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Motorola Hitches Its Wagon to a Star

"Gmail and Apps are only so-so" .. does the writer even know what he

InterDigital Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

"You may quote up to 400 words of any transcript on the condition that you attribute the transcript to Seeking Alpha and either link to the original transcript or to SeekingAlpha.com."

What a strange policy you have, given that it isn't your own material. You just transcribed other people's words. But, whatever.

The Problem with Being Wealthy

I thought one of the advantages of ETFs was that you can buy the basket of securities that equal one "ETF unit" (I forget the correct term here), and then have them converted into ETF shares and vice versa. Is this the "special manual arrangement" you are mentioning?

Dow Puts Up a Fight While Nasdaq Takes a Breather

I like your final chart ... is it available (monthly updated) somewhere?

Makes me wonder, if leading indicators don't lead after 6 months of improvements, are they really leading indicators anymore?

Has the U.S. Reached the Hyperinflation Tipping Point?

Goldbug
1) your analysis of inflation/hyperinflation based on your arbitrary future pricing of coke (soda) is useless.

2) isnt a safe full of gold is always nice to have?

3) gasoline is not good for stockpiling.

4) Where would the US borrow the $ to go to war with China? from China?

5) you are a troll


On Oct 15 09:45 PM goldbug101 wrote:

> Well, if it is true "hyperinflation" (ala Zimbabwe / Weimar) is coming
> then civil society within the US will come to an end and there will
> be mass riots and most likely martial law and forced dusk to dawn
> curfews.
>
> I don't think the US government would ever let it get to the point
> of "hyperinflation", rather what will most likely occur will be a
> prolonged period of high inflation.
>
> Someday a can of Coke will cost $5 or so, high inflation, but "hyperinflation"
> (ala Zimbabwe / Weimar) for USD isn't gonna happen.
>
> For hyperinflation, that can of Coke will have to cost around $150,000!
>
>
> Stop tossing around the term "hyperinflation" and instead use the
> correct terminology - prolonged period of high inflation.
>
> If one really believes hyperinflation will occur ala Weimer or Zimbabwe,
> then you better have:
>
> (1) Lots of guns & ammo
> (2) Basement vault full of actual gold
> (3) Lots of MREs and canned foodstuff or live on farmland with livestock
>
> (4) Stockpiles of gasoline and fresh water
>
> Shakespeare said it would start by killing all the lawyers. If true
> hyperinflation comes to pass, it will be the bankers first followed
> quickly by the politicians.
>
> Let's recap that fact- "hyperinflation" (ala Zimbabwe / Weimar) for
> USD isn't gonna happen.
>
> The US will go to war with China before hyperinflation ala Zimbabwe
> / Weimar takes place.

Telecom Outlook: Exodus from WiMAX Continues

This article has to be utter garbage?

LTE is nowhere to be seen, WiMAX is rapidly being rolled out - like in the US.

There's no exodus - There's simply equipment makers who FAILED to make it in the WiMAX market place - Aka. You can get better, for cheaper, from another equipment maker.

"This gives the smaller gear makers like PureWave Networks and Airspan Networks a chance to enter the WiMAX market."

In case you don't know. Airspan is about to be liquidated. They FAILED to make a compelling product.

The opportunities for WiMAX are vast, those equipment makers that invested in R&D and produced a decent product are reaping the rewards. The rest are either being bought out, assimilated or hoping they can make it with LTE - They better not be holding their breath!

Sinovac Biotech: Still Worth Owning?

"The company is now asking the local government to restore its income tax rate back to the 2007 level (15%)."

What is your source for this statement ?

Why Is Congress Agnostic About Natural Gas?

It sounds like Mike doesn't understand the relationship between the oil lobby and the gas lobby. I can tell you for a fact that they are very closely related. They show up to each others meetings, and share many members. The problem is that oil and gas lobbyists are just not very good.

Everyone Wants a National Broadband Network, But Nobody Wants to Pay for It

Larry, you must have missed my talk about how to roll out broadband extremely economically even in areas of very low population density.

Amazon vs. eBay: 2 Charts Say It All

Measuring user growth, which I am guessing is based on U.S. figures (?), for large sites such as eBay and Amazon is mostly meaningless considering the number of internet users who need a service as such and who shop online. A more meaningful user metric would be active users and we all know how hard that figure is to compute. So let us stick with the dollar figures.

Vansak nailed it on the head with his (her?) comment.

I'd rather skim 18.66% off of 100s of millions units sold for the next several years than to skim 3.23% off of millions (or even 10s of millions) of units sold for those same years or even for more years thereafter.

Yeah, eBay needs to improve and it looks like they are getting there. I think they have slighted the sellers a bit but I also think many of those sellers were not true business people prepared for the eventual maturation of a new market channel (such as online auction) or should I say their (the sellers) ONLY market channel. I am sure many feeling burned were "eBay only" businesses that did not expand their horizons.

United Airlines Shows How Not to Run a Business

The US economy is already ruined because of the antics of these corporations. Enough of this too big to fail crapola. Let them go under and let new small industry be born. The likes of GM, UAL, CIT, etc., have proven they are not reputable and not worth our support.

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461604 -You are a moron if you think that all these major businesses should be liquidated. It would ruin not only the US economy but also pull down the global economy further. The answer to have a change in US corporate governance...

United Airlines Shows How Not to Run a Business

Being trapped at a United hub, we have little choice in airlines unless we want to transfer multiple times, plus, as mentioned, the MILES!!! I am a slave to the mileage points which make travel on United almost acceptable. However, it is odd that Tilton & Twitts don't seem to get it...how can you be so mediocre and overpaid, and yet hand out harsh reviews and comp freezes to flight crews and gate agents barely making enough to get by on.

Another peeve, United likes to present this "seamless" travel experience, but the second you encounter a ticket agent, baggage handler or ground staff, you are immediately reminded that they are not United, and that they are an outsourced part of your travel experience!! This makes resolving your conflict much more difficult.

The McClatchy Company Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

What are you nuts? This company will be bankrupt within a year.

Doubling One's Money in 7 1/2 Months with Triple Leveraged ETFs?

Assuming leveraged ETFs will always have decay/deterioration therefore shorting a leveraged ETF would result in a guaranteed profit. Right?

Doubling One's Money in 7 1/2 Months with Triple Leveraged ETFs?

Assuming leveraged ETFs will always have decay/deterioration therefore shorting a leveraged ETF would result in a guaranteed profit. Right?