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    UBS staff speculated on client accounts

    UBS has been hit with the third-biggest fine levied by the UK financial watchdog after senior employees were discovered using money taken from customer accounts to speculate in foreign currencies and commodities. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cdfea6c-ca0e-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
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    Companies that buy foreclosures?

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fannie-Mae-to-rent-out-homes-apf-3320393724.html?x=0
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    % of portfolio in one "sector" - What constitutes a sector?

    http://www2.barchart.com/sectors.asp?base=industry
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    Educate me Please: Stanley Tools buying Black and Decker

    In terms of simple share valuation the acquiring co. usually takes a hit ,they're spending money and it's always unknown how much they will have to spend to make it work. The acquired co usually gains in share value."Black & Decker shareholders will receive stock valued at $57.57 for each share...
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    the sooner we get away from BEEF

    Processed food link to depression: research http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_uk_afp/lifestylebritainhealthresearch
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    Costco (COST) to Roll Out Food Stamps Nationwide;

    Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that it will start accepting food stamps at its warehouse clubs nationwide after testing them at stores in New York. # The number of Americans relying on government food subsidies to eat recently hit a record 36 million. # Company officials said they had...
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    Imports picking up

    Obama Says U.S. to Lift Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers to Country Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the U.S. will eliminate a 22-year-old ban on foreign nationals with HIV from entering the country, saying it will be a step toward removing the stigma from the disease...
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    2/3rd (75%) of the economy is consumers buying? but it is dropping?

    The biggest difference between now and then is that the product you bought had a lot of domestic upstream jobs creating it before it got to you. We were essentially feeding off ourselves, consuming what our neighbors produced, and growing ourselves through that process. That paradigm is gone.
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    CNBC Viewership Plunges 50% In October

    If anyone wants to know why CNBC anchors are so pale and nervous these days, look no further. As Comcast CEO Brian Edwards considers what to keep and what to, well, cut, post his digestion of NBC Universal (assuming deal rumors are true naturally) his eyes likely cast casual nervous glances at...
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    The COUNT of MONTE CRISTO award goes to

    Nuts, this guy was gonna be my new role model.:D :D :D
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    The COUNT of MONTE CRISTO award goes to

    This is a true story about a recent wedding that took place at Clemson University . It was in the local newspaper and even Jay Leno mentioned it. It was a huge wedding with about 300 guests. After the wedding, at the reception, the groom got up on stage with a microphone to talk to the...
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    John Meriwether Set to Open New Hedge Fund (Again) after 2 Failures

    http://www.fundmymutualfund.com/2009/10/john-meriwether-set-to-open-new-hedge.html
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    What if in 100 years, robots can do all the work.

    Didn't you guys ever see Blade Runner, we'll end up having sex with them.
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    Sign of the Times: 20 Year Old Buys Home with just 3.5% Down

    http://www.thestockmasters.com/twenty-first-house-10222009
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    Dark Pool Trading Limit Is Said to Be Cut 95% in SEC Proposal

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agVz0bgxpDh8
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    Obama Seeks to Raise Money From Financial Industry Targeted for Regulation

    President Barack Obama will host a $30,400-per couple fundraiser in New York City tonight, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aU5yV7oBvwR8 Anybody invited?:D :D :D :D
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    Fantastic vegetarian dishes!!

    Rabbit food , wolves will eat them after they fatten up on that plate of garbage. Are you a wolf or a rabbit.
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    Reid Leads Democrats In Carving Out Favors for States on Health

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ao9dG2a.w8es
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    Why aren't there Crematory franchises?

    Even in your hood, make a great sideline biz., maybe even take on a few under the table projects for south siders. Most of them are animals anyway A Chicago area company can, as it looks to franchise a business that sells cremation services and memorial products such as urns and engraved...
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    Top ET Posters

    Marketsurfer, but Barron canceled that comedy.
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