Why I'm Short Amazon: Waiting for State Governments to Wise Up [View article]
almost every year there is a bill in congress push forward to tax ecommerce transactions (not just amazon). And every year it gets shot down mostly on the arguments that
(a) ecommerce only accounts for about a 6th of the the total sales. (b) it would put an undo burden on smaller start up ecommerce sites who would have to collect/remit taxes for all the states (c) bricks and mortar stores have online ops and usually dont collect taxes on those sales (the quit whining defense) (d) taxes?! we dont need no new stinkin taxes!!
Steve Jobs (AAPL) declared the seven-inch tablet "dead on arrival" this week, but app developers (and tech analysts) aren't so sure, developing for both Google (GOOG) and Apple just as they do for the smartphone market. Plus, the smaller tablet may be better for consumers more interested in mobility and carrying a device that can fit easily into a pocket. [View news story]
Perhaps he has an inferiority problem? He has been grumbling for decades that people dont get it and should be using macs instead of windows-based PCs.
Many very successful CEOs have inferiority complexes. Its what drives them.
The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
Aaaaa I see a 5000 year believer gave that a thumbs down. America has become the land of the stupid. Its fashionable now.
What a Republican win in November might mean for the markets: "It'll be positive in the short term, but in the long term it could have a negative effect," one pro says. "The Republicans will do everything in their power to stop excessive spending... The market will have to take a different approach." [View news story]
Over $700b and about equal to what the rest of the world spends together. Its an industry, not a necessity.
About $50b could be saved right away if one of the three nuke "defense" legs were shut down: silo, plane, sub. we are still worried that the soviets, errrr russians, will knock out our silos and our subs wont be able to blow the rest of the world to a radioactive wasteland for tens of thousands of years??
Some try to explain that defense should be judged as a percentage of GDP. Unless you are doing it fr economic reasons, that is flawed. If we have 13 aircraft carriers and the other guys have 2 that can challenge us, 13:2 is the important number ... not GDP ratio.
But we wont stop. Its what we manufacture now. We couldnt even say NO to a plane that the defense dept said they absolutely didnt need. But since it was build in 18 states (or something like that), congress said it had to be built or jobs would be lost. Too bad congress isnt making that argument for solar, wind farms, highspeed rail, new power grid or countrywide broadband.
The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
so true, anwar. and fighting those dinosaurs 5000 years ago was hard! didnt even have guns then!
The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
did you ask your reos and senators if they read the bills?
worse yet to hear a senator say, "I didnt read t and dont know whats in it. But I will vote against them"
What a Republican win in November might mean for the markets: "It'll be positive in the short term, but in the long term it could have a negative effect," one pro says. "The Republicans will do everything in their power to stop excessive spending... The market will have to take a different approach." [View news story]
time out ... someone define "win".
and do you know how hard it is to override a veto? esp if we only have maybe 50 republican senators at best?
the house can pass anything they want, but most house bills go to the neglect bin. I think there are 300+ bills the house passed that the senate never managed to get around to. that 60 vote hurdle for senate cloture is gonna stop the republicans the same way they stopped the dems the last two years.
The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
which also is not understood by the public. its very much in vogue now to not know much about a subject, yet still criticize vehemently.
Steve Jobs (AAPL) declared the seven-inch tablet "dead on arrival" this week, but app developers (and tech analysts) aren't so sure, developing for both Google (GOOG) and Apple just as they do for the smartphone market. Plus, the smaller tablet may be better for consumers more interested in mobility and carrying a device that can fit easily into a pocket. [View news story]
Big pockets if you can get a 7" tablette in them. But that aside, I would favor a slightly smaller device as a choice. I have 2 10" ipads now.
Many are listening to the Fed govs who think we should QE2. But Ben is still riding the fence and 3 Govs are openly against it.
no one has been able to explain why QE2 will be good for the economy ... and not just harmful money printing, which as we all know never turns out good. If it is good, the bang for the buck is very slim.
Lets see if anything happens at the G20. Or if the yuan adjustment for minimal qe2 deal is more than rumor.
Why I'm Short Amazon: Waiting for State Governments to Wise Up [View article]
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Why I'm Short Amazon: Waiting for State Governments to Wise Up [View article]
I am buying many, many, many more books now from amazon/itunes than I ever bought from Barnes. Amazon has not ruined the book business for me.
Why I'm Short Amazon: Waiting for State Governments to Wise Up [View article]
(a) ecommerce only accounts for about a 6th of the the total sales.
(b) it would put an undo burden on smaller start up ecommerce sites who would have to collect/remit taxes for all the states
(c) bricks and mortar stores have online ops and usually dont collect taxes on those sales (the quit whining defense)
(d) taxes?! we dont need no new stinkin taxes!!
not defending, just sayin ...
Why I'm Short Amazon: Waiting for State Governments to Wise Up [View article]
really?
hahahahahaaaa
Steve Jobs (AAPL) declared the seven-inch tablet "dead on arrival" this week, but app developers (and tech analysts) aren't so sure, developing for both Google (GOOG) and Apple just as they do for the smartphone market. Plus, the smaller tablet may be better for consumers more interested in mobility and carrying a device that can fit easily into a pocket. [View news story]
Many very successful CEOs have inferiority complexes. Its what drives them.
The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
What a Republican win in November might mean for the markets: "It'll be positive in the short term, but in the long term it could have a negative effect," one pro says. "The Republicans will do everything in their power to stop excessive spending... The market will have to take a different approach." [View news story]
About $50b could be saved right away if one of the three nuke "defense" legs were shut down: silo, plane, sub. we are still worried that the soviets, errrr russians, will knock out our silos and our subs wont be able to blow the rest of the world to a radioactive wasteland for tens of thousands of years??
Some try to explain that defense should be judged as a percentage of GDP. Unless you are doing it fr economic reasons, that is flawed. If we have 13 aircraft carriers and the other guys have 2 that can challenge us, 13:2 is the important number ... not GDP ratio.
But we wont stop. Its what we manufacture now. We couldnt even say NO to a plane that the defense dept said they absolutely didnt need. But since it was build in 18 states (or something like that), congress said it had to be built or jobs would be lost. Too bad congress isnt making that argument for solar, wind farms, highspeed rail, new power grid or countrywide broadband.
Yes, we are addicted to defense spending.
The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
and fighting those dinosaurs 5000 years ago was hard! didnt even have guns then!
The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
worse yet to hear a senator say, "I didnt read t and dont know whats in it. But I will vote against them"
What a Republican win in November might mean for the markets: "It'll be positive in the short term, but in the long term it could have a negative effect," one pro says. "The Republicans will do everything in their power to stop excessive spending... The market will have to take a different approach." [View news story]
and do you know how hard it is to override a veto? esp if we only have maybe 50 republican senators at best?
the house can pass anything they want, but most house bills go to the neglect bin. I think there are 300+ bills the house passed that the senate never managed to get around to. that 60 vote hurdle for senate cloture is gonna stop the republicans the same way they stopped the dems the last two years.
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The U.S. public shows no love for the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, with 54% saying they are dissatisfied, according to a new poll. That's an even worse rating than garnered by the banks the new law is designed to police. [View news story]
Steve Jobs (AAPL) declared the seven-inch tablet "dead on arrival" this week, but app developers (and tech analysts) aren't so sure, developing for both Google (GOOG) and Apple just as they do for the smartphone market. Plus, the smaller tablet may be better for consumers more interested in mobility and carrying a device that can fit easily into a pocket. [View news story]
But that aside, I would favor a slightly smaller device as a choice.
I have 2 10" ipads now.
Doug Kass is a seller on any market rally, he says on his Twitter post. [View news story]
no one has been able to explain why QE2 will be good for the economy ... and not just harmful money printing, which as we all know never turns out good. If it is good, the bang for the buck is very slim.
Lets see if anything happens at the G20.
Or if the yuan adjustment for minimal qe2 deal is more than rumor.
Doug Kass is a seller on any market rally, he says on his Twitter post. [View news story]
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