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    • Sun Nov 2nd 10:15 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Get Ready to Buy Like It's 2002
      Actually, the rather good sized mainland "100% Chinese" company with which I conduct business is incorporated in Bermuda and traded on the Singapore exchange.
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    • Thu Jul 24th 16:34 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      WaMu to IndyMac Customers: Your Money's No Good Here
      This has been a topic of discussion at Consumerist since ~ July 17th:
      consumerist.com/502622...
      .. based on a 7/16 LA Times article.
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    • Wed Jun 25th 16:54 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is UPS Cheap Enough to Buy?
      Is there any real benefit for UPS from a U.S. deal with DHL? Or did UPS underbid FedEx to get the DHL business at break even or less? Just wondering.
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    • Tue Jun 3rd 21:50 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Bernanke's Hints at Stronger Dollar: Meant to Cool Oil Prices?
      So which is closest to the truth?
      ___ “A weak US dollar is responsible for high oil prices.”
      ___ “High oil prices are responsible for a weak US dollar.”
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    • Fri May 30th 21:33 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Regional Bank Failures: The Next Shoe to Drop
      I stand corrected...

      (Excerpt from...) “Bank regulators shutter First Integrity bank”
      2/30/08

      "Federal regulators on Friday shut down a small Minnesota bank called First Integrity, saying unsafe practices had weakened its financial condition....

      ...The FDIC said all the bank's deposits will be assumed by First International Bank and Trust of Watford City, N.D. ...

      ... It was the fourth failure this year of an FDIC-insured bank — following two small Missouri institutions, Hume Bank and Douglass National Bank, and ANB Financial National Association of Bentonville, Ark., which had about $2.1 billion in assets.

      FDIC officials said Thursday they anticipate an increase in bank failures this year. In March, the agency said it would hire an additional 140 employees to bring staff levels to 360 in the division that handles bank failures...."

      www.cnbc.com/id/248980...

      Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
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    • Tue May 27th 15:11 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Regional Bank Failures: The Next Shoe to Drop
      It appears now there are some who actually feel the regional banks are ready to benefit from impending economic recovery vs. going out of business:

      Excerpts from:
      “Market Pros Think It's Time To Buy US Stocks Again”
      By Jeff Cox, Special to CNBC.com | 27 May 2008 | 01:48 PM ET

      (Quoting David Twibell, president of wealth management for Colorado Capital Bank in Denver) ...
      “Twibell sees opportunity in a number of beaten-down sectors in the US stock market, with small-and mid-cap companies becoming particularly attractive.

      “Among the areas to benefit, according to Twibell: Community and regional banks....”

      www.cnbc.com/id/247788...
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    • Mon May 19th 13:45 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Regional Bank Failures: The Next Shoe to Drop
      Well, it's been over a month. Has anyone heard of any regional banks crashing? Failing? Stumbling, even? Hmmm.
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    • Sat Apr 12th 10:22 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Regional Bank Failures: The Next Shoe to Drop
      One good street-level way to spot if the bank in town is at-risk, is to watch for a sudden rise in their CD rates; in fact as long as you stay under $100K at the bank, a 6-12 month high rate CD at a bank on the verge of 'failure' is a great high return - low risk (really 'no' risk with FDIC backing) way to park some $$$.

      Even if the CD gets called or redeemed, it's no loss to you because you should still receive the full amount of your original deposit plus any unpaid accrued interest.
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    • Fri Apr 11th 19:51 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      American Axle Strike: Unions Continue to Kill U.S. Manufacturing
      To Sicofit (posted Apr 05 11:16 AM), you mentioned, “...If you would have done your homework...”, and, “...I don't see you printing what the ceo [sic] of American Axle got...”

      This information is public and readily available:
      ______________________...

      2007 compensation including Salary, Bonus, Stock Awards, Option Awards, “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” and “All Other Compensation”:

      Richard E. Dauch $10,175,194 (Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO)
      Michael K. Simonte $511,241
      Yogendra N. Rahangdale $1,063,334
      David C. Dauch $752,527
      Patrick S. Lancaster $655,631

      Source: SCHEDULE 14A Definitive Proxy Statement
      NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
      April 24, 2008
      Filed March 24, 2008
      Summary Compensation Table
      ______________________...

      I believe the Annual meeting is 3:00 PM on April 24th at the AAM World HQ Auditorium, One Dauch Drive, Detroit, but admission may be limited to AAM stockholders as of the record date and holders of valid proxies , i.e., if you were an AAM stockholder at the close of business on February 29th.
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    • Wed Apr 2nd 22:11 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Memo to eBay: Just Sell Skype Already
      I love my eBay. I love my Skype. But I do NOT like having a Skype pop-up on my screen EVERY time I look at an item on eBay. Why does eBay insist on forcing this pop-up on me repeatedly ... when I'm already running Skype on my desktop???? A mismatch from the git-go.
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    • Thu Mar 27th 16:45 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      American Axle Strike: Unions Continue to Kill U.S. Manufacturing
      Psst - drkirk .... you can get the book (new!!) on Amazon for $11.99 + $3.99 shipping out of FL. Not autographed, though.

      Hmmm, now that the AXL strike is starting to eat into higher volume Cobalts in Lordstown, we might see some movement. Not sure if AXL's threat to move the work offshore is posturing or real, or a mix of both. Probably the latter.
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    • Tue Mar 18th 10:41 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Coming Crash of 2008: A Result of Overleveraging
      Mr. Dubuque, how do you think this 'problem' should be addressed?
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    • Sat Mar 8th 00:17 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Employment Figures Mean Big Fed Cut, More Dollar Weakness Likely
      RE, "..they will have no choice but to cut interest rates by 75bp..."

      With rates so low already, it's hard to imagine that additional rate cuts will really be meaningful in inspiring borrowing, etc., to get the economy restarted.

      On the other hand, we have new retirees who cringe when another rate cut is announced. What makes this particularly painful for these retirees - e.g., baby boomers - is that their pension plans were eliminated and replaced with 401ks which they now have to invest and survive on the resulting income, along with SS. These investments inevitably involve rate sensitive instruments. Rate cuts now and in the future do and will have a rapid and direct impact on this growing segment of the population.
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    • Fri Mar 7th 09:22 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      January Auto Sales Were Pathetic
      This was a terrific recap and I cited it in an internal business meeting at the time. I hope you'll do one of these very candid auto recaps every (end of) month. Brief, very candid, well researched, to the point.
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    • Fri Mar 7th 09:11 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      American Axle Strike: Unions Continue to Kill U.S. Manufacturing
      It's interesting that GM has been calmly shutting lines down while AXL and the UAW haven't been in a hurry to talk. It's like there's a 3-way agreement - implied or otherwise - to just let things ride for a few weeks. Why? (1) GM gets to reduce inventory, (2) The UAW leaders look like stubborn heroes to their members and (3) AXL probably gets some quiet kudos from GM for going along with the "stall" and has probably received a signal from the UAW RE working something out on legacy costs .... at the right time. Everyone wins.
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