Nuclear physicist Kirby Kemper gives us his assessment of the Japan nuclear crisis, including the likelihood of a meltdown and radiation risks. Plus, why global markets are off sharply today after Japan’s Nikkei average tumbled more than 10 percent.
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"Money is power, & you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it." —Russell H. Conwell, Temple Univ, 1877
"It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine" say the French as consumer confidence in May rose to the highest since Nov '10 as they welcome and get excited about new Pres Hollande. Also, the French 10 yr bond yield touched the lowest on record this morning. June consumer confidence in Germany held at 5.7, just .2 pts off the highest since Mar '11. To the euro bond debate which is now taking on greater rhetoric with those with high bond yields wanting them and those with low ones saying no way, ECB member...
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March 15th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Off subject, but thought you’d want to know what’s slowing the recovery.
From the Mistro:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110315/bs_yblog_thelookout/greenspan-too-much-regulation-slowing-growth;_ylt=AqWPteh2nR9OZi2DpvG8_2K7YWsA;_ylu=X3oDMTE1bTluaDYyBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN0b3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNncmVlbnNwYW5yZWc-?sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=
March 15th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Make that Maestro.
Life is hard for the spelling impaired.
March 15th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
A marvelous example of an interviewer struggling unsuccessfully to extract any tidbit of expert opinion from the guest expert.
March 16th, 2011 at 11:59 am
PEOPLE have suffered from the health effects of chernobyl for decades-this guy is so nonchlant and evasive – the stuff is floating in the air – dusting off or even stripping down before going indoors and avoiding going outside – its in your hair on your skin you open a door and the stuff is in your house – on every surface – food, toothbrush, food, pillow…….this is GLOBAL- 8 – 700 X NORMAL RADIATION – my heart goes out to these people – i live in los angeles and im taking this seriously as a threat to us here on the west coast -