Posted from Paul Kedrosky's Infectious ... 10 hours ago
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Very good piece in current Institutional Investor on American’s multi-trillion pension funding problem. Read the whole thing. What’s the difference between General Motors and California? California hasn’t gone bankrupt. At least, not yet. General Motors Corp. did go bankrupt, of course, in a historic Chapter 11 filing orchestrated by the federal government last June. A similar fate for California isn’t out of the question, though it is unlikely. No U.S. state has ever gone bankrupt, although California’s Orange County back in 1994 and, more recently, the City of Vallejo d... (original story)
Posted from Jim Cramer's Stock Picks fr... 10 hours ago
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Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money, Friday March 19.BP (BP), Verizon (VZ), Kinder Morgan Partners (KMP), Eli Lilly (LLY), DuPont (DD), Altria (MO), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Tiffany (TIF), KB Home (KBH), General Mills (GIS), Treehouse Foods (THS... (original story)
Posted from Silicon Alley Insider 10 hours ago
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If the rumors and speculation are correct, Google.cn may shut as soon as this week. Most pundits will likely praise Google for staring down the Chinese government and choosing “doing good” over “doing evil”. To help Google shareholders and the rest of the world better understand this decision (assuming it occurs of course), would Google please answer the following questions? Read the rest of this story »See Also:Google China Execs Will Start New China Search Engine If Google Quits -- RumorHere's Why Google Is Now Trying To Get Kicked Out Of China: Its Partners Are ... (original story)
Posted from The Big Picture 10 hours ago
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I almost called this “EBRI Says Workers Are “Clueless” About Retirement Needs” but then that would have given the whole thing away too soon. The issue we are discussing today comes to us from MacroMaven’s Stephanie Pomboy, via Alan Abelson in Barron’s. The subject: Our vastly underfunded public and private retirement system(s). It seems there is [...] (original story)
Posted from Paul Kedrosky's Infectious ... 10 hours ago
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A few links from my weekly Weekend Reading column: Trillion-Dollar Pension Crisis Looms Large Over America (Source) Senior economist warns of ‘triple-dip’ threat (Source) If the stock market's up, it must be rigged...right? (Source) Big Man In Brazil (Source) Stabilizing stoc... (original story)
Posted from Silicon Alley Insider 13 hours ago
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Here's a chart from mobile analytics company Flurry about what sorts of applications are being tested on the iPad. Gaming is by far the most popular category. Flurry's analytics are installed on certain developers software, which is how it tracks what's being tested. The number below only counts wha... (original story)
Posted from Silicon Alley Insider 14 hours ago
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From 9 to 5 Mac: A UK reader writes in to say that Steve Jobs has replied to his email regarding Picasa Albums on the iPad. Instead of just telling him that Apple (obviously) wouldn't support Google's Picasa library format, Jobs told him that iPhoto had "much better Faces and Places features"... (original story)
Posted from The Big Picture 22 hours ago
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March 20, 2010 By John Mauldin O Canada The Threat to Muddle Through Back to 1971 The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars GDP = C + I + G + Net Exports An Optimistic New Venture, San Diego, and New York If the Chinese allowed the renminbi to rise, would that make the USA better off? That is the ... (original story)
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Read the rest of this story »See Also:Joslyn James: I've Got Hundreds More Tiger Woods Sex Texts I'm Going To PublishHas Attack-Lawyer Gloria Allred Launched A Coordinated Assault On Tiger Woods?20 Raunchy Text Messages Tiger Woods Sent To His Mistress Joslyn James (original story)
Posted from The Big Picture 1 day 10 hours ago
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Mike Santoli asks an interesting question this morning in his Barron’s column. “The important question isn’t whether the market retrenches a bit, but whether that retrenchment would segue into a more definitive and momentous market top.” This is a worthwhile query for explora... (original story)