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How PHEVs and EVs Will Sabotage America's Drive for Energy Independence

Mr. Petersen...Good that someone is thinking of the unintended consequences of the mad rush to any and all types of electric vehicles.
My question is when these electric vehicles become the clunkers of the future...will we be able and ready to recycle these batteries or will the batteries become a future pollution problem for planet Earth??

Popular Mechanics Gets It Wrong on Buick Hybrid

HOW DID MY FATHER"S GENERATION EVER WIN WWII???
Once again if the car has an American Badge an author or Consumer Reports will degrade the car because of bad American products in the 80s...with a Japanese badge it cant have a fault even in 2009. It's called a self fulfilling prophecy.
I wonder how we are going to recycle all the large Prius batteries in the future?? Has anyone thought of the environmental consequences of that??

GE Capital: Next CIT?

Who is this man Tyler?? Does he just resemble Brad Pitt or is it Brad himself undercover with advice on GE?
In all seriousness...GE, though in trouble with its financial unit, is no GM and will be around long after we all are!

The Age of Turbulence: Preparing for the Crash

Now let me see...you say...
"Hence, the hypothesis I make here about the future behaviour of the Market is based solely on my 24 years experience of the behaviour of financial Markets, hunch and intuition. I believe it is reliable".
Now believing a "H-U-N-C-H" to be reliable is a comforting theory for me to invest in!

Forget Green Shoots: These Are the Brown Shoots Turning Black

Mr. Shulman you said about your firm's statistics " And they survey the same people, enabling them to create and use great baseline data. And they are never wrong - truly -" But perhaps Mr. Dorgan is closer to correct by saying "Maybe you have provided quality statistics, and you have displayed a practice which Peter Lynch was also very fond of i.e. the use of personal anecdotal evidence" Mr Shulman...Remember economics and their statistics are STILL not a pure science or pure mathematics and can be wrong or skewed or anecdotal. Even in your firms survey.
Im not saying you are wrong but dont be too glued to the numbers cause you'll never see the true Green Shoot or Mustard Seed when it comes. You have to be statistically flexible while you watch the numbers so that you are not at the airport when the ship gets in!?!
AND...please cut Mr. Kudlow a break! I am a moderate politically and dont always agree with his political/economic view. However, I do enjoy Mr. Kudlow's enthusiasm for his trade as well as his quests who I think give a balanced economic viewpoint. I really think you mix Mr. Kudlow's enthusiasm with what you call "screaming". Also I think you are a bit presumptuous by saying his viewers are suckers. (This is your quote " Larry Kudlow is screaming, telling viewers and suckers to essentially ignore very disappointing retail sales data and invest based on consumer confidence.") Finally, I think in your screaming enthusiasm you owe Mr. Kudlow or at least his viewers an apology.

Is the Dollar Dead in the Long Run?

DONE_SONZ: Good point on the Gold...However the concept is the ability to change when other economies because of politics and a lack of resources cant. The founding father's also had an agricultural economy and never thought of an industrial society which is now morphing into a technical economy. Changing from Farms to Detroit and to Silicon Valley they never understood but perhaps Hamilton did anticipate. You buy the Gold, I'll buy Tech!

Is the Dollar Dead in the Long Run?

One thing the Founding Fathers fortunately built into our system of government is flexibility, politically, socially and economically which gives us the ability to change course in times of political, social or economic emergency. Though the USA's abilitty to change course may seem slow at times, it is far faster and more a part of our system than most (if not all) societies and governments on the planet. This coupled with the size of our central economy is a built in strategy thanks again to those who came before us in the USA. You say that Hope is not a strategy. But having a built in fail-safe strategy thanks to our forefathers just might be our saving grace the strategy you fail to see.
So Mr Bernstein tell the world and Chinese not to count us out too soon and don't underestimate the ability of change in the good olde US of A. Fortunately, NOTHING is set in stone in the USA...except perhaps the ability to change our political, economic or social course more quickly than China or most other countries. Just ask the Japanese who thought they owned America in the late 1980s or the Iranians who are trying to change their political system.

The Dollar's Long Term Trend Appears to Be Set in Stone

One thing the Founding Fathers fortunately built into our system of government is flexibility, both politically and economically, and the ability to change course faster than most societies and governments on the planet. So Mr. Palha tell the Chinese students not to laugh too soon and don't underestimate the ability of change in our government. NOTHING is set in stone (a good American proverb) in the USA except perhaps to change economic course more quickly than China or most other countries. Just ask the Japanese who thought they owned America in the late 1980s.

Inflation: As Inevitable as Death and Taxes

Mild inflation and even a bit of stagflation have worked for most of us us early baby boomers over-time. My dad never got over the depression and was always waiting for "the balloon to bust again"
Given my experience, I'll gladly take the inflation scenario.

A top Justice Department official warns the agency may prosecute senior UBS (UBS) executives in connection to the government's tax evasion probe.

It's about time that everyone pays their due taxes, Politicians, federal appointees, businessmen and the regular man on the street. It's what you can do for your country! Not what you can do for you!! and USDOJ should go after ALL tax dodgers!!!