Archive for September, 2008
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[?]Submitted by Children’s Health Blog
Written by Michael Vass
There are several causes that I endorse and advocate for, as long-term readers may be aware of. From time to time I like to take the opportunity to mention them and to try to raise funds for them. Today I will do so again.
This […]
NEW ENERGY TAX CREDITS: SOLAR STOCKS DROP, BLUE DOGS HOWL
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Solar stocks, reacting to news about the New Energy tax credits, were already dropping when the news broke that Congress rejected the rescue package. The news did no good for any sector of the market, much less solar stocks.
There was a moment some months back when […]
BIG BOOM IN SMALL WIND
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Small wind turbines are big business in the U.S. and getting bigger. 9,092 small turbines were sold in the U.S. in 2007, 14% growth over the previous year, generating $42 million in revnues. 2008 sales figures to date suggest this year’s growth may reach 20%.
Ron Stimmel, […]
1ST EMISSIONS AUCTION N U.S., A VIEW OF THINGS TO COME
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Looking for a market that’s holding its value? Here it is.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Inc (RGGI, nicknamed “Reggie”) held its first emissions permits auction, the first emissions permits auction in the U.S.
The program is regarded as a trial run in anticipation of a national cap-and-trade […]
Open Your Eyes To Bilberry
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[?]Submitted by Healthy Foods and Eating Healthy
Healthy Direct launches the latest addition to its range of vitamins and mineral supplements
The new Bilberry Extract and High Strength Bilberry product formulas have been exclusively developed by Healthy Direct (www.healthydirect.com) to aid eye health by extracting the fruit’s antioxidant properties.
Proven to strengthen blood vessels […]
Cancer: More Environmental than Genetic
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[?]Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
More than 85 percent of the known causes of cancers are environmental, not genetic. Normal cells undergo apoptosis, a process in which each cell lives only so long and then dies. Cancer means that the DNA in cells cannot do its usual job […]
FOCUS ON: What You Eat……And How Much, #2
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[?]Submitted by My Fitness Hut Blog
Changing lifetime eating habits can be overwhelming! Its hard to change something that you like to do….even if the change is for the better! Some people are able to make major nutritional changes “cold turkey.” Some of us need to take baby steps. More of us […]
Free Abs Workout
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[?]Submitted by Turbulence Training Blog
Tell Ben Stiller he can forget about 7 minute abs…because the 6 minute free abs workout is here. Here’s a FREE sample program from this new bonus you get with the TT for Abs System…
Beginner/Intermediate System #3
- Do these exercises in supersets with no rest between […]
GMnext: The Future of Racing - Some Interesting Thoughts To Say The Least
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[?]Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Hey I’ve got a new contest for you to enter, it is the “Full Throttle Amp’d Adrenaline Contest”.
I’ve got two Full Throttle Adrenaline DVD’s to give out (thanks to the folks at A&E) along with 2 collector cans of Amp Energy Drink (thanks to the […]
Hamlin & Bowyer Nationwide Post-Race Interview
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[?]Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog
Denny Hamlin led 99 of the final 106 laps on the way to his fourth win of the season in the Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.
Hamlin: Our car was not so great at the beginning, it was […]
Crisis Commentary: Second Installment
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
I just posted the second installment on my crisis commentary. Again, I would appreciate any comments, since it still needs more work.
Thanks.
crisis-2
Detroit gets in on the action
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
With all the excitement in financial markets, I almost missed this story on the bailout for automakers.
Breitbart reports:
The US Senate Saturday approved 25 billion dollars in loan guarantees for the financially strapped US auto industry, intended to spark a wave of automotive innovation. The loan guarantees were included in […]
Gas Prices: $3 Per Gallon in MO and OK, $8 in GA
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Gas prices are approaching $3 per gallon in Missouri and Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, in Georgia, “The state has received 1,300 complaints of gas gouging and has subpoenaed sales records from 130 gas stations to determine if they illegally jacked up prices in the wake of Hurricane Ike. There was […]
Real Estate Roller Coaster
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The Housing Bubble in 4 Easy Steps, from the Mises Institute:
1. Cut Fed Funds rate from 6.5% in 2000 to 1% by 2003.
2. 30-year mortgage rates fall to all-time low by June 2003.
3. Because of low interest rates, mortgage loans double between 2001 and 2006.
4. All these low-interest […]
When Government’s In Charge, Expect Shortages
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Mint is temporarily halting sales of its popular American Buffalo 24-karat gold coins because it can’t keep up with soaring demand as investors seek the safety of gold amid economic turbulence. Mint spokesman Michael White said Friday that the sales were being suspended […]
Thomas Sowell On The Current Financial Crisis
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
As always, economist Thomas Sowell puts the current situation into perspective - here are some key points from his most recent column “Bailout Politics“:
1. Nothing could more painfully demonstrate what is wrong with Congress than the current financial crisis. Among the Congressional “leaders” invited to the White […]
Homeowners, Lenders Last Line of Defense: Denial
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
1. Looking backward, home buyers paid too much, and lenders wrote contracts that exposed them to the homeowners’ losses. With home values declining by something like $2 trillion, we are in a mad scramble to divide the loss between homeowners, lenders and taxpayers. In the meantime, homeowners and […]
Market Scan for Small Cap Stocks on September 29, 2008
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[?]Submitted by Ducimus Plinius
Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on September 29, 2008
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.
Under $5.00
Over […]
CBRX: Phase II Trial Fails to Meet Primary Endpoint
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[?]Submitted By Knobias ClipReport
By Fain Hughes, fhughes@knobias.com
Columbia Laboratories, Inc. (CBRX) announced results from its Phase II study of vaginally-administered lidocaine, which the Company is investigating for the prevention and treatment of dysmenorrhea. No treatment currently exists to prevent dysmenorrhea.
Seventy women with a history of moderate-to-severe dysmenorrhea participated in this first documented […]
AVSO: Management Discusses Record EPS on Flat Revenues in Q4 and FY08
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[?]Submitted By Knobias ClipReport
By Fain Hughes, fhughes@knobias.com
Shares of Avatech Solutions, Inc. (AVSO) were weaker during Monday’s session after the Company announced its financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2008.
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company reported revenues of $11.5 million, compared to […]
Product review: JVC Kaboom Box
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[?]Submitted by Product Reviews Blog
Written by Michael Vass
Let’s say that you want to listen to some music. Maybe you just moved, or bought a new house. You don’t have a lot of money. But you really want to enjoy your music whether on the radio, CD’s, or on your Ipod. What […]
2 bad bailout deals out and what is next at bat?
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[?]Submitted by Treasury Blog
Written by Michael Vass
The bailout deal that was rejected on Monday by the House of Representatives was a bad deal. And the result was a Congress divided, a media blitz, polispeak galore, finger pointing, and a 777 point drop in the Dow Jones Index.
Most focus on the drop […]
ENERGY TAX CREDITS – COMPROMISE OR R.I.P. UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION?
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Refusal by Congress and the President to extend vital New Energy industries tax credits is looming.One place the story being followed closely is wind-rich West Texas, home to such disparate characters as President Lyndon B. Johnson and President George W. Bush.
The House-amended version (H.R. 7060) of […]
PICKENS STILL PITCHING
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Kicking off what he promises will be a new PR blitz, energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on September 22.
He sure can talk.
By now the Pickens Plan is plenty widely known. In spots all over the network and […]
OREGON LOOKS TO OCEAN FOR NEW ENERGY
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[?]Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Wave energy, the final frontier – these are the voyages of a whole host of exciting, ambitious ideas, one or more of which will change the way the U.S. gets electricity.
If there is an echo, in that opening sentence, of the William Shatner titles voiceover for […]
