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Well..... You should be happy today. The Cubs finally won one. Of course they still looked like Abbott and Costello out there - Sammy had to leave the game after crashing into one of his teammates while chasing a fly ball. How can a team with that many really good players make so many mistakes?
garhart - Tampa is a beauiful place but even the locals know that calling the Devil Rays "awful" is being kind to them.
TFN - Don't count your chickens.......
ez - At least you are not a Devil Rays fan..... Tampa is the first team to be mathmatically eliminated from having any chance of making the playoffs.
ez - I agree that the Tigers could use all the sympathy they could get - lol.
What posts? We senile old codgers only remember things that happened more than 20 years ago.....
Minddoc and I have a running baseball feud via PMs (well, not a feud but a vigorous discussion)
If the players strike and there is no World Series does that mean that the D-Backs are World Champions for another year?
Schilling got win #20 last night. He and Johnson are neck and neck as far as stats go except that Schilling doesn't walk anybody.
garhart - I went to using 2 machines to establish the best possible firewall..... The main puter I use for most important stuff I don't ever connect to the internet. The other one that I use for internet surfing doesn't have anything on it but Windows ME and MS Word and few programs I need for the internet like Adobe Acrobat. That way if I get a virus, I can just reformat and reload in less than an hour.
I agree that not much power is needed for surfing. I have a 866MHz Intel processor, 256Mb ram, and a 64Mb GForce2 video card on this one and it seems to provide all the power I need. The offline puter is a 1.8Mhz Intel and is probably more power than I need since I don't usually do much with graphics but it is great for playing Railroad Tycoon II on.
They better not go on strike....... The D-Backs are on track to win a back to back World Championship.
OT: Some investment terminology for you: (saw this on another board)
BULL MARKET - A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself/herself for a financial genius.
BEAR MARKET - A 18-36 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.
MOMENTUM INVESTING - The fine art of buying high and selling low.
VALUE INVESTING - The art of buying low and selling lower.
P/E RATIO - The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.
BROKER - What my broker has made me.
STANDARD & POOR - Your life in a nutshell.
STOCK ANALYST - Idiot who just downgraded your stock.
STOCK SPLIT - When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.
FINANCIAL PLANNER - A guy who actually remembers his wallet when he runs to the 7-11 for beer and cigarettes.
MARKET CORRECTION -The day after you buy stocks.
CASH FLOW - The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.
YAHOO - What you yell after selling to some poor sucker for $240/share.
WINDOWS 2000 - What you jump out of when you're the sucker that bought Yahoo @ $240/share.
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR - Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.
PROFIT - Religious guy who talks to God.
HK's Hang Seng Index slides below 10,000 by midday
July 24, 2002 01:06:00 AM ET
(Updates with midday close)
HONG KONG, July 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's key share index ended the Wednesday morning session at a fresh nine-month low as telecoms issues were beaten down after further earnings worries over the sector in the United States.
"The dust needs to settle before one goes trying to catch falling knives," said Lena Tan, director of research at Fortis Investment Management, which oversees about US$1 billion in Asia excluding Japan.
"What may look cheap today may not be so cheap after their earnings get revised down, so we need to wait for the results season to be over before we can digest the situation," Tan said.
The Hang Seng Index was down 3.46 percent at 9,956.77 at the midday break, its lowest point since late October, as it fell back below the 10,000 psychological support level, after holding above it for most of the morning session.
The index had dipped briefly below 10,000 on Tuesday.
Global stocks, especially telecom shares, have been battered in recent days in the wake of the WorldCom accounting scandal and the firms subsequent decision to file for bankruptcy protection, the largest ever filing in U.S. history, earlier this week.
Leading the way down were shares of China Mobile , the mainland's number one cellular operator, and its smaller rival China Unicom , which dropped 5.02 percent and 6.09 percent respectively, reacting to renewed selling in the telecoms sector in the U.S. on Tuesday.
China Unicom's fall to HK$5.40 represented a new low since its market debut in 2000, while China Mobile shares at HK$20.80 were at their lowest level since September last year.
On Wall Street, the blue chip Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.06 percent while the technology-laced Nasdaq composite index slumped 4.18 percent, as telecoms giants like AT&T Corp (T) and Lucent Technologies (LU) were hit after announcing weak results, while SBC Communications (SBC) said it expects full year earnings to fall short of Wall Street expectations.
Shares of China Mobile, the Hong Kong bourse's second biggest stock, were also sold down on market rumours that financial services company China Everbright was selling its stake in the company.
However, China Everbright chief financial officer Louis Lau told Reuters by telephone that the company has not sold any China Mobile shares but it will consider doing so if it needs the money for investment. REUTERS
I can't respond to monkeyboy because I have him on ignore. He doesn't exist except as missing posts.... You will have to deal with his dumb, repititive posts on your own. The remaining idiocy over there is why I read this board most of the time.
His response was so looney that I picture him wearing a tinfoil hat to protect him from "alien rays." He thinks it was the cause of every ill known to man that has occurred since 1930. I too, wonder how he made it through law school.
Considering what the overall market is doing I guess I shouldn't have expected many laughs.
A letter of intent? Looks a little iffy to me - lol.
UPDATE 1-Disney in initial deal to build Shanghai park-paper
July 19, 2002 5:58:00 PM ET
(Adds expansion of Disney statement in paragraphs 5-6)
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, July 19 (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Company (DIS) has signed a letter of intent with the thriving commercial city of Shanghai to build its third Asian theme park there, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported on Friday.
Citing unidentified sources, the newspaper said details were under discussion and construction of the Shanghai park -- to be built in the city's newly developing Pudong district -- would take less time than Disney's Hong Kong project.
There was no confirmation from Disney and a spokesman for the Shanghai city government declined to comment.
"Right now our priority is to successfully open Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005/06. We have made no definitive decisions or commitments at this time. We have always stated that two parks in China is a possibility in the future," said a Disney spokesman in Burbank, California.
Disney added it is in ongoing discussions with China about a number of potential project areas.
"We have a continuing dialogue with China about a variety of Disney initiatives that are part of our overall China strategy, including: television, motion pictures and consumer products, of which theme parks are only a part," the company said in a statement. "The Hong Kong Disneyland park continues to play a very important role in this strategy."
Sources familiar with the project said Disney had yet to decide with local authorities whether it would be in the capital Beijing or Shanghai, China's richest city.
A team from Disney's U.S. headquarters visited China last month, the sources said.
If the Shanghai park goes ahead, it would be Disney's third in Asia, after the planned Hong Kong theme park and Tokyo Disneyland, which opened in 1983.
Former Shanghai mayor Xu Kuangdi said before the Hong Kong deal was signed in 1999 his city would welcome a Disneyland, but current mayor Chen Liangyu has said that incomes in the city would need to rise further before it could support one.
WILL HONG KONG BE HAPPY?
The Hong Kong Economic Times report is certain to raise eyebrows in Hong Kong, which hopes its planned US$1.8 billion Disney park will be a magnet for visitors from mainland China, rejuvenate its flagging tourism industry, provide jobs and motor related sectors such as tourism and retail.
Many in Hong Kong fear another park on mainland China would mean too much competition, and all suggestions in the past that Disney may have a second Chinese park are anathema and have often triggered angry responses from businesses here.
Since clinching the deal in 1999, the Hong Kong government has had to defend itself against criticism that the deal it struck with Disney was too one-sided.
While taxpayers are forking out a HK$22.45 billion (US$2.9 billion) for the park and accompanying infrastructure, Disney will be investing only a fraction of that, or HK$2.45 billion.
And even before the goods have been delivered, the project has been dogged by problems.
Environmentalists have blamed it for severe water pollution problems that have surfaced since reclamation work began around the site of the park, which is to be completed by early 2006.
Fish farmers are clamoring for compensation and Hong Kong will have to cough up another HK$400 million to remove dioxin tainted mud from the site, which used to be home to a shipyard.
The Hong Kong government seemed to be in the dark about what could be going on on the mainland on Friday.
"We have not received any information from Shanghai that it will build such a park, but Disney has never ruled out building a second park in China," a government spokeswoman said.
The Hong Kong Economic Times said the central government in Beijing would ensure that Shanghai's Disney park will not open sooner than Hong Kong's. REUTERS
Minddoc7 - You have a P/M
The Solana Beach company recently obtained a separate order from a U.S. District Court in Seattle, which prohibits Schneider from publishing "false statements" about ZiaSun.
The order stemmed from a libel lawsuit the company filed last year against Schneider and the seven other Internet users.
FrankNG says he never lies..... Unfortunatly for his credibility he has a long history of it.
"Schneider said he has not contested Cragun's lawsuit because he can't afford it."
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=13300217
"The Court has determined that the defendant does not have the ability to pay interest; therefore, the interest requirement is waived pursuant to 18 U.S.C S 3612(f)(3)."<<<
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=13772166
I posted a PM directly to Matt. I was not willing to wade through Floyd's crap here so I'm not going to post on the "jailhouse" board.
Floyd's technique is just to make unsupported allegations and post them over and over and over. On the "jailhouse" board he has posted that Phan might get deported and that the INS is looking for him. Pretty funny considering that Phan is a US Citizen.
The fires are certainly serious and causing people problems all over the place. The fires in Arizona are in the Northeast section of the state about 100 miles from Phoenix/Scottsdale. Unfortunately the fire here is going to bigger than the one in Colorado - not the kind of distinction we would like to have.
No rain in sight.
Germany won 1-0
It's beginniong to look a lot like RB here with Floyd spamming all his 4 year old cut and paste junk that has no current relationship to HRCT. We might as well go back to RB.
Well Floyd.... No matter what name you post under (and there are a lot of them) you can't seem to get anything right. Just to help you out -
Kangrun's audited sales revenue was $60 Million RMB / $7.4 Million US and Control Technology had audited revenues of $24.6 million RMB / $3 million US with combined net profit of 1.6 million RMB / $195,000 US.
EZ - You will not see HRCT in their evaluations. They do not even allow message boards on their site for OTC stocks.
AMD just warned.... revenues down 25% - The semi sector is not going to be fun tomorrow.
Hartcourt to Dividend Shares of ElephantTalk Subsidiary; Shares to Be Distributed in Third Quarter 2002
June 18, 2002 01:00:00 AM ET
LOS ANGELES, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hartcourt Companies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: HRCT; Frankfurt: 900009), www.hartcourt.com , announced today that the Board of Directors of Hartcourt have voted to issue a stock dividend of a minimum of 750,000 common shares of Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ETLK) in the third quarter of 2002. The bulk of the shares owned by the company will be retained to fund additional acquisitions and to create a strong asset base for the future. Shareholders will be notified of details of the distribution and the distribution date in a timely manner.
About Hartcourt
The Hartcourt Companies, Inc. is a holding and development enterprise that has built a broad network of Internet, media, and telecommunication companies in Greater China. In partnership with leading Chinese entrepreneurs and government-sponsored entities, Hartcourt is developing and investing in emerging technologies while building an integrated commercial framework for its subsidiaries and their partners. Hartcourt's operative business strategy is designed to facilitate a series of venture divestitures via IPO or public merger to fully realize the value of these assets for its investors. Detailed information on Hartcourt can be obtained via the company's Web site: www.hartcourt.com .
Volume 753,500
Bid at $0.115 Ask at $0.12
He who hesitates.......
Make that last trade at $.115 - Moving up!
Bid $0.10 Ask 0.115
Last trade at $0.105. High for the day.
If you are in direct contact with someone who is having trouble loggin in they should contact IHub as noted below.
By: bob_z1 $$$$
17 Jun 2002, 01:50 PM EDT Msg. 185325 of 185325
(This msg. is a reply to 185319 by drlvanb.)
Send me an email at bobz@investorshub.com and I'll look at the IP it came from and see what's going on.
I blocked out a pretty sizable range of IP addresses last week because some spammer kept getting new accounts, but maybe I blocked too large a range.
Matt - Phan is no longer HRCT's CEO. Dr. Ching has held that position since the first of the year. Dr. Ching runs the company and is responsible for releasing PRs, etc. If someone wants to question Dr. Ching's credentials I might be able to see the relevance but even that is tenuous.
As for me, I have no further interest in the subject and will not discuss it further. If someone wants additional info I suggest they contact HRCT for more information and/or details.
You also forgot to mention that the cot was already occupied by your dog and that he doesn't take kindly to sharing.
Have you noticed HRCT's share price today? Do you think this is due to the PR released this morning or maybe interest from new investors?
I have met you in person and have seen your face..... ok, so you're not ugly. I'm not forgetting that you wanted an outrageous number of HRCT shares for a cot in your garage without an ocean view. I am taking all of this very personally.....
Matt - Everyone knows that some of that information is incorrect even though it was contained in SEC filings. Several them contradict each other and obviously contain errors. Since I have personally seen the sheepskins and have discussed the subject with Dr. Phan, I have no further interest in it.
I would link you to the discussion on RB but have neither the time nor desire to wade through over 150,000 posts to pick out the more than 600 or so that relate to the topic.
Lastly - Dr. Phan is no longer the CEO of HRCT and the subject is only of marginal interest. It will have no effect on HRCT as an investment in the future. It is merely mudslinging in the basest sense.
EZ - I had never heard of RVDP but it looks like their stuff is geared toward schools and teachers to provide instruction management as opposed to online learning. It is always hard to wade through these types of PRs since the language they use doesn't really tell us much about what it is that they are doing. Doubletalk.
Online learning has become prevelant everywhere. There are more than 350 accredited institutions in the US alone that are now offering online learning and over 1200 companies providing online training of one sort or another.