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    anyone made a killing in oil today?

    Gasoline draw down, weak dollar and short squeeze. I don't know how anyone was caught off guard by this move.
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    GM to shut down Saturn after Penske walks away

    GM sabotaged this deal, they didn't want the competition.
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    Word on the street that GE is selling NBC for 35B

    Short CMCSA and short GE, Immelt has destroyed GE and 35 billion is a ridiculous amount to pay for NBC.
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    Here Comes The US VAT Tax....

    That was tried in the 1930's and it was a disaster.
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    Here Comes The US VAT Tax....

    Another reason to support a VAT, not enough rope to hang all these clowns :p
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    Lawmakers Strike Deal on Aid to Dairy Farmers

    Funny thing is McDonald's changed their $1 McDouble to one piece of cheese. Another piece of cheese is gonna cost you 20 cents extra, I feel so wronged :D
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    Lawmakers Strike Deal on Aid to Dairy Farmers

    Sounds like they need speculators to drive up prices. WASHINGTON--Lawmakers from dairy-producing states announced agreement Wednesday on $350 million in aid for struggling milk farmers. Some $290 million would go for direct support of dairy farmers under a program to be devised by the...
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    Italy's Berlusconi backs ban of futures markets

    So you want to eat me?
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    Italy's Berlusconi backs ban of futures markets

    Low in cholesterol compared to my bull friends.
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    Italy's Berlusconi backs ban of futures markets

    Drama queen
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    Italy's Berlusconi backs ban of futures markets

    Yes, I miss President Bush. Those were the good days, now not so much.
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    Options Market Wins Ally In Bid To Get Short Sale Exemption

    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The options market has gained an important ally as it attempts to secure an exemption from future short-selling restrictions. Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, has asked the U.S. Securities & Exchange...
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    Italy's Berlusconi backs ban of futures markets

    ROME, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday futures' markets should be heavily regulated and possibly even scrapped altogether to fight speculation. "I myself put this issue on the table at the G8, G14 and last week at the G20," Berlusconi told a TV talk...
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    Forex margin being lowered

    Trading EUR/USD CME futures, with an exchange rate of 1.4615 and intraday margins of $500 allows for 365-1 leverage.
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    Income gap widens between rich & poor

    How productive is someone that depends on others for their wages? Most of the unemployed will always be marginal at best, their employment relies on boom and bust cycles.
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    Where would you trade?

    Monaco, tax issues and beautiful people.
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    download speed what is considered good?

    The cost between the T1 and T3 will be hard to overcome unless you are doing very data intensive trading and find significant efficiencies to overcome the cost.
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    Income gap widens between rich & poor

    Income is a proxy for productivity, therefore the gap is increasing between the productive and least productive.
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    download speed what is considered good?

    It's not the bandwidth that is usually the problem, it's the latency. I use a dedicated T1 connection for trading, I use 20 mb cable connection for my other bs.
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    It is a savings tax, investor tax or retirement tax. There is no such thing as a trader tax or speculative tax.
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