PalinTologist

Philip Morris: Even Greater

I'll answer that: making money is more important than YOUR ethics, to me anyway. Aside from taking advantage of your choice of words, I've long ago given up on trading from a moral perspective.

How does one invest wisely and avoid 'bad' companies anymore given the multi tentacles that modern, conglomerate corporations all seem to have?

BTW, don't buy TEVA if you don't want to buy companies that sell death. They manufacture the 'morning after' pill. No, I'm not a right wing wacko; I'm pro choice. I'm just saying.


On Jul 14 06:04 PM knight wrote:

> does nobody care that they sell death!! There are far better and
> ways to make money and plenty of other opportunities out there. At
> some point one has to say making money isnt as important as my ethics.

Electro-Optical Sciences: A Speculative Stock with Great Potential

It's my understanding that they charge for the device itself (relatively inexpensive at 5 grand) and then the recording 'card' which is used on each patient and stores the data of each test which costs the patient around $100 per test, of which MELA keeps $40 and the physician keeps $60 (above figures are not exact and only meant to convey the general idea, relative to the question asked).

Benefit to the patient is that it is fast and non invasive.

For the busy physician, it allows better customer service to their patients who face potential cancer diagnosis and are anxious to find out results. As well, it provides better patient flow, i.e. more clients=more money as it frees up the physician's time that they would otherwise use to do unnecessary, expensive, invasive and time intensive biopsies.

I am Long MELA; >1000 shares.

On Jul 09 12:39 PM drd wrote:

> good idea but how will they make money? will they just sell machines
> (how many will be sold ?) will they charge per test

Bookies Favor Apple for a Twitter Buyout

I don't this we disagree on this. Where did i imply that aapl wasn't for profit or that they wouldn't pay the price that works for them?

What i meant by my post was:

1. I think twitter is a good fit for aapl
2. Because I have respect for aapl mgmnt, I think they have a price in mind they are willing to pay and are willing to walk away from a deal precisely because they ARE a for profit company and won't do a deal that doesn't pencil out.
3. I think aapl mgmnt's appeal to twitter would be along the lines of how great (read PROFITABLE for the twitter owners) they would be together and if they convince twitter that, with twitter, 'twapple' will rule the world and in the long going with aapl will make them trillionaires then I think twiiter would be inclined (or give aapl the upper hand in a competitive bidding situation) to sell to aapl.
For this reason, I don't think they need to be "high bid", if it came down to a bidding war.

Who would/could beat aapl in a bidding war? 1. msft, but c'mon, twitter aint going to bed with 'the man' 2. goog but goog is becoming 'the man' and their could also be antitrust questions raised, among other issues.

Since you stated the obvious ("they would pay what they felt the company was worth to them") Let me sum up what I was trying to say in my initial post in an equally obvious statement:

Aapl will establish what twitter is worth to it and will not pay a penny more than that.

See? We agree! Izzzz alllllll goooood!

Hope this clears things up or if not, makes you as angry as my first
(what I thought was benign) post seemed to make you.


On May 06 12:51 PM jack dee wrote:

> "cuz that's not how they roll," , are you off your rocker, aapl
> would bid just like any other company. They would pay right up to
> the very last penny they felt the company was worth to them. Just
> as msft goog gm or any company.
>
> AAPL is a for PROFIT company ( see how big the "PROFIT" is)

Bookies Favor Apple for a Twitter Buyout

i am a nobody from nowheresville but i do believe IF (see how big that 'if' is in a relative sense?) twitter founders are inclined to sell to aapl then it will happen. i don't think aapl would be willing to be held over a barrel or engage in a bidding war with goog or msft, cuz that's not how they roll, but at a price that works for aapl, i think it will happen and i think it totally makes sense/fits.

RIM's Secret Weapon: Lower Bandwidth Consumption

@ Frank Castle

Interesting that you would use the supposed derogatory term 'fanbois' to begin your post in support of rimm and subsequent bashing of the iphone.

To date, you have a total of 7 posts on seeking alpha. All seven of them specifically and exclusively are in support of rimm and derisive to the iphone (aapl). While your clearly not a 'fanboi' you are certainly guilty of a 'rimmjob', yes?


On Apr 06 09:03 PM Frank Castle wrote:

> The apple fanbois are out in force.
>
> You all make me laugh at how delusional you sound, Sure Apple is
> doing everything so right and Safari never crashes. Appworld has
> been out what less then a week so why would it be better then the
> year old AppStore?
>
> Do you honestly think carriers like to build out extra infra to please
> iPhone users? Sure faster speeds are due in the next 1-2 years and
> expect to pay for said infra with higher priced data plans / or metered
> bandwidth. So RIM does appeal as less bandwidth = more users for
> the carrier. It's something like 5 Blackberry to 1 iPhone user.
> Do the math.
>
> Not to mention Apple's biggest hurdle is no other stateside carrier
> will provide the same deal Apple peddles. China just turned them
> down cold (again), sales are pathetic in Germany / India so all is
> not rosy and perfect like you all seem to think.
>
> NPD sales month over month after after 3G launch have fallen like
> a steady line. Best selling smartphone? The Blackberry Curve so
> I guess a lot of people want the devices regardless all the shiny
> apps are not there yet.
>
> The funny thing is iPhone is selling each new version to the same
> group that bought the 1st model and you all live in a vaccum.

Banks Return TARP Funds to Avoid Choking on Attached Strings

perhaps i'm remembering things wrong here but wasn't the tarp forced on the banks regardless of whether they requested/needed it? it's obvious many needed it, sure. in wfc's case, the government steered wachovia towards wells and more importantly AWAY from citi because of the direness of citi's situation. sure they got money and big tax right offs, but the government arguably got more in return as citi's (and wachovia's) demise would have been more costly to the (the taxpayer) in the long run. as for wells, so far wachovia has proven to be an anvil as it has reduced its market cap by tens of billions of dollars.
true, in the long run, it's a good fit for wells assuming the economic system gains its footing--then again, in the long run we'll all be dead.

Flash Player: Apple's Blind Spot?

<<In fact, I don't think the iTunes/iPod strategy has much life left in it.>>

okay, big boy. since you've got a better idea, i'm sure you'll have apple's ear.

but , given the fact that you're FRED WILSON, you've already got aapl, ne, the WORLD's attention. you go, boyfriend.

IBM and Amazon Team Up in the Cloud

Pull your head out of the clouds.

At the beginning of the article you suggest msft is doomed due to the adjacent goog and ibm 'black holes' , while at the end of the article you surmise that the 'end game' will not be 'zero sum' and that msft, orcl, SAP and others will be 'big cloud computing players'. Which is it?

Another duplicitous and dubious SA article.

Tech Won't Lead Markets Out of Bearish Pattern

since when was amzn considered a 'tech' stock ("If AMZN doesn’t hold its breakout, I would not hold out much hope for the rest of tech") ?

Is it because they came out with the wizbang gadget of the century, the kindle (the one that EVERYONE is buying but nobody seems to own)?

Apple Warns iPhone Competitors: Don't Rip Us Off

ColinToal--

I addition to all of the excellent points that Doug from Mt. View raised regarding your pathetically ignorant rant, your own post contradicts itself.

You start of your post with this gem:

<<AAPL is actually threatening to sue the competition over gimmicks that they claim they 'invented' when there is years and years of prior art saying they didn't>>

And then end your post with this one:

<<Good innovator - lousy competitor.>>

Tell me Colin, how can a company that rips off old "gimmicks" from the past also be a "good innovator"?

Quit talking out of your --s and go back to posting stuff you have experience in i.e. writing code for ORCL.

Apple: Like Starbucks and Whole Foods, A Trend That's Past Its Prime

Hey Todd

Did this blasphemous blog get you the attention (clicks) you coveted?

The next time you're feeling insignificant, stop and consider that your feelings and your true worth to this community may indeed be congruent.

Then yell 'fire' in a crowded theater and get back all of that wonderful attention. Again.

Is Starbucks a Bargain? It Almost Goes Without Saying

'cow' is right, Konsta. i'm curious as to how the economy will treat SBUX.


On Nov 30 06:09 PM Konsta wrote:

> what numbers into your analysis, nincompoop! Here is the deal, once
> consumer stocks start to recover, so will Starbucks. It will likely
> go back to 23 within 2 years, unless the world ends, which is what
> the market had been pricing in in the recent past.
> That's my guess. Seems like a proven leader that will continue to
> dominate. A well run cash cow.

Should Apple Consider Buying Yahoo!?

Brandon, I think your distinction that Yahoo is a 'topical directory' as opposed to a 'search engine' is right on; I never really thought about about that before frankly. So true! Makes me wonder though: is a 'topical directory' something we need anymore? If Yahoo got back to their roots and leveraged its original reason for being, how much would that be worth to a surfer and more to the point, the market?

Is Apple Set to Make Its Own ARM Chips for the iPhone?

...or the the English speaking world

Is Apple More Undervalued Than Other Tech Sector Stocks?

Fre: are you an appraiser or a broker? Big difference. But while we're on the subject of 'relative alternatives' what do you consider as a superior replacement for AAPl as a stock?

BTW I'll take Fremont in a heartbeat, all things considered.