The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX)

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    Right in
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    Jul 25 09:48 AM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Thanks taxbiggot. I thought that I had misread the article.
    - On your point, last year Exxon Mobil paid federal income taxes equal to the bottom half (65 million) of US taxpayers.
    - The McCain program includes medium term drilling off shore (a Democrat taboo), and a major investment in nuclear (something Harry Reid will do everything he can to block.) Both candidates are in favor of solar panels and wind farms, but you can't get from here to there without nuclear, and Obama won't take on that challenge.     Reply
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    notsosmart
    Jul 25 09:41 AM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    as a registered independent voter i have no confidence in either party but this administration has been in power for almost 8 years & nothing.they also had a friendly congress for most of that time-still nothing.so voters count for nothing & get nothing.this country,sadly,has lost its way.hello roman empire. Reply
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    this Bud's
    for you
    Jul 25 09:29 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    "Voters prefer Democratic energy policy over Republican by a ratio of 42:22."

    The only strategy I have heard of is tax the evil oil company profits away. Government has already taxed ExxonMobil's record profits at the maximum corporate rate - taking $8B and leaving $10B. Go ahead and tax them at 100% and there will be no capital to invest in future exploration and alternative research. These "voters" have their collective heads in the clouds.     Reply
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    JCCIII
    Jul 25 09:20 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Scooter-pop, how does one play the Bakken Oil Play? Thanks. Reply
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    scooterpop
    Jul 25 08:52 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Bob Doll (the Trillion Dollar Investor) is buying Oil Producers today. The Bakken Oil Play looks to be the HOTTEST Bonafide Oil Play in the US today! Reply
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    sunrises
    Jul 17 09:12 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Hi Eli:

    After the pullback, would MT, X, RS, BNI have volatility to the upside before another pullback?     Reply
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    nukldrager
    Jul 10 06:37 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Good luck vista. MSFT has put out brand new moth eaten OS from day 1, and then countless endless annoying patches for each new version. Get a Mac. Reply
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    optionsgirl
    Jul 09 09:52 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    We purchased new dell computers with vista for our home office right after vista came out. It was a nightmare. We had to hire a software tech to overcome the problems. He couldn't. His services ran over two grand--wasted money. At that time, Dell refused to "downgrade" to XP. The computers were unceremoniously returned within a week. Now, Dell will sell it to you with XP, but not then.
    We bought 2 macs. No problems since then. I will never touch another Dell and avoid microsoft products as much as possible.     Reply
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    wallawallabi
    ngbang
    Jul 09 08:45 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    No amount of lying/marketeering/pos... will help Ballmer, et al, this time.

    Something is rotten in Redmond I fear:

    blog.seattlepi.nwsourc...     Reply
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    Tom B
    Jul 09 08:29 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    "In the face of Apple's (AAPL) successful 'Get A Mac' ad campaign, Microsoft is preparing its own campaign touting Windows Vista."

    I can hardly wait. They'lll probably get some dude who looks like John Hodgeman and squeeze him into a black T-shirt, to be more "hip".

    Or maybe they'll launch a viral campaign, featuring a secret "Warez" edition of Windows XP if you promise to buy a retail copy of Vista.     Reply
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    mikesan
    Jul 08 12:14 AM
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    what is all this rubbish from runescape, looks like abuse to me, who is monitoring Reply
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    bvictor33
    Jul 07 01:10 PM
    This Bud's for InBev - Fast Money Recap (6/11/08) [view article]
    It's amazing how much patriotism is getting in the way of what is obviously a profitable move for BUD and its shareholders. Investors must have missed this lesson: Don't let your emotions get
    in the way of your investments.

    It places too much sentimental value on the Company.

    Instead of holding on to BUD for dear life, check out this article about how to make a profit by using puts and
    calls. www.greenfaucet.com/fu...-...
    Pretty interesting stuff, and depending on what you think is going to happen, there is a lot of room for profit here.

    A lot safer than holding and hoping. Check it out.     Reply
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    Right in
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    Francisco
    Jul 07 12:26 PM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    The General Motors case study must be a centerpiece at HBS. A fundamental question, what should be the fundamental skill set for management of a company like this - marketing (drive market share), finance (figure out a way to keep afloat), engineering (design cars for the future), or manufacturing (produce consistent quality at reasonable costs.) The Japanese win because their management understands - no, subconsciously embraces - the latter two. As do some of the Germans. Not Detroit. Reply
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    mythoughts
    Jul 05 03:45 PM
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    FAS 157: Blackstone and Its Banker Buddies Have It Wrong [view article]
    To "the only answer". I love it. Reply
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    Arbitrage
    Jul 03 10:29 PM
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    FAS 157: Blackstone and Its Banker Buddies Have It Wrong [view article]
    mgv11 - quite true. there are no easy answers in accounting. the best you can do is to emphasize transparency and market-based measures, apply the rules consistently and let managers design their capital structures accordingly.

    left coast rick - i wrote my post the way i did for a reason. if you didn't like it, ok. i think the fas 157 rules are pretty clear and your framing of the interpretation issue makes you sound like steve schwartzman. i don't agree.

    goodbadandugly - if the income producing properties are so attractive, then fund them so you can hold them. if you can't, you are stupid and deserve to incur whatever wrath the market wishes to bring upon you.

    user 219640 - all i read is how it difficult it is to specifically identify mortgages wtihin these securitized portfolios. while theoretically you may be right, the issue still remains that you should be prepared to fund the mortgages if they can't be moved. otherwise, you are subject to the short-term funding whims of the market, which are clearly pretty ugly at present. the liquidity issue is separate and apart from valuation. if you can hold something valued at zero until it becomes non-zero, then you have addressed the most pressing part of the problem.

    roger     Reply
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