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  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    This is treasonous!

    And even if they stuck to civilian aircraft-- would YOU personally fly on some Chinese-built tinn can?


    On Nov 16 12:00 PM Socialism cannot compete! wrote:

    > So...no national security concerns there with GE "joint venturing"
    > with AVIC. :( How in h#ll have we allowed this to continue???<br/>
    Nov 16 20:35 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • If Obama Doesn't Balance Trade, China Will Steal More U.S. Industries [View article]
    " China doesn't 'steal' any industry, they're just more competetive"

    Unless you are going to tell me the Chinese make the same wages as Americans and obey the same safety and environmental standards, they ARE stealing; they are exploiting inefficiencies in global regulation of trade; cheating.


    On Jan 20 01:07 PM Yamu wrote:

    > China doesn't 'steal' any industry, they're just more competetive
    > and
    don't
    > fall for economic theories that are not worth their paper, Japan
    blocked
    > imports for decades and slowly built up its now thriving
    manufacturing/electron...
    > sector.
    > America is still competetive in many areas however it is spending
    > too much money too wasteful.
    Jan 20 22:34 pm |Rating: +2 -6 |Link to Comment
  • If Obama Doesn't Balance Trade, China Will Steal More U.S. Industries [View article]
    Nixon's biggest crime might not be extending the Viet Nam war or Watergate, but opening the door to China (as a cudgel against the Russians). I prefer the Russians, on a number of levels; equally aggressive, but honest about it-- no "BS".


    On Jan 20 10:19 AM gon4beer wrote:

    > Gore Vidal laid all this out ~ 25 years ago in one of his books (sorry,
    > I don't remember which one! he pointed out that the center of civilization
    > ~ 5000 yrs. ago was in China. this center moved progressively Westwards
    > over millenia, from China, to India, to Persia, to Greece and Rome,
    > to western Europe and finally to the US. I don't recall if GV explained
    > why this happened but my hypothesis is that humans follow the sun.
    > He commented that the real power that the US needs to fear is not
    > the Russians, but is the Chinese. makes sense to me
    Jan 20 11:56 am |Rating: +1 -4 |Link to Comment
  • If Obama Doesn't Balance Trade, China Will Steal More U.S. Industries [View article]
    "Free Trade" helps the top fraction of a percent of Americans WAY more than it helps working Americans. Screw China; revoke Most Favored trade status.
    Jan 20 09:37 am |Rating: +3 -8 |Link to Comment
  • The Five Most Important Energy Forecasts of 2008  [View article]
    I like ABB; power infrastructure.
    Dec 10 09:01 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    "Sources close to Microsoft (MSFT) say it has no plan to raise its offer for Yahoo (YHOO) -- for real. "

    This sounds to me like a gentle way to "walk away". I would be surprised if Yahoo should accept a deal which was shown to be unaccceptable and hasn't gotten any better. It's actually gotten worse.
    Apr 01 09:41 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    "Microsoft (MSFT) announced broad steps to open up its source code."

    Gee,just a few months back, they were threatening LINUX vendors with infringement suits based on 260 imaginary MSFT patents that they never produced for anybody's inspection.

    This latest ploy is 1) transparent 2) pointless; there are already zillions of MSFT collaborators in the developer community 3) unlikely to work, since MSFT has nothing to match Java or AJAX.

    blog.mycintosh.com/blo...
    Feb 22 09:18 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Under The Radar News - Thursday [View article]
    I just wanted to know the effect of the return rate on inventories. Just collecting data points.
    Feb 14 15:49 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Under The Radar News - Thursday [View article]
    "Microsoft (MSFT) is seeing Xbox 360 shortages in the U.S., as it failed to anticipate strong post-holiday demand."

    Demand, or failure due to overheating? How are warranty returns handled, typically?
    Feb 14 10:45 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Under The Radar News - Thursday [View article]
    "E*Trade shopping for cash."

    I'm sticking with Etrade as a customer, for now. I hop I don't regret that. If things do head south, maybe BAC or somebody will buy them outright--who knows?
    Jan 31 15:10 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Under The Radar News - Thursday [View article]
    "Laptop makers mull margins. Sub-$500 laptops from Asus and others are dominating Amazon.com's"

    Right now: 5 Asus; 4 Apple; 1 HP. Looks like the rule is, people either want quality, or a tiny "no worries" device. This might be bullish for the iPod Touch....

    "Fisher begs to differ." Yea! One FOMC-type with sense. Let's make HIM chairman.
    Jan 31 15:06 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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