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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 10:29 PM
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10. Thank you and on the uptick rule...HR 6517 would require the
Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule on short sales of securities.

Yesterday morning on CNBC the banner read "Citi Takes Wachovia" the consolidation of wealth and power into fewer and fewer hands is scary.

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  -“We Were Programmed to Crash” McCamy Taylor  Sep-30-08 08:14 PM   #0 
  - Has anyone in Congress said we should restore the uptick rule? NT  Eric J in MN   Sep-30-08 08:24 PM   #1 
  - exactly why bushco is trying to start a panic, not doing  ellenfl   Sep-30-08 08:42 PM   #2 
  - This is why it is infuriating to hear OBAMA and the DEM LEADERSHIP screaming that we need to do  bertman   Sep-30-08 09:21 PM   #3 
  - Combination of politics & Wall Street cash to all parties?  JackRiddler   Sep-30-08 09:31 PM   #5 
  - This was very helpful and I mostly understood it. Thanks for the clarity.  higher class   Sep-30-08 09:29 PM   #4 
  - No Bail Out without REGULATION  FreakinDJ   Sep-30-08 09:35 PM   #6 
  - Regulation and Equity.  Jakes Progress   Sep-30-08 09:47 PM   #7 
     - Regulation restored before anything else is done. Period.  Shallah   Sep-30-08 10:32 PM   #11 
        - Not only should regulation  Jakes Progress   Oct-01-08 07:43 AM   #14 
           - Yup, yup and YUP!!  Karenina   Oct-01-08 09:15 AM   #15 
  - I really appreciate your thoughful and thorough posts.  MadrasT   Sep-30-08 09:51 PM   #8 
  - Ask the Dems for an economic stimulus bill to help mortgage holders, to extend unemployment  McCamy Taylor   Oct-01-08 05:42 AM   #13 
  - Lester Thurow  Jakes Progress   Sep-30-08 09:54 PM   #9 
  - Thank you and on the uptick rule...HR 6517 would require the  slipslidingaway   Sep-30-08 10:29 PM   #10 
  - KandR  Dystopian   Sep-30-08 11:36 PM   #12 
  - ...  Blue State Native   Oct-01-08 10:04 AM   #16 
  - Kick!  liberalla   Oct-01-08 10:34 AM   #17 
  - Kick...CNBC said they are talking about reinstating the uptick  slipslidingaway   Oct-01-08 12:51 PM   #18 
  - Great post! Please cover the "mark to market" issue ...  D-Lee   Oct-01-08 01:49 PM   #19 
  - Thank you ... for keeping us intelligently informed -- !!  defendandprotect   Oct-01-08 03:04 PM   #20 
  - Invaluable. Thanks for posting this.  avaistheone1   Oct-01-08 03:05 PM   #21 
  - naked short selling was allowed  itsjustme   Oct-01-08 05:15 PM   #22 
  - thanks. k n r  bbgrunt   Oct-01-08 05:58 PM   #23 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-01-08 06:01 PM   #24 
  - Dude what are you smoking? Obama is a moderate Dem. Socialist Workers have said so.  McCamy Taylor   Oct-01-08 08:49 PM   #25 
     - the guy is a republican troll  Poseidan   Oct-02-08 03:36 AM   #28 
  - This looks like a good read for tomorrow.  quantessd   Oct-02-08 03:10 AM   #26 
  - There is no loyalty to our country in this administration  coincidenceor...   Oct-02-08 03:15 AM   #27 
  - Programmed? Like in a Ponzi scheme? nt  conspirator   Oct-02-08 05:07 AM   #29 
  - Or like how they steal/control elections or MSM ?  eowyn_of_rohan   Oct-02-08 11:59 AM   #33 
  - Kick n/t  slipslidingaway   Oct-02-08 10:22 AM   #30 
  - Thanks... wish I'd seen this in time to rec it.  redqueen   Oct-02-08 11:44 AM   #31 
  - Bookmarking this  ann_american2004   Oct-02-08 11:51 AM   #32 
  - Kick n/t  slipslidingaway   Oct-03-08 09:25 AM   #34 
  - The SEC eliminated the rule on July 6, 2007. Day before Bush's birthday.  elehhhhna   Oct-03-08 10:15 AM   #35 
  - kick for visibility  marekjed   Oct-03-08 11:17 AM   #36 
  - bttt!  Karenina   Oct-03-08 12:46 PM   #37 
  - You write it up pretty well without the economics degree! Rec'd for Douglas Adams alone  BelgianMadCow   Oct-03-08 01:08 PM   #38 
 

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