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    Gap, Wal-Mart Clothing Costs Rise on `Terrifying' Cotton Prices

    Along with the rise in gasoline prices and various commodities the important point is at least we don't have inflation. [sarcasm].
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    GM IPO, the real deal

    Some call it the last act of a desperate CEO; other industry analysts label the move "brilliant." Sources inside General Motors have revealed that days before filing the IPO regiistration GM's CEO Timothy Geithner introduced a plan to start building Chevrolet Fords. "Just think," he said...
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    Jokes 2

    "Now that doesn't look like a foot" Thought the sock.
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    Real Estate

    My girlfriend does her nails with white-out. When she's asleep, I write misspelled words on them. I think I'll use that.
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    Jokes 2

    I had a plumbing job in a town near mine. There was a Walnut st and Walnut rd and you guessed it, I went to the wrong Walnut address. The kids let me in and I told them I'm here to fix the bathroom drain. I couldn't find anything wrong and told the kids to get there mother on the phone at...
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    Whats the total overhang on the GM IPO

    I think 1.5 billion common shares.
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    GM IPO, the real deal

    Sorry guys, couldn't help myself. A Treasury press release described Loop Capital Markets as "an African American-owned full service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Chicago, IL." Records show the firm's employees donated $45,550 to Barack Obama's federal political...
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    GM IPO, the real deal

    In one twist from the ordinary IPO, a number of female- and minority-owned brokerages are involved in the deal. Among them are Loop Capital Markets in Chicago and Williams Capital Group in New York. (Chicago, Chicago, that wonderful town, they do things they don't do on Broadway):D
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    Jokes 2

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    GM IPO, the real deal

    from zero hedge: The administration is doing everything it can to make sure that the worst IPO in history, that of Government Motors of course, will not be DOA. The latest news is that Getco has been appointed to be a DMM for the year's most important IPO. As Bloomberg reports: "The...
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    Jokes 2

    One day I was changing a lightbulb when I heard a "knock, knock" at the door. I answered with a "who's there?" and on the doorstep was Nutmeg, Dr Stunata and a Polish guy. We crossed the road and walked into a bar. Then I realised my life was just one big joke.
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    Deficit widens for US pension insurer

    lmao. I wonder how much GM stock was in the PBGC portfolio. Crack me up, the PBGC invests in the very companies that end up bk.
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    Real Estate

    You're not leaving yourself any room to negotiate. This would be a one shot deal. I suppose if I were to do that though, I would have a contract of sale drawn up with terms by a lawyer and mailed to the homeowner, Wait several days and have the attorney phone and ask if they recieved the...
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    GM IPO, the real deal

    Considering I have put some time into this GM IPO, I do have a market prediction for Thursday. Imo, the market up on Wed, so I would consider short the market at some point on Wed because I do believe we'll open down on Thursday or spend sometime in the red on Thursday.
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    Bush, Obama, Founding Fathers & ET

    Andy then went on to say that out of 8 of his closest friends 7 love Obama. And he does, too. Confirmation bias. We associate with like minded people. If he has any relatives that don't like Obama I'm sure he won't accept an invitation to dinner or avoids political discussion if he...
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    GM IPO, the real deal

    TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., the third-largest U.S. retail brokerage by clients, won’t be participating in GM’s IPO, according to an e-mail from Christina Goethe, a spokeswoman from the Omaha, Nebraska-based company. “We have been informed that we will not receive an allocation of...
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    Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoes fast-food toy ban

    Last I heard, if the toy ban went through MCD was going to offer Playstation 2 Cheats as free prizes in Happy Meals.
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    GM IPO, the real deal

    I'd like to know the price paid and the underwriter who sold the shares. PS, The automaker is getting orders from large institutional investors who are likely to be long-term shareholders at about $32 a share, one of the people said. My guess - GS
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    Jokes 2

    Ashley Dupré Is now a Commodities Trader. (Spitzers hooker) Wasn't she always? :D
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    The secret to attract business. (White,religion,no nightlife, no alcohol or coffee)

    This means we need to do the "math". The math comprises statistics. We'll need a formula to Congressionally fund a program to correct & address the desired outcome based on the statistics. How many years do we fund studies and programs and manage to avoid solutions to the problem?
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