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    Now job seekers has to pay appication and background check fees

    You need to get around more. Drug tests are the norm in many professions, engineering included. As for a scam, it's an employers market; Why would should *ANY* company outlay for FAILED drug test. No pass, no job, pass gets reimbursed. Totally within employer and employee rights, totally within...
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    Now job seekers has to pay appication and background check fees

    Friend got hired at an engineering firm. Job started immediately upon passing a drug test. She had to pay for the test, reimbursed in the first paycheck. No pass meant no job and out $27 for the drug test. No do-overs allowed for six-months. She passed no problem, and is now a productive...
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    Confucius Say ....

    Confucius Say .... Man who lose motel key, get no new key.
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    Could IB increase margin req in a short put position to above its maximum loss?

    So long as minimum regulatory margin requirement is fulfilled, which may vary based on instrument, underlying asset, time of day, holding period, account type, etc, they can do whatever they want. "They" refers to any brokerage, not just IB.
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    Retirement Account for Day Traders

    You need earned income, sometimes called compensation income, in order to contribute to a Roth IRA or any other currently available retirement plan.
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    Stolen Laptop, any way to Secure?

    http://www.lojack.com/pages/laptop.aspx http://www.locatemylaptop.com/ http://preyproject.com/ Misc. info http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=685
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    Swoopo - Will it Overtake Ebay? (this sh*t is like crack cocaine)

    Another one: http://www.bidcactus.com/ Specialized in gift cards and bidding vouchers. LOL
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    Comparison of Retail brokers and Prop firms

    Also important is the stock price and where listed. There may be a big surprise if those 20K shares are less than 2 bucks and or not listed on a regulated "exchange". On the inverse, for your 200 shares of unknown price and venue example, minimum ticket charges may apply. You must read the fine...
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    CIT bankruptcy to impact 1,000,000 businesses

    "CIT’s liens against its customers’ assets will make it very difficult for them to procure replacement financing without paying off everything owed to CIT,” said Martin J. Bienenstock, a bankruptcy lawyer with Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York. “This could give new meaning to headache and...
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    Trading hours - worldwide,

    http://www.marketclocks.com/index.php
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    Credit card companies say pay us this interest rate or lose your card!

    Barclays sent these type notices in March. 12.94% --> 19.94% variable based on prime effective May 09 cycle. Take it or leave it. Long story short: if you choose to opt-out thereby closing the card, read the instructions very carefully, and send your written rejection of the terms registered...
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    50/100 year bond coming

    Forget the affects on the bond market. If it occurs, using rule of 72, gov't will be "providing" cradle to grave "security". And if you are lucky, upon maturity, you'll be able to scoop up a nice low-end REO.
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    Time & sales

    Clarify: waste of time with IB's T&S data. As previously hinted, IB feed is a snapshot. Only trades that occur between snapshots are sent. Trades that occur on or during the snapshot are lost (until eod?), which may or may not be important to your methods and systems. I have heard IB does...
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    Hidden market and dark pools

    Are you seriously asking this question?
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    PLEASE, DO NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN! .005 x 10K = .50c .50c x 250 days = $125.00 Unclear as to importance of .005, but there's your calculation and answer.
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