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Detroit Bad Boys: “I’m not going to pretend that people don’t have egos, and spending too much time analyzing Rip’s response distracts from the real question: should Rip be the one who leaves the starting lineup in the first place? Sure, the Pistons have won some games in Rip’s absence, but that’s not to say they’ve won because of his absence [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:41:41
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What?s A GM Share Worth, Anyway?
DEUTSCHE SEES GM AT ABSOLUTE RETREAT The maddeningly uncertain prospects of a government bailout isn’t the only thing keeping pressure on the share ... in the wake of the collapse of the deal that would have taken the Canadian telecommunications giant ... released a report saying that the transaction could result in an insolvent company - effectively [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 18:33:32
Stimulus - Hold Your Horses.
Stimulus - Hold Your Horses. December 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Economy Two thirds of Canadians polled on Canadian Business’ site believe ... $4 billion Canadian in loans and supports, including credit lines to consumers to get people buying cars ... loans to the Canadian arms of Detroit’s ailing automakers to keep them operating while they [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 16:52:13
Hot Stocks: Canadian Ford Dealer Offers Ford Shares to Buyers of Ford Vehicles
If you like the car, will you love the company? When it comes to Ford Motor Co. (F), a Canadian car dealer bet a month’s sales on that premise ... from a General Motors Co. (GM) dealership in Texas that offered GM shares for each vehicle sold. So Chisholm ... report for free: “The Three Best Investments in Asia.” “What a [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 15:48:27
Omg! Baffling Creatures
Unknown Insect Bought on eBay Photos credit: Rothamsted Research Visual Communications Unit This is an unknown species of aphid which was found ... Young” Photo credit: ECU News Services This newly discovered arachnid or a trapdoor ... of the lining is part of its trap door. A Genetically Modified Mosquito Photo credit: PNAS Photo [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 10:55:17
The Economy NOW!
December 10, 2008 Virginia Galt at the Globe & Mail: Almost 45 per cent of Canadian employers have already laid off employees, or plan to, ... will close 14 stores and open just 20 stores, half of what it had planned. more Canadian Press ... after a report it has hired legal counsel to explore bankruptcy court protection from creditors. Nortel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 22:35:07
Circuit City closes its U.S. stores
Jump to CommentsBy Calvin PalmerStruggling electronics retailer Circuit City announced today that it will be closing its 567 stores in the United ... to refinance its debt, but the crippled credit market and consumer worries proved insurmountable. Negotiations ... there are still bids for the Canadian business.Circuit City, based in Richmond, Viriginia, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:47:07
Why this Conservative Government Deserves Defeat
the announcement that Arthur A. Levine at Scholastic would be buying her novel Plain Kate, and we’ve been unable to really enjoy that news what with being so sick. And the day that she’s actually feeling good, this happens? It’s almost like some crazy see-saw attempting to make things balance out [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 20:59:43
Big Oil Will Shine Again When Crude Shoots To $200
Crude oil prices slipped below $60 a barrel yesterday, taking the black goo to a 20-month low. But that doesn’t change the fundamentals ... . Oil companies may not be as vulnerable to the economic crisis and credit crunch as car manufacturers ... declines. A new report from the International Energy Agency says that oil companies will have to spend [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 12:33:04
US-MIDEAST: Media Eyeless in Gaza at Key Moment
By Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib | Inter Press Service The death toll in Gaza topped 700 Wednesday, including at least 219 children and 89 women, medical authorities said. Credit alestinian Centre for Human RightsWASHINGTON, Jan 7 (IPS ... wing were killed by Israeli ground forces, threatened the ceasefire, its report was carried by only [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 12:28:00
Dollar No Longer Haven After Fed Moves Rate Near Zero
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The world’s biggest currency-trading firms say the dollar’s appeal as a haven amid the financial crisis all but evaporated ... New York-based Ashraf Laidi at CMC Markets wrote in a report. “Prospects ahead appear particularly ... Sinche, New York-based head of global currency strategy at Bank of America Corp., wrote in a report [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 20:54:33
Total Loss of Fiscal Inhibitions
What a LONG week I have had. I am glad it is Friday at last and that both the heat and electricity are on ... and widespread credit contraction, countries and central banks from all over the globe are in a state ... be introduced early next month "with an eye to implementing the measure by the end of March," the report [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 23:20:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/25/2008
USAClinton Dismisses McCain Ads CanadaThe Taliban Letter to the Canadian People Europe and the EULocal Councils Accused of Spying on Residents’ Sex LivesMulti-Cultural Festival in OsloItaly: Former Leader Renews Attack on Palestinian Militant GroupFailed Asylum Seekers Going UndergroundMinisters Accused of ‘Leaving Black Youths to Die’ as Three [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 00:49:00
Nightly (Value) Investment Links #51
As Always Click on Titles To Access The Article Newspapers & Direct Sources: 1. A Time For Contrarian Investors - Via Financial Post 2. Credit Suisse Pays Top Execs With Illiquid Mortgage Securities - Via Clusterstock ... Telegraph.Co.Uk 6. World’s Larget Hedgefund Of Madoff Is A Fraud: The Original Report - Via Rational Angle [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 22:10:26
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (October 13 – 19, 2008)
What a crazy week! A week in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to record both its largest single-day points increase ( ... banks in order to unfreeze short-term credit markets and avoid a collapse of the world’s financial ... . Reflecting on the origins and fall-out of the credit debacle, a quote from Winston Churchill comes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 07:33:57
#371 - The List Of Economic Models
I saw this yesterday and nearly busted a gut. It's quite funny!SOCIALISMYou have 2 cows.You give one to your neighbour.COMMUNISMYou have 2 cows ... letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap ... company.The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.You sell one cow [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 13:54:00
Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин
Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00
Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War
Once again the great Professor Peter Dale Scott comes out with a definitive analysis of the perils of these most dangerous and uncertain of times, of the deep state and the decline of empire. We are posting this here and strongly recommending all of the fine the work by Professor Scott as well as the other fine contributors to Global Research to [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:31:00
Fiscal Insanity Virus Strikes Canada, Sweden, Italy, IMF
The world health organization has confirmed new cases of the extremely contagious Fiscal Insanity Virus (FIV) that is rapidly spreading the globe. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is one of the latest victims as evidenced by the headline ... the banks to provide adequate credit in Canada,” Mr. Flaherty said at a news conference in Saskatoon [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 22:38:00
Gold Bugs Have Fed to Thank for Recent Rally
The currency markets reaction to the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cuts has ignited a rally in gold, ... losses. Story continues below… Sign up right now, and we’ll send you an important new report ... Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona, and Swiss Franc. The Fed’s interest rate cut may also [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 16:33:18
Myths Of Wolf Behavior
On this very website and plastered all across various media, you can read story after story of what did or did not kill a human victim in the outdoors. Whenever it is parleyed to the public about the attack of lets say a bear or wolf, it is generally accompanied with poor information that misleads [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 18:59:22
DrumBeat: December 18, 2008
Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11
Scams? Thrive Learning Institute Called! They Want Me to Make THEM Rich!
In this, our final installment on the Thrive Learning Institute and their less-than-upfront approach to client solicitation, we’ll wrap up what our research found, how we ended our relationship with Jeremy and then elaborate on lessons learned to help you avoid ever falling victim to an organization like this [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 21:50:42
More BLOGMeister Quotations
It is time again for some of the most absurd comments that I have seen in the last few days to be posted.If you have any that you would like to share with other readers, feel free to send them to me.MATTY IS REALLY MY FRIEND“There seems to be this general appearance that the city is opposed to the bridge being twinned, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 05:01:00
30 Rock 3.05 - Reunion
Kenneth gives Liz her messages as she comes into work: The bike tour company in South Carolina says “No singles”, her credit card company wants to make sure she’s the one buying cream soda in bulk, her landlord ... , but that boat sank.Jack is up in his office for Kathy Geiss’s cover shoot for the quarterly report [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 02:32:00
Commodities bull market not over, says Skarica: Part I
Largest moves always at the beginning and the end David Skarica, author of the Addicted to Profits newsletter, gives The Gold Report an exclusive preview of coming market attractions including double-digit ... was the youngest person ever to pass the Canadian Securities Course. He incorporates technical analysis [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 18:22:12
All of a sudden, the world wants dollars again
Maybe you can start dusting off those overseas vacation plans, after all: The beleaguered dollar suddenly is on a hot streak. The greenback is rallying today against the euro, the yen, the Canadian dollar and other major ... by the government’s report of a jump in the unemployment rate in May to 5.5% from 5%. Anything that dims [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 20:23:49
Betting on Real Estate: Foreclosed Property Sector in the United States!
Foreclosure in America is high and rampant nowadays. But still even if the U.S ... with the financial meltdown. Canadian economy is still resilient and in tip top shape compared to their neighboring America because less credit fall out. An example of Canadians moving down south to America especially [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:25:45
THE BEAST 50 MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA, 2008
side note: I found this late last night and I enjoyed it so much it kept me up later then I wanted…but was well worth it! Enjoy with your morning coffee! http://www.buffalobeast.com 50. Barack Obama Charges: Beyond a few token acts of bipartisan marketing, Barry’s major duty in the Senate was to avoid legislating, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 09:06:30
FAIRWAY DIVORCE FRANCHISE: January is Divorce Month!
According to a story on Top New Franchises, Fairway Divorce Solutions has opened a new franchise… Just in time for the bust ... a common sense step-by-step proven approach called The Fairway Process™.” The Canadian company ... more here: New Divorce Franchise Opportunity WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHARE A COMMENT BELOW. Graphic credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:52:11
FP Marketing: Brands and the mother-child bond
On today's FP Marketing page, Hollie Shaw looks at a study suggesting how people react to brands relates to their level of secure parental ... payment of US$12.1-million and credit the Army US$3.4-million in work performed, but not billed ... . The Bessies are organized by the Television Bureau of Canada in conjunction with the Broadcast [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 15:23:00
Forecast for 2009
Introduction There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57
US-MIDEAST: Media Eyeless in Gaza at Key Moment
By Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib | Inter Press Service The death toll in Gaza topped 700 Wednesday, including at least 219 children and 89 women, medical authorities said. Credit alestinian Centre for Human RightsWASHINGTON, Jan 7 (IPS ... wing were killed by Israeli ground forces, threatened the ceasefire, its report was carried by only [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 10:50:29
Taking Stock in COST:
In a previous post I presented as part of my short-term investing strategy a long held Value Rule that a company never compete on price. In the comments of the post the moneygardener asked the following question: “I'm curious about your thoughts on Costco. Do they compete on price? Why are they successful?” Costco ( [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 10:00:00
The New China, Bush Asks for TARP, 2009 Oil Surprise, Buy Turkmenistan and More!
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Chinese exports dive; oil imports, money supply and leverage rise… sound familiar? Bush asks for rest of $700 billion TARP… S&P says USA’s credit rating getting shaky Dan ... . Unfortunately, the model was still dependent on mass consumption in the West. Without credit-fueled [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:29
gaza, bette davis
gaza, bette davis How can anyone watching Gaza burn escape the bitter realization that history repeats itself? Many have compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to Apartheid South Africa. But not in their cruelest hour did the Apartheid regime wreak such wanton murder and destruction. Let us stop mincing words [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 04:50:53
Jailed for Blogging
-By Warner Todd Huston Bloggers are being arrested more and more as the importance of the Internet is realized by governments across the world, ... their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report. The BBC also gravely informs ... at least so warns the BBC. It seems an alarming report where community activists and democracy [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 11:24:33
The Four Horsemen of the Economic Apocalypse: Lessons from the Great Depression: Part XX. Housing Distress, Stock Market Tanking, Commodities Collapsing, and Unemployment Surging.
The market on Monday opened sharply lower only to quickly rebound on the early morning new home sales numbers ... that this was the lowest September since 1981. It was hard to spin the report. This includes ... that was of consequence. Canadian prices went higher from 1926 and declined further from their peaks, compared to New [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 07:58:39
Pertinent Obituary, Dimon Says Worst Not Over, Oil Producers Struggle, The Next Bubble and More!
One company to summarize all of the last 10 years… now on its deathbed Credit crisis survivor predicts “worst… not yet behind us” Oil ... and now the epitome of the credit crisis: Nortel had $2.4 billion of cash in hand yesterday ... for most of 2009. In terms of our sector, we expect consumer loans and credit cards to continue [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:40:53
Media & Politics
Media & Politics 02-Dec-08 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Extra Bonus Quote of the Day (Political Wire) “I’m sure some people voted for Barack Obama because of me.” — President Bush, in an interview with CNN. Resting a wee bit easier (by J -SOM at Liberal Rapture Hillary Clinton will be the next Secretary of State… Other than the [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 17:32:35
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/6/2009
Tuan Jim sends an string of important news articles about the gas pipeline crisis caused by the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He notes that the affected countries are dusting off alternative sources of energy — fuel oil and nuclear reactors — for electricity generation.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, C [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 04:50:00
All the News That’s Fit to Fly
Most often than not when you read about airlines, it’s all bad news. Not today. First up, we have a report in USAToday, which points out that U.S ... that if an obese traveler needs an extra seat they have to have a doctor’s note in order to obtain one. If the customer does obtain a doctor’s note for an extra seat these airlines will sell the two [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:47:25
GM and Chrysler get US$17.4 billion bailout
They’ve done it, the Detroit boys have managed to secure federal emergency loans to execute their plans to stay afloat ... by law, firms must allow the government to examine their accounting books and records, firms must report ... , the healther of the Detroit 3, is still asking for a US$9 billion government line of credit in case [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 09:09:13
TD Rate Down 0.15%
That is the epilogue to the Bank of Canada rates dropping by 0.25% yesterday, so TD again shaves 0 ... back that 0.1% is if they find they are losing income from people with loans or lines of Credit taking ... , I will investigate and report on them). It’s interesting that TD announced their “prime” to be 4.00 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 10:40:15
What is a bear market rally?
As the global financial crisis plays out, Report on Business writer Richard Blackwell examines and explains the economic outlook and the turmoil in ... credit and stock markets. Here, we answer your questions daily, with the most recent at the top. bearwithpaper188 What is a “bear market rally”? A bear market rally is a significant upward [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:05:51
Shout Outs
Sam Solomon, Canadian Medicine, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here ... : Forrest vs Trees” (photo credit). What this case illustrates is the downside of highly specialized ... for Bottled Monsters, has made more discoveries (photo credit). The photo is the third one in the post [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 16:55:00
HOLLYWOOD's HOTTEST BUNS: the fine behind of Beyonce; her backside is beyond the realm of bubble perfect; she has a stupid butt!
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (pronounced /biːˈɑn.seɪ/, born September 4, 1981), commonly known as Beyoncé, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools, and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 04:59:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/14/2008
The news stories to pay attention to tonight concern immigration. In Italy, a “Record Number of Would-Be Immigrants Arrive”. But the President of Italy says, “Immigrants are a resource — no more prejudice!” And in the UK, a report in the House of Lords: “Economic Benefits of Mass Immigration Are Close to Zero”.We report [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 04:48:00
News Round Up : Government To Announce Stimulus Package
Alok Ind To Raise Rs 300 cr from PE Alok Industries is planning to rope in private equity funds for its Peninsula project in the Lower Parel suburb ... remain well-capitalised to fund its organic growth programme. Credit Suisse, HSBC To Layoff 1150 Financial service major Credit Suisse and HSBC are planning to cut an additional 1,150 jobs. While [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 04:23:51
John Pugsley: Exposing Some of Stealth Investing’s Energy Secrets
Ongoing education, excellent connections and a wealth of experience combine to give John Pugsley, editor of Stealth Investor, ... Report: Your Stealth Investor focuses primarily on mining and energy, correct? John Pugsley: Lately ... of this credit meltdown; while it affects the debt markets, the real values are in things that human [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 14:09:59
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