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    Rio Tinto and Chinalco about to reach a deal on Australian bauxite. Could this have anything to do with jailed Rio execs in china and the threat of worse to come. Watch your back when dealing with Chicoms.
    Aug 24 08:48 am |Rating: +6 0 |Link to Comment
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    Wow! How much oil can be stored in tankers off shore before it reaches deminishing returns?
    Jun 30 08:53 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
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    Microsoft (MSFT) will not be the only major player moving jobs off shore. As the business environment deteriorates we can expect more of that. Continuing unemployment problems will erode tax revenues further and the government will take steps to recover them. Controling spending over time does not apear to be on the table so more and more creative taxation will be the order of the day. This will cause more migration of jobs, thus deepening unemployment concerns, you can see where it goes from there.
    Jun 04 09:06 am |Rating: +6 -2 |Link to Comment
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    I am a union member and we are currently circulating a pettition to get our union out of politics of any sort.


    On May 26 02:53 PM grh1212 wrote:

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    May 26 16:26 pm |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
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    I am moving money into forign markets as well. Mostly Brazil and China. Recently opened a position in Agrifeed (FEED) at $3.90 today it is close to $7. I'm avoiding Russia and India though as they may have problems going forward.


    On May 26 11:48 AM bbowen7 wrote:

    > Dear Mr. Ferguson: I think that your questions are about the unpredictability
    > of investing in 21st century America, where the government dominates
    > and changes the rules regularly - banking, housing, automotive, and
    > (developing) healthcare, energy, and insurance. I am finding an increasing
    > amount of my investments going overseas to where I can find a more
    > reliable government structure - Turkey and China for telecom; Israel
    > for pharma; Brazil for iron ore; Canada for banking and railroads.
    > (The last sentence was meant to be ironic, but it is true.)
    May 26 14:10 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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    So many questions regarding these bankruptcy proceedings. Will the Obama administration respect the law regarding GM? They didn't when Chrysler filed. Will the bond holders show a united front this time or cave like last time? Will team Obama bring pressure on Indiana to forgive debt and not force a chapter 7 for Chrysler? If liquidation becomes the only option how will the UAW deal with it? Should we buy Ford Motors (F) when GM files?
    May 26 08:50 am |Rating: +7 -1 |Link to Comment
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    I believe it was Margeret Thatcher who pointed out the fatal flaw there. Central planners always end up running out of other peoples money.


    On May 13 12:02 PM bbowen7 wrote:

    > Who would have believed it just a few short years ago? The government
    > takes over GMAC and uses it to finance the car companies that it
    > jointly owns with the UAW. The government puts billions more into
    > Fannie/Freddie to pay for government-supported liquidation of mortgages
    > which they encouraged. The government plans to determine the compensation
    > structure of the financial industry. And by the end of the summer
    > we will have the Pelosi/Obama plan for managing nationalized healthcare.
    >
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    > The Soviet model of a centrally-controlled economy worked for quite
    > awhile, but eventually collapsed from coruption and indifference.
    > For us, the arrogant belief that the government knows better than
    > individual people and companies is a bigger threat than the huge
    > debts that the Obama administration is racking up.
    May 13 14:29 pm |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
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    With the Obama administration getting ready to cap salleries in all buisinesses how long will it be befor they start confiscating assets as well? Oh wait they are already doing that and giving the proceeds to unions. Get ready for some new break out lows.
    May 13 09:01 am |Rating: +8 -5 |Link to Comment
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