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    who determines amounts of futures contracts available for trade?

    :D LOL! But, you gotta hand it to the traders helping him out. Just like you keep helping guys out with the same type of hardware questions. It's all appreciated. Part of EliteTrader's reason for existence, right?
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    Overclocking CPU

    What branch of Al-Qaeda are these idiots in?
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    Must see: The Great Global Warming Swindle

    Refining riddle: cleaner fuels make more CO2 By Iain Pocock - Analysis, Wed May 9, 2007 11:24AM EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Making cleaner fuels could cause more harmful emissions -- an oil refining paradox. Plans to tighten European fuel quality rules to cut air pollution will need a huge...
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    Last Call for Resumes: Buffett Will Consider Outside-of-U.S. Co-CIOs

    Tweak those resumes, traders: Who will succeed Buffett? Billionaire investor likes the cut of Cundill's jib David Pett, Financial Post, Tuesday, May 08, 2007 Warren Buffett says long-time Canadian money manager Peter Cundill has just the credentials he's looking for in a chief...
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    Wall Street sequel....

    [Blue Star has gone from 24 to 16 1/2 in a very short time] Gordon Gekko: Where the hell are you? I am losing MILLIONS! You got me into this company and sure as hell better get me out or the only job you'll have on the Street is SWEEPING IT! You hear me, Fox? Bud Fox: You once told me, don't...
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    Wall Street sequel....

    Memorable quotes for Wall Street (1987) [In Bud's new office] Marv: Very nice. So what is it, *Mr.* Cocksucker now? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Gekko: Lunch is for wimps...
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    Will $uitor New$ Corp. Win Over Dow Jones' Bancrofts?

    Journal held Murdoch story, report says Newspaper's top editor became aware of impending offer for Dow Jones from Murdoch e-mail; information could weigh in SEC probe CNNMoney.com, May 8 2007: 12:33 PM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Wall Street Journal editors knew media mogul Rupert...
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    Will $uitor New$ Corp. Win Over Dow Jones' Bancrofts?

    SEC: Insider Trading on Dow Stock By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, Tuesday May 8, 12:45 pm ET SEC Says Hong Kong Couple Had Insider Information Before Buying Dow Jones Stock NEW YORK (AP) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday accused two Hong Kong residents of...
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    Wall Street HyperQuants Working to Control Trading through Artificial Intelligence

    Courting Hedge Funds ``If I give an NLP algorithm ore, it might give me gold,'' Dhar says. ``If I give it garbage, it'll give me back garbage.'' Collective Intellect, financed by Denver-based venture capital firm Appian Ventures Inc., is trying to sell hedge funds and investment banks on...
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    Wall Street HyperQuants Working to Control Trading through Artificial Intelligence

    Acid Test' For Dhar, the markets are the ultimate AI lab. ``Reality is the acid test,'' says Dhar, a 1978 graduate of the Indian Institutes of Technology, or ITT, whose campuses are India's best schools for engineering and computer science. He collected his doctorate in artificial intelligence...
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    Wall Street HyperQuants Working to Control Trading through Artificial Intelligence

    Quants Rise The quants posted a median annualized return of 5.6 percent, while nonquants returned an annualized 4.5 percent. Both groups beat the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, which returned an annualized negative 0.5 percent during that period. Rex Macey, director of equity management at...
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    Wall Street HyperQuants Working to Control Trading through Artificial Intelligence

    IMO, this article is too intriguing to just post a few teaser paragraphs and a link: HAL 9000-Style Machines, Kubrick's Fantasy, Outwit Traders By Jason Kelly May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Way up in a New York skyscraper, inside the headquarters of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Michael...
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    Brooklyn Daytrader charged

    :mad: MAY 2007 VRI RED ALERT – Repeat Alert. Scammers access your computer, liquidate your stocks, and use the money for a pump and dump scam Online brokerage accounts have been looted of tens of millions of dollars in a fast-growing fraud that targets unsuspecting hotel guests and...
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    Will $uitor New$ Corp. Win Over Dow Jones' Bancrofts?

    In bid for icon, Murdoch may have eye on posterity By David D. Kirkpatrick, International Herald Tribune, May 6, 2007 WASHINGTON: Two decades ago, Rupert Murdoch saw the Wall Street Journal as just the kind of complacent, establishment player he built his empire by taking on. "There is...
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    Will $uitor New$ Corp. Win Over Dow Jones' Bancrofts?

    This is Buffett's public statement on the matter, anyway: Buffett says unlikely he would bid for Dow Jones Mon May 7, 2007 3:02 PM BST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Monday it's "very, very unlikely" he would bid for Dow Jones & Co. Inc. <DJ.N> as a personal investment...
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    18,000 Naked Mexicans...

    MEXICO CITY: A record 18,000 people took off their clothes to pose for US photographic artist Spencer Tunick on Sunday in Mexico City's Zocalo square, the heart of the ancient Aztec empire. Hey, no fair! The guy mid right's peeking!
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    France goes conservative!

    Well, we in the U.S. can only look on the positive side of the French national election result: In an emotional acceptance speech to thousands of cheering supporters, Mr. Sarkozy renewed his campaign pledge to break what he called the old, outmoded habits of France. (Dominique...
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    Nba Playoff Time

    First, click on team logos to pick your fav NBA team on-court babes: NBA.comDanceBabes ... then you can go back to the NBA 2007 Playoffs
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    Brooklyn Daytrader charged

    Guess the Ampudia's wanted to insure that their hard-earned gains made it to their Panamanian homeland bank(s), safely on-person. The banks may have also alerted authorities... They may even be drug money-acquiring/laundering mules, and this type of scheme is just the tip of the iceberg.
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    Paris Hilton Jailed!!!!!

    What Paris can expect behind bars? The Paris Hilton The Central Regional Detention Center photographed on Friday, May 4, 2007, in Lynwood, Calif. A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days at the facility, Friday for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless...
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