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My sell order on ETRD Germany has been rejected. Then they wanted to order it with ETRD USA. But they said that there was no MM to buy. Thrilling.
CHRN (former UDTA): doubled today. What´s up? No news, no filing, no pushing.
AMVS like a rocket. Forward split announced.
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/news/articles.asp?guid={874BFFFF-BCBB-4E75-95EB-5D1102BB1A7F}&n...
Nice wings as I said. What does hooters stand for?
Yes, and I surely know which one. hehe
CTGLE Thx I´m in. Christmas money hehe.
CTGLE they said it loses the E?
German Soldier Killed by Suicide Blast in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber rammed a car into a NATO-led peacekeeping vehicle, killing one German soldier and wounding two others along with three civilians, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
"One Toyota Corolla vehicle loaded with explosives bumped into an ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) German vehicle in front of a UN office on Jalalabad Road this afternoon," spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said.
"One German soldier and the suicide bomber were killed," he added. "Two German soldiers and three civilians were wounded."
District police chief Mohammed Akbar also confirmed the attack.
"The suicide attack killed a German soldier, wounded two others and also killed the suicide bomber in his vehicle," Akbar said.
Second bombing kills civillian, injures a policeman
A second bombing killed one person and injured a policeman, a short time after and three kilometers (two miles) away from the scene of the earlier suicide attack.
The partially dismembered body of a man lay at the site where a taxi apparently exploded in eastern Kabul, while two cars were badly damaged and some neighboring shops were set on fire, reports said.
Reuters news agency later reported that Abdul Samad, a Taliban spokesman, had telephoned soon after the first car bomb to claim responsibility.
Taliban resurgence marked by increased violence
A spate of suicide bombings in past weeks, most of them largely ineffectual blasts in the volatile south, have been blamed on the ousted fundamentalist Taliban militia.
The deadliest was on Sept. 28 when a suicide attacker in military uniform drove a motorbike into buses outside an army base on the same road in Kabul, killing eight soldiers and a civilian.
The worst experienced by German peacekeepers was in 2003 when four German soldiers were killed and more than 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a bus.
This year has been the worst for insurgency-linked violence since the late 2001 fall of the Taliban, with about 1,400 people killed -- most of them suspected militants.
Nobody here *hicks* wanting to drink with me? *Hicks* Just making moneymoneymoney? (Remember Pink Floyd lol) I´m opening a bottle Bordeaux right now. Interests? Criticisms?
Nice wings lol. *hicks* wings are standing (or not) for freedom, right? So let us fly into the light, the never ending *hicks*
Some left-wings here? have some Cuba Libre left ... *hicks*
Do you want it to be served by messenger or by email? I´ll prepare it xtra strong. Rum, lemon, happyness, sense of life ... *hicks*
Ok, well going now. Whom to serve some beer? Caipirinha? Whine? Dancers? *Hicks*
too late ... roooaaarrrr ...
AMVS .07 Here my train coming
AMVS .07 cm´on girls don´t be so shy ...
AMVS .07. 1 MM left.
Mum´s the word: AMVS is rising. Pssst.
AMVS .06x.07 It´s going up friends, buy now or never.
AMVS .06x.065
Good evening everybody here. Andi has asked me to follow up pearl AMVS. Well, it´s very robust for a Friday evening, isn´t it?
Great things coming, they tell us since millenniums. Should this be the moment?
Bird flu news from Europe
Bird Flu Moves West
A parrot imported from Latin America has become the first bird to die of bird flu in Britain, bringing the danger of the virus much further west across the European Union as the battle against the disease continues.
Officials confirmed cases of the virus found in the parrot from Surinam, which died in British quarantine.
The parrot tested positive for the H5 strain of the bird flu virus. It arrived in Britain from South America last month and had been held with a consignment of birds from Taiwan, Britain's agriculture ministry said.
The chief veterinary officer declined to speculate whether it had the lethal H5N1 strain, which has spread to Romania and Turkey.
Russian outbreak
Meanwhile, yet another avian flu outbreak was reported in Russia, this time in the southern Ural region of Chelyabinsk, and among swans at a Croatian lake.
In Moscow, the emergencies ministry said 31 birds in Sunaly village in the Chelyabinsk region had died, and in another six cases the diagnosis had been confirmed.
A Russian agriculture ministry official said Friday the risk of the lethal strain occurring in Moscow or surrounding area was minimal, despite an outbreak in Tula, 300 kilometers (190 miles) south of Moscow.
Russian veterinary services said Friday they suspected that the bird flu virus had now spread to 24 areas, including 20 in the Novosibirsk region of Siberia, three in the Kurgan region one in the southern region of Stavropol.
The Tula village of Yandovka, where the lethal H5N1 strain of the virus which has killed 61 people in southeast Asia since 2003 was found, has been quarantined for three weeks with all poultry there being killed and burned.
Meanwhile neighbouring Ukraine slapped a six-month ban on poultry imports.
Swans in Croatia
Croatia said further tests were needed to determine if the virus detected in the dead swans was the H5N1 strain, feared to be the precursor of a human pandemic, or more widespread form of epidemic, that could kill millions.
The six swans were found in the lake at Zdenci in eastern Croatia, one of 20 sites Croatian veterinary services have put under increased surveillance as part of a huge operation to take samples from wild birds.
French agency for food safety, AFSSA, recommended increased scrutiny of wildlife, but stopped short of proposing poultry be confined.
The United Nations' bird flu envoy flew into China Friday where more than 91,000 birds have been destroyed to stamp out a new outbreak.
"The international community needs to cooperate fully to protect the health of the world's people," Chinese Health Minister Gao Qiang told UN envoy David Nabarro.
New fatality in Thailand
In Thailand, doctors reported the seven-year-old son of a Thai farmer who died of bird flu had also contracted the disease, but they said the virus had not mutated and still cannot pass easily among humans.
The farmer -- the 61st human victim of the virus worldwide since late 2003 -- died after slaughtering and eating a sick chicken.
"In this case the boy may have contracted the disease from the area where the chicken was dying. The boy had close contact with the virus (from being around sick chickens) and possibly from handling the birds' excrement," Siriraj Hospital director Prasit Watanapa said.
The Asian Development Bank said it would spend $58 million (49 million euros) on two projects to help combat avian flu.
European measures
In Romania, officials said a suspected new case of bird flu had been detected in the northeast only hours after assurances that the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus had been contained to two southeastern locations.
The World Health Organization (WTO) warned against "scaremongering" but it also said each additional human case was making it easier to develop human-to-human transmission of the disease.
The Czech agriculture ministry banned sales of chickens in markets and exhibitions or sale of other birds in public places.
The government of the principality of Liechtenstein has banned rearing free range poultry for the next few months following a lead by neighbors Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Serious threat to Africa
Migratory birds believed to be carriers may next take the virus to Africa, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said, warning that the continent would be an "ideal breeding ground" because of close contact between people and animals.
Scientists have said Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were particularly threatened as they host millions of migratory fowl flying to warmer climes during the European winter.
Senegal -- with west Africa's largest bird sanctuaries -- asked people to take any poultry found dead to the nearest vet for inspection.
The Canadian government sought to reassure Australia, which imported racing pigeons from Canada carrying flu antibodies and subsequently banned Canadian bird imports.
Australia has drawn up a bird flu battle plan including the possibility of holding airline passengers in quarantine in aircraft hangars for six days, a report said Saturday.
Passengers arriving in Australia would be subjected to thermal screening for fever and those on an aircraft found to be carrying someone suspected of having bird flu could be held at the airport quarantine centres, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The government plan would be put into operation if bird flu mutated into a human-to-human virus and posed the risk of a pandemic.
SNNW is buy. Waiting for the filing, then heading north.
what about the duty for importing into EU? what about bird flu risk? what about my intervertebral disk?
Thanks Andi. Thanks a lot. I have achieved my aim. Am I right that posters of the month get ... CENSORED BY THE AUTHOR ...
calm before the storm, the Mexican optimist said.
Why charting, when rumouring is much more horny?
CORRECTION - THIS IS AMUSEMENT
Empyrian Holdings (OTC BB: EPYH) announces proudly, that in the aftermath of hurricane WILMA there won´be any trade on common stocks of the company. Being a business development company EPYH will change its orientation soon. Contacts to a great Shanghai resident German counselor are socialized.
Safe Harbor
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements." Although Empyrian Holdings, Inc. believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially different. Empyrian Holdings, Inc. assumes no obligation to update those statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions and other factors. The forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Additional information that could lead to material changes in performance is contained in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CORRECTION - THIS IS AMUSEMENT
lol. rimini does a chart update on monday, wenn epyh real estate has become unreal shed.
but indeed, where will epyh (endless poster`s yelling horsepower) open on monday?
Do your own DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Hi Mick, nice to hear from you. I wish to be more present on board, but job doesn´t leave the freedom somebody wishes.
Well, CDIT ... Should I know more as the 15c2-11 filing by 06/30/2005? I don´t. From the document:
"As of June 1, 2005
Authorized Common Stock: unlimited shares
Issued Common Stock: 125,000,000 shares
Public Float: 14,740,600 shares
Shareholders – 27
Authorized Preferred Stock: unlimited shares
Issued Common Stock: 0 shares
Public Float: 0 shares
Shareholders – none"
In another source I have read that unlimited A/S is typical for pinkies. But watching the development of pps of CDIT, there can be no or not much dilution within the last weeks, cause it seems solid.
AMVS: good call Andi. On Ragingbull there are rumours about a forward split. Let´s watch, if anything will happen.
bid up at 0,007. movement ahead.
bid up at 0,007. movement ahead.
We have done a lot here in renewables since 1998. Andi and me cultivate connections
Berlin, 13.07.2005
China gets involved in renewable energies
"Renewables" follow-up conference 7 to 8 November 2005 in Beijing
The German Environment Minister, Jürgen Trittin, and the German Development Minister, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, have welcomed the official announcement by the Chinese government to hold an international conference on promoting renewable energies from 7 to 8 November 2005. The "2005 Beijing International Renewables Conference" will become one of the most important international events this year for enhancing renewable energies.
The German Environment Minister, Jürgen Trittin: "With the implementation of its programme of action announced at the 2004 conference in Bonn and the organisation of this conference, China underlines its active role in promoting renewable energies."
The German Development Minister, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul: "The announcement is evidence of the importance which renewable energies have acquired not only for industrial but also for developing and transformation countries."
Both German ministers wish to support China in organising the conference in Beijing. The conference is designed as a follow-up conference to 'renewables 2004' which had been organised by Germany last year in Bonn. In June 2005 already, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, REN21, was officially established. The conference will address in particular the current stage of the global expansion of renewable energies, the options regarding a control mechanism and reporting system for the International Programme of Action, and also the transfer of technology. The range of participants should comprise all UN member states, with international organisations, non-governmental organisations and the private sector also attending.
The conference is an important landmark in further developing international cooperation to enhance renewable energies and serves to prepare the UN negotiations of the Commission for Sustainable Development which will be forthcoming in 2006.
Something positive instead of "German Angst": a dedication to Andi Klimm
Chinese-German Carmaker to Double Output
State-controlled Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) expects to double its annual production capacity to two million units by 2010, Chinese state press reported Friday. SAIC will double its capacity during the eleventh five-year plan to two million vehicles, Hu Maoyuan, SAIC chairman, was quoted as telling the Shanghai Securities News. SAIC, the parent of listed Shanghai Automotive Co. will achieve production capacity of 1.02 million units at the end of 2005, the report said. South Korea's Sangyong Motor Co, in which SAIC acquired a 48.9 percent stake last year, will contribute 140,000 units to that figure. The majority of SAIC sales come from its Shanghai General Motors, a joint venture with US giant GM, which sold 252,000 cars last year, while SAIC GM Wuling sold 225,000 minivans. SAIC's joint venture with Germany's Volkswagen sold 355,000 cars last year. The group does not produce its own cars but has said it is aiming to build its own by 2007, which would be a worrying sign for foreign auto manufacturers that Chinese carmakers could be preparing to go it alone.
Philosophic dimensions, Mick. I - as a guy from Rumsfeld-old Europe - ask myself always, what was first: Terror or the the war against it. It is the old chicken-and-egg-question.
I won´t arrogate any truth nor opinion. But maybe that G. double-U has heard a voice: "Here is God. Save the oil fields, they are Christian." Sorry, this is provocative and maybe bullshit out of the mouth from a German citizen, that has to thank the US a lot (if not all).
Yes, it´s wonderful, Mick. At the same time five American soldiers had to die in Iraq. This is horrible.
Five US soldiers killed in Iraq
Five US soldiers have been killed in the western Iraq city of Ramadi. The US military said in a statement that the five servicemen belonged to the Second Marine Division. They died after their vehicle was hit by an improvised bomb. The western Anbar province has seen a number of attacks in recent months in which heavy casualties have been inflicted on US armoured vehicles. Few people in Ramadi took part in Saturday's referendum on Iraq's draft constitution due to clashes between US and Iraqi forces and insurgents.
Economy news from Germany - problematic East-West
Vicious Circle of Decline in the East?
A new study out warns that eastern Germany could be trapped in a vicious circle of depopulation and shrinking investment, which could have drastic consequences for the region.
While Helmut Kohl, chancellor at the time of German unification, promised eastern Germans "flourishing landscapes," what is their reality 15 years later in most of the region is empty apartment buildings and shuttered businesses.
The report, published by the state-owned KfW development bank on Thursday, predicted that while western Germany's population would likely shrink by six percent between 2002 and 2050, in the east, that drop could be as high as 25 percent.
The pool of available workers is expected to fall by 55 percent over the same period, the report said, as more and more young people head to the west to find jobs.
"Fewer inhabitants means less tax revenue, less tax revenue means less investment and declining attractiveness. And declining attractiveness leads to a declining population," KfW chief economic Norbert Irsch told reporters at a news conference on Thursday.
While the federal state of Saxony in the east is doing well, and even topped the list of most dynamic state economies in a recent comparative study, most of the eastern states are afflicted with slow growth, high unemployment and a deep feeling of malaise -- not exactly magnets for investors.
East Germany's economy was already on its knees when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. It's inefficient companies were propped up by the state. When they had to compete with dynamic eastern competitors -- and pay wages more in line with the west -- they had no chance. Unemployment in the east is twice as high as in the west.
"It's an enormous burden for the people in the east, not only financially but psychologically, since it leads to apathy, destroys any hope for the future, and spurs migration," Irsch said.
This is despite the more then one trillion euros ($1.2 trillion) which has been spent by the federal government since unification to bring the east up to western standards.
If current trends continue, Irsch said, they would only feed off themselves, forming a downward-spiralling vicious circle that would be hard to bring to a halt.
Part of the problem, he went on to say, is that there are too few large firms in the area or smaller companies that were leaders in the field. He suggested that easier access to cash for investment be granted to smaller enterprises and that government and industry should work together to improve education and training, and try to keep skilled workers at home.
"With quality education and training, together with the necessary individual mobility, we can offer people a future and tackle the challenges of demographic change," he said.
Bird flu news from Europe
Bird flu could kill over 50,000 in Britain
Britain's chief medical official has warned that an outbreak of the potentially deadly strain of bird flu could kill in excess of 50,000 people in the country. Sir Liam Donaldson said that on average a winter flu would claim around 12,000 lives. However he said the existing vaccines would not be effective against a nation-wide bird flu pandemic. It comes after confirmation that the bird flu virus detected in ducks in Romania is the same strain that has killed more than 60 people in Asia. Over 20,000 birds have been culled in the two Romanian villages affected by the outbreak. The deadly H5N1 strain was also confirmed in poultry in western Turkey on Friday.