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Blackstone going public??
Anyone watching CNBC talk about this? Seems like a long shot, but if/when one of these big guns does go public, look out, I bet they would open at $200per share, some crazy number. Im sure the IPO of Fortress opened a lot of eyes to private equity guys.
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Major pet food recall; check the list if you own a dog or a cat.
Menu foods has announced a huge recall of multiple pet food brands that has killed some pets already.
If you can trade the TSX, the ticker is MEW, do us pet lovers a favor and short them into bankruptcy.
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html
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Linux?
Anyone using Linux know where I can find a list of what programs will and won't work, or I guess more appropriately, what Linux needs in order to run them, since last I heard they were making in-roads into making everything work for it... Was thinking about changing over, finally had enough of WinXP trying to steal control of my computer, but wanted to verify all my software is functional first..
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Capitol Gains Tax & us
Just my thoughts
Has anyone else thought about the debt we have from this War? Who and how will this Debt be paid? My guess is Capitol gains first and the rest of the Tax breaks we have enjoyed for the past few years will dissapeer! Just my thoughts what are yours? Somebody will have to pay the U.S.A.s debt. Will it be you? Or our children?
Current Tax breaks expire in 2008.
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Homework: "Sock Puppets"
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Need a car for a 16 y/o girl
She wants a Passat, anybody have any experience with them? Volkswagons in general?
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Wave piercing boat circumnavigation attempt
I ran across this video clip of a very unique boat, that can literally pierce through 40 foot waves. Interesting stuff.
http://www.boattest.com/earthrace.aspx
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Warren Buffett 2006 Pay
WSJ (3/15/07)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Chairman and Chief Executive Warren Buffett received total pay valued at $214,250 for 2006.
Mr. Buffett received a $100,000 salary -- the same as for the past 25 years -- and $114,250 in other compensation, representing directors' fees or deferred phantom equity interests from companies in which Berkshire has significant investments.
For 2005, Mr. Buffett had received total pay valued at $309,000, according to the investment holding company's math statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Geez, what a much of @$#@# thin-skinned twits!
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easy palpay money (real, and easy)
AS SEEN ON OPRAH!!
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TAKES LOTS OF YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY; THIS IS
A NO RISK INVESTMENT THAT WILL MAKE YOU
THOUSANDS OF DOLLAR VERY EASILY AND QUICKLY.
>From PayPal:
"Dear Member, it has come to our attention that there
is a PayPal scheme floating around at the moment you
may have heard or seen the $6 scheme. You may have
even taken part in it well we have been asked a lot of
questions about this scheme the answer is yes it does
work and yes it is safe to use providing you follow the
rules it is legal and has made a big hit on the internet
this year. If you would like to take part in this scheme
or would like a bit more information then please see the
attached file that was kindly donated to us. Thank you for
using PayPal!"
Get rid of student loans, get out of debt, make money to go traveling!!
Making Money - This Really Works Keep in mind that everything
stated below is 100% legal as stated by the U.S. Post Office
(1-800-725-2161). A little while back, I was browsing through newsgroups,
just like you are now, and came across an article similar to this that said
you could make thousands of pounds within weeks with only an initial
investment of $6.00! : Anyway it said that you have to send $1.00 to each
of the following names on the list, stated at the end of this article using
Paypal. You don?t have to be preferred or verified to transfer and receive
money, so you lose no money through transfers. Now honestly, what is six
pounds, especially out of a Paypal account. In exchange you will make
thousands in the first few months. You then place your own name and
email address in the bottom of the list at #6, and post the article in at
least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands of newsgroups). No catch, that
was it. So after thinking it over, and talking to a few people first, I thought about
trying it.
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Charges dropped against Dunn
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Homework: Ides of March
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Trouble Coming?
Our newest member Jack25. What do you think, coincidence?
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America is poor
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mexico
Mexican economy poised for greatness
New leadership and business reforms help improve outlook
By PATRICK McGEE
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
A vendor in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, sells her wares. Many in Mexico still live below the poverty line.
When Mexican President Felipe Calder?n meets with President Bush today, he is expected to discuss his plans to improve prospects for Mexican workers so fewer of them will try to come to the United States.
Experts say Calder?n and his generation of leaders are working to turn Mexico into an economic heavyweight over the next few decades, rather than a poor country sending illegal immigrants across the border.
But challenges remain. About 40 percent of the nation's population lives in poverty, and monopolies dominate major industries.
But despite the challenges, Mexico's new finance minister, Agust?n Carstens, is so optimistic that he told the Financial Times last month that Mexico's economy could become fully developed in 20 years, as in Ireland and Spain.
Last year, the World Bank named Mexico one of the world's top 10 reformers in making the country a better place to do business.
A December 2005 Goldman Sachs report forecasts that Mexico will be the sixth-largest economy in the world by 2050, saying "only Mexico and perhaps Korea have the potential to rival" the emerging economies of China, India, Russia and Brazil.
In 2004, Mexico issued 20-year bonds for the first time, indicating an improvement in investor confidence. During the tough economy of the mid-1990s, Mexico could not issue bonds longer than six months.
"This brings a lot more stability, and it's a sign that the Mexican financial markets are maturing," said Michael Brandl, a finance lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin.
Experts say Mexico has positioned itself for economic success with:
A more democratic and politically stable government. Mexico's democratic institutions passed a severe test last year with a close presidential election. There were acrimony and protests but no upheavals or bloodshed.
Banking reforms. In 1998, Mexico allowed full foreign ownership of banks, which opened the country to more investment. Loans are made based on credit scores, putting the country's loans on much firmer ground. Loans were previously made based on personal or family relationships, or information loosely shared among banks, said William Gruben, director for the Center for Latin American Economics at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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Got gold?
9 month high today- and i can hear the anger in Kudlow's voice with my TV in the other room. sometimes you win some, sometimes you loose some.
disclosure: miner free after today. maybe now i will have time to leave the bunker. in any event, best wishes.
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Homework: What the Yield Curve is...
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the stock market
I'm a high school senior and I'm very interested in the stock market. If I wanted to be a stockbroker, or have another job related to the stock market, I would have to major in economics in college right? I was planning on majoring in accounting in college but I may change to economics because I find the stock market so interesting. I told my Dad to invest in Apple like 2 years ago (due to ipods) when the stock price was $40 but he didn't want to put his money into a stock at that price. Well, the stock is now in the high $80's so I think I would be a great stock picker. Any ideas on what i should do? I definatly want to invest $1000 when I go to college even though my parents want me to save my money.
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Homework: Internet Radio Problems
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Homework: online FREE "office" apps
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Satellite Radio- stock stations
are there any good stock stations on sirius or xm radio. i need something to listen to at work, and since i tend to have an amazing memory for lyrics of songs i figured if i listened to people talking about stocks and economic relations ill also have a good memory...hopefully.
"Formal education will make you a living, Self education will make you a fortune"
My Mutual Fund to beat the S&P500:
LONG: FXI, GS, MO, AAPL, RIMM, PCU
SHORT: LVLT
Funds- OBCHX- 80% in one year
OBIOX- I love International
International is my idea of a gold mine for the upcoming years
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jiu jitsu
Hey aiki, I saw in your profile that you practice Jui Jitsu. Thats pretty cool. I and my two children do also. We are part of the Gracie-Barra camp. How long have you been doing so?What other fighting arts do you practice?
btw- In which section would I start a thread asking you to further explain covering long positions with put options?
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Fantasy March Madness Bracket Challenge for Traders
I set up a private group on yahoo sports for any traders who want to fill out a bracket and compete against each other. Its free to fill out a bracket just go to yahoo.com fantasy ncaa tournament challenge and join our group.
Group #: 93782
Password: pinksheets
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Just what the mortgage industry needs:
The Savage Truth: Seasoned Credit Lines
By Terry Savage
TheStreet.com Contributor
3/11/2007 9:19 AM EDT
Click here for more stories by Terry Savage
This has to be the first great scam of the new millennium. It's called Seasoned Trade Lines. The premise is simple. You have great credit. Others have lousy credit. If they could just "borrow" your good credit for 60 days -- by becoming an authorized user on your credit card -- then they could apply for a mortgage and pay a lower rate, based on your good credit.
This column should end right here. The risks are obvious. You would rightly hesitate to add your own son or daughter as a co-signer on your credit card. After all, if their credit is good, they can easily get their own low-interest-rate card. And if their credit is bad, then they probably shouldn't be borrowing at all. Why on earth would you add a complete stranger as a co-signer on your credit?
The companies that promote this concept of "seasoned trade lines" call it an "honest credit boost." For a fee, they'll match you up with someone else's credit. Of course the deadbeat never personally meets the sterling credit risk. It's not really like a dating service. Rather, it's sort of a "credit sperm bank" -- a brief, impersonal encounter with long-lasting results!
The appeal to the person with terrible credit is obvious. The Web sites of the companies that promote this dubious product proclaim that they can, in less than 90 days, raise your credit score by more than 200 points! That will allow you to easily "buy a new home or take the vacation of your dreams." All of these "lines" are guaranteed to come from people with credit scores above the 700 level. They promise that once your credit score has been "improved" because you've borrowed someone else's good credit history, "you'll pay lower rates and can borrow more."
I can see how desperate people with bad credit would be willing to try this gambit -- even though it comes at a steep cost. Oh yes, to get attached to someone with good seasoned credit, it will cost Mr. Desperate anywhere from $700 to $2,000 -- up front -- depending on the size of the credit line you access. Then again, as one Web site claims: "A higher credit score is priceless!"
But what could possibly be the appeal to someone with good credit -- and thus presumably with a working set of brains? As P.T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute!"
The online advertisements promise that people with good credit can "Earn up to $10,000 a month or MORE." For each additional authorized user on your card, you'll be paid about $100 to $150. They won't tell you exactly how much until they "see your credit."
In case the math escapes you, if you decide to sign up for this insane idea of "sharing your good credit," you're not getting paid nearly as much as the company collects from the deadbeat who wants to borrow your credit. The difference is the huge profit these matchmakers get.
Matching desperate borrowers and greedy cardholders could be a big business. One site brags that it has over $1 million in "aged credit accounts" -- just waiting to add you as a user. Click on the link for "credit investors" (those with credit to spare) and they remind you that many cards will let you have at least 10 additional signers, and some card issuer allow 99 people to be authorized users.
But what happens if the deadbeat actually charges on your credit card and then doesn't make the payments? The first salesperson I spoke with told me that they never give the deadbeat your full credit card number. Sure, but what happens when it shows up on their credit report, now that they're an "authorized user"? What's to keep them from calling the card issuer and asking for a replacement card?
Steven deJesus, the president of one of companies whose ads are the most ubiquitous, concedes that "you bear all the risk of any unauthorized charges." Since his Montana-registered, Florida-based company started offering this "investment opportunity" in October 2005, it has attracted 38 "investors" (credit sharers) and more than 300 people who have been added as additional authorized users. He says he's had no complaints -- so far.
Of course, deJesus declares, if something goes wrong, you could always sue him. He continually uses the term "credit investors" for those who offer use of their credit, but he says he doesn't have to be registered in any way to conduct his business. And he and others with the same concept pay to have their ads pop up frequently on Google and Yahoo!.
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Wales Watching
Just made my car arrangements for my upcoming trip, had the choice of a Boxter and a Lotus Elise, went with the Elise. Looks like it should be fun. If any of you folks haven't been, Wales is a great place to tool around, lot's of nice little towns, great driving roads, and the National parks ( The Brecon Beacons and Snowdownia) are really terrific. The Trout fishing season began on 3 march and we'll be in Hay on Wye which has great fishing and the best book stores in the UK, maybe the world. Gonna see the Blues play the ospreys on 24 march (Rugby), there is nothing like it and the Millenium stadium is a great venue. Hearing 100,000 people singing the team songs is a rush.
I hope the upcoming week goes well, I hate leaving on a down note. But not going on a down note is worse!
Disclaimer, I have no connection to the Wales tourism industry, the Blues, or the Lotus motor company. I am hoping to make a connection with the trout.
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Homework: Auction House play
As I continue my journey through past CramerLand Programs for my Homework Site, this caught my eye--NOTE THIS PLAY IS A YEAR OLD, BUT IT MAY BE WORTH PUTTING ON YOUR WATCH LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From
http://www.thestreet.com/pf/funds/ma.../10273834.html
Sotheby's (BID:NYSE) .
"...It's great for a trade because there is an annual catalyst in May, when all the really big contemporary and impressionist art sales happen.
These sales will be covered in the media everywhere and the stock is likely to pop as a result, he said.
Cramer recommended taking a double-down position before the big sale in May, sell some into the spike and keep the rest as an investment.."
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http://zyzzyva57.googlepages.com/calendar
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Using your wheelchair to make a nice living suing business.
I'm watching Business Nation on CNBC, what a piece of $hit this David Gunther is, using his handicap of being wheelchair bound to file hundreds of lawsuits against company's that have violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and make a nice living doing it. He even gets busted on one claim that he couldn't open the door to the business premises, the owner refused to settle and found the taped footage from Gunther's visit..the a$$hole didn't even open the door, it was propped open, he wheeled himself right in. When the interviewer asked him about this he calmly responds that he was mistaken, wtf?
The guy even has the balls to sue a company that converts vehicles into handicap enabled.
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My new back
I need to take a sec and just say how blessed I am.
I have had back problems since 1998 (~1 yr after I started flying in high g aircraft with the USAF). All I had to do was lean over wrong and - BANG! Sciatic pain that would radiate down my left leg and keep me hobbled for 2-3 weeks. Eventually, the pain went away and I'm left to slowly stretch out the back and leg. This happened about every year and a half to 2 years, until recently.
On 17 Nov, I was doing sprints on the treadmill and a leg workout. I leaned over to get something from my gym bag afterwards and BANG! I knew immediately I had done it again -- only this was 9 months since the last episode, and this episode lasted 3 1/2 months!
I tried chiropractic, physical therapy, prescription painkillers, and it was still getting worse. The MRI told the story -- two herniated discs that were pinching the nerve bundle running down the left leg. Nothing left to do but get surgery.
I went in on tuesday morning, and actually walked out that evening under my own power from the hospital. Aside from discomfort and soreness from the surgery sight -- NO PAIN! I have to walk each day for therapy now -- I'm slow as heck, but no shooting pain anymore.
I just feel so blessed that I have modern medicine available that could fix the problem. The pain was excruciating; I could see the pain drive anyone to drink or worse -- I'm just so happy that the pain is gone.
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Darwin award contestant
Inmate's Mother Arrested For Trying To Smuggle Him Drugs
POSTED: 8:13 am EST March 9, 2007
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Authorities said an inmate's mother was arrested when she tried to smuggle him drugs at the Charlotte County jail.
According to the Sheriff's Office, Teresa Fletcher told detectives her son was having problems sleeping and asked her to bring him the drugs.
She and her son, Jerry Fletcher, were both charged with felony possession of Alprazolam, possession of oxycodone and introducing contraband into a county corrections facility.
The sheriff's office said during visiting hours, the mother spoke to her son through the glass window and pulled a plastic baggie from her pocket. She tried forcing it through a crack in the wall, but was later arrested.
The sheriff's office had received a tip that Teresa Fletcher would try to bring her son the drugs when she visited.
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15 year sentence over $3
Man Sentenced To 15 Years Over Three Dollars
POSTED: 7:46 am EST March 9, 2007
STUART, Fla. -- A 75-year-old man with terminal cancer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, and he never even got his $3 back.
John Paul Kent had prepaid $40 to gas up his Oldsmobile Delta 88 last summer at a gas station near his Jensen Beach apartment. He became angry when a clerk couldn't open the cash register to give him his $3 in change.
Authorities said Kent left the store and returned with a nine-millimeter pistol. He then fired five shots into the floor.
This led to a six-hour stand-off with deputies outside his apartment, which was located in a retirement community.
Kent pleaded guilty to the shooting and no contest to aggravated assault charges.
Kent's attorney said the shooting and stand-off were probably the result of "end-of-life issues and a great deal of anger."
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Mac owners...
long story short, please dont laugh at me too much...
but i was throwing a football in the house with a friend and struck my iMac's flat screen and well, its broke now. surprise!
i heard enough from my wife, trust me.. i cant play football in the house anymore...
anyone know of a fix? i hate those all-in-one systems, one part goes out im screwed..
i guess ill have to get that mini VGA adapter and buy another screen...
any other suggestions??
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List of new IPOs
Where could I find one? Is there one with actual release date and release price as well?
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Borat
has anyone seen borat on dvd?
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real time quotes
Hi guys,
I was just wondering if you know any sites where I can find FREE real time quotes?
I am a college student and new to trading, so I don't have much money to spend on that kind of stuff yet.
Thank you
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Monterey auction on HD Discovery
Some real ballers there, just saw a '38 Talbot Lagos Special go for $3.35 million and a prototype GT40 for $2.275 million. They had a good variety of some really nice cars, XKE's, Healey's, Aston Martin DB's, 250 GTB's, Cobra's, etc. Sure made most of today's vehicles look bland.
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Humility
after the crazy ride over the last week, i feel compelled to post on this subject. just as it is foolish to post terms like free fall, claim to set a price, or degrade yourself by attacking other forum members, i want to caution anyone who might be feeling vindicated by todays market action. today was a good day to be long. tomorrow might be as well. but just like someone who was running victory laps after a few sessions of serious selling, dont now puff out your chest and over trade your new found confidence. as annoying as basher A is/ was, remember how convinced he had you to sell over the weekend. i know my stomach turned the entire weekend.
in the end, if you were successful today, it was more likely because you were lucky as opposed to good. i do not want you take this as an insult, but perhaps be able to profit from this experience in the future. always consider the oversimplified: its true until it isnt. best wishes!
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RSI alerts
does anyone know of a free service/tool that would allow me to set an RSI alert? to just set and forget?
there are some companys that i hold (or want to hold) long term and would like to know when they become oversold or overbought. that's it, don't care what the PPS is.
since my list is growing, it would be nice to just set some alerts (volume, RSI, PEG) is all i want instead of checking on all of them frequently.
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Really cool!
I found a great alternative to credit cards while searching around on the internet. I found this program from Credit Life they give you a $2,500 dollar line of credit good towards purchases on there website
www.lifeofcredit.com. They carry just about anything you could be looking for from kitchen ware to electronics they got it all. The service they offer only cost $9.95 a month with a one time enrollment fee of $149 which is pretty good when you compare the kind of money you?re going to save. Check there site out see if it?s got something your looking for.
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Aiki14
Did you look over e-mail?
What's your take on it?
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Referral Code for ING savings
Can someone post or PM me a link or code for the $25 bonus for the ING savings account? I want to open one up.
Or if you can refer me to somewhere I can get better than 4.5%, let me know.