bill stenner's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/126105/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/93617-market-gets-nervous-about-lcd-panels?source=feed#comment-244887 244887 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:04:12 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/81251-oil-prices-and-wash-trades?source=feed#comment-185399 185399 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:22:40 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/78975-it-s-time-to-rethink-copyright-law?source=feed#comment-175564 175564 Wed, 28 May 2008 18:24:32 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/77261-craigslist-fires-back-at-ebay-alleging-bogus-google-ads?source=feed#comment-167978 167978 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:27:22 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/77157-craigslist-returns-fire-in-ebay-suit?source=feed#comment-167317 167317 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:40:03 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/75210-ebay-and-craigslist-fox-in-the-henhouse?source=feed#comment-161067 161067 Why did they sell the stake to eBay in the first place? That places them in the stupid column(if only craigslist had one) in the first place.
eBay hedged its bet with the stake while trying out the waters with their own version.
I agree it will just be another interesting item to watch.
Better yet I do believe that Craigslist could create a very interesting competitive auction platform once they unload eBay.
Everyone using everyone else for something..go figure!]]> Sat, 03 May 2008 06:33:14 -0400 Why did they sell the stake to eBay in the first place? That places them in the stupid column(if only craigslist had one) in the first place.
eBay hedged its bet with the stake while trying out the waters with their own version.
I agree it will just be another interesting item to watch.
Better yet I do believe that Craigslist could create a very interesting competitive auction platform once they unload eBay.
Everyone using everyone else for something..go figure!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/75222-apple-s-199-iphone-is-a-game-changer?source=feed#comment-161065 161065 Sat, 03 May 2008 06:23:33 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/74908-why-china-s-exporters-are-complaining-loudly?source=feed#comment-159990 159990 Thu, 01 May 2008 08:56:45 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/73811-tanker-stocks-bargains-here?source=feed#comment-157203 157203 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:51:25 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/60962-deconstructing-the-cramer-plan-to-save-the-economy?source=feed#comment-112364 112364 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:07:04 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/58840-glaxosmithkline-heads-2007-most-ethical-pharmas-list?source=feed#comment-108170 108170 Lets just simplify this. If being ethical was a way to make lots of money like selling drugs is.. then they would be in the ethics business and that is all they would sell. red ethics..and blue ethics and you would have to make a choice on which one to swallow.
Let us hope that someone..someday might really become ethical.]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:09:45 -0500 Lets just simplify this. If being ethical was a way to make lots of money like selling drugs is.. then they would be in the ethics business and that is all they would sell. red ethics..and blue ethics and you would have to make a choice on which one to swallow.
Let us hope that someone..someday might really become ethical.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/58908-forecast-for-accelerating-online-ad-spending-in-2008?source=feed#comment-108167 108167 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:55:00 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/58883-google-valuing-the-king-of-search?source=feed#comment-108163 108163 On top of that.. just wait till they try to get that radio automation patent through here in Canada. Y'know the one that was given to them on Dec. 25th 2007. Great idea.. not satisfied with a little slice of the pie lets just take everyones advertising dollar! The little problem comes further through in the patent when they start talking about sending advertising and radiogreetings.com messages to childrens toys. You see long ago here in Canada, very sensibly, it was made ILLEGAL to target children directly by advertising to them.
Googles use of a toy named "fluffy" in its patent is almost hilarious.
Not to mention..its just creepy.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:49:01 -0500 On top of that.. just wait till they try to get that radio automation patent through here in Canada. Y'know the one that was given to them on Dec. 25th 2007. Great idea.. not satisfied with a little slice of the pie lets just take everyones advertising dollar! The little problem comes further through in the patent when they start talking about sending advertising and radiogreetings.com messages to childrens toys. You see long ago here in Canada, very sensibly, it was made ILLEGAL to target children directly by advertising to them.
Googles use of a toy named "fluffy" in its patent is almost hilarious.
Not to mention..its just creepy.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/58869-mercadolibre-the-next-baidu?source=feed#comment-108159 108159 sure it appears more stable today..but why would you want to place your bet on something dangerous. ebay also owns something like 20% of craigslist and if you think that they are going to make money off of that anytime soon than you will be the fool parted with their money. until many of those countries make the drastic changes they need to to join the first world anything and everything is a gamble. Consider too that venezuala is one of the countries in mercadolibres group of countries..now theres a good bet if your an american!!! So lets just say if you really knew what you were talking about you would know that there are some cool old american items on mercadolibre like Enterprise Coffee Mills or antique German Spectroscopes that you can only find a reference to in the Smithsonian. I would recommend the author take up butterfly collecting with Mr. Kramer except they would both be locked up in the loony bin. How many of you know of the trade in the early 20th century between south america and the united states. you would be suprised what you might find on mercadolibre. I dont even know spanish..but it can be interesting! sooo many old vintage autos down there too.. yup .. i dont think you guys know what your talking about.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:37:21 -0500 sure it appears more stable today..but why would you want to place your bet on something dangerous. ebay also owns something like 20% of craigslist and if you think that they are going to make money off of that anytime soon than you will be the fool parted with their money. until many of those countries make the drastic changes they need to to join the first world anything and everything is a gamble. Consider too that venezuala is one of the countries in mercadolibres group of countries..now theres a good bet if your an american!!! So lets just say if you really knew what you were talking about you would know that there are some cool old american items on mercadolibre like Enterprise Coffee Mills or antique German Spectroscopes that you can only find a reference to in the Smithsonian. I would recommend the author take up butterfly collecting with Mr. Kramer except they would both be locked up in the loony bin. How many of you know of the trade in the early 20th century between south america and the united states. you would be suprised what you might find on mercadolibre. I dont even know spanish..but it can be interesting! sooo many old vintage autos down there too.. yup .. i dont think you guys know what your talking about.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/58592-short-the-loonie-barron-s?source=feed#comment-107542 107542 The only way the Canadian dollar will sink is if a basket of commodities sinks. Canada is easily 1 year away from this at least. Tradition in the past in a recession is that Canada has followed behind the states in a time frame of a year. Oil, Coal, Gold, Wheat and other Grains would all have to suffer significantly to impact the Loonie. Jobs are robust in Western Canada while the manufacturing center suffers setbacks. That is due to poor government planning which allowed for putting all the manufacturing eggs into one political basket. We also have an excellent relationship with China and they will invest in Canada before the U.S. It is actually likely that we will see a massive spike in the Canadian dollar perhaps heading towards 1.20-30 because of the U.S. deterioration.
I do consider that 80% of our trade is with the U.S. and by far is our greatest trading partner. The fact of the matter is that if the U.S. is buying our resources as their dollar deteriorates this will only compound their troubles. I agree with the parity type numbers for now. My bet is that the Canadian dollar is being speculated upon by traders..before its last drop this was seen through postings that i believe are manipulating this fluctuation just as this article is. That is what really needs to be looked into. The Canadian dollar should not have swung so dramatically in the first place!]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:15:41 -0500 The only way the Canadian dollar will sink is if a basket of commodities sinks. Canada is easily 1 year away from this at least. Tradition in the past in a recession is that Canada has followed behind the states in a time frame of a year. Oil, Coal, Gold, Wheat and other Grains would all have to suffer significantly to impact the Loonie. Jobs are robust in Western Canada while the manufacturing center suffers setbacks. That is due to poor government planning which allowed for putting all the manufacturing eggs into one political basket. We also have an excellent relationship with China and they will invest in Canada before the U.S. It is actually likely that we will see a massive spike in the Canadian dollar perhaps heading towards 1.20-30 because of the U.S. deterioration.
I do consider that 80% of our trade is with the U.S. and by far is our greatest trading partner. The fact of the matter is that if the U.S. is buying our resources as their dollar deteriorates this will only compound their troubles. I agree with the parity type numbers for now. My bet is that the Canadian dollar is being speculated upon by traders..before its last drop this was seen through postings that i believe are manipulating this fluctuation just as this article is. That is what really needs to be looked into. The Canadian dollar should not have swung so dramatically in the first place!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/58673-jim-cramer-s-mad-money-in-depth-12-28-07-going-pro?source=feed#comment-107540 107540 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:00:12 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/57352-ebay-vs-amazon-my-take?source=feed#comment-105479 105479 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:34:19 -0500