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Leak false information to the media, sell the event derivative on InTrade-TradeSports?????

Via Bo Cowgill, Foreign Policy (which brought us the fake Wolfo memo last month): [...] In theory, a quiet, dispersed buy of these very cheap contracts coupled with a well-timed leak could be a quick way to get some cash … Continue reading

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New York Times’ Maureen Dowd laughs in Paul Wolfowitz’s face.

New York Times’ Maureen Dowd is helping Paul Wolfowitz building his new résumé: Work Experience President of World Bank: 2005-2007 Responsibilities: Reining in European lefties, raining tax-free money on Arab girlfriend, and giving anti-corruption efforts a bad name. Achievements: Paralyzed … Continue reading

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The White House signaled that Paul D. Wolfowitz might resign voluntarily as World Bank president if the bank board dropped its drive to declare him unfit to remain.

New York Times Max Keiser (ex-HSX): MARKETS SAY WOLFOWITZ IS TOAST! This neo-con is soon to be ousted, it seems. I won’t cry for him. What a bastard. Previous: Does Paul Wolfowitz have a future at the World Bank? + … Continue reading

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Steve Sailer on the Paul Wolfowitz mess

Steve Sailer (the official Steve Levitt hater) in a comment on Marginal Revolution: Wolfowitz, as much as anybody, started one of the stupidest wars in history. It’s hardly surprising that the employees of the World Bank don’t want to be … Continue reading

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WORLD BANK PRESIDENT PAUL WOLFOWITZ IS DONE LIKE A RAT. GUARANTEED.

Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution (the world’s #1 blog on economics) wants him out. As an outsider it is hard to judge many aspects of Wolfowitz’s tenure. I take his continuing unwillingness to resign to be the biggest argument against … Continue reading

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Senior World Bank officials tells of plans to try to end Paul D. Wolfowitz’s tenure next week.

MSNBC: The World Bank executive board has concluded that the bank’s president, Paul D. Wolfowitz, broke ethics rules in engineering a hefty pay raise for his girlfriend, and plans to try to end his tenure next week, senior bank officials … Continue reading

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European leaders said that Paul D. Wolfowitz would face a no-confidence vote next week by the World Bank’s board.

New York Times — Previous: Does Paul Wolfowitz have a future at the World Bank? + FAKE WORLD BANK MEMO: Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughs in Paul Wolfowitz’s face. + INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the … Continue reading

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The World Bank board agreed to give Paul D. Wolfowitz slightly more time to defend himself against charges of misconduct.

New York Times Brad DeLong — Previous: Does Paul Wolfowitz have a future at the World Bank? + FAKE WORLD BANK MEMO: Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughs in Paul Wolfowitz’s face. + INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating … Continue reading

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Mr. Malloch Brown warned on Monday that, if Mr. Paul Wolfowitz stayed as president of the World Bank, European countries might withhold funding from the next financing round for the bank’s International Development Association.

Wall Street Journal — Previous: Does Paul Wolfowitz have a future at the World Bank? + FAKE WORLD BANK MEMO: Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughs in Paul Wolfowitz’s face. + INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the … Continue reading

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The price / market-generated probability of the Wolfowitz resignation derivative is skyrocketing.

Previous: Does Paul Wolfowitz have a future at the World Bank? + FAKE WORLD BANK MEMO: Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughs in Paul Wolfowitz’s face. + INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the Paul Wolfowitz event derivatives … Continue reading

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