" 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...
" 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,...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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
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"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...
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"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...
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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 | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 395 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Italian soccer will never be the same. Players will be punished for foul play; fans will be forbidden from insulting the opposition; ticket profits will go to third world projects. "
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""We have found PT DUS to be an opportunity for us to participate in the growing sugar refining sector in Indonesia. We believe our entry into the country's sugar refining sector will add much more value to the local industries that consume sugar and we can scale up PT DUS...
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