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Holiday Price War Dooms Most U.S. Retailers

I thought all this stuff would be fixed by now with all the "Hope" and "Change" that was going to fall from the sky.

iTunes TV Subscriptions: Could it Happen?

This is similar to the Blockbuster/Redbox situation. I can pay four dollars a movie at blockbuster or rent from a Redbox Kiosk for one dollar. Just who is winning market share and who is closing brick and motar stores. Apple is Blockbuster in this analogy, I don't know who will be the next "Redbox".

Why Does Comcast Want NBC?

No way Jeff Immelt is going to give up NBC which has become a mouthpiece for the Obama Administration. It works this way, NBC you say really nice things about us and all the bogus green technology money gets funnelled to General Electric. Just how many of Obama's committees is Jeff Immelt on?

Winn Dixie: Why the Market Is Wrong Again

Mark:
Walk into a Winn Dixie store and you will change your tune. What a dump. Its an out and out depressing shopping experience.

Gannett Is Undervalued

If Gannett was worth anything, Rupert Murdoch would have already bought it.

GMAC's Bond Offering: When Junk Isn't Junk

GM and Chrysler did not go through a bankruptcy. They went through a Government sponsored restructuring don't kid yourself. Nothing has changed, the normal bankruptcy will come later. GMAC is a dog.
If the Messiah doesn't get re-elected and somebody with common sense comes in all funding will get cut off.

Ford's Electric Car for 2011: One for the Masses?

Boy talk about lipstick on a pig. They pick the Ford Focus as the proto-type? I got one as a rental at Avis once and from that point on told the rental agent to remove that car from my profile. A truely terrible car. At least the Chevy Volt is somewhat stylish.

Penn West: A Slightly Expensive Replacement for Harvest Energy

Freya:

These waters are muddied but I want to point out the following. PGH was the only Canroy I owned that sent me a K-1 treating me as a member of the partnership. PWE showed up as ordinary dividends on my brokerage 1099 statement. So in effect they were not treated as a partnership for US taxpaying purposes. I think that is why Pengrowth is making the change. Here is the quote:

" ratifying an increase in withholding tax from 15 to 25 percent for partnership distributions".

PWE could be excluded. I may be wrong, I am not a CPA but come January 18th or so (when the dividend usually gets paid) we will know.


On Oct 27 12:14 PM Freya wrote:

> Casey: I found it while doing research on PGH. It was on one of their
> news releases. Here it is:
>
> www.pengrowth.com/news...;z=1
>
> Please note that they have restructured themselves.
>
> Alok, the only reason I'm not interested in PWE is because I already
> Own it. If the price was lower, I would buy it. If PWE wants to,
> I think it can continue as a Trust into 2013.

Penn West: A Slightly Expensive Replacement for Harvest Energy

Freya:

Could you provide the source for your statement of Canada increasing the dividend tax rate to 25% from 15% 01/01/2010? I can't seem to find it. Thanks


On Oct 27 02:06 AM Freya wrote:

> Sold HTE today for no other reason than being able to pick up another
> like investment. The Foreign Tax withholding rate goes from 15% to
> 25% on 01/01/2010. I have to take this into account if I move into
> another CanRoy.
>
> I still own both PWE and PVX, but do not plan to add more. Any thoughts
> on PGH?

8 Dividend Stocks with Wide Moats

How about telling us what the dividends are annually and the rate of return?

Canadian Royalty Trusts – Will Dividends Rise or Fall?

Jimbo, are you a Canadian Citizen? I thought only US holders of these stocks were taxed on the dividends? Meaning taxed by Canada before the distribution got sent to the US. If you are indeed a Canadian citizen and paying tax on your dividends, what does the Canadian Gov't hope to accomplish by ruining that revenue stream?


On Oct 20 12:08 PM Jimbo wrote:

> The author seems to be saying that no entity in Canada received taxes
> on Canroy dividends. As an owner of several Canroys, I have bee paying
> 15% to SOMEBODY for years.

Canadian Royalty Trusts – Will Dividends Rise or Fall?

Joseph, Thanks for a well written article. What do you think about the concept that if the Canroys are forced to incorporate they will do so in the United States? (Thereby sticking it to the Canadian Gov't who promised prior to being elected they would leave the Trusts alone.) Seems politicians break promising outside of the US also.

Wal-Mart and Amazon: Price Wars Reopen Question of Intermediaries

Who employs more people in your town? The little mom and pop shops with the inflated prices or the Walmart? Walmart is also one stop shopping. Nobody is forcing you to buy inferior goods. That's the big picture.


On Oct 18 09:50 AM wn98nec wrote:

> People are looking at this from a very narrow viewpoint. Yes, we
> all like the cheap prices at Walmart. However, look at all the family
> businesses that Walmart has put out of business. How rich does
> the Walmart family need to get? I also find that a big part of
> what Walmart sells is junk! Their rebounder prices were cheap, but
> the were also junk. They broke very easy. Haven'tchecked them recently.
> Walmart used to sell only American? Now, most of their merchandise
> is junk made in foreign countries. I like to save money, but at
> what price? Walmart is another way to destroy American family businesses.
> Smaller, quality businesses that cannot compete with the giant.
> Are we better now than we were before Walmart???

Wal-Mart and Amazon: Price Wars Reopen Question of Intermediaries

It seems like Uncle Wally is looking out for the country, not Uncle Sammy. God Bless Sam Walton.

Ken Lewis's Symbolic Pay Cut

Obama is doing a crappy job running the country. Why don't we cut his pay also?