The more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation is.
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I learned the hard way 20 yrs ago about cc debt. What an almost impossible hole that is to crawl out of. I think it is better to stop the bleeding of living beyond your means (the core of the problem) sooner rather than later. Either way your credit will need to be rebuilt.
No! Just wondering how the cc companies earnings will hold up over the next few years. Also, will Visa's ipo be sluggish creating an unexpected bargain for longterm?
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080228/mastercard_insider_transactions.html?.v=1
MasterCard Executive Sells Shares
Thursday February 28, 3:16 pm ET
MasterCard Unit President Webster R. Dunbar Exercises Options for 9,808 Shares
NEW YORK (AP) -- The president of technology and operations of credit-card processor MasterCard Inc. exercised options for 9,808 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday.
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In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Webster R. Dunbar reported he exercised options for the shares Tuesday for $39 apiece and then sold them all the same day for $193.28 to $199.90 apiece.
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The stock sale was conducted under a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan which allows a company insider to set up a program in advance for such transactions and proceed with them even if he or she comes into possession of material non-public information.
Insiders file Form 4s with the SEC to report transactions in their companies' shares. Open market purchases and sales must be reported within two business days of the transaction.
MasterCard is based in Purchase, N.Y.
as a paying member is there a way to block advertising? tia
nibble, nibble
no, you silly goose, my parents were/are good house holders. no paint chips to be had.
when my father was 75 and senile my mother would find him in the garage, gas cap off, sniffing gas with a big grin on his face. :)
i loved the smell as a kid come to think of it!
i say garbage ;)
...so you are opposed to the idea of your suv guzzling something else?
"production will peak in the next twenty years"- speculation at best.
"when you know the cash cow wont last into your children's generation"- 90% of several trillion (invested outside the oil industry) is hardly a recipe for poverty.
"the market for oil will continue higher this time until the price destroys some demand"- you may be right, people have compensated by driving smaller cars, have you not seen all the new Corollas on the road? In the '70's you could fill up a VW for $10. Today it cost almost $30 to fill up a Corolla. But then people had mortgages equal to .25% of their monthly income, now it is .33% or more.
I like to bring this seemingly never ending debate to an end with this statement:
I do believe we would all be better off if we had a cleaner renewable way to propel ourselves from here to there. One that did not require our government, in part, to formulate foreign policy on the acquisition and protection of such means of propulsion.
continues to prove that there is no "natural" reason for oil to be so high. where is my purse when i need it: http://www.chumfm.com/MorningShow/bits/march24.swf (thanks brig)
who's 10% rule is that?
My word exactly. ;)
EZ Foldz is at Bashas'! Bashas' is a homegrown grocery store that holds its own against Fry's and Safeway. There are 150+ Bashas' stores.
techkim, when is Q do :)
isn't it time for the Q report?
no, hitting forehead with palm of hand.
down to 3 boxes.
Love ya tbird, but I think that is frustration talking.
Well I see now that this board is akin to Wonderland, my bad. Fortunately I have the sense to return UP the rabbit hole.
Unknown, simply a statement supporting McCains fight against pork.
Nope, simply a statement supporting McCains fight against pork.
you have something to look forward to! now drive safely. ;)
No...To late. Even if they started pulling out today, billions will still be spent. I am talking about pork and McCain's commitment to keeping it in check.
I said what I meant and i meant what I said. ;)
To late. Even if they started pulling out today, billions will still be spent. I am talking about pork and McCain's commitment to keeping it in check.
on another note, lmao
ok, I have "made up my mind" (strange phrase) and will be voting for McCain. I think he is our best bet for reeling in spending and cutting taxes. I am afraid if a significant effort is not made in this direction we will all feel the pain.
ok, I have "made up my mind" (strange phrase) and will be voting for McCain. I think he is our best bet for reeling in spending and cutting taxes. I am afraid if a significant effort is not made in this direction we will all feel the pain.
The next time you hear a politician use the
word "billion" in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the "politicians" spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of its releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and
20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at
New Orleans It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division
. .
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress
for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what
does it mean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of
New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you
each get $516,528.
B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family
gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.
Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax hi m until he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone,
We won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
F ood License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in
the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians!'
I hope this goes around THE
USA at least 100 times
What the heck happened?????
I think it is because people are shopping the basics. Produce, meat dept., dairy. They are not paying for someone to slice their meat for them. Also, in the last 1.5 yrs. Fry's and Bashas has put in 3 new stores in a six mile radius. It was a "positioning for growth strategy". Whoops!
"goes into a recession" our deli is down 25-30% over last year. going, going, gone!
Would you admire someone who tried to use this as an opprotunity
to hang onto their house?
:) I know! It's crazy.
if they are 90 days behind on morg payments how is 30 days going to change that? http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080212/mortgage_mess_rescue.html
Interesting reading I thought...and something to consider/investigate Republican, Democrat, or otherwise...good luck to all of us in making a wise decision -whoever that might be - this November, our country is counting on us..
Why are some Americans uninformed enough to even consider such a degenerate for PRESIDENT? It's more than frightening.
Subject: Hillary
Just in case you may think this person would make a good president.
Doesn't it bring into question the intelligence of anyone who would even consider for a moment, bringing anyone associated with the Clintons back into the White House-----especially Hillary. Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified candidate for president based on her 'record,' which she says includes her eight years in the White House as First Lady - or 'co-president' - and her seven years in the Senate. Here is a reminder of what that record includes:
- As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that cost the taxpayers over $13 million. She told both Bill Bradley and Pat Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation, that she would 'demonize' anyone who opposed it. But it was opposed; she couldn't even get it to a vote in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party lost control of both the House and Senate.)
- Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first two recommendations (Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their names from consideration, and then she chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since been described by Bill himself as 'my worst mistake.'
- Hillary recommended Lani Guanier for head of the Civil Rights Commission. When Guanier's radical views became known, her name had to be withdrawn.
- Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and William Kennedy for positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later imprisoned, Foster committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
- Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone, for the position of director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, both Hillary and her husband denied knowing him.
(FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene confirmed in a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary' involvement in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office, after serving seven presidents for over thirty years.)
- In order to open 'slots' in the White House for her friends the Harry Thomasons (to whom millions of dollars in travel contracts could be awarded), Hillary had the entire staff of the White House Travel Office fired; they were reported to the FBI for 'gross mismanagement' and their reputations ruined. After a thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime - mixing personal money with White House funds when he cashed checks. The jury acquitted him in less than two hours.
- Another of Hillary's assumed duties was directing the 'bimbo eruption squad' and scandal defense:
---- She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.
---- She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.
---- Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all
---- And Bill lost his law license for lying to the grand jury
---- And Bill was impeached by the House.
---- And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice (she avoided it mostly because she repeated, 'I do not recall,' 'I have no recollection,' and 'I don't know' 56 times under oath).
- Hillary wrote 'It Takes a Village,' demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint.
- Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state she had never lived in. Her husband pardoned FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support. Hillary also had Bill pardon her brother's clients, for a small fee, to get financial support.
- Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork she had stolen.
- In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the 'woman card' by portraying her opponent (Lazio) as a bully picking on her.
- Hillary's husband further protected her by asking the National Archives to withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.)
- As the junior Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation. she has deferred to the senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems of workers involved in the cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11..
- Hillary's one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq, she has since disavowed.
Quite a resume`, isn't it? Sounds more like an organized crime family...
Interesting reading I thought...and something to consider/investigate Republican, Democrat, or otherwise...good luck to all of us in making a wise decision -whoever that might be - this November, our country is counting on us..
Why are some Americans uninformed enough to even consider such a degenerate for PRESIDENT? It's more than frightening.
Subject: Hillary
Just in case you may think this person would make a good president.
Doesn't it bring into question the intelligence of anyone who would even consider for a moment, bringing anyone associated with the Clintons back into the White House-----especially Hillary. Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified candidate for president based on her 'record,' which she says includes her eight years in the White House as First Lady - or 'co-president' - and her seven years in the Senate. Here is a reminder of what that record includes:
- As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that cost the taxpayers over $13 million. She told both Bill Bradley and Pat Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation, that she would 'demonize' anyone who opposed it. But it was opposed; she couldn't even get it to a vote in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party lost control of both the House and Senate.)
- Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first two recommendations (Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their names from consideration, and then she chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since been described by Bill himself as 'my worst mistake.'
- Hillary recommended Lani Guanier for head of the Civil Rights Commission. When Guanier's radical views became known, her name had to be withdrawn.
- Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and William Kennedy for positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later imprisoned, Foster committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
- Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone, for the position of director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, both Hillary and her husband denied knowing him.
(FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene confirmed in a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary' involvement in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office, after serving seven presidents for over thirty years.)
- In order to open 'slots' in the White House for her friends the Harry Thomasons (to whom millions of dollars in travel contracts could be awarded), Hillary had the entire staff of the White House Travel Office fired; they were reported to the FBI for 'gross mismanagement' and their reputations ruined. After a thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime - mixing personal money with White House funds when he cashed checks. The jury acquitted him in less than two hours.
- Another of Hillary's assumed duties was directing the 'bimbo eruption squad' and scandal defense:
---- She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.
---- She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.
---- Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all
---- And Bill lost his law license for lying to the grand jury
---- And Bill was impeached by the House.
---- And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice (she avoided it mostly because she repeated, 'I do not recall,' 'I have no recollection,' and 'I don't know' 56 times under oath).
- Hillary wrote 'It Takes a Village,' demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint.
- Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state she had never lived in. Her husband pardoned FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support. Hillary also had Bill pardon her brother's clients, for a small fee, to get financial support.
- Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork she had stolen.
- In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the 'woman card' by portraying her opponent (Lazio) as a bully picking on her.
- Hillary's husband further protected her by asking the National Archives to withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.)
- As the junior Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation. she has deferred to the senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems of workers involved in the cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11..
- Hillary's one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq, she has since disavowed.
Quite a resume`, isn't it? Sounds more like an organized crime family...