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As part of the talks, the companies discussed a potential value of about $104 billion for Facebook, the people briefed on the negotiations said... <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/with-instagram-deal-facebook-shows-its-worth/"><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read</span></a></span><br /><blockquote class="zemanta-b-article" style="padding: 10px;"><br /></blockquote><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_is_the_point_of_instagram.php" target="_blank">What Is the Point of... 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They Originally Asked For $2 Billion</a> (businessinsider.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://socialtimes.com/facebook-instagram-deal-spotify-coca-cola-tumblr-ads_b94514" target="_blank">Zuckerberg's Solo Instagram Deal | Spotify's Coca-Cola Partnership | Tumblr's New Ads</a> (socialtimes.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=7f710fbc-b90a-4ebc-b585-21b79acb27e6" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-21093969121871612052012-04-19T04:22:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:04.456-07:00World's Richest Worth $1 Trillion on Billionaires Index<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Segment_10825_460x345.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="prince al waleed bin-talal" height="225" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Segment_10825_460x345.jpg/300px-Segment_10825_460x345.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">prince al waleed bin-talal (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Segment_10825_460x345.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 40 richest individuals on Earth lost a combined $6.2 billion yesterday as stocks dropped amid disappointing U.S. earnings, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the wealthiest people.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saudi <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.652463,46.603076&spn=1.0,1.0&q=24.652463,46.603076%20(Al-Waleed%20bin%20Talal)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Al-Waleed bin Talal">Prince Alwaleed bin Talal</a> joined the index, which doubled the number of billionaires it tracks yesterday. Alwaleed’s fortune has increased 18.2 percent, or $3.2 billion, this year, as shares of his <a class="web_ticker" density="sparse" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/KINGDOM:AB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" ticker="KINGDOM:AB" title="Get Quote" topic_url="http://topics.bloomberg.com/kingdom-holding-co/">Kingdom Holding Co. (KINGDOM)</a>, a diversified investment group that is planning to build the world’s tallest tower, rose 36 percent. The 57-year-old ranks 24th on the index with a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_worth" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Net worth">net worth</a> of $20.5 billion.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“There is no secret to success,” Alwaleed said in an e- mail sent from Saudi Arabia. “It is based on a sound investment strategy, commitment and long-term vision.”...<strong><a href="http://cycleforex.com/2012/04/worlds-richest-worth-1-trillion-on-billionaires-index-bloomberg/"><b><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></b></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//business.time.com/2012/03/06/bloomberg-news-launches-daily-rankings-of-the-globes-richest/&a=78874177&rid=45b6f5f6-47f1-47d9-91ab-36dd3e0f0279&e=046c0b812bef278a72910a0bd6f0e96b" target="_blank">Billionaire Rankings: Bloomberg Launches Daily List of the World's Richest People</a> (business.time.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://rt.com/business/news/billionaires-markets-drop-losses-451/" target="_blank">Market slump sees world's richest biggest losers</a> (rt.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/143440/what-its-like-to-be-a-billionaire-for-a-day.html" target="_blank">What It's Like to Be a Billionaire - for a Day</a> (newser.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=45b6f5f6-47f1-47d9-91ab-36dd3e0f0279" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-35256746401579610382012-04-19T04:21:00.001-07:002012-04-20T01:00:04.579-07:00Debt-ridden Countries IMF'd as "Euro Collapse" threat lures Bailout Buck...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rGF0gwNc0As?fs=1" width="459"></iframe>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-48407884661461823612012-04-19T04:21:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:04.476-07:00Leave The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Alone<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/79172203@N00/196883445" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="White House" height="180" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/196883445_f4fc360ac9_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 240px;">White House (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/79172203@N00/196883445" target="_blank">HarshLight</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.75; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As the crisis in Libya and elsewhere in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Arab world">Arab world</a> continues, the oil markets have, understandably, been rocked by <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/business/08markets.html" style="color: #950000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">uncertainly and fluctuation</a>. Here in the United States, that has led to <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/news/economy/gas_prices/" style="color: #950000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">some fairly sharp increases in the price of gasoline:</a></span></div><blockquote style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 10px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.75; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_and_diesel_usage_and_pricing" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing">Gas prices</a> continued to rise Monday, driven higher for nearly two weeks straight by the turmoil in Libya, with analysts expecting prices to keep climbing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.75; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose six tenths of a cent to $3.509, according to a daily survey by motorist group AAA.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.75; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gas prices have increased for 13 days in a row, rising nearly 34 cents in that time.</span></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.75; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The pain at the pump is palpable for anyone who’s had to full up their tank anytime in the last week and that’s led, inevitably, to calls for the President to “do something,”<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/business/energy-environment/07oil.html" style="color: #950000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even if that something is immensely foolish:</a></span></div><blockquote style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 10px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.75; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">The Obama administration is considering tapping the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve_%28United_States%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States)">Strategic Petroleum Reserve</a> in response to rapidly rising gasoline prices brought on by turmoil in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="White House Chief of Staff">White House chief of staff</a>, William M. Daley, said on Sunday... </span><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><b><a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/leave-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-alone/"><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></a></b></strong></span></div></blockquote><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin-left: 0; padding: 0;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="display: block; float: left; height: 240px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 20px 20px 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100px;"><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/222053-running-on-empty-failing-to-address-high-gas-prices" style="border: 0; display: block; float: left; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/noimg_12.jpg" style="border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;" width="100" /></a><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/222053-running-on-empty-failing-to-address-high-gas-prices" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; width: 100px;" target="_blank">Running on empty: Failing to address high gas prices</a></li></ul><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://tarpon.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/the-obama-oil-embargo-but-only-usa-cap-and-trade/" target="_blank">The Obama Oil Embargo: But Only USA Cap and Trade</a> (tarpon.wordpress.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://mb50.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/the-obama-oil-embargo/" target="_blank">The Obama Oil Embargo</a> (mb50.wordpress.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=1e528373-9f0d-4f4d-93db-40a4f138476f" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-73405306707049571412012-04-19T04:20:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:04.678-07:00Why Did These 2 Stocks Fall Flat?<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/0dvl8sh9AfgnQ?utm_source=zemanta&utm_medium=p&utm_content=0dvl8sh9AfgnQ&utm_campaign=z1" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: A trader works on the..." height="100" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0dvl8sh9AfgnQ/150x100.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="150" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 150px;">(Image credit: <a href="http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images" target="_blank">Getty Images</a> via <a href="http://www.daylife.com/" target="_blank">@daylife</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.djaverages.com/?view=industrial&page=overview" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Dow Jones Industrial Average">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a></strong> rallied sharply higher yesterday, closing above 13,000 again as<a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/04/17/why-the-dow-popped.aspx" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">earnings looked better</a> for a number of businesses. But with the companies below going down hard, first let’s see whether they had good reason to drop. Sometimes, panic-fueled declines can make <a href="http://www.fool.com/retirement/general/2012/02/22/the-best-losing-investment-ive-ever-made.aspx" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">excellent buying opportunities</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The markets soared 194 points, or 1.5%, so stocks that went down by larger percentages are <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/03/02/1-big-number-that-will-burn-facebook-investors.aspx" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">pretty big deals</a>. These two stocks fell hard; let’s see if there’s anything to redeem them.</span></div><table cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><tr style="border-bottom-style: none; 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outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stock</span></strong></div></th><th style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">CAPS Rating (out of 5)</span></strong></div></th><th style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friday’s Change</span></strong></div></th></tr><tr style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Telecom Argentina</strong> (<span style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">NYSE: <a href="http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/TEO.aspx" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">TEO</a></span> <a href="http://my.fool.com/watchlist/add?ticker=TEO" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Add TEO to My Watchlist"> </a>)</span></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*****</span></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(10.3%)</span></td></tr><tr style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">magicJack VocalTec</strong> (<span style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nasdaq: <a href="http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/CALL.aspx" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">CALL</a></span> <a href="http://my.fool.com/watchlist/add?ticker=CALL" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Add CALL to My Watchlist"> </a>)</span></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*</span></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(8.1%)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Source: Motley Fool CAPS.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What’s yours isn’t mine (anymore)</strong><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />“No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session,” an aphorism usually attributed to Mark Twain talking about Congress, could also be applied to certain South American countries.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">No longer is it just Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez riding roughshod over the rights of business owners. Now Argentine leader Cristina Kirchner has seized the assets of Spanish oil giant </span><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">YPF</strong><span style="color: #333333;"> (</span><span style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">NYSE:<a href="http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/YPF.aspx" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">YPF</a></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="http://my.fool.com/watchlist/add?ticker=YPF" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #de030b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Add YPF to My Watchlist"> </a><span style="color: #333333;">) . If she’s willing to make an international incident out expropriating the property of a foreign company, then no private property is safe in the country, and it helps explain why Telecom Argentina is falling in the wake of the news... </span><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://avidinvestorgroup.com/2012/04/why-did-these-2-stocks-fall-flat/"><b><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></b></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin-left: 0; padding: 0;"></ul><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/04/18/why-did-these-2-stocks-fall-flat/?zemanta-tracking" target="_blank">Why Did These 2 Stocks Fall Flat?</a> (dailyfinance.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://newsok.com/europe-weighs-heavily-on-us-stock-market/article/feed/372143?custom_click=rss" target="_blank">Europe weighs heavily on US stock market</a> (newsok.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/04/17/financial/f140435D91.DTL" target="_blank">How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Tuesday</a> (sfgate.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=3dc3e89e-e7a1-415d-94f2-cb5a0b05068b" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-36256138524261256722012-04-19T04:19:00.002-07:002012-04-20T01:00:04.991-07:00Layoffs, Freezes, Retirements For U.S. Public Sector<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:When_Hell.A._Freezes_Over.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="When Hell.A. Freezes Over" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/When_Hell.A._Freezes_Over.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="200" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 200px;">When Hell.A. Freezes Over (Photo credit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:When_Hell.A._Freezes_Over.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div class="first" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> More than half of local and <span class="yshortcuts">state employees</span> continue to work under pay <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Freezing">freezes</a>, while others are accelerating their retirements or facing the prospects of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Layoff">layoffs</a> as the effects of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recession" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Recession">recession</a> linger on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_sector" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Public sector">public sector</a>, according to a survey released on Wednesday.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The survey of members of the <span class="yshortcuts"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Public_Management_Association_for_Human_Resources" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="International Public Management Association for Human Resources">International Public Management Association for Human Resources</a></span>and the <span class="yshortcuts">National Association of State Personnel Executives</span>, found public employees also worry about their image.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some 73 percent of those surveyed said the “public perception of government workers” is a top concern, more those who listed <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_retention" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Employee retention">staff retention</a>, healthcare costs and workload sizes.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">When revenue collapsed during the recession, state and local governments slashed spending, often laying off workers and freezing job openings. Even though the downturn officially ended in 2009, revenue is only now inching higher in some places... </span><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://zetabids.com/layoffs-freezes-retirements-for-u-s-public-sector.html"><b><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></b></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://jobmarketmonitor.com/2012/04/08/u-s-public-employees-more-layoffs/" target="_blank">U.S. Public Employees | More Layoffs</a> (jobmarketmonitor.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mcguinty-government-faces-showdown-with-teachers/article2405011/" target="_blank">McGuinty government faces showdown with teachers</a> (theglobeandmail.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/04/09/460380/worst-ever-public-sector-job-loss/" target="_blank">Last Three Years Were Worst On Record For Public Sector Job Losses</a> (thinkprogress.org)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=56be569f-9cff-4818-a3b6-b8427c965437" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-28194389687486831022012-04-19T04:19:00.001-07:002012-04-20T01:00:04.889-07:00U.S. Signals Comfort With IMF Bid For More Funds<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Timothy_Geithner_Treasury.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Deutsch: Offizielles porträt des US-Finanzmini..." height="378" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Timothy_Geithner_Treasury.jpg/300px-Timothy_Geithner_Treasury.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;"> Timothy Geithner (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Timothy_Geithner_Treasury.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="United States">United States</a> on Wednesday threw its support behind a bid to boost the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imf.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a>'s financial resources, signaling greater satisfaction among <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.g20.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="G-20 major economies">Group of 20</a> nations with Europe's efforts to resolve its debt crisis.</span> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The U.S. government will not chip in more money of its own, but warm words from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">Treasury Secretary</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.treasury.gov/about/Pages/Secretary.aspx" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Timothy Geithner">Timothy Geithner</a> for commitments by others may clear a path for G20 nations meeting this week in Washington to agree on a way to bolster the IMF's war chest.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The idea is to bulk up so the Fund so it can aid non-European countries that get caught up in the maelstrom emanating from the euro zone.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The effort to expand the IMF's coffers is expected to dominate a meeting of G20 financial officials over dinner on Thursday and during the day on Friday. It will also be front and center at the IMF's semi-annual session on Saturday... <strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre83h1cf-us-imf/"><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://seeker401.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/japan-says-to-provide-60-billion-in-loans-to-imf-but-japanese-debt-is-a-14-trillion/" target="_blank">Japan says to provide $60 billion in loans to IMF..but Japanese debt is a $14 trillion!</a> (seeker401.wordpress.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/breaking-views/the-imfs-mixed-signals-on-austerity/article2406965/" target="_blank">The IMF's mixed signals on austerity</a> (theglobeandmail.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://jhaines6.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/imf-funds-drive-caught-in-global-power-shift/" target="_blank">IMF funds drive caught in global power shift</a> (jhaines6.wordpress.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=8b4ea1c4-ca7a-4a3f-9051-ec929328f231" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-56806536145519120342012-04-19T04:19:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:04.788-07:004 Cramer Dividend Stocks Poised For New Highs This Year<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jimcramerphoto.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” came to Tul..." height="199" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Jimcramerphoto.jpg/300px-Jimcramerphoto.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jimcramerphoto.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cramer" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Jim Cramer">Jim Cramer</a> of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.8986111111,-73.9391666667&spn=0.01,0.01&q=40.8986111111,-73.9391666667%20(CNBC)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="CNBC">CNBC</a>’s “<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838459/site/14081545/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Mad Money">Mad Money</a>” show has been bullish on dividend stocks, and recently gave a buy rating to a few <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_chip_%28stock_market%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Blue chip (stock market)">blue chip companies</a>. Dividend stocks have been working for investors, and they have held up well in market sell-offs. When stocks saw the first “mini-correction” of 2012, just days ago, dividend stocks fared much better than others because investors are so hungry for income in a low-yield world. The Federal Reserve has promised to keep rates low for the next couple of years, so it makes sense for Cramer to stay focused on companies that have stable revenues and pay solid dividends, since they can beat <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_account" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Savings account">savings accounts</a> and even some bonds. Here is a closer look at some of </span><a class="seoquake-nofollow" href="http://wallstcheatsheet.com/investing/jim-cramer-says-sell-jj-and-buy-these-4-stocks.html/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #181818; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Cramer’s favorite stocks</a><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"> which are likely to continue outperforming and even possibly make new 52-week highs in 2012. I would buy these stocks on pullbacks in order to... </span><strong><b><a href="http://www.bullseyemicrocaps.com/?p=83688"><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></a></b></strong></span><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin-left: 0; padding: 0;"></ul><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/11497255/1/cramers-mad-money-recap-growth-for-sale-update-1.html?cm_ven=RSSFeed" target="_blank">Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Growth for Sale (Update 1)</a> (thestreet.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://beta.fool.com/insidermonkey/2012/04/13/jim-cramers-top-dividend-stock-picks/3612/?source=TheMotleyFool" target="_blank">Jim Cramer's Top Dividend Stock Picks</a> (beta.fool.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=684ef07a-d720-4b23-b49d-78392c8ae903" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-39363412323580010002012-04-19T04:18:00.001-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.191-07:00The 180 Degrees Between Warren Buffett And Steve Jobs On Cancer Disclosure<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22191301@N00/178633669" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Warren Buffett" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/178633669_afcb6f1b84_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Warren Buffett (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22191301@N00/178633669" target="_blank">trackrecord</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">One of the most surprising elements of</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/berkshire-hathaway/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue;">Berkshire Hathaway</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"> CEO </span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/warren-buffett/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue;">Warren Buffett</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">’s disclosure Tuesday that he has stage 1 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.cancercenter.com/prostate-cancer.cfm" rel="cancercenter" target="_blank" title="prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a> is how much detail he provided about his diagnosis and planned treatment, including the fact that he had a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_computed_tomography" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="X-ray computed tomography">CAT scan</a> and an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Magnetic resonance imaging">MRI</a> and when his radiation treatment will start (in July). It stands in stark contrast to the silence from </span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/steve-jobs/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: blue;">Steve Jobs</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"> about his pancreatic cancer when he was diagnosed in 2003.</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">Of course, the two cancers could not be more different. Prostate cancer is very unlikely to kill Buffett, as he pointed out in his statement. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_survival_rate" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Five-year survival rate">five year survival rate</a> is nearly 100%, and the 10-year rate is 98%, according to the </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/ProstateCancer/DetailedGuide/prostate-cancer-survival-rates" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">American Cancer Society</a><span style="font-size: small;">. </span><a href="http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/ProstateCancer/DetailedGuide/prostate-cancer-survival-rates" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The stats for pancreatic cancer are much grimmer: the five year survival rate for people with stage 1A pancreatic cancer is</a><a href="http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/PancreaticCancer/OverviewGuide/pancreatic-cancer-overview-survival-rates" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> just 14%</a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">. It’s arguably much easier to be upfront with news that, in terms of cancer, is relatively positive... </span><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><b><a href="http://stevejobsvision.info/archives/4338?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-180-degrees-between-warren-buffett-and-steve-jobs-on-cancer-disclosure"><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></a></b></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/04/18/warren-buffetts-greatest-legacy-ensuring-hes-not-irreplaceabl/" target="_blank">Warren Buffett's Greatest Legacy: Ensuring He's Not Irreplaceable</a> (dailyfinance.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/04/18/buffetts-next-move-and-yours.aspx" target="_blank">Buffett's Next Move -- and Yours</a> (fool.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://247wallst.com/2012/04/18/todays-best-market-rumors-4182012-nestle-and-pfizer-ma/" target="_blank">Today's Best Market Rumors (4/18/2012) Nestle And Pfizer M&A</a> (247wallst.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" suid="M2OCYZ0UQVI901"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">EU Needs Stronger CO2 Market, Germany’s Reiche Says</span></a>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-52706729037250054602012-04-18T12:35:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.302-07:00IMF Sees Bank Deleveraging By US$2.6 tn.<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49447784@N03/6505361911" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the In..." height="160" src="http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7013/6505361911_9598afc5a9_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 240px;">Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49447784@N03/6505361911" target="_blank">European Council</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Europe">European</a> banks look set to shrink their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_sheet" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Balance sheet">balance sheets</a> by $2.6tn (€2tn) over the next 18 months, with a quarter of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_%28finance%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Leverage (finance)">deleveraging</a> likely to come from cuts in lending, according to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imf.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In its Global Financial Stability Report, published on Wednesday, the fund warned that, unless officials stepped up their policy response, European banks would dump almost 7 per cent of their assets by the end of next year. It expects most of the deleveraging to come from sales of securities and non-core assets.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, the fund also sees credit supply shrinking by 1.7 per cent as banks rein in lending to businesses and households.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #555555;">The fund’s forecasts are the most comprehensive assessment to date of the likely impact of the struggling European banking sector’s efforts to right itself, and they predict a larger scale of deleveraging than previously anticipated...</span><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://investorsfreshnews.com/2012/04/18/imf-sees-banks-deleveraging-by-2-6tn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imf-sees-banks-deleveraging-by-2-6tn"><b><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></b></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/italian-bad-loans-surge-highest-2000-foreign-deposits-plunge" target="_blank">Italian Bad Loans Surge To Highest Since 2000, Foreign Deposits Plunge</a> (zerohedge.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/IMF-Cuts-in-European-bank-lending-to-drag-growth-3490737.php" target="_blank">IMF: Cuts in European bank lending to drag growth</a> (seattlepi.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/sharp_cuts_in_bank_lending_cou.html" target="_blank">Sharp cuts in bank lending could slow Europe's growth, IMF says</a> (oregonlive.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=8d017a77-3317-4c5b-b960-6713eded4d12" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-84160897547990824372012-04-18T04:43:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.405-07:005 Biotech Stocks Ready To Rise On New Treatments<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Biotech_Industry_Organization_logo.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Logo of the Biotechnology Industry Organization." height="237" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Biotech_Industry_Organization_logo.jpg/300px-Biotech_Industry_Organization_logo.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Logo of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. (Photo credit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Biotech_Industry_Organization_logo.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="color: #181818; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I believe one of the keys to smart biotech <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/metric/Investments" rel="wikinvest" target="_blank" title="Investments">investing</a> is to focus on companies that are treating <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_%28medicine%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Chronic (medicine)">chronic diseases</a>. Instead of looking to cure something, the treatments developed and marketed by these companies will help patients manage symptoms. This ensures long-term success and allows you to invest your money in a company that is protecting its own security. There are five standout companies in the biotech industry that I consider the best bets for those who want a long term, steady earner.</span></div><div style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #181818;">The first company I have been watching for awhile is </span><strong style="color: #181818;">Human Genome Sciences (<a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/hgsi" style="color: #181818;" title="Human Genome Sciences, Inc.">HGSI</a>)</strong><span style="color: #181818;">. The company is poised to make a big splash in 2012, due to its focus on treatments that will affect the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Baby boomer">baby boomer</a> generation. The company reached a 52-week high of $30 per share at one point, but plummeted to just $6 per share in the last year. The price is currently around...</span><span style="color: blue;"> <strong><b><a href="http://www.bullseyemicrocaps.com/?p=83081">Continue to read.</a></b></strong></span></span></div><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/04/17/make-money-in-high-potential-biotech-stocks-the-ea/?zemanta-tracking" target="_blank">Make Money in High-Potential Biotech Stocks the Easy Way</a> (dailyfinance.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/pharma-giant-merck-serono-invests-in-israeli-biotech-incubator/" target="_blank">Pharma giant Merck Serono invests in Israeli biotech incubator</a> (timesofisrael.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://beta.fool.com/queenbc/2012/04/16/how-will-dendreon-be-affected-stock-act/3590/?source=TheMotleyFool" target="_blank">How Will Dendreon be Affected by the STOCK Act?</a> (beta.fool.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=f86d6611-2278-4eaa-9714-1ec999c3e842" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-64280835072000187582012-04-18T04:36:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.505-07:00Silver Shortage This Decade, Silver Will Be Worth More Than Gold -Future...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-IiarVvZguY?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-51082659508000954132012-04-18T03:43:00.003-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.852-07:003 Powerful Tips To make Passive Income Online For Life<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Household_Characteristics_and_Income.png" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Percent of households with 2+ income earners, ..." height="163" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Household_Characteristics_and_Income.png/300px-Household_Characteristics_and_Income.png" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Percent of households with 2+ income earners, and full-time workers by income. (Photo credit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Household_Characteristics_and_Income.png" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Have you heard that you can make passive income online and wish to do this for yourself? Before you start any passive income <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Business">business</a> you have to find out a few effective tips that will help you easily generate a passive income for the rest of your life.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There is no better business to start than a passive income business when you want to make an income that will last your whole life. Before you can begin earning an income with any passive income opportunity, you have to learn the following tips to help you make it successful.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Carefully select your passive income business – There are many passive income opportunities on the internet these days, but not all of them will be right for you. It is important that you take time to really look at and select the passive business that you can get excited about... <strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://blog-revenue-tips.com/powerful-tips-to-make-passive-income-online-for-life/"><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//money.usnews.com/money/blogs/On-Retirement/2012/04/05/the-passive-income-snowball%3Fs_cid%3Drss%3AOn-Retirement%3Athe-passive-income-snowball&a=83253516&rid=46714f09-bde4-44fc-bdfb-65601e8d0a46&e=ebb61cc14721d764c175f8351ad58f12" target="_blank">The Passive Income Snowball</a> (money.usnews.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blogpronews.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/finding-out-more-abotu-a-passive-residual-income/" target="_blank">Finding Out More Abotu A Passive Residual Income</a> (blogpronews.wordpress.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blogpronews.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/what-is-passive-income-and-can-you-achieve-it-with-a-home-business/" target="_blank">What Is Passive Income And Can You Achieve It With A Home Business?</a> (blogpronews.wordpress.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=46714f09-bde4-44fc-bdfb-65601e8d0a46" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-87358551622942491362012-04-18T03:43:00.002-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.756-07:00Why Warren Buffett Revealed That He Has Prostate Cancer<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Warren Buffett speaking to a group of students..." height="366" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg/300px-Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Warren Buffett speaking to a group of students from the Kansas University School of Business (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite his folksy manner, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Warren Buffett">Warren Buffett</a> is not a man who likes to share intimate details of his life. So that makes his April 17 announcement that he has early-stage prostate cancer all the more intriguing. After all, as the chairman and CEO of <a href="http://mobile.businessweek.com/quote/BRK/A" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #2e84db; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Berkshire Hathaway</a> stated, his doctors say the condition is “not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way.” In fact, he stressed in the release, “I feel great — as if I were in my normal excellent health — and my <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_level" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Energy level">energy level</a> is 100 percent.” He has a point: By the age of 80, about 80 percent of men have some cancer cells in their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Prostate">prostate gland</a>, according to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://jama.ama-assn.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Journal of the American Medical Association">Journal of the American Medical Association</a>. If Buffett is like most men his age, he’s more likely to die with prostate cancer than from it.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So why bother? The answer, most likely, is to squash rumors that something more serious is going on. His disclosure is less an acknowledgement of his mortality than of his celebrity. As an investor whose every move is analyzed by people around the planet, the likelihood that Buffett could undergo two months of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.cancercenter.com/spinal-cancer/intraoperative-radiation-therapy.cfm" rel="cancercenter" target="_blank" title="spinal cancer radiation therapy">radiation therapy</a> without anyone noticing is remote, if not impossible... <strong><a href="http://ibytes.net/why-warren-buffett-revealed-that-he-has-prostate-cancer-businessweek/"><b><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></b></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120417/Warren-Buffet-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer-120417/&a=84732102&rid=514643c0-0a5f-4943-bd36-accac25741bb&e=179c4f30a66b732425d8babc91d870ed" target="_blank">Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer</a> (ctv.ca)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://drugstoresource.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/buffett-has-prostate-cancer-says-he-feels-great-cbs-news/" target="_blank">Buffett has prostate cancer, says he feels "great" - CBS News</a> (drugstoresource.wordpress.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?article=10057511" target="_blank">Warren Buffett diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer</a> (radio.woai.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=514643c0-0a5f-4943-bd36-accac25741bb" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-40099137097994204402012-04-18T03:43:00.001-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.738-07:00Argentina and YPF: The Oil War<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:YPF.svg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Logotype of the former Yacimientos Petrolífero..." height="300" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/YPF.svg/300px-YPF.svg.png" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Logotype of the former Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Sociedad del Estado (State Society). This image is not subject to copyright law in its country of origin (Argentina), but to trademark law. According to article 5 of Law 22362, rights over the trademark are extinct. (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:YPF.svg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #414141; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First make the company unprofitable by price controls, then blackmail it by revoking its concessions, then steal it – that seems to have been the playbook of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-34.6,-58.3833333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=-34.6,-58.3833333333%20(Argentina)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>'s government regarding <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ypf.com/ar_es/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="YPF">YPF</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.repsol.com/es_en/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Repsol YPF">Repsol</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #414141; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">President Christina Fernandez-Kirchner <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-16/argentina-to-send-bill-to-congress-for-control-of-51-of-ypf-1-.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #7e7e7e; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">noted in her press conference</a> on the seizure that</span></div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #5e5e5e; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.75em; padding-left: 1.5em; padding-right: 1.5em; padding-top: 0.75em; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Argentina will manage YPF “professionally,” Fernandez said, <strong><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">adding that the country is one of the few that doesn’t control its own oil.</em></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deputy <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-34.6094444444,-58.3702777778&spn=0.01,0.01&q=-34.6094444444,-58.3702777778%20(Minister%20of%20Economy%20of%20Argentina)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Minister of Economy of Argentina">Economy Minister</a> Axel Kicillof will help De Vido to run the company, according to Fernandez.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[..]</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Argentina is expropriating YPF for the “public good,” a government official said in yesterday’s speech.</span></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #414141; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">By this she means: Argentina is one of the few countries where the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Petroleum industry">oil industry</a> was not yet fully nationalized, as if that were a bad thing. The reality of the situation is that the high share of government control all over the world over the oil industry has created a major supply problem, as governments can not possibly 'manage oil companies professionally'. As all state-owned enterprises, nationalized oil firms are inefficient and wasteful – they are not businesses, they are bureaucracies. To wit, a bureaucrat – the deputy economy minister – will now 'help to run the company'... <strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Argentina-Seize-YPF-from-Repsol-as-they-look-to-Control-Domestic-Oil-Sector.html">Continue to read</a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://newsok.com/argentina-plans-inside-look-at-ypfs-value/article/feed/371801?custom_click=rss" target="_blank">Argentina plans inside look at YPF's value</a> (newsok.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://newsok.com/argentinas-oil-takeover-rattles-investors/article/feed/371801?custom_click=rss" target="_blank">Argentina's oil takeover rattles investors</a> (newsok.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16210276&a=84681883&rid=b2591faf-c578-4ab5-b9da-bf333bf97090&e=6ba40c4bd13eedb6cf1816dfa41bb9e2" target="_blank">Argentina To Seize Control Of Oil Firm</a> (news.sky.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=b2591faf-c578-4ab5-b9da-bf333bf97090" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816589717178206071.post-2084152827092386542012-04-18T03:43:00.000-07:002012-04-20T01:00:05.638-07:00Spanish Bailout: 'Not If, But When'<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mariano_Rajoy_en_Bilbao2.png" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Mariano Rajoy en Bilbao. Imagen tomada por Ike..." height="449" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mariano_Rajoy_en_Bilbao2.png/300px-Mariano_Rajoy_en_Bilbao2.png" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Mariano Rajoy en Bilbao. Imagen tomada por Iker Parriza (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mariano_Rajoy_en_Bilbao2.png" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div class="first" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Economic experts watching <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334742254_1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.4333333333,-3.7&spn=10.0,10.0&q=40.4333333333,-3.7%20(Spain)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Spain">Spain</a></span> don't know how much money will be needed or precisely when, but some are near certain that Madrid will eventually seek a multi-billion euro bailout for its banks, and perhaps even for the state itself.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334742254_3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prime Minister <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.pp.es/index.asp?p=4842&c=c4616f5a24a66668f11ca4fa80525dc4" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Mariano Rajoy">Mariano Rajoy</a></span> has repeatedly said Spain doesn't need or want an international bailout, and the<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334742254_5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">European Union</span>, which along with the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imf.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="International Monetary Fund">IMF</a> has already rescued Greece, Ireland and Portugal, also dismisses such talk.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But economists believe that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.277,-123.216&spn=1.0,1.0&q=49.277,-123.216%20(Spanish%20Banks)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Spanish Banks">Spanish banks</a> will have to turn to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Eurozone">euro zone</a>'s rescue fund, the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334742254_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.efsf.europa.eu/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="European Financial Stability Facility">European Financial Stability Facility</a></span> (EFSF), for help in covering losses caused by a property market crash which has yet to end.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Likewise, investors are fretting about how Rajoy's centre-right government can enforce deep austerity while reviving a recession-bound economy at the same time... </span><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.eshareholder.com/spanish-bailout-not-if-but-when/"><b><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></b></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2012/04/17/spain-bailout-only-a-matter-of-time-experts-say/" target="_blank">Spain bailout only a matter of time, experts say</a> (business.financialpost.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://rt.com/business/news/spain-eurobonds-ecb-crisis-debt-148/" target="_blank">Spain: A test of investor confidence</a> (rt.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/analysts-see-spanish-bank-bailouts-as-inevitable/article2405280/" target="_blank">Analysts see Spanish bank bailouts as inevitable</a> (theglobeandmail.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; 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float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 150px;"> (Image credit: <a href="http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images" target="_blank">Getty Images</a> via <a href="http://www.daylife.com/" target="_blank">@daylife</a>)</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Stocks never saw saw selling after the markets jumped at the opening. Dow finished up 194, advancers over decliners a more mild less than 4-1 & NAZ gained 54 (helped by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.zdnet.com/topics/apple+inc.?tag=header;header-sec" rel="zdnet" target="_blank" title="Apple">Apple</a> snapping back 29 following its recent sell-off). The MLP index recovered 3+ to 389 & the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate_investment_trust" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Real estate investment trust">REIT</a> index rose 2+ to 254 (within spitting distance of its yearly highs). Junk <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_fund" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Bond fund">bond funds</a> continued higher & <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury_security" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="United States Treasury security">Treasuries</a> slipped back. Oil climbed to a 2-week high as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.4333333333,-3.7&spn=10.0,10.0&q=40.4333333333,-3.7%20(Spain)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Spain">Spain</a> raised more than its maximum target at a debt auction & the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imf.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="International Monetary Fund">IMF</a> bolstered its global growth forecast. Oil has been drifting sideways for a few days (shown in the graph below)... </span><strong><a href="http://verysmartinvesting.blogspot.com/2012/04/markets-surge-on-favorable-earnings.html"><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></a></strong></span><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0417/Stocks-surge-on-strong-US-profits-Spain" target="_blank">Stocks surge on strong US profits; Spain</a> (csmonitor.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Global+markets+rally+around+upbeat+forecast/6471828/story.html" target="_blank">Global markets rally around upbeat IMF forecast.</a> (vancouversun.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/market-long-mania-schizophrenic-terms" target="_blank">Market Is Long Of Mania In Schizophrenic Terms</a> (zerohedge.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; 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display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Vikram Pandit, Chief Executive Officer, Citi, ..." height="301" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Vikram_Pandit_in_WEF%2C_2011.jpg/300px-Vikram_Pandit_in_WEF%2C_2011.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Vikram Pandit, Chief Executive Officer, Citi, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on Latin America, captured during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 29, 2011. (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vikram_Pandit_in_WEF%2C_2011.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareholder" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Shareholder">Shareholders</a> rebuked <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.citigroup.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Citigroup">Citigroup</a>’s board on Tuesday, voting against a pay plan that promised tens of millions of dollars for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Pandit" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Vikram Pandit">Vikram Pandit</a>, chief executive, and his fellow directors.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some 55 per cent of shareholders either went against the plan or abstained at Citi’s annual meeting in Dallas in a non-binding vote, the company said. It became the first major US bank to suffer majority dissent in a “say on pay” vote and only the 12th S&P 500 company to lose such a ballot.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Parsons_%28businessman%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Richard Parsons (businessman)">Richard Parsons</a>, the outgoing chairman of Citi, described the result as “a serious matter” and said directors would meet shareholders to discuss their objections. Corporate governance advisory groups had recommended a no vote on the pay plan.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #555555;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Wilson_%28journalist%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Sarah Wilson (journalist)">Sarah Wilson</a>, chief executive of the UK-based <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_voting" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Proxy voting">proxy voting</a> agency Manifest, said: “Shareholders have been giving banks some time to find their way and do the right thing on pay, but I think patience is running out now.”... </span><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://nicosiamoneynews.com/2012/04/17/shareholders-reject-citis-pay-proposals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shareholders-reject-citis-pay-proposals"><b><span style="color: blue;">Continue to read.</span></b></a></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><h4 class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles</h4><ul class="zemanta-article-ul" style="clear: left;"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/17/shareholders-reject-citi-pay/&a=84709860&rid=aa1211b2-5d76-4746-8ea1-ac9d87d52753&e=a914f0adbde7a80d2a63131b38e1c82f" target="_blank">Shareholders reject $15 million pay raise for Citigroup's CEO</a> (finance.fortune.cnn.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://shortformblog.com/post/21283804635/citigroup-executive-salary-rejected" target="_blank">Citigroup shareholders seem to have had enough</a> (shortformblog.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/citigroup-investors-thumbs-down-exec-pay-172919473--finance.html" target="_blank">Citigroup investors give thumbs down to exec pay</a> (news.yahoo.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=aa1211b2-5d76-4746-8ea1-ac9d87d52753" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721203811636055144noreply@blogger.com1