Un Altro mondo e' possibile a sinistra

Intro Sight and Sound David Bowie; Romano Prodi steps down as prime minister of Italy “The Professore” was not able to get the Communists and the radical leftists to agree to some basic Italian security issues. Keeping Italian troops with NATO in Afghanistan and expansion of our military base in Vicenza. By the way that base is critical for responding to crises and contingencies anywhere in the U.S. European Command's area of responsibility. The Bank of Japan raised interest rates now the “carry trade’ can continue with a clear conscience. Adam Curry is talking about March 22nd as a day to game the Apple Itunes rating system they are calling it bumrush the charts. Condi Rice is in Germany and gave an exclusive to CNN Meanwhile over at the other networks Its Anna Nicole all the time. Bankrate (RATE) was up on a IBD article. Pete from Optionsmonster talked about Whole Fools (WFMI) and Oats (OATS) merger and gold. An Egyptian blogger was sentenced to four years in jail. This and more on CoffeyGrinds LIVE on mn1.com @ 9am and 12noon CST listen to the podcast.

Rock of Gibraltar (listen)

Intro: Rock of Gibraltar by Nick Cave. This morning I was reading about Japan and the yen hitting new lows. So in my ever curious mind I started wikiking things and sending out emails to get my head around this so I can explain this on the show at 9am. Gillian Tett from the Financial Times was kind enough to get back to me in regards to an article she wrote today she says.. “What central bankers and G7 really want is a stealthy, slow appreciation of the yen - I doubt they will get it”. Gillian worked at Long Term Capital Management in Tokyo in 1998 when the currency crisis and the unwinding of the carry trade sent the yen up 18%. She has even written a book on it. The EU finance ministers meet this week. Dr J called in gave us Alcoa (AA) April 35 puts Smurfit Stone (SSCC) March 12 1/2s and Sovereign Bank (SOV) Talk on U5's and more more on CoffeyGrinds at 9am and 12noon.