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[?]Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com
Stocks are higher amid good news on retail sales
Stocks are slightly higher in early trading as investors returning from a long holiday weekend respond to good news on retail sales.
Data released Monday shows shoppers opened their wallets more this holiday season, a good sign that consumers are feeling better […]
Nothing Substantial…
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[?]Submitted by The Ambitious Trader: Stocks, Trading, Investing..My Ambitions as a Trader and Investor
Nothing Substantial…
The next few days will be quiet until the instiutional investors come back from their vacations. Once the new trading year begins, I expect that we will have a firmer understanding of where we stand […]
The Danger of Overcapacity
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
“No Soul to Damn: No Body to Kick”: An Unscandalized Inquiry into the Problem of Corporate Punishment
While the US frittered away much of the stimulus on throwing money at banks, the Chinese actually created much more capacity. Business Week used to do a good job of understanding […]
WILL A NEW YEAR BRING NEW JOBS?
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
The great economic question in the year ahead will center on job growth: Will there be any?
The answer will almost certainly be “yes,” but that invokes the inevitable follow-up: How much? In turn, that inspires the equally burning inquiry: “How soon?”
The latter two are the primary unknowns […]
The Prospects for Global Imbalances: A View from the IMF
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
Following up on recent posts ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5] [6]) Here’s another take on the prospects for resolving global imbalances, from Olivier Blanchard and Gian Maria Milesi Ferretti, “Global Imbalances: In Midstream?” Staff Position Note 09/29 (Dec. 22, 2009):
IV.B. Lower Global Imbalances in the Future
What will happen in […]
VIX Below 20 for 3 Days, 1st Time Since May 2008
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fell below 20 last week for the first time since August 28, 2008, almost sixteen months ago, and closed below 20 for three days in a row for the first time since late May 2008 (see chart above). See Forbes story below:
CHICAGO […]
Unwinnable War on Drugs: 6k Murders in Mexico
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
1. WALL STREET JOURNAL — In the 40 years since U.S. President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” the supply and use of drugs has not changed in any fundamental way. The only difference: a taxpayer bill of more than $1 trillion. A senior Mexican official who […]
EU Green Protectionism = Economic Madness
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Click to enlarge.Some excerpts from the new study “Green Protectionism in the European Union: How Europe’s Biofuels Policy and the Renewable Energy Directive Violate WTO Commitments” from the European Center for International Political Economy:
Biofuels production in Europe is heavily subsidized. Support has also been increasing in the past […]
2NITE’S @StupidCancer Show Sea…
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2NITE’S @StupidCancer Show Season Finale, “Who The Hell Is Hodgkins?” @EthanZohn, Hildy Dillon & Leonard Sender MD http://bit.ly/6Vw29P
2010 Budweiser Shootout New Criteria
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There goes NASCAR changing things up a bit again. But I think I like it. In fact I have liked quite a few of the recent changes that have taken place.
The point of the “revised criteria” is to give a stronger driver line-up for the fans. Who […]
Luminescence
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[?]Submitted by Gurney Journey
When hot or flaming objects give off light it’s called incandescence. But some things give off a glow at cool temperatures through a process called luminescence. There are many causes—and many artistic effects—you can create.
In Dinotopia: The World Beneath, (1995), large caverns beneath the island are lit by […]
Argentina Plans to Mandate 3% Ethanol Blend Next Year
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[?]Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Argentina will begin blending 3 percent ethanol into gasoline used for transportation starting Jan. 1, according to Roberto Salafia, a commercial attache at the country’s embassy in Washington, D.C.
ALL Fuels Challenges Valero’s Wis. Ethanol Plant Purchase
The Proposed Advanced Fuel Standard - RIN Series 10
Group Challenges TN Fuel […]
Flashback: 20 — 26 Dec
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These posts are still important, so please comment!
Environmental Prop/Agit, and one of my favorite images…
Dear Sant’ Obama — my list that I wanted to see from the new Prez. So far, he’s gone half way on two of ten. Pretty disappointing, but Washington isn’t an easy place to […]
Rebirth on the Solstice
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
Many religions celebrate the end of the solar year during the time when the days are shortest, and we face long hours of darkness and cold. But the Solstice can also be a useful time for reflection on what was and what should be. This, I think, is […]
WWCD?
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
Cheers! (Happy holidays, merry solstice, etc..)
Poll Results — We so smart! Er?
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
Hey! There’s a new poll (climate adoption) to the right —->
Are you smarter than the average person answering this question?
Yes
61%
44
No
39%
28
72 votes total
This poll (of the Lake Wobegon effect) can be interpreted in two ways:
Respondents suffer from “Illusory superiority, a that causes people to overestimate their positive qualities and […]
BE 09-31 is getting plenty of news coverage
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[?]Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
Click on his picture above and you’ll see his story on KTUU Channel 2 which also was shown on MSNBC.
He was also in the Anchorage Daily News.
Things are looking up, but we could use your help. If you would like to donate to help out, please […]
Merry Christmas and fantastic 2010!
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[?]Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Holy hell! We made it to the end of another year, y’all! I know that I have been MIA for the last month and I apologize for no organic Xmas list, but I have been hectic as hell opening up Coronado’s ONLY organic and eco spa […]
Beauty Science Proof That Make-up Really
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Many women spend countless hours a year putting on cosmetics and making sure they look just right before going out. Did you ever wonder if it was all worth it? Is the make-up really making you look that much more attractive? According to a team of psychologists […]
Christmas Beauty Science
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
We all have our favorite memories of the season – Christmas trees, stockings stuffed with gifts, the beauty of a new fallen snow. But nothing says “happy holidays” quite like this study I found on the composition and pharmaceutical activity of chondroitan sulfate obtained from reindeer trachea. […]
What Is A Cheaper Alternative to Pureology Conditioner?
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
NCFiction needs to know…I have dry curly hair, and the Hydrate line helps make it soft! At 8.5 oz for almost $30 Pureology conditioner is NOT cheap! I’m used to getting conditioner that has three times that for $6! (Aussie Moist.) But my hair was still feeling […]
Sense of Smell Sells More Product
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
We all like to buy perfumes and lotions and other nicely scented cosmetics. But according to a ScienceDaily, researchers have discovered that adding scent to a product that doesn’t normally have a smell can make it more memorable.
Scent savvy
The combined team of researchers from University of Michigan, […]
Happy Christmas And Thank You
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Happy tidings to everyone..and a huge thank you so much to all those of you read my blog and those who take time to comment and add your amazing input to the posts. This blog is designed to be an open forum where your views and thoughts […]
Melvita Hydrastim: To The Test
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
I’ve been trialling Melivta Hydrastim Moisturising Gel ahead of the French organic brand’s UK launch. I haven’t used it long enough to say what the long term benefits are but in the short term, I’ve found it perfect as a pre-foundation moisturiser that is light but still […]
Urban Decay Alice In Wonderland Palette Limited Edition
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Ok, so don’t tell me I haven’t saved the best till last, as I’ll be taking a break for Christmas very soon! This amazing Urban Decay Alice In Wonderland Palette is limited in the UK to 2000 palettes…not a lot to go around so many beauty lovers. […]
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