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    • ON: Wed Jul 23rd 16:40 PM
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      Street Underestimating Ag. Equipment Maker CNH Global's Forward Earnings
      The thing about AG markets is just like the crops it comes in seasons. CNH is not just AG though it also has to include numbers for it's holdings in Construction Machinery. This is true of all the major equipment manufactuers.... where housing and construction is down in the United States, some sales are boosted by the Iraq Conflict as the regrowth there pushes in new purchases for both Construction and AG... Alot of AG equipment is dual mode and meets both needs. Just research the actual sales numbers by geographical area and learn about the crops and growing seasons. These true natural seasons will affect the stock prices.... As I am not giving anything but common sense knowledge and will not recommend or point toward a specific action as I disagree with this type of hype that is already destroying retirement investments.
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    • ON: Fri Jul 18th 09:26 AM
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      What Pushed the SEC to Tighten the Rules - Now?
      Making it a requirement to provide documented evidence that the Short sellor has permission to sell the stock is in pending legislation. If passed this will end the sell of stock or company shares by third parties without the shareholder's permission. There is pending "lending" restrictions as well.... Congress is under the pressure in both parties of loosing their seats/standing in up coming elections this year and next year, yes they bend to lobbyist, but not when their own jobs and party control of Congress is suspect.. so, this may be one positive coming from an election year... that commonsense laws get passed for a while..
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 18:45 PM
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      What Pushed the SEC to Tighten the Rules - Now?
      Did the SEC drop the ball??? I downloaded the FDIC yearly reports for 2005 and 2006, just looking at the report on the Alantic region alone said this was foretold in their own reports and the numbers that they posted in these reports.... Everything peaked in mid 2005 and started a very sharp decline..... one that never stopped.
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 18:38 PM
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      What Pushed the SEC to Tighten the Rules - Now?
      ALL transactions on the market should be restricted to verification/documenta... of actual capital/ownership in hand.... whether it is short selling or just plain borrowing money from a bank on a personal loan to buy stock. (Legal Short selling requires that dividends payed to the borrower be paid to the actual holder...this same concept has fueled states to pass laws prohibiting the use of credit cards to buy lottary tickets, or if winnings are discovered on a lottary ticket bought on credit the Credit Card company files a claim against the winnings.) This liquidity is of no benefit when compared to the artificial infaltion it creates and how it devalues currency..... If person "A" has $50 and he loans it to person "B", and person "B" loans it to Person "C", and you keep this cycle up, but each loan is agreed to upon the basis of interest and with penalties..... the Market records each of these transactions as individual $50 purchases.... after ten people you have a total transaction history of $500.... but $450 is hypothetical.... it doesn't exist except on the Market..... then, you have the SPECULATIVE Interest that is to be gained added in for a higher dollar amount.... This is pure and simple Loan Sharking...... These very methods of transactions have left numerical imprints upon the Market as a whole that there is more American Dollars in Circulation than is actual, since 2000, it looks like the Fed has increased the number of dollars into circulation by 70%, thus a devalued dollar, Artificial Inflation.... that means that stock that went up to $175 per share, then split to $87.50 per share, has only an actual value of $26.25...
      this is why I advocate that those in the business of Finance and Markets be themselves more regulated more restricted, and the same restriction that would follow along the lines of the American Bar Association, or states' Bar associations.... Use of the Media be totally Prohibited, companies can only advertise a specific product without mention of the company as a business except to make historical notes of achievements, No mention on the News, Internet, or any media of a Company's Financial holdings (SEC requests for information screened and limited to licensed persons and with fees - no one company to be able to hold an umbrella license to cover all it's employees down to the receptionists), operations, stock, etc... through any form of media... those employed in the profession be licensed with stringent testing and continued education requirements as Attorneys are, without licensing all other person's restricted from giving opinions, or performing anything more than paperwork and records keeping....... Yes, Hundreds of firms would close tommorrow, thousands would loose their jobs, oops, American's retirements/investment... would be safer, and these firms and people that would be gone.... they need to be gone anyway, it would just be a taste of the job loses they've caused in their mismanagement and ruthless illegal deeds... the cream would rise to the top... Click on my Name "QUESTIONABLE&quo... and read the posts I have made to other articles.... everything going on can be traced back to a group of less than ten people....to a specific set of dates.... this usually is a sign of a conspiracy....could it be treasonable????? .. Now we will watch the barrel of oil fall to $100, and HOLD..... just like they did before, when Congressional Investigations are hot on the their heals, they retreat a little bit to quell the angry masses, then when it's quiet they surge past where they were, only to do this again and again.... HOLD at $100...??? Let's see?????
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 16:18 PM
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      Selective Enforcement: (Re)Introducing Regulation SHO
      ALL transactions on the market should be restricted to verification/documenta... of actual capital/ownership in hand.... whether it is short selling or just plain borrowing money from a bank on a personal loan to buy stock.. This liquidity is of no benefit when compared to the artificial infaltion it creates and how it devalues currency..... If person "A" has $50 and he loans it to person "B", and person "B" loans it to Person "C", and you keep this cycle up, but each loan is agreed to upon the basis of interest and with penalties..... the Market records each of these transactions as individual $50 purchases.... after ten people you have a total transaction history of $500.... but $450 is hypothetical.... it doesn't exist except on the Market..... then, you have the SPECULATIVE Interset that is to be gained added in for a higher dollar amount.... This is pure and simple Loan Sharking...... These very methods of transactions have left numerical imprints upon the Market as a whole that there is more American Dollars in Circulation than is actual, since 2000, it looks like the Fed has increase the number of dollars into circulation by 70%, thus a devalued dollar, Artificial Inflation.... that means that stock that went up to $175 per share, then split to $87.50 per share, has only an actual value of $26.25...
      this is why I advocate that those in the business of Finance and Markets be themselves more regulated more restricted, and the same restriction that would follow along the lines of the American Bar Association, or states' Bar associations.... Use of the Media be totally Prohibited, companies can only advertise a specific product without mention of the company as a business except to make historical notes of achievements, No mention on the News, Internet, or any media of a Company's Financial holdings (SEC requests for information screened and limited to licensed persons and with fees - no one company to be able to hold an umbrella license to cover all it's employees down to the receptionists), operations, stock, etc... through any form of media... those employed in the profession be licensed with stringent testing and continued education requirements as Attorneys are, without licensing all other person's restricted from giving opinions, or performing anything more than paperwork and records keeping....... Yes, Hundreds of firms would close tommorrow, thousands would loose their jobs, oops, American's retirements/investment... would be safer, and these firms and people that would be gone.... they need to be gone anyway, it would just be a taste of the job loses they've caused in their mismanagement and ruthless illegal deeds... the cream would rise to the top... Click on my Name "QUESTIONABLE&quo... and read the posts I have made to other articles.... everything going on can be traced back to a group of less than ten people....this usually is a sign of a conspiracy....could it be treasonable????? to a specific set of dates.... Now we will watch the barrel of oil fall to $100, and HOLD..... just like they did before, when Congressional Investigations are hot on the their heals, they retreat a little bit to quell the angry masses, then when it's quiet they surge past where they were, only to do this again and again.... HOLD at $100...??? Let's see?????
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 09:56 AM
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      Can the SEC Really 'Quell Rumors'?
      As USER points out. There are many invloved including our Representatives. Bernanke told the Senate and House that there is no single shot in the arm repair.... He was wrong. As I watched him he stumbled through carefully watching what he said.... he knows which Government Officials have been involved in this with many on the committees he was addressing, the Fed has been investigating..he is scared not just nervous.. but he is only human and is choosing his battles wisely.. if he would blantantly come out in one of these telivised meetings and state the truth we citizens and the companies affect by Chineses Imports would back him after all We are his TRUE BOSS and many Government Officials forget we are their TRUE BOSS too.. First of all the birth of NAFTA coincided with this emerging Futures Market under Wendy Graham and within the Bush Senior Administration when she was the head of the CFTC.... China loved this, they starting buying up properies in Central America and building Private Ports, agreed to take over operations of the Panama Canal, and boom, now 95% of all products made in China come across our border tax/tariff/duty free..... If a true accounting were taken, it would be determined that the amount they owe the US in trade would be equal to our debt with them.... The one shot answer to this is FREEZE the Futures/Commodities Markets.... under emineint domain (Threat to National Security) take possession of all market shares there of oil, auction it off, and then tell the holders, welcome to capitalism... this would put all of this future yet to be pumped, artificailly inflated demand, oil back into circulation..... boom, the US Dollar would rebound past the Euro which would be stuck at the mercy of the London Futures/Commondities Market...... Then send Port Authority to our Borders and inspect every Load.... "Made In China" gets refused, Chinese Products get backed up at the border, and we tell "COMMUNIST" China, oops, "WE OWE YOU, YOU OWE ME, LETS BECOME A HAPPY FAMILY," (Barney sing song) and say lets call it even and from now on, if you wan to use the borders instead of the ports start paying! If the intent of these Market are to allow Airlines and the like to buy Oil ahead of the price increases, why are they still affected?????? Because that is the written intent and Story Wendy Graham gave when she created this monster with help from the Bush SR Administration... Belta can buy oil all day long, only 3% of a barrel even comes out as Jet Fuel..... they can't process it, so??? Bernanke stop repeating lies that are told to you!!!! What about the fact Wendy Graham signed this into action her last day as Head of the CFTC, the next day started work as a vice president at Enron and is the ONLY EXCUTIVE OF ENRON, NOT QUESTIONED, NOT CHARGED, AND WHOSE HUSBAND IS CURRENTLY AN ADVISOR TO PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATE MCCAIN???? We need to question why she is a free woman not argue over who said who was a spy in the current Bush administration...... ask why the current Bush Administration's Attorney General's Office has/is shielding Wendy Graham...... Buys on the Futures' Market are up 70% since 2000, Demand for oil since 2000 is up 70%..... SHUT THE MARKET DOWN TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 09:41 AM
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      Stanley Furniture Doesn't See Things "Turning Up Any Time Soon"
      Bernanke told the Senate and House that there is no single shot in the arm repair.... He was wrong. As I watched him he stumbled through carefully watching what he said.... he knows which Government Officials have been involved in this with many on the committees he was addressing, the Fed has been investigating.... but he is only human and is choosing his battles wisely and fearful to tell the American Citizens the truth because even his boss is involved... wait a minute I thought we were his boss - that's what Government Officials Forget... First of all the birth of NAFTA coincided with this emerging Futures Market under Wendy Graham when she was the head of the CFTC..(the ONLY ENRON EXCUTIVE NEVER QUESTIONED, NEVER CHARGED AND WHOSE HUSBAND IS CHIEF ADVISOR TO MCcAIN.. China loved this, they starting buying up properies in Central America to build private ports, agreed to take over operations of the Panama Canal, and boom, now 95% of all products made in China come across our border tax/tariff/duty free..... If a true accounting were taken, it would be determined that the amount they owe the US would be equal to our debt with them.... The one shot answer to this is FREEZE the Futures/Commodities Markets.... under emineint domain take possession of all market shares there of oil, auctin it off, and then tell the holders, welcome to capitalism... this would put all of this future yet to be pumped, artificailly inflated demand, oil back into circulation..... boom, the US Dollar would rebound past the Euro which would be stuck at the mercy of the London Futures/Commondities Market...... Then send Port Authority to our Borders and inspect every Load.... "Made In China" gets refused, Chinese Products get backed up at the border, and we tell CHina, oops, "WE OWE YOU, YOU OWE ME, LET BECOME A HAPPY FAMILY," (Barney sing song) and say lets call it even and from now on, if you wan to use the borders instead of the ports start paying!
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    • ON: Thu Jul 17th 09:37 AM
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      Fannie & Freddie: Myth vs. Reality, Part 2
      LookTOFuture, brought up the best point, there are many invloved including our Representatives. Bernanke told the Senate and House that there is no single shot in the arm repair.... He was wrong. As I watched him he stumbled through carefully watching what he said.... he knows which Government Officials have been involved in this with many on the committees he was addressing, the Fed has been investigating.... but he is only human and is choosing his battles wisely... First of all the birth of NAFTA coincided with this emerging Futures Market under Wendy Graham when she was the head of the CFTC.... China loved this, they starting buying up properies in Central America, agreed to take over operations of the Panama Canal, and boom, now 95% of all products made in China come across our border tax/tariff/duty free..... If a true accounting were taken, it would be determined that the amount they owe the US would be equal to our debt with them.... The one shot answer to this is FREEZE the Futures/Commodities Markets.... under emineint domain take possession of all market shares there of oil, auctin it off, and then tell the holders, welcome to capitalism... this would put all of this future yet to be pumped, artificailly inflated demand, oil back into circulation..... boom, the US Dollar would rebound past the Euro which would be stuck at the mercy of the London Futures/Commondities Market...... Then send Port Authority to our Borders and inspect every Load.... "Made In China" gets refused, Chinese Products get backed up at the border, and we tell CHina, oops, "WE OWE YOU, YOU OWE ME, LET BECOME A HAPPY FAMILY," (Barney sing song) and say lets call it even and from now on, if you wan to use the borders instead of the ports start paying!
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    • ON: Wed Jul 16th 14:58 PM
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      Can the SEC Really 'Quell Rumors'?
      I forgot to bring out my point, sorry, as too firms their brokers, if an individual wants someone's opinion on a company, it's worth/value or on it's stock, then let them go to that firm or their broker, behind walls and doors..... It is illegal for an Attorney to use the news media to "give unsolicited legal Advice," and to use the media without limitations. This is no different!!! I have opinions on the interpretation of law, but, I can not directly share them with the public if and when the public has access, the ability, and need to use my opinions. Everyday Attorney's, Licensed and Regulated, give opinions.... behind closed doors...... and companies should only be able to advertise a specific product, not put an accountant on television that talks about how good the company is doing. The Market has become a Profession that can destroy Lives as much as a World War with Nuclear Missiles... It does need to look at the field of Law and the Profession and use it as a basis for regulation of people that are involved with the World's Economy. A purchase or holding performed on a loan/credit is Money that DOES NOT exist except on paper...... Don't tell me this can not affect the Actual Market values of stock and Currency when traded like stock!!!!!!!
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    • ON: Wed Jul 16th 14:48 PM
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      Can the SEC Really 'Quell Rumors'?
      THis is why there is now talk and pending legislation to regulate and even restrict short selling. One of the proposals is the seller has to hold documented evedence that the stock he is selling is truly on "Loan" to him by the holder for resale. There will be no Major changes from the Fed, such as full blown audits of transactions prior to enactment of any new laws because this could have a ripple effect that could push the Markets down beyond recovery.... Just like the Fed has overlooked the fact that purchases of energy futures are up 70% since 2000, and the demand for energy since 2000 is up 70%.... but, making purchases on the markets under loans has been the key issue that is seen in short sells,,,, it creates a grande illusion that there are more American Dollars in circulation than are actual, this drives down the value of the dollar on the world market, and increases inflation.... a process that since 2000 saw the lowering of the Fed's Interest rates.... This is NO Different than Federal and State Laws that state that Lottary tickets are not allowed to be purchased on "Credit" cards, and if done the winnings are the property of the lienholder.... So, let's look at this credit or loan purchases of stocks as a whole and not just shorts. Or, re-evaluate how purchases made on credit/loan are listed so that the dollar amount on paper which is hypothetical is tagged/marked/account for so as to ensure that this has no affect on the value of a dollar.
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    • ON: Tue Jul 15th 11:29 AM
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      Can the SEC Really 'Quell Rumors'?
      Its not unusual for a company to post information on itself to drive it's own stock down to conduct a stock buy back. When that happens and the is evidenced by an actual stock buy back it could indicate that the company is intentionally manipulating the market under "insider trading" ethnical violations because of personal knowledge that in the next year they ae going to release a product that will shoot their stock value through the roof. I don't think that the First Amendment covers this sort of cat and mouse game. As I stated before this is all illegal under the Constitution and Laws of our Government, but who does the enforcing. There is Case Law through the roof on claims of slander, lies, etc being protected under the First Amendment right to an Opinion..... this idea was shot down in each case all the way up to the Supreme Court.
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    • ON: Tue Jul 15th 11:20 AM
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      Street Underestimating Ag. Equipment Maker CNH Global's Forward Earnings
      I work in the industry very closely.... you should reconsider your position.... when a $150,000 combine has ran through three years it is at the end of it's service life... these large pieces aren't even purchased.... they are leased and leases are not accounted for sales in North America... while on the lease programs farmers must insure them.... have you caught the news lately on how many NEW leased combines were caught in the mid west flood?? As for other equipment Farms are downsizing due to suburban spraw.... and have you went to a tractor/equipment dealership and questioned the average repair cost and did the math on multiple repairs verse Trade In Value? Unlike Cars Equipment retains a higher Trade in value. When Sales are down the New Unit Price is lower and thus can offset long term investment in repairing a used piece of equipment. Broke Down Equipment can means crop looses. To trade in equipment can cut up to 50% off of the sale price of a newer replacement with warranty. I think you have been watching too many commercials from my Industry. These companies are a good buy... no one ever stated they weren't... but you need to do more research on the Nort American Markets and take a College level class on the affects of population explosions on the economy.... The Roman Empire was a prime example... The Richer the centralized geographical area got the more they moved their Labor and Manufacturing out of those areas, the cost of goods went up, and when Rome was attacked from different angles it lost these resources and could not survive... sounds like America doesn't it.
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    • ON: Tue Jul 15th 08:57 AM
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      Fannie & Freddie: Myth vs. Reality, Part 2
      The Current State Of Affairs is Reflect in the Market Value of Fannie May and Freddie Mac because they are not a Private Loan Company... in 1933 Rosevelt created Fannie Mae as a work around the FDIC and the standard loan requirements so that Indigent and Poorer Veterans could obtain a home loan. The Current Market Value is based on the Future and True Intent of these Programs.... They are Federal Insurance for local/branch offices of the same big finance institutions doing the damage to our economy as I stated above...... why are the two detitute and having monetary troubles????? because they spent all their capital backing up the defautled improperly and illegally approved by these big financial institutions, who pushed down the interest rates with their artificially inflated demand and "coining of Money" on the Futures and COmmodities Markets with defaulting of Federally Insured Loans to one another........ this is FALLOUT........... and now you the tax payer will pay..... You next question why are these same banks doing so poorly then...... look at the Executive pay increases, payouts, and shifting of funds in investments outside of the US..... that's were this ignormous profit is....... and what are the banks doing now yet again...... shift and hide the profits, cook the books and ask for Federal Bail-out, sell off..... or get the bail-out stay ofloat and keep shifting the foriegn investments around using hedge funds...
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    • ON: Mon Jul 14th 16:30 PM
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      Fannie & Freddie: Myth vs. Reality, Part 2
      Why should any of this surprise anyone? What I can't figure out is why the Government is blind or I should ask "Who has the Duct Tape over it's mouth?" The other amazing thing is no one sees the connection between the Mortage debacle and the Speculation Market????? There are so many people who claim to moniter stocks and company information and I a person who just sit back and watch can put it together????????? The same Banks and Financial Institutions in the Property/Home Mortgage Industry are the same ones that are making purchases on the Speculation Market???? Give me a break.... Wake up America....... First of All who goes into Wlamart and offers to pay $1,000 for a loaf of bread???? That is how the Commodities and Futures Market works... Set your own price..... These Financial Institutions A puts down $10 on each barrel of oil it wants to buy with Federally Insured Loan from B using the overnight Loan Law that lets them do this without Federal Oversight or Approval, B then does the same thing for the same amount of oil on a loan from A, within 24 hours they default on each other, each gaining possession of the same amount of oil from the other.... they have been doing this since 2000.... so much they have default forms and letter prewritten with just the date as fill in the blank..... this created a method of "Coining Money" and made the World Markets as a whole view this as having more American Dollars in circulation than is actual.... this created Artificial Inflation driving down the value of the American Dollar helping them to further drive up the price they offered to pay per barrel...this Artificial Inflation pushed the Federal Government to lower the Interest Rate.... Opening another door for the Financial Institutions.... Home Mortgages to the Poor and those that did not Qualify under any terms to begin with....... Fanny Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA..... Federally Insured Again...... Federally Insured Loan Programs are not fully administered by the programs but at the offices of these Financial Institutions.... The banks do the loan approval and the paperwork,,,, got people who they knew would default within a two year period on Federally Insured Loans and BOOM!!!! How can Delta, Jet Blue, JB Hunt, buy oil by the barrel???? Do they own their own refinaries??? Only 3% of a barrel of oil comes out as Jet Fuel.......25% as diesel.... It's like paying extra money for a new Monopoly game just to get the board pieces to play on an old one. The increase in oil demand since 2000 is 70%... the increase in oil purchases on the commodities and futures market since 2000 is 70%, the increase in the number of mortgages given out since 2000 is 70%..... buying oil that doesn't exist yet is a false demand..... Heavy Equipment and Farm Machinery Sales in foriegn Counties is up 45 to 150% verses North America where it is down 25 to 45%...... this should tell you those countries aren't paying $150 per barrel of oil.... there are two types of Math 1) you ad figures and get numbers, 2) you add facts and get conclusions.
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    • ON: Mon Jul 14th 15:57 PM
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      Can the SEC Really 'Quell Rumors'?
      I remember a time when any use of the media to make a statement positive or negative about a company was a Felony and the person making the statement faced time in CLub Fed. This has become a major issue that needs addressing. Just because some firm a week ago stated that General Motors in their employees opinion may be looking at bankruptcy the stock fell and fell fast. Would anyone reading this like it if someone got on the news and made a comment about your employer and the next day their stock fell so much you were told you were out of work???? A prime example, under the law a Corporation operates as an individual, it can buy, sell, pay taxes, and be held liable in civil court. You as an individual though you are a real person are to be free from falsehoods, lies and can sue civilly any person who slanders your character, in most States you can file Criminal Charges and have the person arrested. This has been allowed to go on for too long.... but, the same companies that took advantage of this by spreading their own positive rumors to drive their stock prices up are now being the ones getting the negative rumors....... unfortunately Real People and their Families suffer with the job loses.. Wake up America.
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