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    Brice
    Timmons
    Oct 13 02:50 PM
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    Welcome to the Google Economy [view article]
    Good analysis, but not entirely correct with regard to "stuff" being bad. The problem with manufacturing, real estate, etc. is the paradigm for viewing what is being sold. Manufacturers should shift into a view of selling the utility of the stuff rather than the stuff itself. Large networks are in a better position to extract residual value from an asset (car, computer, etc.) than individuals. Not to mention, owning stuff doesn't always guarantee you the utility that you need. A car, for example, is generally useful, but many individuals have periodic need of an SUV, truck, van, or some other vehicle that they probably decided to forgo buying when they bought a car. The car retailer that solves this problem by leasing an electric car that comes with the periodic use of an SUV, van, truck, etc. shared among a large network, will boost their sales numbers and be in a position to extract residual value from the car after the lease is up.

    Networks of pure information have the bonus of being exceptionally flexible, but there is still a hardware infrastructure underlying every scrap of code in the world. "Stuff" isn't bad, but the centralized, unwieldy networks that disseminate its true value (utility) are inefficient monsters. Franchising everything, possibly even down to manufacturing, (like the note on "linking" above) is the way to go.

    Making networks that are able to shed parts and extract residual value after the consumer gets his maximum utility from a product, that's the future of "stuff."     Reply
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    Woodsey
    Oct 13 02:07 PM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Congratulations, Paul Krugman. You deserve it. Reply
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    trader_murf
    Oct 13 02:05 PM
    Biggest Gainers, Losers Since 9/29 [view article]
    Buy and hold is bogus we are back to 1999 levels. I am down this year but far less than the averages because of watching stocks, taking profits and cutting losses. In retrospect I should have cut even more losses. The most frightening thing I am hearing in the media is just sit pat and hold, it will come back and even worse one so-called financial expert on TV advising to only looking at your 401K statements once or twice a year! I learned something from the tech crash. I am working on educating my friends who are now willing to pay attention about having some cash and at least knowing what you own and not to blindly trust so-called financial advisors. Reply
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    Unke AL
    Oct 13 01:59 PM
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    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    Let us never forget that this worldwide banking problem is Alan Greenspan's real legacy. He engineered the whole damned mess . Reply
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    163888
    Oct 13 01:55 PM
    GM/Chrysler Merger Could Be Very Interesting for Sirius [view article]
    ARI D K, It is actually more popular in the big cities just look at the places where the most subscribtions are. That might be just because of where the populations are though. Reply
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    henarl
    Oct 13 01:52 PM
    Investment Strategy: Try to Catch a Falling Knife? [view article]
    Excellent article and a well thought out investment plan. Reply
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    sl62
    Oct 13 01:36 PM
    GM/Chrysler Merger Could Be Very Interesting for Sirius [view article]
    Wow. Stock price level management central today... I just checked in with SIRI and caught another 1M bid block in L2--a lot of 100K, 200K, 300K to go with it. Anyway, a comfortable place to be range-bound today. I'll take it. Reply
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    sl62
    Oct 13 12:49 PM
    GM/Chrysler Merger Could Be Very Interesting for Sirius [view article]
    224767...

    Sorry but you're a delusional cry-baby. If you own shares, please sell today and be gone with you so we don't have to put up with your whining. Would you like some cheese with that? Thank you.     Reply
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    GetSIRI
    Oct 13 12:38 PM
    GM/Chrysler Merger Could Be Very Interesting for Sirius [view article]
    224767 - Even if I wasnt a shareholder, I would never give up my subscription. I cant even listen to terrestrial radio anymore. Reply
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    Well This
    Might Be
    SIRIUS?
    Oct 13 11:39 AM
    GM/Chrysler Merger Could Be Very Interesting for Sirius [view article]
    224767...

    I don't think that the shareholders that are subscribers are there just for good faith... I think they are there for the radio, therefore I don't think that they will drop their subscriptions.... and the ones that do based on that fact you stated... are just dumb.     Reply
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    paulk8756
    Oct 13 11:27 AM
    GM-Chrysler Merger: A Disastrous Deal? [view article]
    GM could do alot to try to help themselves through this, but like a family who can't pay their mortgage, they just keep their fingers crossed and hold on tight like nothing's wrong, instead.

    One possibility is we could see GM imports and Ford as our lone domestic survivor when the smoke clears. Even the Congress will run out of the will and money to cover GM's losses eventually.     Reply
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    cynnatalie20
    00
    Oct 13 11:27 AM
    Big Three Automakers' Desperation for Survival [view article]
    Detroit's biggest problem is the UAW and the second problem is excess capacity. The third problem is lack of funds for product development.

    A merger helps on both fronts.

    It is easier to confront the UAW when a single company is dealing with it and a merger can help in planning the shedding of excess capacity.

    The funds available for development will increase with a merger in that there would be no need for all three to duplicate the same research.     Reply
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    paulk8756
    Oct 13 11:21 AM
    GM-Chrysler Merger: A Disastrous Deal? [view article]
    This is simply a case of someone jumping in to save a drowning man who's forgot he doesn't know how to swim himself. Reply
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    paulk8756
    Oct 13 11:18 AM
    Big Three Automakers' Desperation for Survival [view article]
    So Ford cut off talks with GM about a merger, did they? That should tell us something. It proves GM is in more trouble than previously thought, and Ford has better sense than I thought they did!

    And as the previous poster suggests, GM hasn't even scratched the surface yet on the many things they could do to cut costs. It's business as usual in Detroit.     Reply
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    User 224767
    Oct 13 11:16 AM
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    GM/Chrysler Merger Could Be Very Interesting for Sirius [view article]
    The GM / Chrysler merger would be good for consumers and Siri Stockholders. With many companies slowly being bought up by foreign investors, I am glad to see U.S. companies merging together...But we still need to see Sirius in the short term get funding for their loans.. The auto companies are long term...and the stockholders are taking a beating now! I believe if Sirius even thinks of bankruptcy or doesn't do something soon they will lose millions of subscribers because most of the shareholders are also listeners of satellite radio and if they betray their stockholders, as they seem to be doing, the stockholders will drop their subscriptions.... So, ending satellite radio... So, Mel it's time to tell us what is going on? Penny stocks are humiliating to the long term stockholder.... Reply
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