~terry
Fri, Sep 21, 2001 (19:20)
seed
What will be the economic impact of the world trade center attack and the ensuing military buildup? Will there be winners as well as losers? Can we handle this financially? Will Americans be willing to give up their lattes, SUVs, and dedecked out stereos? Will the market spin out of control?
~terry
Fri, Sep 28, 2001 (09:38)
#1
The estimate I saw was $50 billion so far. These are direct losses and not ripple effect losses which may be incalculable.
~ekelley
Mon, Oct 1, 2001 (21:49)
#2
I heard it was going to be $39 B just to clean up and 'rebuild' (whatever that means) the WTC site... I think it might be more than $50B once we actually go into the inevitable recession.
~terry
Tue, Oct 2, 2001 (16:48)
#3
Ricochet rebounds at WTC ground zero
By Ben Charny
Special to CNET News.com
October 1, 2001, 12:00 p.m. PT
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have unexpectedly
renewed Ricochet, the wireless high-speed Internet service owned by Metricom
that was shut down more than two months ago.
At the request of New York City officials, the Ricochet network has been
turned back on to provide Internet access in the area surrounding where the
World Trade Center towers once stood. The network that powered wireless
access for 51,000 customers nationwide was shut down Aug. 8.
It was "relit" so search and recovery personnel combing the wreckage could
send each other e-mail to coordinate their efforts, or get access to death
certificate records filed online.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-20
~terry
Tue, Oct 2, 2001 (16:48)
#4
Full url, that one got cut off.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-7372683.html?tag=ch_mh
~terry
Fri, Dec 28, 2001 (11:26)
#5
Securities firms must report suspicious activity, US banks prohibited
from doing business with "Brass Plates" shell banks:
http://www.moneylaundering.com/news.htm#20121
Money services businesses (MSBs) get no delay, must report suspicious
transactions in 2002:
http://www.ustreas.gov/fincen/sardatemsbs.html
Correspondent Banks requird to submit extensive information to continue
relationships with US institutions:
http://www.moneylaundering.com/news.htm#4121
Regulations a severe setback to portions of the US banking industry
which had fought these regs tooth-and-nail:
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Banks/Shell_Game_Citibank.html
and had the Bush administration on-board 'till 9/11
http://www.russianlaw.org/ap060701.htm
International crackdown on "Brass Plates", and the underlying national
"banking privacy" laws allowing them:
http://www.moneylaundering.com/news.htm#13123
~terry
Sun, Feb 3, 2002 (09:09)
#6
A lot of good links in that previous post.
~terry
Wed, Jan 26, 2005 (07:08)
#7
The Bush administration said Tuesday it will need about $80 billion more to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total military and reconstruction cost beyond $300 billion.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-deficit26.html