Sam Liu

Thomas Friedman is still worried that China will clean America’s clock in the clean-energy race, and with good reason. Or is this a case of too-good-to-be-true?

My last report on Cn's alternative energy industry is it is not an alternative but in addition to future energy needs. IT IS A GREEN AND BLACK FUTURE FOR Cn.

Asians Going East

OLD NEWS

In a move that's likely to amplify trade tensions and increase the likelihood of protectionism, Beijing unveils a Buy Chinese initiative that will force government agencies to buy local goods and services exclusively. Some are attributing the late-morning / early-afternoon weakness to this story.

no country is responsible for reckless, irresponsible spending. in theory (that is with an open capital market), this"buy china" initiative will put costly pressures to maintain its peg

GM confirms it's selling Hummer to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, which GM says will secure over 3K jobs in the U.S. Terms to follow.

How irresponsible, technology, ... the Hummer, developed by the United States tax payers, brand sold off to the Chinese government.

Sounds like the 1980s all over again with the United States technological, i.e. chip technology, innovation sold off to the Japanese.

Goldman Sachs (GS) is selling around 20% of its stake in Chinese bank ICBC, totaling up to $1.9B worth of shares, at a discount of 4-6% below ICBC's closing price today. In March, Goldman pledged to keep 80% of its ICBC shares.

why, for money to pay back tarp?

Obama's Budget Deficit Larger than Clinton's Entire Budget

and for his massive spending, is due to ...!

Trouble Brewing for Starbucks in China

has the mgmt thought of serving truly premium coffee

China's Auto Sector in 2009

can you quote some sources of your information

thanks

Can Costco Save America's Malls?

i ride my bike or take the bus to costco. YOU'RE EXCEPTION AND OUTRAGE IS NOT APPRECIATED

On Dec 16 04:16 PM doublebogeymann08 wrote:

> I'd never been to Costco before and thought I'd drive twenty miles
> and check it out, I suppose I'm just sn old fool but when they stopped
> me going in and wanted me to pay them 50 bucks for the opportunity
> to buy from their warehouse I turned around and went back to Krogers.
>
>
> What a business model, pay me and I'll let you purchase my goods.
>
> No thanks

Facebook, Apple (AAPL), Yahoo (YHOO), Verizon (VZ) and FedEx (FDX) make the top-20 most-trusted U.S. companies list for the first time, while Google (GOOG), Countrywide, Bank of America (BAC) and Weight Watchers (WTW) drop off. Top spot, for the fourth straight year, goes to American Express (AXP). More here.

when are they (the govt) going to have an investigator into this. if it was good enough or clinton was bad enough, why not the financial and automotive industries.

thanks what that tells me is that both sides of the aisle is curropt.

The S&P could fall another 55% and bottom out at 400, says strategist Russell Napier. He used Tobin’s Q ratio, which compares the market value of companies to the cost of their constituent parts, to build his forecast.

can we have an equation, more detailed info of the ratio's calculation

How banks use overdraft protection to rip off customers.

WHAT IS NEW (the U.S. citizen) at the mercy of the corporate conspiracy conglomerate CCC.

But on the otherhand. Why do Americans spend too much and not know its numbers. Due diligence

Sector Overview: Networking

what happened to the international network powerhouses?

Automakers: A Pitiful Trio

looking at buisweek 10/27/08 indicates that GM and Chrsler have billions of $s GM $19.356 p30, Chrysler $10 bill- cash it holds p10

A deal to provide automakers with $15B to tide them over until March 2009 could be unveiled within 24 hours, Michigan Senator Carl Levin says, though he questions "whether the votes are there." Of GM (GM) CEO Wagoner, Sen. Chris Dodd says, "I think he has to move on."

looking at buisweek 10/27/08 indicates that GM and Chrsler have billions of $s GM $19.356 p30, Chrysler $10 bill- cash it holds p10