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    Chinese banks made new loans totalling 1.53 trillion yuan in June

    I love the smell of fresh brewed bubbled in the morning!
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    Weak retail sales in June raise worries

    Weak retail sales in June raise worries By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO – 5 hours ago http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEUOBuLQexhEw6Sbb1sU7mSLR6iAD99B0MO01 NEW YORK (AP) — Rain and escalating job worries dampened shoppers' appetite for summer staples like shorts and dresses...
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    U.S. apartment vacancies near all-time high

    http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Economy/idUSTRE5670KD20090708 U.S. apartment vacancies near historic high: report Wed Jul 8, 2009 6:23am EDT By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK (Reuters) - The vacancy rate for U.S. apartments reached its highest level in more than 20 years in the second...
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    •AIG Probably Has `Zero' Value For Private Holders, Citigroup Analyst Says

    •AIG Probably Has `Zero' Value For Private Holders, Citigroup Analyst Says 1) That sucks if true; 2) Citigroup should look in the mirror. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=avIOylFt491k AIG May Have Zero Value After Rescue, Citigroup Says (Update3) Share | Email...
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    Another (True) Anectdote - Two New Car Dealers Will Not Lease Cars

    I contacted two new car dealers to inquire about a car for my niece. She's in college here, and her parents don't live here, so I help her out whenever she needs it. She is looking to get a new car, so I took the liberty of contacting two car dealers - neither one will lease any cars at the...
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    Kohn Warns Less Fed Autonomy May Cause Higher Rates

    Kohn Warns Less Fed Autonomy May Cause Higher Rates Share | Email | Print | A A A http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=atnFkROKNMEg By Scott Lanman July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said any “substantial erosion” of the...
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    China Car Sales Jump 48% on Support, Most Since 2006

    China pumped 550 billion into their economy, which works out to $423 per person (whereas the U.S. directly spent between 1.7 and 2.3 trillion - which works out to about $6,700 per person, and we didn't get anything near what the Chinese claim they got for less than a tenth that amount for our...
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    An Anectode That Speaks Volumes: Dollar Store Puts My Local Hallmark Store Out of Biz

    Woo Hoo! $24,000 per year. That's probably way better than the $14,000 per year Wal-Mart cashiers get (for full time work). Can anyone really live on that?
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    Are these pics of Sarah Palin real?

    I was one of the people here who called that unacceptable from the very start. Do a search. I'm opinionated, but I don't lie. You'll find me criticizing Letterman's jokes as soon as they were made, as well as Bill Maher's. I never made any exceptions for attacks on Palin's family members or even...
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    Doctors In Financial Trouble: Many Selling Their Practices & Switching Careers

    To those of you who think doctors are doing swimmingly just because you see them still living well, driving nice cars, keeping the country club membership, etc., did you ever think that many of these docs worked their asses off their entire career, were able to save quite a bit of money and...
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    Soros Says China Will Help World Economy Recover From Recession

    Maybe Soros is talking his book? China imports a lot of raw materials and commodities and not much else. I once read that each shipment from the Port of Long Beach to China was mainly commodities and raw materials valued at around 3oo million, and the average return trip to the U.S., after...
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    Stick a Fork In Microsoft: "Google Unveils a PC Operating System"

    Whatever Google puts their minds, money and attention to, they do well at. If I were Microsoft, I'd be extremely worried. OS is Mr. Softy's bread and butter revenue stream. The lose money on just about everything else they do.
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    An Anectode That Speaks Volumes: Dollar Store Puts My Local Hallmark Store Out of Biz

    Thanks. I knew little of this. This explains why dealing with Aldi on a potential land sale was one of the most frustrating experiences in my life, and why the deal didn't go through. They were absolutely brutal to deal with, and totally unrealistic in their price expectations and other...
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    Bombshell •China Faces `Unprecedented Difficulties' in Attracting Foreign Investment

    The two other problems China is facing at the moment is how to genuinely grow 700,000 jobs per month to keep pace with population growth, and at the same time, how to correct the massive income disparity that exists from coast to inland areas. China may have an average income of $3,200 U.S.D...
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    Are these pics of Sarah Palin real?

    Lay off the haterade, dude. I'm not the one who thrusted myself into the limelight and then whined about getting ambushed by the intellectual heavyweight that is Katie Couric, when made to look like an absolute moron (and the questions were easy ones, such as "what do you read?"). Even...
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    It's a... Depression

    There can be little doubt we're in a depression. Don't take it from me - hell, don't do that. Does anyone here dispute the real unemployment rate of 18+% that we've seen credibly published? Housing values just keep plunging, as do exports AND imports. Many of these stats are all time...
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    Oh Joy! •Second Stimulus Package Should Now Be Considered, Obama Adviser Tyson Says

    And batin'....lots and lots of batin' <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z8zNsUTWsOc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed...
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    The future of the United States includes...

    It's the land of "I really need to buy cheap shit, so I'll go to Wal-Mart, buy stuff that costs 1/2 as much as quality stuff, that's made in China, breaks in 6 months, because saving $1.75 on a crescent wrench gives me a raging boner, and then the spillover effects of millions of Americans doing...
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    Are these pics of Sarah Palin real?

    Are there any real revealing photos of Sarah out there? Maybe breastfeeding a Moose or something?
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    An Anectode That Speaks Volumes: Dollar Store Puts My Local Hallmark Store Out of Biz

    Most supermarkets use carbon monoxide to keep their meat and fish looking fresh. Sushi restaurants use massive amounts on their fish. It's a standard practice. Ever notice that the prepackaged hamburger is red on the outside, but brown or gray on the inside? That's because the meat...
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