Tom B

Are American Companies Now Up For Grabs?

Lord knows, American MBA's have proved themselves utterly incompetent. Individual circumstances will vary, but sometimes foreign ownership does NOT mean job loss inevitably. Certainly, ones chances as a worker do not seem worse than under American overpaid cretin CEO's.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

"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.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

"GM to boost ethanol-car lineup." Are they insane? Another reason to short GM. Ethanol is an OBVIOUS bubble; there isn't enough arable land in the US to meet demand.

Under The Radar News - Wednesday

"Microsoft shareholders come to Yahoo's aid. Microsoft shareholders have sold off the stock,"

The stock price of potential acquirers in M&A's usually goes down. The fact that MSFT has slipped only a bit in a bear market, if anything, implies that MSFT stockholders are delusional and fail to comprehend how negatively a Yahoo deal will erode shareholder value, especially over the long term.