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Pakistan scares cricketers. Why doesn't India?9 comments

churumuri wrote 21 hours ago: ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: Another set of serial blasts in an Indian city. Ho hum. Shrill … more »

Tags: Cricket, Etcetera, Issues and Ideas, Mysore-Bangalore, bangalore blasts, bcci, Bombay blasts, churumuri, Hyderabad blasts, Ian Botham

Early NY forex levels and comments

fxquant wrote 1 day ago: Mkt Last Change MBI DIF EUR 15747 89 96 0 CHF 10323 -48 110 -3 … more »

Tags: forex markets, $USD, Market sentiment, Economic Conditions, currency prices, Euro zone, Market Bias, "Euro"phoria, Trichet

Twenty20 Cup finals day: Cricket in the Shadow of the Dollar

A P Webster wrote 1 day ago: Tomorrow’s Twenty20 Cup finals day at the Rose Bowl will take place under the shadow of two ot … more »

Tags: England, Stanford 20/20, twenty20, Trinidad and Tobago, Allen Stanford, ICL, Indian Cricket League, Rob Key, County cricket

Euro Extends Losses on Disappointing Data

fvarga wrote 2 days ago: The Euro continued to sell-off against the US dollar as incoming data tests the rigidness of the Eur … more »

Tags: Economy

A macro point of view:

fxquant wrote 2 days ago: It kicked off with Japan, where the trade surplus was literally off-the-charts low. What’s int … more »

Tags: "Euro"phoria, Irrational Exuberance, CB talking heads, currency prices, Economic Conditions, Economic data (EZ), Economic data (US), economic growth, Forex commentaries

Early NT forex levels and comments

fxquant wrote 4 days ago: Mkt Last Change MBI DIF EUR 15926 34 110 4 CHF 10148 -63 96 -4 … more »

Tags: BOE, Book Talking, currency prices, Economic Conditions, economic growth, Euro zone, Forex commentaries, forex prices, Market Bias

Oil Rises to Record Above $144

admin wrote 1 week ago: Crude oil rose to a record above $144 a barrel in New York as the European Central Bank is poised to … more »

Tags: Oil

ECB Hike Expected; Will US Economy Lose More Than 100K jobs?

admin wrote 1 week ago: The dollar traded near a two-month low against the euro on speculation U.S. payrolls dropped for a s … more »

Tags: Central Bank, Economy, Euro, Europe, USA economy, $USD

Yet Another Headingley Surprise

techtwist wrote 1 week ago: Matches at Headingley has, most often than not, sprung a lot of surprises. But none like this. Out o … more »

Tags: Cricket, England, Ryan Sidebottom, Michael Vaughan, James Anderson, darren pattinson, Matthew Hoggard, Headingley, Steve Harminson

European recession looms as Spain crumbles

fxquant wrote 1 week ago: In my role as resident Euro Skeptic-in-charge, I present for your reading pleasure the following AEP … more »

Tags: "Euro"phoria, CB talking heads, currency prices, Economic Conditions, Forex commentaries, forex markets, forex prices, Market sentiment, Spin meisters

Thank you very much all knowing, all saying ECB'ers

fxquant wrote 1 week ago: Draghi explains why the Fed cut rates I don’t know why Central Bankers feel compelled to comme … more »

Tags: CB talking heads, Economic Conditions, Forex commentaries, forex markets, Market sentiment, Spin meisters

Here a perfect reason for another ECB rate hike

fxquant wrote 1 week ago: Euro zone exports hit by slowing global demand - PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Euro zone exports are … more »

Tags: Economic Conditions, currency prices, Euro zone, "Euro"phoria, Trichet, Speculative excesses, Economic data (EZ), EUR

EUR and durther ECB hawkishness

fxquant wrote 1 week ago: Heard from a source that a “squawk box” news service commented: an ECB source as saying … more »

Tags: Interest Rates, forex markets, Forex, Market sentiment, Economic Conditions, currency prices, Euro zone, Market Bias, Trichet

Absolutely Ridiculous

girisopinion wrote 1 week ago: Piyush not in test team Everyone knows BCCI’s stand on ICL contracted players but today they h … more »

Tags: Cricket and Sports, IPL, icc, bcci, Shane Bond, Piyush Chawla, Counties, Hampshire, Northamptonshire

BCCI's bars Indian criketers from English counties with ICL links14 comments

vmminerva wrote 1 week ago: No, I’m not kidding, the BCCI has got a serious case of ICL-cooties. Check out the story here. … more »

Tags: Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Tendulkar, Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, T-20 Cricket, Dravid, bcci, India

Rival English League On Horizon1 comment

markyx447 wrote 1 week ago: Plans for an English Twenty20 league to rival the Indian Premier league have been announced by the E … more »

Tags: David Collier, giles clarke, twenty20

England whinge about ground selections...

mohankaus wrote 1 week ago: England have had a whinge about the choice of venues for their tour of India in December 2008. The E … more »

Tags: Cricket, bcci, England, India

Overnight "bullets" courtesy of FX Hub:

fxquant wrote 1 week ago: 11:07 GMT, Jul 15 2008 | Posted by Mark Mitchell from London Dollar caves in to US financial jitter … more »

Tags: Forex, Market imbalances, economic growth, Economic Conditions, currency prices, Euro zone, Market Bias, "Euro"phoria, Trichet

Back from an extended break

fxquant wrote 2 weeks ago: Excellent thought piece from the always interesting Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. Beware perma Euro-bulls … more »

Tags: "Euro"phoria, Economic Conditions, Economic data (EZ), forex prices, Market sentiment, Speculative excesses, Spin meisters, Stagflation, Trichet