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Murdoch: Without eTablets, 'Newspapers Will Go Out of Business'

Please let me know where you get your "credible" news. Is it the mainstream media? When was the last time the mainstream media broke a "Watergate' or "Contra" type story?

Today we rely upon the creativity of two young civilians to expose the likes of "Acorn"

The internet will democratize news and peoples reputation will once again become their calling card. Matt Drudge is a pioneer in this regard and there are many others.


On Nov 18 06:05 AM Libby Gadsen wrote:

> Murdoch is a joke.
> If his news outlets were credible information sources his theory
> may be true. But NewsCorp is nothing more than tabloid hype you read
> for free while your in line at he grocery stores or on tv at a airport,
> otherwise no one would even pick it up. Who wants yesterdays rehashed
> cable news video clips and tabloid garbage anyway. When is this geezer
> going to get it? It's about creditable news not rumors and innuendo,
> you find that anywhere for free.

Short Amazon: Risky Investment at Current Price

Mr. Tillberg has missed the key driver of future value for AMZN, the Kindle! While the stock may bounce up and down in the short run, long term it will be improving fundamentals that send it higher. Those fundamentals will be exponentially impacted by consumers adopting the Kindle as their primary reading vehicle.

My guess is Christmas and the fourth quarter will shine brightly on AMZN, due to blowout sales of the Kindle as a holiday gift.

I would bet the author's October's prediction will meet the same fate as May's.

Who Were the Winners on Interest-Rate Swaps?

Challenge the man's message - not his honor!

Jim Rogers on the Next 10 Years

What percentage of high school graduates couldn't read and write english in 1960?


On Oct 11 12:43 PM huangthomas wrote:

> Learning Chinese means Chinese as the first foreign language, which
> has been shifting from French, German, and Japanese. All students
> should master the English first. Do you know close to 30% of our
> high school graduates can't write or read English?
>
> Remember we used to say that the 21st century belong to Japan. Japanese
> economy peaked in 1998 and has been on the slippery slope since then.
> China should be careful in accepting that title. It is a western
> trick. They are trying to set you up for something, such as beat
> you down with protectionism.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (SPPI) drops 17% to $5.40 in pre-open trade. The FDA says its metastatic colorectal cancer treatment Fusilev did not demonstrate that the treatment is non-inferior to leucovorin.

I don't know what the FDA statement means! How about some plain speak!!!

What an Apple Tablet Has to Be

Forget using the tablet as a computer, a TV, a theater or a telephone and make it a reader!!! Give it access to all forms of print media; books, magazines, newspapers, blogs, newsletters or any other form of communication that is read.

Be absolutely certain to incorporate the ink/paper screen for older eyes, along with the color display for textbooks and scientific illustrations and you will own the market.

Having owned the Kindle II since it's introduction, this 56 year old, avid reader can attest to it's brilliance. Once the 78 million baby boomers who read are exposed to it, publishers will so expand their markets that any decrease in sales of physical books will more than be made up for by revenue from electronic sales.

Throw in student use and you have a huge market of prospective customers transcending; language, age, social, ethnic, cultural, and logistic barriers. As far as I can tell this would include about 5.5 billion people. That is the potential market.

Sure It’s Legal … But Is It Right?

It is no more complicated than Mr. Summers analysis. Fix the moral and ethical shortfalls and the system will function.

Cramer Plugs Insana: Seems There's Also a Bull Market in Bull

The "Hulbert Financial Digest" provides this type of service, however I doubt they can help with the subject newsletter as it has just recently initiated publication.


On Aug 30 02:35 AM Roger Knights wrote:

> There ought to be some sort of registered play-money trading vehicle
> where persons who want to create a certified track record could do
> so. If handled properly, that service could become so prestigious
> that any claimant to a good trading record who couldn't cite that
> service's documentation of it would be scorned and ignored.

Will Amazon Announce New Kindle for News Distribution Today?

Pride goith before the fall!
Look out Mr. Murdoch and Moroney

Will Kindle Success Come at Amazon's Expense?

The "Innovator's Dilemma" in it's purest form. Better AMZN should direct it's business evolution than some new competitor. Just ask the people at Kodak how the alternative works.

Kudos to Ms. Mermigas, best article on the Kindle to date!

Kindle - Good Device, Impractical Pricing

Stock's up $9.00+ or almost 12% since this article was published. Nuf said about this author's judgement!

Ten Reasons Why the Kindle Is Toast

The author of this article is a "non-reader" in love with Apple. His shallow reasoning ability, coupled with little objective analysis, disqualifies him from giving advice on this subject. Until someone else comes along with a better mouse trap, the Kindle sets the standard. Be more responsible in your reviews as you are doing the "reading" public a disservice.

Look Who's Buying Natural Gas Now

What is the best alternative play on Natural Gas for funds held in an IRA to eliminate K-1 tax ramifications. UNG appears not to be the answer?

Book Review: Great Depression Ahead

Dent's 1998 book "The Roaring 2000's" laid out what was to come for the next 20 years and low and behold it is upon us. Granted the stock market's rise to 35,000 was way off the mark and that appears to be the one hurdle most critics cannot get over. However, he has been especially accurate in calling bubble tops and sectors that should prosper. I read his book in 1999, subsequently subscribed to his newsletter and accepted his analysis and logic. I vividly recall him advising readers to lighten up on tech equities in very early 2000 just before that bubble burst.
He also advised in his book to start going into real estate in the late 1990's and to lighten up on this investment sector in 2005. If you followed his advice on a macro level and injected a bit of common sense and tea leaf reading of your own on a micro level, then you were richly rewarded.
My own experience has been guided by his advice. I lightened up on tech equities and loaded up on resort real estate in the late 90' and early 2000's. I started getting out of real estate in 2005, albeit not as fast as I should have. I got out of the stock market in Jan. 2008 after events started unfolding just as Dent had described in his book 10 years earlier.
To Dent's critics I say, disregarding his fundamental analysis and macro economic prognostications will put your financial future in jeopardy.
Dent's one shortcoming is his inability to get the timing "perfect". However, as with most things in life, if you get it 80% right you are much further ahead. In my case, following Dent's model has translated into a few million dollars, starting with a very, very modest base.
As for people who poo-poo those who are not optimistic about our current economy I would say, stick with the politicians who are selling blue sky and false dreams and check back in 10 years for a review. My guess is their lives will be much less prosperous and they will still be searching for perfect solutions. Since that world doesn't exist, stick with that which over time has been more right than wrong. For me that has been Dent's musings.
Count me a believer.

Amazon's New Kindle-DX: $489 for an E-Reader?

The Kindle is for avid readers who are willing to pay for the ease of receipt and transport of their reading material. Having used the Kindle II since it came out in Feb. I can attest to the benefits it provides as well as the cost savings on books, newspapers and periodicals. My guess is those reviewers who fail to see it's obvious benefits, not to mention the cost savings realized on content purchases, are not avid readers (5 + books per month).

Being in my middle 50's, my eyes cannot take the strain of reading for 10 hours on a backlit computer screen. That, coupled with the ability to read outdoors while on the go, makes the Kindle II ideal.

When the DX comes out, I will buy it. At the rate I read it will pay for itself in about 5 months.