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Symantec Corp. CEO Shines at Shareholder Meeting

Mr. Thompson is impressive - and you were apparently greatly impressed.
However, it was the same Thompson that tanked Symantec by the Veritas acquisition and no sweet talking is going to change that blunder.
Mr. Thompson was a veteran IBM sales executive. IBM sales executives are known as smooth talkers and you were conned.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

You guys amaze me!
You love the creative markets and the profits that are made, until excessive greed takes it over the edge, then you cry "socialism" and ask who was regulating the market.
The sub-prime mortgage meltdown was due to a Ponzi scheme of totally bad mortgages written by banks and lending companies and passed along as investment bundles paying extraordinary returns.
Greed exceeded caution and prudent risk taking..
When times are good, you yell "Leave the markets alone!." When it goes through tough corrections, you cry "Why didn't you stop me?"

Obama or McCain: Who’s Better for Healthcare Investors?

Bonnie

RIGHT ON!

Rome is burning and we trying to figure out whether to invest in firefighting equipment, emergency service companies or burn medicine manufacturers.
"Nero fiddling while Rome burns" seem to be a fitting analogy.
We have an administration and a party of reckless "pyromaniacs" who are either unaware of their condition or feel that there is benefit in the destruction they are creating.
Fundamental change is required.
When Clinton was running against Bush the Elder, the same nonsense about him bringing in s Socialist agenda was heralded. Today, few would disagree that it was 8 of the best years for Americans and American industry, including investment opportunities.
The Republican fear mongers have learned their lessons well. It is sickening yet effective.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Jersey - we have lived the last 8 years being fed a steady diet of fear if we didn't go along with the current administration. Now we are faced with a recession, an enormous and growing deficit and a weak dollar - this from our prudent Republicans. There is no doubt that these issues have to be addressed and won't be by more of the same. The Republicans have not shown a deft hand when it comes to economics in spite of their rhetoric.
Don't be so afraid of change. It's more of the same of which you should be more afraid.