"We're going to patent it all," Steve Jobs declared in '06 after Apple (AAPL) paid $100M to settle an IP suit. The result would be a huge patent portfolio Apple is now wielding against rivals amidst complaints many patents cover obvious and/or existing software concepts. Apple's "unified search" patent was rejected in '04, with an examiner calling it "an obvious variation" on existing ideas. It would be rejected 8 more times before getting approved last year, and then successfully used against Samsung. [View news story]
When the Google CEO sits on Apple's board and then Google comes up with the copy-catting Android OS that they give away for free to Apple's competitors, Apple should do everything in its power to stop them.
With articles like these driving the share price down, the interest rate ATM is over 15% which will bring in new investors and drive the share price back up.
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Aha, even now for political purposes, some continue to distort the truth even though Lynas has gone to great pains to adhere to all local and international requirements.
How could Lynas build a $600+ million plant in secret?
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Problem is that very few people are accountants or oil experts, so much of the analysis is simply examining the "experts" opinions to see who makes the better case.
" However, doesn't it strike anybody as odd that while the iPad Mini is selling out, the iPad 4 is readily in-stock?"
Not especially odd. Maybe they under-estimated the mini sales and planned the iPad 4 just right. Or maybe the iPad 4 sales were over-estimated. Whatever, not a big deal.
Jobs said a lot of things. You can't necessarily take his statements as what he really believed.
"Rates go down you get killed, rates go up you get killed," says hedge fund manager Brad Golding, summing up the situation for mortgage REITs. The days of double-digit yields are over - at least at Annaly (NLY) - where new co-CEO Wellington Denahan-Norris calls it "fantasy" to think the company can just jack up leverage to replicate the returns of the past. [View news story]
I have a feeling that if we haven't bought any mREIT shares in the last day or two, we may have missed an opportunity.
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We went into recession because of the sub-prime mortgage mess rippling thru every part of the economy. High priced oil simply reduces our ability to buy other stuff like food, vacations, new cars, etc. Shifting to natgas, whose value isn't set in world markets (tough to export efficiently), isn't a cheap and quick process.
That story of the Saudi pipeline explosion may have been false, certainly the Saudis want everyone to think they are full control of their oil-producing region, but we had better be prepared for higher energy costs for the next few years.
"We're going to patent it all," Steve Jobs declared in '06 after Apple (AAPL) paid $100M to settle an IP suit. The result would be a huge patent portfolio Apple is now wielding against rivals amidst complaints many patents cover obvious and/or existing software concepts. Apple's "unified search" patent was rejected in '04, with an examiner calling it "an obvious variation" on existing ideas. It would be rejected 8 more times before getting approved last year, and then successfully used against Samsung. [View news story]
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Not especially odd. Maybe they under-estimated the mini sales and planned the iPad 4 just right. Or maybe the iPad 4 sales were over-estimated. Whatever, not a big deal.
Jobs said a lot of things. You can't necessarily take his statements as what he really believed.
Why Malaysia Will Underperform Against Southeast Asian Neighbors [View article]
"Rates go down you get killed, rates go up you get killed," says hedge fund manager Brad Golding, summing up the situation for mortgage REITs. The days of double-digit yields are over - at least at Annaly (NLY) - where new co-CEO Wellington Denahan-Norris calls it "fantasy" to think the company can just jack up leverage to replicate the returns of the past. [View news story]
Gasoline Price Increases: Prelude To The Next Recession? [View article]
That story of the Saudi pipeline explosion may have been false, certainly the Saudis want everyone to think they are full control of their oil-producing region, but we had better be prepared for higher energy costs for the next few years.
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We get your point!! You don't like the way ARR is managed. Your comments are getting tiresome.
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NOG has been described as an ETF for the Bakken.
" Who would want to take over a company not in control of it's production?"
Someone who likes the value if the land NOG is controlling.
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