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10-4> On another note, The Dunkin' Deal Should Be Piping Hot
Everything is in place for this IPO, and the momentum crowd should eat it up
Apple Price Target raised to $450 from $425>>>>>
ACDP looking for next leg here> Still holding my tickets!!!
yeah....if you aren't already there it's too late......
DAMN>>>> :)
Bank’s Deal Means More Will Lose Their Homes (NYT)
Tens of thousands of Bank of America’s most distressed borrowers could be evicted and lose their homes more quickly as a result of a proposed settlement between the bank, which is the country’s largest mortgage servicer, and investors in its troubled mortgage securities. For struggling borrowers in better financial shape, the outcome could be more positive: the deal would include incentives for mortgage servicers to help homeowners who have fallen behind on their payments and whose homes are worth less than they borrowed.
New Efforts to Tighten Rules on Offshore Trading
Two senior Democratic senators are pushing to help reduce the federal deficit by tightening rules that allow hedge funds, derivatives traders and corporations to skirt federal taxes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/business/new-efforts-to-tighten-rules-on-offshore-trading.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery..."
-- Winston Churchill
Idiot nearly falls from the stands chasing a ball at the Home Run Derby
Just days after Shannon Stone died from a fall while reaching for a baseball at a Texas Rangers game, a fan at last night’s Home Run Derby nearly fell out of the outfield stands while lunging for a home run ball hit by Prince Fielder. He was spared serious injury or death only because his friends grabbed him by his feet, held him and then pulled him back as he dangled over the railing above a concrete deck 20 feet below.
That’s him to the right. His name is Keith Carmickle, and common sense is not his forte. His fall came after he stepped up onto the narrow metal table which abutted the railing — the kind you stand in front of and set your drink on while watching the game — and then, while still standing on it, reached down low to catch the ball as it came in. Like so:
He missed the ball, but his momentum carried him forward and he fell headfirst over the rail. If it wasn’t for his brother’s and his friends’ quick action, down he would have gone.
Based on Carmickle’s quote after the incident, you can tell that he felt the gravity of the situation deeply:
“We caught three balls and I told the guys I was going to go for the cycle. Dude, they were really holding onto me.”
Despite his idiocy, he (a) escaped this dangerous situation of his own making unscathed; and (b) was allowed to stay at the Derby by security. Both of these factors have been added to the “evidence that there is no God and/or that He is not just and fair” side of the big ledger I keep on my desk and in which I tally the wonder and folly of Humanity as I encounter it.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/12/idiot-nearly-falls-from-the-stands-chasing-a-ball-at-the-home-run-derby/
Standard & Poors issues $15.00 price target for Bank of America (BAC) currently trading $10.365 -3.09%
OUCHEY>Tour de France 2011 Crash - Flecha & Hoogerland hit by a car
Interesting article following me last GOOG post; My First Thirteen Questions About Google+
http://technologizer.com/2011/07/04/my-first-thirteen-questions-about-google/
Google Reverses Its Social-Network Curse with Launch of Google+
With technology, as in the rest of life, eternal verities have a funny way of turning out not to be so eternal after all. For eons, everybody has known that Google is hopelessly inept when it comes to building social-networking services. Each one it has unveiled has seemed to confirm that truism, from Wave (shuttered 2½ months after opening to the public) to Buzz (still extant, but famous mostly for the uproar over its shoddy privacy practices).
Last week, the search-engine kingpin announced Google+, its latest attempt to muscle its way into the people-centric territory where Facebook and Twitter reign supreme. Rather than launch this offering with a prematurely triumphant media event like the ones it gave Wave and Buzz, Google alerted the world to Google+'s existence via a modest blog post and a few videos. Then it began a closed field test and let in a bunch of bloggers and journalists — some of the same folks who have delighted in bashing the company for its lack of social skills. And ... they liked it! A lot!
(See pictures of the meteoric rise of YouTube.)
It's too early to declare Google+ a success. For one thing, it's still not fully open to the public. (Google has been admitting newcomers in small, sporadic batches; you can get on the waitlist at plus.google.com.) For another, it's an unapologetic work in progress. But it has enormous potential — both to be a cool online destination and to redefine the dynamics of the ongoing battle between the Web's biggest companies. Already, it's having an impact. Facebook unveiled a new person-to-person video-calling service in partnership with Skype this week, but the fact that Google+'s Hangout feature permits up to 10 people to chat via Webcam made Facebook's news less of a big whoop.
Google calls Google+ a "project," which is about right. It's not one thing but several of them loosely stitched together and with existing Google services like the Picasa photo-sharing service. Some of it is cribbed directly from Facebook. The Stream is Facebook's News Feed, Posts are the Wall, and the +1 button is a shameless imitation of the Facebook Like button that's been pressed billions of times all over the Web.
Google+ replicates only a fraction of Facebook, though, and it offers several things that Facebook doesn't — like Sparks, a special-interest search engine that helps you find stuff on the Web to share with your pals, with topics ranging from recipes to robotics. It also borrows a fundamental principle from Twitter rather than Facebook: you can follow other members without seeking their permission, and it's a unidirectional action that doesn't require them to follow you back.
(Watch TIME's video "Quick and Easy Facebook Tricks.")
Unlike Facebook and Twitter, adding people in Google+ forces you to add them to one or more Circles, which are customizable clusters of related people — Google provides you with ones for Friends, Acquaintances, Family and Following, and you can add your own, such as Poker Buddies or Book-Club Members. Every time you share anything, you can limit it to specific Circles or individuals or both. (The mandatory organization is for your eyes only. If you decree that certain people are Acquaintances rather than Friends, they'll never know.)
At the moment, Google+'s population is so small and homogeneous that it's tough to properly evaluate Circles. But they could be a boon from both the standpoint of privacy and making Google+ a place where the conversation is relevant rather than random. Want to share photos of your kids with family members and nobody else? That's a cakewalk. So is discussing your high school reunion with just your classmates and not with co-workers who couldn't care less about it. It's a strikingly different emphasis than the one at Facebook, where privacy is possible but public sharing is clearly encouraged — and where repeated dustups over the company's handling of personal information have left some folks permanently cynical about its intent.
The way Circles look is as noteworthy as the way they behave. Google has given them an inventive user interface, masterminded by legendary software wizard Andy Hertzfeld, one of the inventors of the Macintosh. Friends and potential friends appear on tiny cards that you can drag into the appropriate Circle, whereupon the people in question spin into place like digits on a rotary-dial phone. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is fond of describing his brainchild as a "utility," and its look and feel are, indeed, utilitarian; Google+'s playful touches help give it its own character.
(See why social networks are bad businesses.)
Right now, Google+ has a Garden of Eden feel about it, especially compared with the overdeveloped, uncontrolled sprawl of Facebook. It's inhabited primarily by Google+ enthusiasts who spend most of their time praising the service and suggesting ways to make it even better. Celebs and big-name brands have yet to discover it, and there are no distant cousins sharing videos of windsurfing pigs or allowing FarmVille to pelt you with auto-generated crop updates. Actually, there's no auto-generated anything on Google+: it consists entirely of items generated by a human being, which gives it a refreshingly humane, handcrafted flavor.
Google, of course, isn't interested in operating Google+ as a salon where a handful of agreeable geeks wax enthusiastic about Google+. The very name "Google+" indicates the audacity of its ambition: this could be the future of the whole company. So it's a safe bet that Google is going to stuff the service with new features. It's going to open the platform up so game companies and others can build apps on top of it. It's going to do everything in its power to deeply integrate Google+ with other Google offerings and encourage as many people as possible to give it a whirl.
For us charter Google+ members, that's a scary proposition: a fully fleshed-out version might devolve into a variant of Facebook. Nobody needs that. But if Google+ gets big without losing its personality, it would be good for both Google and consumers. Heck, it might even be good for Facebook, which could use the motivating power that only an archrival can provide. Consider the conventional wisdom about Google's social-networking incompetence shattered — and stay tuned.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2081795,00.html#ixzz1Ro1xhSfq
Lawmakers Return to White House for Debt Talks but 'Grand Bargain' is Elusive
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/11/deadlocked-debt-talks-to-resume-as-clock-ticks/#ixzz1Ro0sX0jf
Consumer Debt Trend Improving> Great Sign of fiscal responsibility from the masses even if we can't get the same from out Government....
GETLIB>>>GREAT ONE BRI!!!!!!
Happy Fri>
Hope I didn't offend you with my last comment, but have been familiar with FOFU, and all i can say is look now.......
Sorry to say I've all but taken this one off the radar> Thoughts anyone??
FOFU> Careful of this one boys and girls....All I can say.....
What about an agressive microwave radiation zone surrounding the border and a buffer zone on both sides. Ever seen those dog collars that shock the dog when they get too close to the fence....
Man I should be a paid consultant for Nobamma
ACDP won't take much to see the 52 Week High of $.51
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
We could call it the Conservative Conversion Camp. The new Gitmo
Am inclined to say we should have put that Space Station money into the finalization of our border fences and video survelliance. Though who's to say if the Star Wars Defense Program will ever payoff. That will substantially change my outlook regarding the "Space Budget"
Check this out All
https://files.me.com/eman714/ffxenb.mov
Am thinking that we should hear about production details some time in the near future.
CYTL Beep Beep lots of familiar faces in this video, feeling much more inclined to see this one through now.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=64915514
Content X Video> Must See> Found it on the Net> https://files.me.com/eman714/ffxenb.mov
These guys are for real, and am now betting on serious revenue stream inbound. Sure to see several verticals adopt this technology as it converts hackers and internet piracy into paying customers.
Still holding onto warm/fuzzy feeling for ACDP>
Happy 4th All>>>>>
Have been waiting for the PacMan/Mayweather fight for ever it seems. The latest I've heard is that based on the Pasman's political seat and aspirations Mayweather better stepup and agree to the fight sooner rather than later. Have a great weekend, and here's to the resumed credability and glory of boxing....
15,000 sure seems low to me, and anyone counting out the blockbuster potential of a fight tbetween Pacquaio Vs. Mayweather isn't a boxing fan...or atleast hasn't been paying attention. Not trying to be confrontational, so sry for coming off that way. Side note I'd probablly be one of the 15,000+ fans in attendance
I concur Rig>
Happy 4th Rig and Platinum's
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Dow up 4% on the week. Stocks in Rally Mode to close Q2
News Corp. sells Myspace for $35 million
The new owner, an Orange County digital media firm, paid a fraction of the $580 million that News Corp. paid for the once-dominant social network in 2005.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-myspace-sale-20110630,0,932431.story
GLad you got yours there, it seems it was a short party for POTG>>
One more @ .35 and she's looking at the .40's again---->
Cybermesh International Corp. CYTL
OTCQB / Common Stock
0.200.00 ( 0.00%) Real-Time OTC-BBO 0.15 x 0.19 (5000 x 5000) Trade Time 11:18 AM ETTrade Summary
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