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Senator Christopher Dodd is reportedly readying legislation that would strip the Fed and FDIC of almost all their bank-supervision powers, creating in their place a new agency in charge of supervising all banks and bank-holding companies. The suggestion is in stark contrast to approaches taken by the House and favored by the Obama administration, which have pushed to expand the Fed's powers.

I thought banks were supervised by OCC and OTS.

The House Financial Services Committee approves a measure that would require hedge funds and private equity to register with the SEC and open their books to examination after a one-year transitional period.

Also called the "Hedge Fund Relocation to Foreign Countries" bill.

As part of an overhaul of the Enforcement Division announced last month, the SEC has reportedly hired Adam Storch, 29-year-old ex-Goldman Sachs (GS) fraud analyst, as the unit's first chief operating officer.

This is a joke, right?

Is Cleantech the Next Boom (or Bubble?)

"...that clean energy is such a vast field that government could make the wrong choice in backing one type of technology over another."

Rest assured that they will.

Google: How One Wedding Video Shows YouTube's Potential

None of it goes to the poster of the video unless they are in the YouTube Partner Program.


On Aug 17 01:37 PM dick black wrote:

> I wonder how much of that cash generation goes to the poster of the
> video or do you need to create a channel and sign up for profit sharing.

One big beneficiary of a tight market place: Outsourcing.

I completely agree. Generally when you outsource something you pay 50% less money and get 75% less valuable work.


On Aug 13 10:00 AM coloneldebugger wrote:

> outsourcing is biggest f-ing scam to ever come to business.
>
> all it's ever done it screw up a business to the point of why even
> bother and then get it back to about 75% of what it was before and
> talk about how much better things are.
>
> yeah, accenture and avanade, i'm looking in your general direction.

The economists who invented cap-and-trade are now questioning its usefulness for limiting carbon emissions, and think an outright emissions tax would be easier to enforce and scale.

You can replace cap and trade in your statement with any government program and it will be equally true.


On Aug 13 10:02 AM HiSpeed wrote:

> Horrible idea - cap-n-trade is just another massive tax with no measurable
> benefits unless you're a govt bureaucrat who's just after more revenue.

Speculators: Use 'Em or Lose 'Em

They've been telling us what to eat for years.


On Aug 11 02:23 PM ScroogeMcduck wrote:

> If the governments meddling continues at this pace 10 years from
> now they'll be telling us what to eat and where to shit.

Dealers are turning up pressure on car makers to increase production after 'cash for clunkers' generates more than 245,000 sales in two weeks.

Good idea! That's a sustainable plan!

FTC issues the final word (.pdf) on oil market manipulation. "We will police the oil markets - and if we find companies that are manipulating the markets, we will go after them." (PR)

Finally, I can breathe easy!

Nissan’s Leaf: First Big Mistake Right Out of the Blocks

In North America many clothes dryers and stoves both run on 240V power. Getting a 240V feed for your EV only involves wiring to both legs in your electrical panel. This is called a three-wire single phase or split-phase system.

I agree with the rest of your sentiments though, and it's true that condos and apartments aren't as easily modified to suit EVs.

On Aug 04 06:51 AM Davewmart wrote:


> Use of 110volt power supplies, meaning that you need to spend to
> get a more useful 220volt installed.

Soaring Stocks: The Return of the Ten Bagger

Or short 10, hope the other 9 go to 0, and the 10th doesn't go to 20x.


On Aug 03 07:55 PM RiskReturnOptimizer wrote:

> Owning these stocks requires a VC type approach ... pick 10 names,
> expect 9 to go to zero, and 1 to get to 20x ... overall return will
> be 100%.

Talk about clawbacks: A graduate is suing her college for $70,000 in tuition payments, saying she's been unable to find a job since graduating in April and her school's career office hasn't provided the advice it promised.

I suppose it is worth the possibility of a $70k gain to expose your poor decision making skills to the entire news-reading public.

Bond Expert: Thursday Wrap

"Tightening" means that corporate bond yields are closer to treasury yields. For example a corporate bond may be trading at 200 points which means it yields 2.00% more than the equivalent term treasury. If it tightens by 20 points it now yields only 1.80% more than the equivalent treasury. This means it is in higher demand (in theory) and its market price has risen.


On Jul 30 04:56 PM korba wrote:

> John....for uneducated people like me, could you please provide more
> meaning of tightening corporate bond? What does "tightening corporate
> bond" mean? And how exactly does it relate to "exit strategy"?
> Many thanks.

CNBC Viewership Down 28%

What about midgets with cleavage? I imagine there must be some.

I don't have cable but if this existed I would sign up.


On Jul 30 01:58 PM yellowhoard wrote:

> I'm not sure that Ms. Drudy's impressive cleavage is enough to carry
> the weight of GE.
>
> I think that, since they are only interested in propaganda and it
> hurts their credibility, they should hire midgets to deliver the
> financial news.
>
> Next to cleavage, I always pay more attention to the TV when midgets
> are doing something out of the ordinary.
>