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<div><strong><a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2007-September/047949.html">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2007-September/047949.html</a></strong></div>
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<div><strong>Ted Moffett</strong> <a title="[Vision2020] Global Policy Forum: Oil In Iraq" href="mailto:vision2020%40moscow.com?Subject=%5BVision2020%5D%20Global%20Policy%20Forum%3A%20Oil%20In%20Iraq&In-Reply-To=BAY111-F30E674EBB88D32E61A74CBBDBA0%40phx.gbl">
starbliss at gmail.com </a><br><i>Thu Sep 20 16:53:53 PDT 2007</i> </div>
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<div>How much of the wealth to be generated in the next 50-100<br>years on the Dow and NASDAQ is critically dependent on oil from the Middle<br>East to maintain the multinational economic system? Wall Street is now a<br>
multinational investment center of grand proportions, with the domestic<br>agenda of the USA assuming less and less of a dominant role.</div>
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<div>I had not read this news described below when I wrote the post above:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/20/business/20exchange.php">http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/20/business/20exchange.php</a></div>
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<div>Dubai to buy large stake in Nasdaq</div>
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<div>Published: September 20, 2007</div>
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<div>If the deal is completed, Dubai would become the first Middle East government to own a large stake in an American stock exchange. It also is expected to become the largest single investor in Nasdaq.</div>
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<p>Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York, who helped lead the opposition to Dubai's investment in the American ports, said last night that the deal, which would make Dubai a major player in New York finance, would "raise serious questions that have to be answered."
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<p>"Should any government own any part of a major U.S. stock exchange?" asked Schumer, who is on the banking and finance committees in the Senate and is the chairman of the joint House and Senate economic committee.
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<p>Ted Moffett</p></div>
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