http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/takeover/ en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:16:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106833/posts Now this has some fire to it. ++++++++++++++++++++++ DISPATCH FROM NAIROBI Kenyan insiders say Obama was part of takeover strategy Used 2006 'fact-finding' trip to criticize sitting president -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 16, 2008 12:10 am Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2008 WorldNetDaily NEW YORK – Former members of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement party have told WND when Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama visited Kenya on a "fact-finding" trip in 2006, he was carrying out part of a secret election strategy that also included exploiting divisive tribal tensions and ultimately taking advantage of rioting that left... World Net Daliy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106833/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:16:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101212/posts U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks Treasury Dept. Would Hope to Spur Lending By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and MARK LANDLER Treasury officials say the just-passed $700 billion bailout bill gives them the authority to inject cash into banks that request it. Q & A: The Fed’s Rate Cut Times Topics: Credit Crisis — The Essentials New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101212/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:25:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094171/posts The rejection of the bail-out plan represents a profound domestic defeat for George Bush GEORGE BUSH’S speech to the country on Tuesday September 30th had a quality of exhaustion about it. It proposed no new ideas or initiatives, promising merely to make another attempt to reach a deal with the House of Representatives, which the evening before had rejected the proposed $700 billion financial-rescue package. This was the seventh consecutive day on which he had pleaded in public for the bill’s passage. The effort is not over, he explained: “I assure our citizens and citizens around the world that this... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094171/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090599/posts Washington Mutual bank explores takeover possibilities: report Thu Sep 25, 10:00 AM ET The troubled US bank Washington Mutual has approached certain private equity firms as possible candidates to take it over, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The private investment groups approached include Carlyle Group and Blackstone Group, which may team up with Texas billionaire Gerald Ford, the daily said, citing sources familiar with the matter. Questions have arisen over Washington Mutual's future since last week's dramatic collapse of investment giant Lehman Brothers and the government rescue of insurance group AIG. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090599/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:22:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082394/posts WSJ: Bank of America to Buy Merrill Lynch for $29/Share Ken Sweet FOXBusiness Bank of America will purchase the iconic brokerage house Merrill Lynch for $29 per share, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Sunday. The report comes on the heels of Bank of America (BAC: 33.74, +0.68, +2.05%) walking away from a purchase of barely-breathing Lehman Brothers (LEH: 3.65, -0.57, -13.50%) this weekend. The Journal reported that BofA would pay $44 billion, or $29 a share, for Merrill Lynch (MER: 17.05, -2.38, -12.24%). Both company's board of directors approved the deal. However, the merger is still... Fox Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082394/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2067868/posts If, after listening to the opening minutes of the DNC is any indication .... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2067868/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:19:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046552/posts The UK is not in danger of an Islamic takeover, according to Steve Bell, the National Director of Christian mission agency Interserve, who is an expert on Muslims issues. Speaking at this year's Keswick Convention, a meeting of conservative evangelical Christians in the north of England, Steve Bell, the National Director of Interserve, pointed out that 'Muslim fertility rates are dropping noticeably in Europe, and dramatically in the Middle East and North Africa. Fundamentalism thrives in communities with large extended families and poverty and this pattern is diminishing among Europe's Muslim communities. A sub-replacement birthrate was one of the causes... Religious Intelligence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046552/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:46:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043946/posts NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Any U.S. government takeover of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae (FNM.N) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N) would not in and of itself trigger a downgrade of the United States' 'AAA' sovereign credit rating, a Standard & Poor's analyst told Reuters on Friday. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043946/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020219/posts An engineer and energy authority says the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) led by Saudi Arabia wants to drive the world into an economic depression with the eventual goal of establishing a worldwide Islamic caliphate Dr. Robert Zubrin has a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering and is president of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace engineering firm. He recently published Energy Victory: Win the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil. He believes the OPEC cartel has consciously decided to restrict the production of oil in the face of growing world demand, and that this year the U.S. is going to... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020219/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 14:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012571/posts KBR Corp. said today it would buy BE&K, the 48th largest general construction contractor in the country with 9,000 worldwide employees, for $550 million. KBR, the nation's fourth largest general contractor, was spun off last year as its own publicly traded company from Houston-based Halliburton Corp., the largest contractor for military services in Iraq. Birmingham News via AL.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012571/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 18:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998287/posts While visiting Memphis, Tenn., last week to honour the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., Hillary Clinton recounted a heart-rending story about the moment 40 years ago she learned the civil rights leader had been assassinated. "I remember hearing about it and just feeling such despair. I walked into my dorm room and took my book bag and hurled it across the room," she said. "It felt like everything had been shattered, like we would never be able to put the pieces together again." As she spoke, the former first lady's voice lowered to a near-whisper and cracked with sadness.... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998287/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 04:32:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997792/posts BLAINE, Minn. – Ron Paul supporters shook things up in at least three of Minnesota's congressional district conventions yesterday when they captured nearly all of the national delegates and alternates for the Republican National Convention this fall. There was controversy at Minnesota's 6th Congressional District Convention. The district covers part of the Twin Cities metro area and extends to the west and into nearby St. Cloud, Minn. Paul supporters were accused of dirty tricks. "They hijacked the convention," said Jeff Johnson who serves as Minnesota's Senate District 15 co-chairman. Two out of three national delegates elected were Ron Paul supporters... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997792/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 04:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966868/posts US Treasury cautions China over sovereign wealth fund by P. Parameswaran Thu Feb 7, 5:31 PM ET The US Treasury cautioned China Thursday against using profits derived from its cash-flush sovereign investment fund to delay currency reform, as the fund's maneuvers came under Congressional scrutiny. The China Investment Corporation Ltd. (CIC), launched in September with 200 billion dollars capital, wants to boost investment returns on China's massive foreign reserves and manage reform of domestic financial institutions. "China should not use the earnings of its sovereign wealth fund to delay the continued increase in the flexibility of China's currency," US Treasury's... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966868/posts#comment Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936998/posts CRETEIL, France -- ...200 Muslim worshipers crowded into a former carpentry workshop here for noon prayers. The men knelt on red carpets in a first-floor hall, the women squeezed into the tiny office upstairs....But next June, Creteil's Muslims are scheduled to move into a new, $7.4 million mosque with room for more than 2,500 worshipers. The nearly finished building, with its 81-foot minaret, stands on a knoll overlooking the town's picturesque lake, within sight of city hall... The mosque will make Creteil something of an exception in Europe. From London to Cologne to Marseille, governments and residents are fighting the... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936998/posts#comment Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860495/posts CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday his government will nationalize Venezuela's privately owned hospitals and clinics if they fail to reduce health care costs. "If the owners of the private clinics don't want to obey the laws, then the private clinics will be nationalized," Chavez said in a nationally televised speech. "They will become part of the public health service." Venezuela has a two-tiered health system in which wealthier, insured patients often can afford prompter, better treatment at private hospitals. "This is the evil of capitalism," Chavez said of the health care costs at private clinics. "We have... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860495/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jul 2007 00:01:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846492/posts Beverage Daily is fueling speculation that Anheuser-Busch might be targeted for a takeover. This adds to an earlier report by the New York Post that Hedge fund manager and activist shareholder William Ackman reportedly wants to invest in an iconic company, i.e., Anheuser-Busch. So far, Ackman has raised $2 billion “to invest in an unnamed company with a market capitalization of $30 billion to $40 billion with three divisions.” A-B could fit the bill. As a result of all the buzz, call options traded on A-B have increased to a new high and A-B’s common stock is also rising. Beer (& More) In Food http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846492/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:09:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836128/posts MUSLIMS are outraged that prospective citizens will have to acknowledge the Judeo-Christian tradition as the basis of Australia's values system. Australia's peak Muslim body said the proposed citizenship question -- revealed in the Herald Sun -- was disturbing and potentially divisive. Australian Federation of Islamic Councils president Dr Ameer Ali said the "Abrahamic tradition" or "universal values" would be less divisive ways of describing the nation's moral base. Dr Ali said use of the term Judeo-Christian was the result of "WWII guilt", and before 1945 Australia would have been called only Christian. "That question must be rephrased," he said. Dr... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836128/posts#comment Sat, 19 May 2007 02:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827831/posts "NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- News Corp. has made an unsolicited $5 billion bid to buy Dow Jones & Co. - an offer that could prove tough for the Bancroft family that controls the publisher of The Wall Street Journal to turn down, industry analysts said Tuesday. Nonetheless, some members of the family indicated late Tuesday that they would, in fact, oppose the deal, raising the possibility that other companies could bid for Dow Jones." cnnmoney http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827831/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 15:45:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797247/posts How to Survive Really Hard Times In the old days, folks were accustomed to periodically having to live through hard times. They knew how to survive the hard times with the least amount of wear and tear on their families. Nowadays, most folks dont know what hard times really are. Even those folks who think they have it hard right now can usually still depend on some type of government handout or charity assistance, and therefore they dont truly know what hard times really are. My definition of hard times is when things aint what they use to be and... Greenspun.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797247/posts#comment Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:53:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768219/posts Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 YOUTUBE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1768219/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:21:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757111/posts LOS ANGELES - A judge on Thursday struck down a law granting Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa partial control of the nation's second-largest school district. The law, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, violated the state constitution by interfering with the governing authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District board, Superior Court Judge Dzintra I. Janavs ruled. "The statute makes drastic changes in the local governance of the LAUSD giving the mayor a role that is unprecedented in California," she wrote. A coalition of parents, students and administrators sued in October, contending the law takes too much power away from the... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757111/posts#comment Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:41:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755662/posts NKorean army to take over if Kim dies without heir: report Tue Dec 19, 2:23 AM ET North Korea's powerful army is likely to seize power should leader Kim Jong-Il die without having a successor firmly in place, according to a report commissioned by South Korea's parliament. The research paper, seen Tuesday, said that even though the army could step in after his death, Kim is not likely to face a coup during his lifetime. "If Kim Jong-Il dies, the highest possibility is that the military may take power," said the 100-page report commissioned by the parliament's intelligence committee. Under... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755662/posts#comment Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:57:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1746593/posts Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday his government's forces would be able to take over security command from U.S. troops by June 2007 -- a move which could allow the United States to start withdrawing. "I cannot answer on behalf of the U.S. administration but I can tell you that from our side our forces will be ready by June 2007," Maliki told ABC television after meeting President Bush in Jordan. Bush offered him strong backing in their talks and said Iraqi forces would be trained more quickly to take over but rejected suggestions he was seeking a... Yahoo from Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1746593/posts#comment Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:28:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732118/posts Iranians defiant at U.S. hostage anniversary By Alireza Ronaghi Sat Nov 4, 4:11 AM ET TEHRAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Iranians on Saturday chanted "Death to America" outside the former U.S. embassy which students stormed on this day in 1979, renewing Iran's defiance at a time when it faces possible sanctions for its nuclear work. ADVERTISEMENT Iran sees itself as being victimized by an aggressive United States bent on controlling the Middle East and exacting revenge against Tehran's Islamic leaders for overthrowing the U.S.-backed shah 27-years-ago. Washington wants the United Nations Security Council to toughen a draft resolution drawn up... YAHOO NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732118/posts#comment Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:05:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729240/posts A Democratic Takeover, By the Numbers For free marketeers, these data should offer a cautionary tale. By Deroy Murdock Hypothetically, if Democrats win Congress, don’t expect a mild left turn. Watch the U.S. Capitol spin nearly 180 degrees. Congress’s current Republican leadership — their haplessness and profligacy aside — generally features senators and representatives with solidly conservative vote records. Conversely, minority leaders and ranking Democrats on congressional committees are among their party’s staunchest liberals. A Democratic victory on Capitol Hill naturally would involve a jump to the left. But the Democrats could steer the ship of state hard aport, tossing... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729240/posts#comment Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:28:16 GMT