The Vultures Gather
The business community won’t even wait for an indictment: Carney given 10:1 odds of IMF job
Prime Minister Harper thinks Mark Carney is a wonderful central banker — others think so too.
The Bank of Canada governor who was named by Time magazine as one of the world’s most influential men is being taken seriously in international circles as a possible replacement for disgraced International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
…London bookmaker William Hill has placed Carney as a 10:1 pick for the prestigious international job.
Those are still long odds — the favourite is Turkish politician and economist Kemal Dervis at 5:2, but it places the Canadian banker who made his name working at Goldman Sachs in elite company.
Oh, by all means, let give even more power to those associated with one of the prime movers in the global meltdown.
In a related note, some think that al Qaeda has selected an acting leader. Oddly enough, there is no mention of a Wall Street financial company in his CV.
