a few hours ago.
  
• PDF Copy of Statement by Todd Palin
  

Governor Sarah Palin's spokesperson responds to report.  Her statement below give a detailed explanation along with links for the public to see.

STATEMENT FROM MCCAIN-PALIN SPOKESWOMAN MEG STAPLETON

For Immediate Release                            Friday, October 10, 2008

ARLINGTON, VA -- McCain-Palin 2008 spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issued the following statement on today's release of Stephen Branchflower's report:

"Today's report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we've known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country."

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 08-166

Governor's Office Responds to Branchflower Report

October 10, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin's communications director Bill McAllister released the following statement on the report issued today from Steve Branchflower:

"The so-called ‘Troopergate' incident began with Governor Palin's removal of Walt Monegan as commissioner of public safety. Today, investigator Steve Branchflower vindicated the governor by finding that she acted within her constitutional authority to remove ‘at-will' employees.

"However, along with several members of the Legislative Council, we question how Mr. Branchflower reached the conclusion that Governor Palin abused her power with respect to Trooper Mike Wooten. That finding required speculation and assumptions on Mr. Branchflower's part and could not be supported solely on the basis of the evidence that he collected. We agree with the comments made that Alaskans should consider the report in total rather than relying solely on the findings."

The Office of the Governor has released the depositions of the seven state employees named in the investigation, which include their testimony regarding internal administration discussions about Mike Wooten. The documents can be accessed at the following links:

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/Affidaivt_Randy_Ruaro.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/BaileyTranscript_8-27-08.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/BradThompsonAnswers_Signed.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/CommissionerKreitzerAnswers_Signed.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/DianneKieselAnswers_Signed.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/JaniceMasonAnswers_signed.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/Letter_SenateJudiciary_10-08-2008.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/Email_January-29-30-2008.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/Email_March-2-2008.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/Email_October-18-2007.pdf

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/IvySubpoenaResponses.pdf

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Separately, the U.S. and the globe's other industrial powers pledged to take "decisive action and use all available tools" to prevent a worldwide economic catastrophe.

"This is a period like none of us has ever seen before," declared Paulson at a rare Friday night news conference. He said the government program to purchase stock in private U.S. financial firms will be open to a broad array of institutions, including banks, in an effort to help them raise desperately needed money.

The administration received the authority to take such direct action in the $700 billion economic rescue bill that Congress passed and President Bush signed last week.

Earlier Friday, stock prices hurtled downward in the United States, Europe and Asia, even as President Bush tried to reassure Americans and the world that the U.S. and other governments were aggressively addressing what has become a near panic.

A sign of how bad things have gotten: A drop of 128 points in the Dow Jones industrials was greeted with sighs of relief after the index had plummeted much further on previous days. The week ended as the Dow's worst ever, with the index down an incredible 40.3 percent since its record close almost exactly one year earlier, on Oct. 9. 2007.

Investors suffered a paper loss of $2.4 trillion for the week, as measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index, and for the past year the losses have totaled $8.4 trillion.

It was even worse overseas on Friday. Britain's FTSE index ended below the 4,000 level for the first time in five years; Germany's DAX fell 7 percent and France's CAC-40 finished down 7.7 percent. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 9.6 percent, also hitting a five-year low. For the week, the Nikkei lost nearly a quarter of its value. Russia's market never even opened.

Paulson announced the administration's new effort to prop up banks at the conclusion of discussions among finance officials of the Group of Seven major industrialized countries. That group endorsed the outlines of a sweeping program to combat the worst global credit crisis in decades.

Earlier this week, Britain had moved to pour cash into its troubled banks in exchange for stakes in them — a partial nationalization.

Paulson said the U.S. program would be designed to complement banks' own efforts to raise fresh capital from private sources. The government's stock purchases will be of nonvoting shares so it will not have power to run the companies.

The purchase of stakes in companies would be in addition to the main thrust of the $700 billion rescue effort, which is to buy bad mortgages and other distressed assets from financial institutions. The aim is to unthaw frozen credit, get banks to resume more normal lending operations and stave off severe problems for businesses and everyday Americans alike.

It would mark the first time the government has taken equity ownership in banks in this manner since a similar program was employed during the Depression.

In 1989, the government created the Resolution Trust Corp. to deal with the aftermath of the savings and loan crisis. It disposed of the assets of failed savings and loans.

Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke met with their counterparts from the world's six other richest countries late in the day as the rout of financial markets sped ahead despite earlier dramatic rescue efforts in the U.S. and abroad.

In a statement at the end of that meeting, the G7 officials vowed to protect major banks and to prevent their failure. They also committed to working to get credit flowing more freely again, to support the efforts of banks to raise money from both public and private sources, to bolster deposit insurance and to revive the battered mortgage financing market.

They did not provide specifics beyond that five-point framework.

At the White House earlier in the day, Bush said, "We're in this together and we'll come through this together." He added, "Anxiety can feed anxiety, and that can make it hard to see all that's being done to solve the problem."

He made it clear the United States must work with other countries to battle the worst financial crisis that has jolted the world economy in more than a half-century.

"We've seen that problems in the financial system are not isolated to the United States," he said. "So we're working closely with partners around the world to ensure that our actions are coordinated and effective."

The Dow dropped a little over 100 points while he was speaking.

Fear has tightened its grip on investors worldwide even as the United States and other countries have taken a series of radical actions including an unprecedented, coordinated interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and other major central banks.

Besides the United States, the other members of the G7 meeting in Washington are Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada. Finance officials also planned to meet with Bush Saturday at the White House.

"We are in a development where the downward spiral is picking up speed," said Germany's Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, who wanted to see an orchestrated response among the G7.

So did French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who said a "coordinated, synchronized and rightly timed approach" was needed.

An even larger group of nations — called the G20 — will meet with Paulson on Saturday evening. How the world's finance officials and central bank presidents can better contain the spreading financial crisis also will dominate discussions at the weekend meetings of the 185-nation International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington.

The British, who recently announced a plan to guarantee billions of dollar worth of debt held by major banks, have been pitching that idea to the rest of the G7 members.

The idea behind all these ideas — as well as bold steps previously announced in recent weeks — is to get credit flowing more freely again.

In the United States, hard-pressed banks and investment firms are drawing emergency loans from the Federal Reserve because they can't get money elsewhere. Skittish investors have cut them off, moving their money into safer Treasury securities. Financial institutions are hoarding whatever cash they have, rather than lending it to each other or customers.

The lending lockup — which is making it harder and more expensive for businesses and ordinary people to borrow money — is threatening to push the United States and the world economy as a whole into a deep and painful recession.

In Europe, governments have moved to protect nervous bank depositors. Germany pledged to guarantee all private bank savings and CDs in the country, and Iceland and Denmark followed suit. Ireland went even further by also guaranteeing Irish banks' debts. The United States will temporarily boost deposit insurance from $100,000 to $250,000 in cases where its banks or savings and loans fail.

The Fed, meanwhile, has repeatedly tapped its Depression-era authority to be a lender of last resort, not only to financial institutions but also to other types of companies. Earlier this week, the Fed said it would buy massive amounts of companies' debts, in another unprecedented effort to break through the credit clog.

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