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Another Big Preferred Buy(s) too..
50K shares @ $5.00 a share..
You'd not have this
kind of intrique in Real Estate Sheriff..just calls about leaky faucets..
< It would have been more fun.>
more fun than this.....not likely..
Call me an idiot..
have a cup of coffee..you'll feel better..
Not a word in the D&C..
three page spread though on a Pittsford housewife opening a new pastry shop...( jokin sort of...)
The one Atl
referenced is in Alabama where they Plan and develop..
the Johnson Space Center is in Houston ...You know like where they say "Houston we have ignition..Houston we have lift off.."
Hey SEC..
Don't knock the "hot dog" due diligence until you've tried it..
I've got a 5 digit share position here @ a $ cost average of $1.41 so I'll leave the Chart reading up to you "experts ..???" Moreover the Zweigle's strategy has allowed me to meet management- get a sense of their integrity and their overall vision of this particular investment..It really is part of an overall life strategy called "kill em with kindness" where my mission is to try an look for the good in people and foster that..Now I have to be honest most days you don't give me much to work with in that regard- but rest assured..I'll keep looking...!!! Have a Merry Christmas Todd
Leitrim
<Lets close the China deal then go to the moon>
I think that is a reasonable request..This news, while exciting is again developmental in nature..I'm also cautiously, optimistic that this will also be followed with more updates on other initiatives.....ATL I'll get inked up with ya..but you gotta come up here.. & I'll tell ya at what share price ( & no we aren't even close...!!)
When are
they opening the "store section" of the website
so I can order my T-Shirt..good conversation starter
for Dread in his various travels...???!!!
Agree..
that is pretty cool..And wasn't it
NASA that was paying 80k for a hammer??
We should be able to get pretty good
mark up on the Iso-Torque in that case??
Seriously..another indication of a multi-pronged
commecialization strategy....Have they sold
anything to anybody yet??? ( I'm jumping the Gun
on ya Sheriff!!!.) Nope Not yet..but I still think
we will if not in 06 then '07..These rocket scientists
aren't bad friends to have..anyone want to
bet that this is just a little snippet in tommorow's
D&C ???
Leitrim
I'll let you know..
as soon as they have one..
For now a cool Guiness and some darts will have to suffice in place of International Finance...
Chinese Stocks Close at Record High
Thursday December 14, 5:21 am ET
By Elaine Kurtenbach, AP Business Writer
Chinese Stocks Gain 1.2 Percent to Close at 2,249, Its Highest Closing Level Ever
SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Chinese stocks rose to a new high Thursday, surging past the previous peak set in 2001 amid renewed confidence in the country's markets and expectations for a stronger local currency
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.2 percent to close at 2,249.11, its highest closing level ever. It hit an intraday high of 2,250.32, compared with the previous intraday high of 2,245.43 hit in June 2001.
"Investors keep putting money into the market and most of them believe that the long-term prospects of market are positive given the hopes for yuan gains and better corporate earnings," said Hao Guomei, an analyst at Huatai Securities.
The Shenzhen Composite Index at Shanghai's smaller counterpart rose 1.4 percent to 516.95, also a new record high.
The strong showing marks a remarkable recovery for both of China's exchanges, whose total value has doubled this year after languished for most of the past five-years amid trading scandals. Their combined market capitalization has more than doubled to $945 billion from $411 billion at the end of 2005.
Plans by China's top life insurer and other major companies to issue shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen have given the already booming markets an extra boost.
China's stock markets, founded in the early 1990s, originally were set up to raise funds for state owned companies and have long suffered from the lackluster reputation of most of the equity on offer. A constant stream of trading scandals and other abuses also helped keep wary investors away.
Regulators are encouraging star companies to list shares, hoping to improve the quality of equity traded and lure investors who have stayed away in recent years.
Shareholding reforms that are gradually shifting government-held, nontradable shares into the market have also helped.
China still limits foreigners' purchases of the yuan-denominated stocks that make up the biggest share of the markets. But that is gradually changing as regulators allow increasing participation by so-called qualified foreign institutional investors.
Meanwhile, the Chinese currency's gradual gains against the dollar have also boosted investor sentiment. Many Chinese companies stand to benefit from a stronger yuan, especially asset-rich banks and property developers.
The yuan rose to a new high against the dollar Thursday as high-level China-U.S. trade talks began, with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pointing to Beijing's currency controls as a pressing issue.
The yuan was trading at 7.8220 to the dollar in the over-the-counter market late Thursday, compared with Wednesday's close of 7.8265.
Since the currency was revalued in July 2005, the yuan has risen 3.6 percent against the U.S. dollar -- not enough for American manufacturers who complain that Beijing's restrictions on trading in the yuan keep it undervalued against the dollar. They claim that gives Chinese exporters a price advantage and contributes to the trade imbalance between the two countries.
The flood of money into China's stock market, meanwhile, prompted the securities regulator to warn this week of potential risks from a surge in mutual fund sales.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission said it had temporarily stopped processing applications for new funds to invest in the stock market.
Still, analysts say the market is far from overvalued, since the average price per share is at 5 yuan ($0.64) a share, compared with three times that level five years ago.
"We don't need to worry that the index will decline sharply," said Peng Yunliang, a senior analyst at Shanghai Securities. "I think the stock prices and the whole market are now on track, increasing gradually and stably."
Per Dread's Take....
<We should probably hold a contest to see who can most closely predict the 10,000th TOVC post. Winner gets a free year at Tor Acres.>
If we're still in "quiet mode" by the 10,000 post..I'll undoubtedly be ready for Tor Acres..or R-wing At Strong...
Up 5%
for the day and Sheriff is still tighter than two coats of paint..Amigo..stop at the Spa at the Delmonte get a message and some aromatherapy..The trend is our friend..quit trying to flip to the end of the book....!!!!! now everyone give me a "T", give me an "O"..................................
ah C'mon now...
Dude...There ya go with that glass full of sand.. ..grab some pom poms, hike up your skirt and join us center court for a cheer........
If he
is reluctant..I will..that may go this week.....remember these days...????
..Yes..
well said Artguy..Well while not maybe a lunar liftoff yet..if nothing else the trend is our friend..Have a nice weekend..
let's see what December holds for us..
..Good point...
in 29 years of driving I've experienced two accidents ( knock wood) ..Thankfully no injuries either time..both were in the December- February time frames and were totally black ice related events..If this tech is transfereable and workable to tire applications,it is astronomical what the value is ..saving lives, property damage,???I can see a day that there will be a "smart tire" credit on you auto insurance just like there is passive restraints, anti-lock brakes etc..I really wish and hope we get more information on this tech and the status ..In past Annual meetings it has been essentially brushed over..( let me add the caveat..I'm more interested in other more immediate developments with the company than ice....{grin}
Leitrim
If we close @ 4.99 today
on 70,000-78,000 in volume..then It's offically my own personal version of the movie "Ground Hog's Day.."......Anybody else....???
C'mon Jim..wake me from this state of malaise...
Graphics Man
strikes again!!Where do you suppose that smile comes from ??
Inner peace, superior market knowledge? or possibly just gas...
sorry
Dread...Sheriff and I have already pre-arranged for the girl in the blue bikini for that job...if it splits a few times as
has been bandied about..well maybe this can become a mini-tour and you'll be needed @ St. Andrews....stay loose
I'll go
a $100 on that one??? (re:your timetable not a golf wager..- I don't post the kinda numbers you and Trucker bandy about..although I can be a grinder @ 16 hcp..)
You're earlier take that they have to provide us with a little sunshine before the Annual Meeting or it will need to be held in Shanghai I think was more accurate than this most recent prognostication !!! .maybe they're trying to find a match...who knows.....let me know on the c-note..
Also Use Schwab..
there may be cheaper but it's very user friendly and
never had any problems..Leitrim
Second those thoughts..
to the IHub visionaries? dreamers? castaways?? Make sure you eat & drink too much, watch a ton of football- ( is it a great holiday or what..) sounds almost freaky to say but given the forecast may even get a little golf in the a.m ...?? Global warming, combined with TOVC @ $75 a share ( I keep it in the double digits as not to get too crazy..)..well that could get my game in year round shape...??????
Slainte'
Dread..
speaking strictly metaphorically...:)
He's not going anywhere...
This is the chrystal meth of speculative investments
and it's hard to "put down the pipe" @ $5 a share....
@ $50 maybe there is a 12 step type program offered thru Ihub-
( Dino hang tough ..clouds are forming...)
may be a touch early...
yet Job but ya may want to run to Macy's @ Eastview..check out the cost of those silk drawers...I suspect as these things go..the post Christmas sales prices and TOVC's add'l liquidity
may afford you the option of multiple colors...
Regards..
Leitrim..
In MY dreams I'm driving the FTV & pulling a big flatbed of fresh $50's up to the 12 Corners branch of CN Bank.....then I always wake up...before we get there..
Per Dread..
<imagine the volume once investors from Hong Kong to New York to London hear news of a looming automotive giant striking a deal with a little known but publicly traded US company>
Yeh and where are they gonna find shares to buy after checking out the goods and the news..???? Dino is gonna be one tight fisted bandito.!!! & he has friends ya know.???.let's rock and roll already...
$ up to 4.72 @ 10:11 a.m..
C'mon VOLUME...where are ya..???
well maybe in a week or two..
he can clean it out and fill it with Dom P.
Stag's Leap or his favorite beverage of choice...
or maybe not.....????
So long..
as you are not talkin about "Bahamas" as being that restaurant on Jefferson Rd??Think they went under so I'm assuming you mean the real one....Make it the Ritz Carlton in Naples..( Fla Not New York- and comp us the golf for our patience !!!_.) back to looking at the sky for storm clouds...
Slan'
Leitrim
It's called..
"free association"...I don't need counseling..I have You guys ( and gals)..much cheaper..
Slainte'
Per the Article
<Consequently the race is on to design inexpensive but reliable cars to ride the crest of the growth wave in developing markets.>
If this is indeed the case-which one has to believe it is-
then If they can make them reliable,China clearly has the upper hand over competitors in Labor cost availability..Technological advantages ( fuel economy, lower emissions etc) Via TOVC Tech only cements an advantage..
if you are gonna pay $7500 for a car..I think it more a transportation issue than caring what logo is on the front grill..The analogy of their potential market looking like turn of the century America and the Model T is starting to become clearer- atleast for me... Anyone notice those storm clouds...???
Nah....nothing like that...
just hoping to catch you in a benevolent mood...
Yet I kept reflecting on that one Gospel Passage..
"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe"???
Help me out Beach..????
Enjoy the new Week..Traveling
Leitrim
Hey Dyna:
that C-note wager available to all the Board or limited to you and your Pal Tor ????? Lemme know...
Slainte' Leitrim
Never Mind..
That was a whole lot of nothing..I'm boring myself now..
Blaaaaaaaah......................
I'm showing after hours..
( up .57 to 4.32- up 15.20 %??) source MSN..maybe they'll give
us a little wind behind our back for the Weekend..???
Leitrim
While I'm sure
the timing of the Meeting isn't factoring in negotiations with any potential suitors, you have to believe the Family wouldn;t mind a lovefest as opposed to verbal jousting..Calling a shot-I think we get news and some spike in the value before 1/1..All those additional incentive shares for management- that was the kicker for me..could be wrong often am..good thing I have lots of company on this board !!!!
Hey..
I'm in there Dude..didn;t take me long to calculate my Net worth ( sadly) but you didn't allow for a comment section in the poll whereby one could place the caveat that I'm hoping the TOVC play is a significantly greater percentage of my net worth upon commercialization..that make sense??? Holler from the crows nest if ya see land...
Per Websters..
Dolt is: "Main Entry: dolt
Pronunciation: 'dOlt
Function: noun
Etymology: probably akin to Old English dol foolish
: a stupid person
ATL..see if you can help Tor..find just the right graphic
to help him dress for dinner tonite..