Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)

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    JRF
    Sep 23 01:44 AM
    Are Some Companies Too Big to Let Fail? [view article]
    Talk about poor analysis! Do a little homework on the % of workforce outside the US! Particularly IBM...this was an interesting little hypothetical but not much else. Why not bother to take a little time and look at companies that may really fail (ie exclude IBM and Walmart) and try and calculate the downstream impact (suppliers, etc.). If that's too difficult lets wonder what would happen if the US government defaults... Reply
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    AJ30
    Sep 22 02:20 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    Yes jackooo add Chgo & Northwestern R. R. to the heap he jumped, pumped and dumped. He is just another greedy Wall St. card sharp, that doesn't give a darn about employees or Communities. Reply
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    User 218405
    Sep 22 12:47 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    Cantab, you offered some good information, which is common knowledge, but offered no solutions. That may be better then the Congress; they cannot even DEFINE the problems. Could it possibly be that they ARE the problem?

    Here are some changes I'd like to see:

    1. Cut the size of Congress by one-half __ one Senator from each state, combine Congressional districts to cut the House by one-half. These people are falling all over each other to the point of MISrepresentation. It would take a Constitutional amendment __ NOT likely. But, is dead-weight ever a good thing?

    2. All future government entitlements eliminated. All government employees on Social Security, with FICA payroll deduction beginning with all new hiring or military entry as of January 1. Again, NOT likely. "Sponges will "inertially" continue to soak up anything available."

    3. Health care is not a right __ it is a product and a service. Does the government buy your food for you? Without food you will die, absolutely. Without health care you probably will not. You may die because OF the health care. I ask YOU, which one is more important? Spread the peril of needed health care over our 300 million population by making the U.S. government the insuror, with EVERYONE PAYING EXACTLY THE SAME PREMIUM __ TO THE PENNY!

    4. For all of those who want higher taxes, add a line on all tax return forms below the amount of tax owed, so those who want higher taxes can make a contribution over and above what they would owe. I would not want to deprive them of the opportunity to show their generosity.

    You already know that the stock exchanges are casions __ lets see if any of YOU out there have any ideas to change that.


    Richard Collins
    Claremont. CA

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    Lalo Palo
    Malo
    Sep 22 10:14 AM
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    User 152670
    Sep 21 10:37 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    obama is not black...at least not in an american way. when he served as Developing Community Project director in chicago 1985-1988, his staff grew from 1 to 13, in which the budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000.....so we know he is going to require more tax payer money to accomplish whatever it is (we still don't know what) he plans to change. Reply
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    Kinabalu
    Sep 21 08:37 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    Icahn (please note correct spelling) is on the right side of this issue. As far as protecting the rights and concerns of shareholders, Boards of Directors are a joke. The more they are paid the more suspicious you should be.

    jackooo: For the commentor who asserted Icahn looted TWA, wake up! TWA was a disaster before he got there. That was one of his biggest mistakes.     Reply
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    Peppio
    Sep 21 05:27 PM
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    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    The Stanford University did a survey and reported that about 30% of whites are not sure if they would vote for a black candidate as President. But, this survey purposely not to mention that over 92% of black will never vote for any Republican candidates for anything, even if the candidates are Black. How bias !! And all the medias are reporting exactly what the survey said. Wake up, America, cannot trust any media or surveys. Reply
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    Peter Q
    Sep 21 04:58 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    I way pretty disappointed in the Carl Ichan visit to Fast Money. He seemed a little disoriented and was interested in telling long winded stories with no point. They kept rolling into commercials while he was talking. I felt bad for him. (Not sure how much sympathy I can muster for a billionaire.) He did not come off well. They should do some prep next time or keep him focused on a relevant point. There was not much value add to his appearance in fact it was a distraction form the overall show.

    I really enjoy when the Fast Money crew go to remote locations (Silicon Valley, Miami, Chicago, even the Time Warner Center) keep up the remotes.
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    good time
    charlie
    Sep 21 10:06 AM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    Ichan for president! Reply
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    User 225258
    Sep 21 12:24 AM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    Ichan is motivated by greed and hubris like all the rest. His entire passion in life is making money, which seems rather soulless to me. And the audience celebrates him like some sort of minor god. He's certainly not celebrated for giving back to the system that has made him wealthy, though I'm sure he has in a minor god-like way. Reply
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    Unbeliever
    Sep 20 11:03 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    Three cheers for Icahn! Reply
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    jackooo
    Sep 20 06:54 PM
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    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    Ichan looted TWA and left. Great CEO type. Burn and salvage. Reply
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    Duude
    Sep 20 05:37 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    I find it interesting that Corporate executives are so roundly, and deservedly criticized while politicians who arguably are most at blame for creating an environment where the GSEs have no oversight at all. We've had more than one reform bill before Congressional committees which were blocked by those who received over $180 million in lobbying over the last decade. Check the record.
    If the GSEs had a due diligence plan they wouldn't have provided a dumping ground for trash, and its quite likely we wouldn't have seen it come out of the mortgage companies in the first place. The investment banks are also guilty of no due diligence and instead depending upon the rubber stamp AAA ratings the ratings agencies applied to everything.     Reply
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    cantab
    Sep 20 04:51 PM
    Irate Icahn - Fast Money Recap (9/19/08) [view article]
    The reason why shares of public companies are given to management is that it is intended to align shareholder interests with those of management. It is not a perfect system, but the idea is that if management is only paid a salary they will not have any incentive to take appropriate risk to grow the business and will sit on conservative policies and collect their salary.

    Clearly the flip side of the situation is that with stock as compensation some CEOs etc have sacrificed the long term outlook and been too aggressive in pumping up the share price short-term to cash in.

    It is a balancing act and an imperfect system, but stock options are an important tool in trying to align shareholder and management interest.     Reply
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    pockyclips
    2020
    Sep 20 04:03 PM
    Market Performance, Apple and Natural Gas Updates [view article]
    The cat is usually dies after the 2nd bounce. Reply
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