Archive for August, 2009
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[?]Submitted by The Consumer’s Corner Blog
While scanning the energy drink cooler at my local convenience store, I saw a purple can that I’d never noticed before. ‘Drank.’ An ‘extreme relaxation beverage.’ This was obviously something unique and different, so I purchased a can ($2.99, but it’s a pricey store) to see […]
Back to School tips from Peter Walsh
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
I was invited to view a webcast from pro organizer Peter Walsh in which he tackled how to get kids organized for school. He talked to teachers, parents and kids about what works, what doesn’t, and how to handle specific challenges related to organization. The Webcast […]
Make it Monday: Caramel Bread Pudding
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[?]Submitted by Lookit I Spy Blog
Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
5 slice bread, crusts removed and quartered
2 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2-1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/8 tsp. salt
2 egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Cooking Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F. Press sugar into the bottom of a baking dish. […]
Picture Gallery
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Russia, 1 January 1913.
The 5r value from the set marking the tercentenary of the Romanov dynasty. The stamp depicts Nicholas II.
Printed in recess.
How to Make an Accumulation a Collection
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Mbhunter on the Mighty Bargain Hunter website has some advice for coin collectors on how to make an accumulation a collection.
His or her advice is equally good for stamp collectors and underscores the fact that collections are generally more valuable than accumulations.
Follow these eight simple steps […]
Chicago’s Old Post Office Auctioned
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Chicago’s former Main Post Office Building sold at auction late last week for $40 million, or about $13 a square foot according to Bloomberg News.
In an article that appeared on the New York Times website it was reported that the suggested opening bid was $300,000 for […]
Irish Stamp Honors Brewery Founder
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Irish Times reports An Post has issued a stamp to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Guinness brewery.
The 82 cent stamp, featuring an 18th-century portrait of Arthur Guinness by an unknown artist, covers airmail letter postage to any part of the world.
An Post chief executive […]
Disney’s Marvelous Bet on Superheroes
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[?]Submitted by WC Power Tech Fund
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) set its mouse ears on the biggest name in comic books in a purchase agreement that will bring all of Marvel Entertainment’s (MVL) characters into the Disney fold. The $4Billion purchase agreement with Marvel is similar to Disney’s previous $8Billion buy […]
8-31-09 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
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[?]Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com
US Stocks are lower after huge sell-off in China stocks
Stocks sold off broadly Monday after China’s main index plunged 6.7 percent, adding to a nearly 3 percent drop on Friday. The selling of Chinese shares has been fed by concerns over a tightening in bank lending that could hurt […]
HearAtLast Goes Mainstream With Exclusive Offering of “The QSound EarBud”
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[?]Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 08/31/09) – HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. (Pinksheets:HRAL), a leading provider of suitable affordable solutions to clients with hearing needs in the billion dollar hearing loss market, announced today the exclusive offering of the “The QSound EarBud” throughout its Hearing Store Clinics located across Canada.
The new QSound is […]
8-28-09 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
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[?]Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com
Stocks are mixed as Intel Raises Revenue Forecast
Stocks were mixed in early trading Friday as technology shares got a boost from a rosy sales outlook from Intel Corp.
Intel shares rose nearly 5 percent, helping to lift the Nasdaq composite index more than 0.5 percent, after the world’s largest maker […]
Market Scan for Small Cap Stocks on August 28, 2009
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[?]Submitted by Ducimus Plinius
Market Scan for small cap stocks
at the close of the markets on August 28, 2009
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 […]
Letter to a Portuguese Journalist
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
I was just asked some questions by a Portuguese journalist. Here is my response:
click here
letter-to-a-journalist
Confiscation of American Prosperity — Chapter 1
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
In light of the discussion about who predicted the Depression, I thought that I would post the first chapter of The Confiscation of American Prosperity: From Right‑Wing Extremism and Economic Ideology to the Next Great Depression
click below
chapter-1
EXPERIMENTING WITH NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
As the world’s original central bank, it’s fitting that Sweden’s Riksbank has become the first to breach the zero-bound line by lowering one of its key interest rates to negative 0.25% since July 8.
The drop in the price of money below zero is reportedly the first of […]
IS THIS WHAT ECONOMIC ANEMIA LOOKS LIKE?
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
Personal consumption expenditures rose by 0.25% last month, which looks encouraging on the surface, in part because it’s the third straight month of gains, albeit modest gains. The superficial message appears to be that the consumer is repairing his capacity and willingness to spend.But this is premature.
The […]
$9 trillion– what, me worry?
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
Paul Krugman may not be that concerned by the Obama administration’s new projection that the unified federal budget deficits will sum to $9 trillion dollars over the next 10 years. But I am.
Here’s the argument Paul Krugman gave for why $9 trillion maybe isn’t as huge a sum as […]
I Am Even More Confused Now…
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
By Richard Posner’s math…On August 25th he wrote, regarding Dr. Romer’s August 6 speech:
The figure of $60 billion of $61 billion is too high. According to recovery.gov, the $61 billion figure is as of last week–seven weeks after the end of the second quarter. Since the rate of stimulus […]
Investor Optimism Rises to Highest Level of 2009
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
PRINCETON, NJ – Consistent with Gallup’s Consumer Confidence measure and the continued strong performance of the equity market, the Gallup Index of Investor Optimism — a broad measure of investor perceptions — in August hit a new 2009 high of 9. This represents a 12-point increase from July […]
Capitalism: A Love Story
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Peter Schweizer: Michael Moore is constantly trying to prove his and the Left’s moral superiority, so he says things about himself that are patently not true. He’s pathological about it. How else to explain that he’s loudly proclaimed no less than three times that he doesn’t invest in […]
Era of Citing Adults for A Victimless Crime Is Over?
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
DENVER - A city panel in charge of overseeing marijuana possession crimes in Denver recommended on Wednesday that the fine for possession be set at $1. If Denver’s presiding judge accepts the recommendation from the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel, the fine would be the lowest in the […]
Youth Jobless Rate Hits Record July High of 18.5%
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
BLS — The youth unemployment rate (the unemployment rate for 16 to 24 year olds) was 18.5% in July 2009, the highest July rate on record for the series, which began in 1948 (see chart above).
Additionally, the male (19.7%) - female (17.3%) jobless rate gap of 2.4% […]
Maximum SS Taxes Have Increased 4X Since 1970
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The chart above is based on Social Security Administration data here for maximum taxable Social Security earnings, and here for the tax rates for Social Security’s Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI), and shows the maximum annual taxes payable from 1937 to […]
“Kennedy” Once Meant Supply-Side Tax Cutter
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
His name was Kennedy. He was the preeminent figure in the Democratic Party. And he was a resolute supply-side tax-cutter.
“It is a paradoxical truth,’’ he once told the Economic Club of New York, “that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low and […]
Quote of the Day: You Tell Me The Rules…..
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Most of economist Armen Alchian’s work in property rights can be summed up in one sentence:
“You tell me the rules and I’ll tell you what outcomes to expect.”
Originally posted at Carpe Diem.
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