" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...
created by RoryKearney | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 862 views | 2 recommendations | 6 comments
" I almost expect Warren Buffett to say shortly that he has been buying gold or silver, and silver is actually at the best bargain levels since the last time Buffett bought it and doubled his money. Will he suddenly emerge as a surprise buyer of silver? Well, history does...
"Regional French bank Credit Mutuel said on Friday that it will pay €4.9 billion ($7.7 billion) to buy the German business of US banking giant Citigroup, hard hit by the global financial crisis.Credit Mutuel,...
created by phoenixesrose | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 606 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Here's some good ol' fashioned wheeling and dealing for the Tech & Biz channel: earlier today, an investment fund controlled by the government of Abu Dhabi bought New York City's famous Chrysler Building for...
created by julianw | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 178 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. ...
created by renovatio | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 345 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
" HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it has agreed to buy social networking start-up Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet services. Plazes (http://www.plazes.com/) provides location-aware services that people...
"MrBabyMan hates the idea, the Digg top 100 surely hates the idea and the Digg Mafia REALLY hates the idea. Let me go on record right now saying that I LOVE the idea, especially if Microsoft aquires Digg and uses Digg to finally become a viable search engine. Microsoft you...
5 years of being grilled by animal-rights activists, KFC Canada has agreed to change. In promising improved welfare for the chickens that they buy, KFC is hoping to trade it for an end of the boycott happening in...
created by jessica.lam | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 336 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Maybe Warren just loves his KD?"I loved it so much...I bought the company!""Warren Buffett's investment group, Berkshire Hathaway, bought more than 132 million shares of food company Kraft, according to a document...
"Fred Dalton Thompson, Mr. Federalism, champion of the 10th Amendment ……….from his website, 7/27/07
" “Perhaps the clearest example of federal over-involvement in state and local responsibilities is public education. It’s the classic case of how the federal...
"Over the next few days, we will hear a great deal about the meaning of the Iowa Caucuses, as pundits and bloggers will sift through the demographic data to interpret trends, and voter preferences. There were two obvious winners. There were several losers.
The Big Loser...
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they donate rice to hungry people. The site owners say they make no
money from this. It is done by advertisements on the bottom...
"A former prisoner in Australia has decided to buy his own jail cell. Graeme Alford spent several years in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne, for embezzlement and robbery. But he is not planning to actually...
created by ppeggy | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 243 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Microsoft has paid $240m (£117m) for a 1.6% stake in Facebook that values the hugely popular social networking site at $15bn (£7.3bn).
Facebook spurned an offer from Microsoft's rival Google, which was also keen to invest the site.
Microsoft will also sell internet ads for...
created by AlanEvans | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 435 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Microsoft bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240 million, which puts the value of Facebook at $15 billion. This is significantly better then the $1 billion it was offered a year ago for the whole company. I guess this...
created by BigT | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 297 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment