Submitted by Doug Hornig of Casey Research

The State of US Surveillance

Lovers of liberty have seemingly had a good bit to celebrate recently.

Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com

Validus Holdings, Ltd. (VR)

Q4 2011 Earnings Call

February 3, 2012 9:00 AM ET

Executives

Jon Levenson – Executive Vice President

Ed Noonan – Chairman and CEO

Jeff Consolino – President and CFO

Analysts

Amit Kumar – Macquarie

Josh Shanker – Deutsche Bank

Michael Nannizzi – Goldman Sachs

Brian Meredith – UBS

Matt Carletti – JMP Securities

Ian Gutterman – Adage Capital

Forget for the moment whether Terry racially abused Anton Ferdinand....   read more >

Schneiderman Files Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Three Major Banks for Use of MERS « naked capitalism New York filed a lawsuit against various units of JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells, MERSCORP and MERS over their use of MERS in foreclosures. This civil suit alleges that the use of MERS has “resulted in a wide

Roberto Mancini has admitted that the gamble on signing Owen Hargreaves has not paid off, confirming what many suspected to be the case, when David Pizarro was brought in from Italy as cover, that the midfielder is still not fit enough to resume his career and now seems unlikely to find a significant role with the club....   read more >

Simon Property Group (SPG)

Q4 2011 Earnings Call

February 03, 2012 11:00 am ET

Executives

Shelly J. Doran - Vice President of Investor Relations

David E. Simon - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Executive Committee

Richard S. Sokolov - President, Chief Operating Officer, Director and Member of Executive Committee

Stephen E. Sterrett - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Submitted by Rational Capitalist Speculator

Bull

+ The U.S. economy is now in a sustainable expansion:

Many option traders venture into futures, but the two markets present very different challenges--some of which are highlighted by the MF Global case.