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UN warns over swine flu in birds By Sudeep Chand Science reporter, BBC News The discovery of swine flu in birds in Chile raises concerns about the spread of the virus, the UN warns. Last week the H1N1 virus was found in turkeys on farms in Chile. The UN now says poultry farms elsewhere...

CONTINUED While central Arizona has other economic pillars, including a substantial technology and aerospace industry, some experts say only a revival in residential construction can provide enough employment to return the region to strong growth. “I really think we have to start...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/business/economy/28growth.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1251433110-AAew/SP44EvTcfn41ItjXw Construction That Fueled Growth in the Sun Belt Slows Food City, an anchor in a shopping center near downtown Phoenix, closed after the owner of the chain...

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977789332&grpId=3659174697241980 Green shits!

Precisely. Great analogy.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174204

Bloomberg TV put up a chart this morning that I caught a glimpse of, and the dollar is really stumbling badly now. It was a chart going back to 1990. Lowest point is now, and a plunge took place during the last eight weeks.

Thanks, Ivan. If you could just strike out 'Retail' and replace it with 'Newsletter' I think that would work. Edit - You're too fast for me. I meant to write 'Newsletter,' rather than 'Institutional.' Thanks again.

Thanks. I didn't know 'Investors Intelligence' strictly surveyed advisors/managers versus retail. I would change the thread title if I could.

Because our wise legislators carved out a particular exception of banks and financials, geniuses in all of their infinite wisdom that they are.

Hmmmm. This has got to be a source of curiosity, given the already 52% run in the S&P. IMO http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAv..4PAavSw

The people that are arguing for a return to M2M are a few prominent economists who see value in transparency, long term, even if re-implementing it will cause severe losses and some degree of financial shock. The banks and other financial institutions are still deeply opposed to reinstating M2M.

You have the order reversed, IMO. Who are lenders going to lend to as they have to repair their balance sheets with the TARP/TALF/etc funds they're given in an economic climate with more loan defaults, greater delinquency rates, record foreclosures, small businesses getting crushed, and most...

This finds and kills virii and malware that no other program - none - that I've tried, does: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ Even the free version (linked above) allowed me to clean up many computers of family and friends when all else failed, and saved me the pain of using...

If you wrote a book it would be 2 pages and use scratch and sniff stickers.

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/08/26/regulator_questions_firms_huddles/

The following is a fantastic quote by a builder in that article that spells out one of the major risks builders face by getting too excited by any temporary demand spikes they may confuse with something of more significance: “One of the keys to building is to compete with the foreclosure...

After thinking about this for many, many hours, I am still unsure as to who the greater fool is regarding China's financing of much of the U.S.'s deficit spending, China or the U.S. Some claim China can break off the affair and diversify (although this would probably cause the very value of...