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    Google announced to offer real-time prices on NASDAQ-listed securities free.

    Real-time quotes on NASDAQ securities are now available on Google Finance. This is an important (and way overdue) development for everyone who consumes financial information. Historically, real-time stock data was not freely and widely accessible. Either buried behind subscription walls or...
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    South Africa ....a country going to hell !!!

    Actually mainly British and Dutch.....the British rarely get credit for being the first to abolish slavery however..(long before the likes of America etc). And yes, white people are totally to blame for Africas problems...I see how much better run these countrys are under black dictators...
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    Trading in Thailand

    I use a non immigrant multi-o visa, this lets me enter/exit the country for upto 90 days at a time as many times as I wish over the course of the year.... You need to contact a "friendly" Thai consulate in your country to get the Non Imm-O... Currently I just make a trip to Cambodia in my...
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    What is the most "EXOTIC" Place you have ever placed a trade from??

    From my hotel suite balcony on Phuket Thailand, and now after loving Thailand so much, from my house here every day :cool:
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    Why are people on ET so against a decent minimum wage

    USA help was all bought and paid for with the Marshall Plan...US never does anything unless it thinks it will gain from it...With the UK on its knees the US also managed to get the USD made to be the new world currency via the Bretton Woods System and eventually eliminate the gold standard, also...
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    China Threatens To Trigger Us Dollar Crash

    China is in a far better position financialy to weather the storm of any fiscal crisis... http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/03/news/international/chinasaving_fortune/ The numbers leave little doubt as to the extraordinary contrast between the two economies. Last year China saved about half of...
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    Be Careful Bearz...

    http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/dow_jones_reaches_14_000 Dow Jones Reaches 14,000 The Dow Jones closed at over 14,000 for the first time last week. What are the contributing factors? Certain knowledge that crashes like those of 1819, 1837, 1869, 1873, 1929, 1987, 1989, 2000...
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    Dual Core Laptop

    Ive seen this one from Dell http://laptops.letsreviewit.com/dell-inspiron-9400-with-intel-duo-core-released and Mac http://laptops.letsreviewit.com/apple-macbook-pro-15-4-intel-core-duo-released
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    Uranium

    Thanks a lot for that...much appreciated.
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    Uranium

    Hi, Ive been trying to find suitable instruments to trade Uranium in but so far have had no luck....I was wondering if anyone could give me some symbols for mining companies and/or uranium futures (if they exist)?
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    does the money make you happy?

    Being a moderatly wealthy person I agree about living below your means, and your other points...but man, theres living below your means and and then taking the pi$$! While obviously each to their own, does there not come the point when you think, well, what do I need the other XX millions...
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    I LOVE taxes!!!

    "Name a country that the US brought democracy to? How about preserving it in most of Europe in WW2 for starters." Keep in mind that the USA did not even want to get involved with WW2, they were quite happy to just keep selling arms to Europe. The USA was the only country to come out of the...
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    World Is Awash With Oil

    The longer you can hold out from using your own resources the better.. Think, is it better to use up what you have then be reliant on others, or use theirs first? As the price of oil rises and other wells run dry the oil in Alaska etc is going nowhere....the value of that oil is going up...
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