amandabeech
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:32 PM
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I believe that when I hit retirement age, which isn't that far away, I'll be eating cat food, and not the designer brands, either.
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| -STOCK MARKET WATCH, Wednesday February 25 |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 04:38 AM |
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Market WrapUp |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 04:44 AM |
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It's all an illusion |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 07:58 AM |
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Today's Reports |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 04:47 AM |
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U.S. Jan. existing home sales fall 5.3% to 4.49 million rate - lowest in 12 years |
UpInArms |
Feb-25-09 10:10 AM |
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Petroleum Inventories Report (refined fuels are up) |
UpInArms |
Feb-25-09 10:11 AM |
#39 |
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Oil near $40 as market digests Bernanke (foolish) comments |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 04:52 AM |
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Asian stock markets rise after Bernanke comments |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 04:55 AM |
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Big banks get ready for White House stress tests |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:01 AM |
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Some Slightly Good News: Feds Trying to Engage in More Serious Oversight of Citigroup |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:14 AM |
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Morning Marketeers....... |
AnneD |
Feb-25-09 08:11 AM |
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It's time for Citi to take one last trip to the beach... Chittagong! |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 09:33 AM |
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Mysterious plans (by Paul Krugman) |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:25 AM |
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I'm with Krugman. It's a mystery how anyone can think that.. . . . |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 07:27 AM |
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I think Obama was talking to the world |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 07:46 AM |
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y'know, I still have my reservations about Obama |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 09:09 AM |
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Working women: Damned if you do.... |
TalkingDog |
Feb-25-09 01:12 PM |
#54 |
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Businesses do borrow to start up and expand. |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 08:04 AM |
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In the days of venture capital, maybe, but not in the real world |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 09:17 AM |
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When my husband got out of medical school |
Mojorabbit |
Feb-25-09 12:06 PM |
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Don't have stats, just anecdotes to back it up, but many businesses do start on borrowed money. |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 03:20 PM |
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Walk in to a bank with a plan for a start-up, they'll laugh you outta the place. |
Dr.Phool |
Feb-25-09 05:54 PM |
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This would be my plan: Economic Recovery Bonds |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 08:22 AM |
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I'd invest in my neighbors and community and country like that! |
Pachamama |
Feb-25-09 08:37 AM |
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Thank you Pachamama. |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 09:08 AM |
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Why do you need |
tama |
Feb-25-09 02:25 PM |
#59 |
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"The Hindenburg going to Rescue the Titanic " |
Pachamama |
Feb-25-09 08:33 AM |
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If Krugman doesn't get it |
Warpy |
Feb-25-09 12:26 PM |
#52 |
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Bernanke's Hide and Seek Delaying Tactics |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:35 AM |
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I thought a big red flag was Bernanke's comment about the stress tests not being "Pass or Fail" |
Pachamama |
Feb-25-09 08:13 AM |
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That's Bernanke-land logic. |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 04:00 PM |
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If those "stress tests" involve hooking up electrodes to the nether regions... |
MilesColtrane |
Feb-25-09 10:59 PM |
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Japan Exports Fall By 46% in January, Producing Record Trade Deficit |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:44 AM |
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Debt: 02/23/2009 10,839,526,591,486.90 (UP 768,177,322.44) (Teensy tiny.) |
Festivito |
Feb-25-09 06:10 AM |
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Debt: 02/24/2009 10,843,355,058,860.91 (UP 3,828,467,374.01) (Small.) |
Festivito |
Feb-25-09 07:44 PM |
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Listened to Obama's speech last night. I think he gets it. |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 07:21 AM |
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Obama is intelligent and has his heart in the right place - and gives great speeches. But that doe |
Pachamama |
Feb-25-09 08:24 AM |
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AMEN! |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 09:21 AM |
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Write Obama a letter. He reads 10 letters a day |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 10:54 AM |
#45 |
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dollar watch |
UpInArms |
Feb-25-09 07:36 AM |
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And on the Stanford Financial front, we have: |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 07:45 AM |
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And there are those that say Gary Webb did not commit suicide. |
Pachamama |
Feb-25-09 08:30 AM |
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Yes and no |
tama |
Feb-25-09 02:31 PM |
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Ney praised Stanford in the Congressional Record -- just as he did for Abramoff |
antigop |
Feb-25-09 09:44 AM |
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Two employees of Stanford were also part of the regulator agency FINRA, |
Robbien |
Feb-25-09 10:33 AM |
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Other countries don't want to hand Stanford assets to the US |
Robbien |
Feb-25-09 10:38 AM |
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AIG may abandon asset sales plan: report |
Demeter |
Feb-25-09 09:21 AM |
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Excuse me? Who's gonna buy toxic shit? |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 09:24 AM |
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Yes, it's probably time for a trip to the Chittagong scrap-yard in Bangladesh for AIG too... |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 09:41 AM |
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A better end? |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 09:50 AM |
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I'm all about recycling Tansy. |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 09:55 AM |
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The dangerous part of recycling. . . . |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 10:54 AM |
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That is one smart crow! |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 06:59 PM |
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You want to recycle Tansy? Sicko. |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 04:05 PM |
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! |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 04:47 PM |
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Here I am trying to discuss economic recovery... |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 05:02 PM |
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Now, honey, you know we need these little laugh breaks once in a while |
Tansy_Gold |
Feb-25-09 06:47 PM |
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I used to recycle, until I saw spouse |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 07:05 PM |
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Hey, lot's of sites will turn YOU into a coral reef |
InkAddict |
Feb-25-09 07:00 PM |
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It's all just an act. Going through the motions. |
Dr.Phool |
Feb-25-09 09:52 AM |
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AIG Was Shipping Around Its Best Money Assets |
Demeter |
Feb-25-09 05:18 PM |
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"AIG could not be immediately reached for comment by Reuters." |
tama |
Feb-25-09 02:36 PM |
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What I didn't hear in Obama's speech last night |
antigop |
Feb-25-09 09:47 AM |
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You missed Obama telling us what we should put in those "private retirement accounts" now |
amandabeech |
Feb-25-09 10:23 AM |
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Oh, yes, those "tax-free universal savings accounts" |
antigop |
Feb-25-09 10:36 AM |
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Brilliant! |
Dr.Phool |
Feb-25-09 11:06 AM |
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Oh, I believe! |
amandabeech |
Feb-25-09 12:32 PM |
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9 Lives but not Fancy Feast? |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 03:37 PM |
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Nevermind melamine. 9 Lives has too much bone meal. Gets stuck in my teeth. |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:48 PM |
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I'm sorry that was in bad taste. |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 03:38 PM |
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D'oh! I can't even apologize right. |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 03:39 PM |
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Friskies from Costco. |
amandabeech |
Feb-25-09 04:50 PM |
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Just got back from the hospital with Auntie |
kickysnana |
Feb-25-09 03:02 PM |
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I'm sorry to hear about your Auntie |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 07:09 PM |
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My foggy memory says, he mentioned regulation. |
Gregorian |
Feb-25-09 11:08 AM |
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I don't think so --I did a search on the transcript...here is the only mention of "regulations" |
antigop |
Feb-25-09 11:13 AM |
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Well I'm having my espresso, and it isn't helping my memory. |
Gregorian |
Feb-25-09 11:50 AM |
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Yay, mortages for everyone! |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 12:21 PM |
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I loved Obama's speech. But I've got real problems with it too. |
Gregorian |
Feb-25-09 02:21 PM |
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Really, It's too soon to throw in the towel. |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 02:56 PM |
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Not a solution but maybe a mitigation in terms of stimulus vs global warming |
bread_and_roses |
Feb-25-09 04:58 PM |
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Thanks for setting me straight. |
Gregorian |
Feb-25-09 10:42 PM |
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Here's another quote from his speech: |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 03:47 PM |
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Umm |
tama |
Feb-25-09 02:47 PM |
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Obama on TV now talking about accountability, n/t |
DemReadingDU |
Feb-25-09 03:03 PM |
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Well, silly me. I guess the ratings companies that rated all of this shit shouldn't be held |
antigop |
Feb-25-09 03:15 PM |
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Didn't say that |
tama |
Feb-25-09 05:20 PM |
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The thing I would've liked to hear |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 03:34 PM |
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Please don't call anyone a bad name, like "war criminals" or "Piyush" |
specimenfred1984 |
Feb-25-09 01:30 PM |
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You're gonna piyush that Yokum's Band-aid guy off! |
Dr.Phool |
Feb-25-09 01:46 PM |
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lol |
mikelgb |
Feb-25-09 03:04 PM |
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Oh, boy! Another securities fraud case |
antigop |
Feb-25-09 01:33 PM |
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Delete. Wrong Place. |
TheWatcher |
Feb-25-09 02:47 PM |
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They bought themselves an $80,000 teddy bear! . . Stealing pensions for teddy bears |
Robbien |
Feb-25-09 03:26 PM |
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$80,000 teddy bear? Was it full of heroin? |
tclambert |
Feb-25-09 03:53 PM |
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This story gets weirder and weirder |
Robbien |
Feb-25-09 04:29 PM |
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Some psychologist will have a field day with this psychotically selfish behavior. |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:44 PM |
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What bothers me is that these types may be the rules instead of the exceptions. |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 05:49 PM |
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Trickier ones. |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:56 PM |
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These guys aren't being taken down by the change in administration |
Robbien |
Feb-25-09 09:38 PM |
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The independent auditor turned out to be a firm known as “The New York City Virtual Presence” |
Robbien |
Feb-25-09 03:40 PM |
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Well, They DID Manage to Turn It All Better for a bit there, didn't they? |
TheWatcher |
Feb-25-09 02:50 PM |
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WOW. Now THAT Was One UGLY Close. |
TheWatcher |
Feb-25-09 03:15 PM |
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closing numbers and blather - look at the wicked volume! |
ozymandius |
Feb-25-09 05:33 PM |
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Bernanke Says There May Be Benefit to Uptick Rule |
Robbien |
Feb-25-09 04:07 PM |
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I did a photoshop of Rick Santelli the other day... |
doxieone |
Feb-25-09 04:11 PM |
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All that's missing is a 'Mission Accomplished' sign in the background... |
Hugin |
Feb-25-09 05:06 PM |
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Crisis of Confidence: |
dweller |
Feb-25-09 04:44 PM |
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... |
UpInArms |
Feb-25-09 06:11 PM |
#99 |
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