Archive for November, 2007
« Previous EntriesGQ Names Varvatos Designer of the Year
Submitted by Fashion Design Blog
GQ named John Varvatos Designer of the Year in their “Men of the Year” issue for 2007. Varvatos has a great pedigree having worked for designers such as Polo Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein.
In 1999, Varavatos launched his Fall/Winter mens 2000 collection to critical acclaim. In 2005, Varvatos was recognized […]
Mega Deals are Signs of Weakness
Submitted by Ethanol Blog
Although mega deals are usually good for stock market sector pricing, they aren’t typically positive for sector economics unless you have a dumb seller and dumb buyer. As one of my associates at Lehman Brothers once said, “The Acquirer wants the Acquiree at a low price and the acquiree usually trades […]
Kids Should Blame Us for Childrens Health
Submitted by Childrens Health Blog
Life has changed since I was kid. Most of the things that kids take for granted these days such as bicycle helmets, we didn’t have when we were kids. We also didn’t have to take our children everywhere to worry about pedophiles on the street. Life was good and life […]
New GDP figures
Submitted by Econbrowser
How bad can things be with almost a 5% growth rate of the real economy?
The Commerce Department yesterday revised up its estimate of 2007:Q3 GDP. They now report that U.S. real GDP grew at a 4.9% annual rate during the quarter, up from the 3.9% figure in last month’s “advance” 2007:Q3 estimate. The […]
Fruity Coffee Cake - Low Fat Style
Submitted by Chef Tom Cooks
I love a good coffee cake and this recipe only has 3 grams of fat per serving. Whenever I make this in my house, it’s gone within 24 hours! Now I know to make 2.
3 1/3 cups reduced-fat buttermilk baking mix
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine
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Penny Stocks Picks Submitted By Dr. PennyStock
Submitted by Dr. PennyStock
Attention to these penny stocks:
AVTI - Can run hard today, but, I will not buy this stock because of the big spread between the bid and the ask, it’s very easy to buy, but, very difficult to sell this kind of stocks.
GSPG - Gave buy signal, it’s a buy, next resistance at […]
THE NUMBERS GAME
Submitted by The Capital Spectator
For the naive alien only just arrived on planet Earth, yesterday’s GDP report might be considered a great triumph. Indeed, taking the numbers at face value, there’s reason to celebrate. Real annualized GDP for the U.S. surged by 4.9% in the third quarter, according to the revision dispatched yesterday by the […]
Update on Daisy’s BSL in Canada Case
Submitted by For The Love of the Dog
This update has been a long time in coming. To backtrack, June 4 th of this year in Ontario, Canada, an 8 month old dog, Daisy, was seized from her owner, Tammy.
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Tapings of Toy Pop
Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Would you believe: a game that seems to star Pinnochio, of all possible heroes, as well as a girl doll named Acha in a pretty good cute-em-up involving toys. In order to get from one round to the next, you need to obtain those special hearts that open the […]
Dogs Can Classify Complex Photos In Categories Like Humans Do
Submitted by For The Love of the Dog
ScienceDaily — Like us, our canine friends are able to form abstract concepts. Friederike Range and colleagues from the University of Vienna in Austria have shown for the first time that dogs can classify complex color photographs and place them into categories in the same way that […]
Verizon Impedes Dog Torture Investigation
Submitted by For The Love of the Dog
Bill Whiting’s little dog, Edna, disappeared on Halloween nite, October 31. He was visiting a friend and believes she slipped out the door when trick-or-treaters showed up.
When he notice the very friendly and trusting dog missing he scoured the streets for her calling her name. The next day […]
The United States Of Conspiracy
Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
Where Do All These Nutters Get Their Crazy Ideas?
The New York Post is shocked, shocked, by a new poll that shows a staggering of number Americans believe that President Bush and/or his administration knew the 9/11 attacks were coming, and did nothing to stop them :
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Stephen King : Who Cares If Britney Spears Is Wearing Panties Or Not?
Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
America’s Mind Power Wasted On Worthless Celebrity Trash
America’s most succcessful novelist, and self-confessed news junkie, Stephen King cuts loose on the corporate media’s obsession with mindless celebrity crap. Americans are being treated like idiots, and are being robbed of their intellect, all the while the real stories are being missed, like […]
“This Country Is In Revolution”
Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
This collection of answers, in the below video, from Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is as good an example as any of why the ten term senator is storming through the avalanche of spin and tosh falling from the mouths of the likes of Rudy Guiliani and causing such a ruckus.
The […]
Handicapping Profits
Submitted by unsettling economics
In The Confiscation of American Prosperity, I looked at the correlation of poor corporate profitability with CEO’s low golf handicaps, as well as the use of corporate jets, and membership in far off country clubs.
Later, I learned of the relationship between CEO’s oversize mansions and negative corporate performance.
Liu, Crocker and David Yermack. […]
GM’s India Market Share Rises, Sales Up By 150%
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
NEW DELHI: General Motors Corp. opened its first design studio in India on Thursday, a move intended to support the U.S. automaker’s efforts to expand its presence in the country.
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We Educate Foreign Students, Then Deport Them
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
A mere 65,000 H-1B visas for foreign professionals are allocated in the U.S. each year. And this year, as in the previous four, the quota was exhausted almost as soon as the applications became available in April. This effectively means that more than half of all foreign nationals who earned advanced degrees […]
Partisan Columnists: #1 Coulter, #2 Krugman
Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Lying in Ponds is a website that tracks and ranks the Democratic and Republican biases of a selection of regular political columnists. The top graph above for 2007 shows that Paul Krugman is the most partisan liberal columnist and Ann Coulter is the most partisan conservative columnist.
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On the Radar Screen….
Submitted by My Ambitions as a Trader and Investor
Here are a few more longs to keep on the radar screen for tomorrow…
New Longs: ATNI, CSIQ, DAR, DEPO, ESLR, FLDR, PFWD, SHEN (rebuy), TKC
Add To: ADAM, ALDN, APEI, AXYS, GVP, IMNY, LTRE, MASI, PSMT, SLT, SXE, VSL
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Market Scan for Small Cap Stocks on November 29, 2007
Submitted by Ducimus Plinius
Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on November 29, 2007
The table below identifies the stocks returned on my scan of the US markets for small capitalizations stocks likely to display the characteristics of stocks entering Phase II, as described by Stan Weinstein.
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Penny Stocks to Watch by Stock Analyzer
Submitted by Stock Analyzer
Penny Stocks to Watch
Great numbers and new faces in the chat room today. Hitting 27 members and a few new faces are starting to come in and share both big board and penny stock plays.
Our stock profile of AFFN did well today. Starting the day .30 by .40 and closing at […]
Stock Promotions (11-29-2007)
It’s being reported on StockPromoters.com, the best site on the Internet for following all the details about stock promotions, that the following are new pink sheet stock promotions:
QualityStocks has been compensated $75,000 to promote NVST.PK
Small Cap Voice has been compensated $12,000 for 120 days of service in 2006 to promote HNSO.PK
Traders Nation has been compensated […]
Latest Microsoft Bandwagon Lawsuit: Halo 3 is Defective
Submitted by Law of the Game
Information Week is reporting that a San Diego resident is suing Microsoft and Bungie because Halo 3 “consistently causes the Xbox 360 to crash, freeze, or lock up while the game is being played.” I have a number of problems with this allegation and this suit. First and foremost, if […]
A blood test for cancer? Don’t hold your breath.
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
I thought of this when I read a paper that reviewed 93 articles that looked at the success rate of blood tests to detect colorectal cancer. So far no breakthroughs.
We’ve been looking for a blood test to find cancer early for many years. And, many have been found that will spot […]
What analysts are buying for Christmas
Written by Michael Vass
Mortgages are in trouble, and the financial sector is reeling because of it. Enormous discounts, online sales, massive toy recalls and a recent correction place serious questions on the outcome of the 4th quarter. The chance of a Democratic Presidential candidate winning the 2008 election stands high. And whispers of a potential […]