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	<title>Stock Market News &#38; Stocks to Watch from StraightStocks &#187; Current Market News</title>
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		<title>Capacity Utilization</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/capacity-utilization-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis Fed: Series: TCU, Capacity Utilization: Total Industry

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		<title>H &#8211; Hyatt Hotels</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piece was available to subscribers: 11-01-2009
H - Hyatt Hotels

H - Hyatt Hotels plans on offering 38 million shares at a range of $23-$26. Insiders are selling all shares in the deal. If over-allotments are exercised H will be selling 5.7 million shares and the total deal size will be 43.7 million shares. Goldman Sachs is lead managing the deal, nine firms are co-managing. If the over-allotment is exercised, H will utilize the ipo proceeds for working capital and other general corporate pur ..]]></description>
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		<title>RA &#8211; RailAmerica</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009-10-07
RA - RailAmerica

RA - RailAmerica plans on offering 21 million shares at a range of $16-$18. Majority owner Fortress will be selling 10.5 million shares in the deal. If over-allotments are exercised, the deal size will be 24.15 million shares. JP Morgan, Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley are leading the deal, Wells Fargo, Dahlman Rose, Lazard, Stifel and Williams Trading co-managing. Post-ipo RA will have 56 million shares outstanding for a market cap of $952 million on a pr ..]]></description>
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		<title>VRSK &#8211; Verisk Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/vrsk-verisk-analytics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/vrsk-verisk-analytics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fox-Pitt;]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As always, piece was available to subscribers well before pricing and open. 

VRSK - Verisk Analytics plans on offering 85.25 million shares in a range of $19-$21. Insiders will be selling all of the shares in this deal, VRSK will receive no monies. If over-allotments are exercised, insiders will be offering 12.75 million shares bringing the total deal size to 98 million shares. BofA/Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are leading the deal, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, William Blair, Fox-Pitt Kelton a ..]]></description>
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		<title>VITC &#8211; Vitacost.com</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/vitc-vitacost-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: piece was available to subscribers 9/17.  Tradingipos.com is currently long VITC at an avg price of $11.40

VITC - Vitacost.com plans on offering 11 million shares at a range of $11-$13. Insiders will be selling 6.6 million shares in the offering. If the over-allotments are exercised the deal size will be 12.6 million shares offered with insiders selling 7.6 million shares. Jefferies and Oppenheimer are leading the deal with Needham and Roth Capital co-managing. Post-ipo VITC will have 2 ..]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Near-Term Bullish on Gold and the Dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/why-im-near-term-bullish-on-gold-and-the-dollar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is Justice bullish on gold and the dollar at the same  time? Because both have 2-out-of-3 odds of working higher. Read on to find out  more...

On Tuesday Taipan Daily foreshadowed the resolution...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Readers Respond – Cheers and Jeers in the &#8220;Civil Discourse&#8221; Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/readers-respond-%e2%80%93-cheers-and-jeers-in-the-civil-discourse-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was Joe Wilson a  Republican hit man with no class, or was he a patriot for acting as he did? Can  our politicians handle the challenge of aggressive debate, or is that simply  asking too much of...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>The Return to &#8220;Normal&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/the-return-to-normal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Lass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to make 188% gains as the dollar returns to its “normal” path to  destruction

“It’s Time For Change: Barack Obama 2008” – Campaign  Bumper Sticker

“Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss.” –...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>&#8220;You Lie!&#8221; The Merits of Uncivil Discourse</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/you-lie-the-merits-of-uncivil-discourse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justice Litle Editorial Director Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8220;You Lie!&#8221; The Merits of Uncivil Discourse</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/you-lie-the-merits-of-uncivil-discourse-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justice Litle Editorial Director Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
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		<title>Slaves to the Past?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Lass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Master Chart indicates that a gut check IS looming out  there. Herersquo;s how to spot it coming.

ldquo;Whereof whatrsquo;s past is prologue; what to come, in yours  and my...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Gold Stocks – Poised for an Epic Bull Run?</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/gold-stocks-%e2%80%93-poised-for-an-epic-bull-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justice Litle Editorial Director Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gold stocks could be headed for an epic bull run, of the  sort not seen since the heady inflationary days of the late 1970s. Justice  explores the logic behind a sustainable bull move. 

Yesterday we...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Why Gold Stocks Went Nuts Last Week</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/why-gold-stocks-went-nuts-last-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justice Litle Editorial Director Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Market News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday of last  week, Taipan Daily told you September is a great month for  gold stocks. On Wednesday, gold stocks went through the roof. But why?

So, how about those gold stocks eh?

On...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Switzerland&#8217;s Oldest Bank Flees America&#8217;s Iron Tax Curtain</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/switzerlands-oldest-bank-flees-americas-iron-tax-curtain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justice Litle Editorial Director Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 268-year-old Swiss bank has elected to say “Farewell  America,” both figuratively and literally, as America’s iron tax curtain  descends upon the world. Dark portents loom, some prophesied by an...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Biblical Plagues, Government Mischief and 194 Percent Gains</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/biblical-plagues-government-mischief-and-194-percent-gains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/biblical-plagues-government-mischief-and-194-percent-gains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Lass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google would never tell the Health Troops that you  were sick. That would be wrong!

As long as Irsquo;m getting all biblical on you folks, I suppose I ought to update you on the latest on our...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Tracking the Two-Track Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/tracking-the-two-track-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justice Litle Editorial Director Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Market News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Johnsonrsquo;s ldquo;Two-Track Economyrdquo; is becoming a stark  reality, as trends among banks, consumers and businesses have begun to show.

Last week Taipan Daily gave a nod to former...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Catching Up With the Carnage – AIG, Banks and the Fed</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/catching-up-with-the-carnage-%e2%80%93-aig-banks-and-the-fed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justice Litle Editorial Director Taipan Publishing Group</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank Failures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why September is great for gold stocks, the drunken  gamblers buying AIG, more bank failures than expected, some choice reader  opinions on the Fed, and more.

Sounds like to me I  can hear this...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Trading in Marked Ingots</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/trading-in-marked-ingots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/trading-in-marked-ingots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Lass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it wiser to profit off a rigged game ndash; or duck out  and miss the inevitable rain of fire?

ldquo;Itrsquo;s a throwdownhellip; a feud at Taipan  Dailyhellip; Lass is long and Litle is...div class="feedflare"
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		<title>Capacity Utilization</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/capacity-utilization-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis Fed: FRED Graph

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		<title>MDSO &#8211; Medidata Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/mdso-medidata-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/mdso-medidata-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009-06-15
MDSO - Medidata Solutions

MDSO - Medidata Solutions plans on offering 6.3 million shares at a range of $11-$13. All of the shares are being sold by MDSO. If the over-allotments is exercised however, insiders will be selling 945,000 shares. Citi and Credit Suisse are leading the deal, Jefferies and Needham co-managing. Post-ipo MDSO will have 22.4 million shares outstanding for a market cap of $269 million on a pricing of $12. IPO proceeds will be used to repay outstanding debt and ..]]></description>
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		<title>ComScore Claims to have a Larger Panel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ComScore (SCOR) and Nielsen are both market research and audience measurement businesses. They have a "panel" of independent internet users whose activities they monitor (with permission of course) and based on the internet usage of this panel, they pu...]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/corporate-profits-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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St. Louis Fed: FRED Graph
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		<title>DGW &#8211; Duoyuan Global Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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2009-06-16
DGW - Duoyuan Global Water

DGW - Duoyuan Global Water plans on offering 5 million ADS at a range of $13-$15. The offering will be 5.75 million ADS if the over-allotment is exercised. Piper Jaffray is leading the deal, Oppenhemier and Janney Montgomery co-managing. Post-ipo, DGW will have 21.3 million ADS equivalent shares outstanding for a mark ..]]></description>
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		<title>Kiplinger&#8217;s Top 5 Stocks for Dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was submitted by Laura Stevens of the Rosen Group. Dads, you're probably expecting a tie or a set of power tools this Father's Day. If you have enough of those already (or even if you don't), Kiplinger.com has a gift you'll really appreciate:...]]></description>
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		<title>Malcolm Gladwell Explains Outliers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling author of Blink and Tipping Point hits it out of the park again in his latest book, "Outliers".In this book, Gladwell explains the successes of successful people whom he calls Outliers and talks about how culture, oppo...]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Stock Tweets to Follow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Twitterverse is getting larger by the minute and sites like Stocktwits are gaining strong popularity among financial bloggers. But amidst all the hoopla, it can get mighty difficult to weed out the noise and focus on the opinions that matter to you...]]></description>
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		<title>Game Over for GameStop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft announced at E3 this week that the Zune Store will be offering video game downloads to the XBox 360 console thereby removing the middle-man (read GameStop). This is bad news for the video game retailer and comes on the heels of the Walmart an...]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge your US Dollar Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Dollar has recovered over the last 8 months or so, partly due to the weakness in global markets and currencies and partly due to the decline in oil. Now that oil has moved much higher from its January lows, the dollar is starting to show signs o...]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons to be Bullish</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This market seems to come back strong after each small pull back. I believe the reasons for being bullish are:Too many bears out there questioning every rally. More bears is good for the bulls because that means more people can turn bullish and go long...]]></description>
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		<title>Give Jeff Macke a Break</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial bloggers, websites and tweeters have been quick to jump down Jeff Macke's throat in reaction to his disastrous appearance on CNBC earlier this week. Jeff has been a core part of CNBC's Fast Money and his humor and swagger has been refreshing ...]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Stocks and Clean Energy in a Perfect Storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 07:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn't too long ago that Oil prices were at $35 a barrel and energy bears were betting on it hitting $20. But as I have pointed out time and again on this blog, oil, much like the rest of this market, does not trade rationally. Inventory, supply, de...]]></description>
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		<title>Top ETFs to Buy Now &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States Natural Gas Fund - UNGNatural Gas has been one of the hardest hit areas of the market, getting beaten down even worse than Oil, losing 80% of its value since July 2008. Earlier this week, natural gas futures hit their highest point in 3 m...]]></description>
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		<title>Follow my Tweets for Quick Picks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 14th, I tweeted:Since then, Trina Solar is up 23%.Now I don't always have time for the "why" so I tweet some of my "Quick Picks". Now mind you, some of my picks won't work out so act responsibly and don't trade unless you are convinced. The Quic...]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Rogers likes Commodities: Says No to Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Rogers recently spent an hour with Bloomberg. Key points from his interview:Stocks and Bonds are too risky and Jim wants to stay away.He likes commodities and specially agriculture, due to lack of farmers, farming and shortage of food and fertilize...]]></description>
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		<title>DGI &#8211; DigitalGlobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009-05-04
DGI - DigitalGlobe

DGI - DigitalGlobe plans on offering 17 million shares(assuming over-allotments are exercised) at a range of $16-$18. **Note that insiders are selling 13.33 million shares in this deal, DGI will be selling only 3.6 million shares in this 17 million share deal. Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan are leading the deal, Citi, Merrill Lynch and Jefferies co-managing. Post-ipo DGI will have 47 million shares outstanding for a market cap of $799 million on a pricing of $17.  ..]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Android will become the default Mobile Platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google's Android OS is the hottest ever OS for mobile devices. In fact, over a handful of Android devices (some say as high as 20) are slated to launch this year alone from HTC, Sony, Samsung, and even Garmin. I have said this before but I truly believ...]]></description>
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		<title>Back in action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 12:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Lenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we are back in action after 1 year of not posting.  Wow!  What has occurred in the market!  Wow, what has occurred in my business?  We will say this for starters.  We are nervously short the market.
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		<title>Nasdaq Might be a Better Buy in the Short-Term</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get The Wall Street Journal for 75% off!The markets are up really big since March. But while the SP and Dow Jones are up 37% and 30% respectively, the Banking Index (BKX) is up 135%. Needless to say, a good amount of the upswing in the market has been ...]]></description>
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		<title>Top Stocks to Buy in 2009 Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/top-stocks-to-buy-in-2009-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get Cramer's best stock picks  his latest bestseller FREE.  To learn how, CLICK HEREI realize this post is a couple of months late. Markets have rallied over 30% since March 9th, which was the lowest point in US equity markets in over 12 years. So I ap...]]></description>
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		<title>Is this Rally Sustainable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn't that the million dollar question? I mean the market has raced up some 35% since the beginning of March and the SP is now positive for the year, after having hit 12 year lows less than 50 trading days ago. Here are just a few things to consider:Th...]]></description>
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		<title>Capacity Utilization</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis Fed: Series: TCU, Capacity Utilization: Total Industry

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		<title>RST &#8211; Rosetta Stone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009-04-06
RST - Rosetta Stone

RST - Rosetta Stone plans on offering 7.25 million shares (assuming overallotments exercised) at a range of $15-$17. Insiders will be selling 4.125 million shares in the deal. Morgan Stanley and William Blair are leading the deal; Jefferies, Robert Baird, and Piper Jaffray co-managing. Post-ipo RST will have 20.3 million shares outstanding for a market cap of $325 million on a pricing of $16. The bulk of ipo proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. ..]]></description>
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		<title>Take Profits on Google</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/take-profits-on-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google reports earnings after the market close today, a report that has been highly anticipated by the investing public. Gearing up for this earnings release, analysts have both lowered and upped their estimates. Regardless of what happens, I believe t...]]></description>
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		<title>Another Record: Capacity Utilization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Louis Fed: Series: TCU, Capacity Utilization: Total Industry

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		<title>CYOU &#8211; Changyou.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009-03-26
CYOU - Changyou.com

CYOU - Changyou.com plans on offering 7.5 million ADS at a range of $14-$16. Note that 1/2 the ADS in this offering will be sold by parent company Sohu.com (SOHU). Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch are leading the deal, Citi and Susquehanna Financial are co-managing. Post-ipo CYOU will have 51.25 million ADS equivalent shares outstanding for a market cap of $769 million on a pricing of $15. Ipo proceeds will be utilized for general corporate purposes.

SOHU wil ..]]></description>
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		<title>Cramer vs. Stewart</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/cramer-vs-stewart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admire Jim Cramer. He is loud, he is obnoxious and his picks may be off sometimes, but he puts on a good show, has a loyal following, has a successful financial website and has authored at least 4 books and counting.I used to listen to his radio show...]]></description>
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		<title>Record Territory</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/record-territory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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St. Louis Fed: FRED GRAPH
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Buy What You Don&#8217;t Understand</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/dont-buy-what-you-dont-understand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/dont-buy-what-you-dont-understand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine asked me recently:"Would do you think of Citibank's stock.  I understand the current situation of the finance sector, but what do you think of Citibank?"This is not the first time someone has asked me. A cousin of mine told me he bough...]]></description>
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		<title>Employment</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/employment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment Situation Summary
 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employ- ment has declined by 2.6 million in the past 4 months. In February, job losses were large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth in Digital Marketing and How to Benefit from it</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy has affected all sectors of the world economy and there is not a single area that has not felt the pain. Retail, autos, health-care, finance, non-profit, government, manufacturing, services, consumer staples - all  have suffered in some for...]]></description>
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		<title>It is that kind of an Economic Climate</title>
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		<comments>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/it-is-that-kind-of-an-economic-climate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following comic strips demonstrate perfectly the economic and financial environment we are in.-- Faisal Laljeediv class="feedflare"
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		<title>SEPA Statement on on PGE Launch of 500 MW Photovoltaic Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 24, 2009 www.solarelectricpower.org - Further substantiating the Solar Electric Power Association's prediction that electric utilities will quickly become the largest and most important customer for the solar industry, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PGE) today announced plans for a 500 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) initiative.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Investor News &#8211; SAGE Electrochromics Secures $20 Million in New Financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FARIBAULT, Minn., Feb. 24 2009  -- SAGE Electrochromics, Inc., the only provider of commercially viable, energy-saving electrochromic smart window products for buildings, today announced that it has closed a $20 million investment round.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Investor News &#8211; Dell Powers Oklahoma City Campus with 100 Percent Green Energy; Plans to Reduce Global Absolute Greenhouse Gas Emissions Additional 40 Percent by 2015</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/green-investor-news-dell-powers-oklahoma-city-campus-with-100-percent-green-energy-plans-to-reduce-global-absolute-greenhouse-gas-emissions-additional-40-percent-by-2015/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROUND ROCK, Texas--February 24 2009 -Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL): Dell now powers its 240,000 square-foot Oklahoma City campus with 100-percent wind energy, the latest action in its commitment to become the 'greenest' technology company on the planet.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Invest in the Green Technology Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC -February 24, 2009 - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, provides investors with tools and resources to participate and invest in the green technology revolution.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Investor News : NRG Energy, Inc. Issues Open Letter to NRG Stockholders Regarding Latest Low and No-Carbon Technology Investment</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/green-investor-news-nrg-energy-inc-issues-open-letter-to-nrg-stockholders-regarding-latest-low-and-no-carbon-technology-investment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRINCETON, N.J - NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today issued the following open letter to NRG stockholders regarding the Company's latest investment in no and low-carbon technology:]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Energy Infrastructure  Reducing Dependence on Oil Key to Economic Growth and Recovery Leaders Conclude</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<title>Investorideas.com Press Release Services for Public and Private Companies in Leading Sectors Including: Renewable Energy, Water, Biotech, Mining, Defense, Nanotech, Tech, Natural Gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<title>Research and Markets: The Solar PV Installed Capacity in Germany Reached a Mark of 5,337 Mw by the Year End 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland - Feb 23 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Germany Solar PV Market Growth Amidst Financial Crisis" to their offering.]]></description>
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		<title>RNCOS Launches a New Report- Global Hybrid Car Market Forecast to 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RNCOS has recently added a new Market Research Report titled, "Global Hybrid Car Market Forecast to 2010" to its report gallery.]]></description>
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		<title>XsunX Highlights Key Provisions Benefiting the Solar Industry in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 23 - XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX), a solar technology company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities in Oregon, highlighted today key provisions of the $70 billion USD investment in renewable energy signed into law by President Barack Obama as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]]></description>
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		<title>Capacity Utilization</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Trent</dc:creator>
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St. Louis Fed: Series: TCU, Capacity Utilization: Total Industry
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		<title>Top 5 Selling Investment Books: What a Depressing Bunch of Titles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the top five investment related books on Amazon in the Category of Business  Investing - Investing. Look at the titles of numbers 1, 2 and 5.br /br /1. a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416588981?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1416588981"The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=1416588981" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /br /br /br /2. a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470043601?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0470043601"Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0470043601" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /br /br /br /3. a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446677450?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0446677450"Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0446677450" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /br /br /br /4. a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060555661?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0060555661"The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0060555661" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /br /br /br /5. a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061788406?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0061788406"The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It: What You Need to Know About the Greatest Financial Crisis of Our Time--and How to Survive It/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0061788406" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>At Least One Stock Market is Going Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Zimbabwe Stock Market has converted their trading shares to be denominated in US dollars instead of Zimbabwe dollars. Shares are expected to a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109sid=aaEK5eFMILjI"increase by over 100%/a by the end of the year. The change in currency is due to the fact that the country is experiencing 89.7 sextillion percent and there are 12.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars to the U.S. dollar. br /br /For more info on Zimbabwe's unbelievable inflation, check out:br /br /a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/100000-inflation-rate-election-dispute.html"100,000% Inflation Rate + Election Dispute = Rising Stock Market/abr /br /a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/zimbabwe-inflation-breaks-above.html"Zimbabwe Inflation Breaks Above 11,200,000%/abr /br /a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000000000000-dollar-bill-thats-100.html"The 100,000,000,000,000 Dollar Bill (that's $100 trillion)/adiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Guest Article: Green in a Recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew S. Winston,br /Author of a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470393742?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0470393742"Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0470393742" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /br /br /"Do you think this green thing will take a back seat now that money is tight?"br /br /I now hear this question more than any other. Times are uncertain, so who really knows what corporate priorities will be over the next year or two? But at the risk of being dead wrong very soon, I'll venture some opinions. First, if there's a deep, prolonged recession, the green movement slows down because everything slows down. Of course some parts of the economy will lose momentum slower than others (the growth of renewable energy, for example, will likely continue but perhaps at a slower pace of growth, much like China's recent 9 percent GDP rise was oddly seen as recessionary).br /br /Aside from the macro issues, the critical point is that delaying action on sustainability plans may be the absolute wrong thing to do for your business. Being far more efficient and effective with resources remains one of the main pillars of going green. As Dave Steiner, CEO of Fortune 200 company Waste Management, said recently, "When things are this tight, people see that it's about saving jobs and money. There's no better time to take action." This instinct to dive in head first runs counter to the visceral need to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm. But as in most recessions, the companies that have the means to invest in smart ways during down times rebound the fastest when the economy turns around.br /br /A second pillar of green business - using the environmental lens to create new ways to design, manufacture, and provide goods and services that use drastically less resources - still generates lasting value. A sustainability focus helps companies provide customers with better products and to some extent a better life. Is there a better time for product and service innovation than when consumers and business customers are stretched thin? What business wouldn't want to create a more profitable and innovative enterprise, all while building stronger relationships with customers, employees, communities and even shareholders?br /br /These "carrots" of profitability and innovation are important, but the fundamental forces driving the Green Wave make up a powerful "stick" as well. All five of the pressures I outline are still building, as well as the underlying natural forces such as climate change. (The planet doesn't much care whether we're in economic freefall.)br /br /The economic recession won't stem the tide of the Green Wave. Take the issue of business-to-business pressure (or "greening the supply chain"). Wal-Mart recently assembled all its Chinese suppliers in Beijing to lay out the company's expectations and standards on environmental and social issues (see my post on this meeting here). The world's biggest company - and China's seventh-largest trading partner (ranking among countries) - made clear that noncompliant suppliers will be, in the words of CEO Lee Scott, "banned from making products for Wal-Mart." Those are tough words and don't indicate any slowdown in the company's focus on sustainability.br /br /So the Green Wave is here to stay. The recession brings one positive development: The drop in energy prices gives companies and our economy a bit of breathing room to find efficiencies and get off of oil as fast as possible. So take advantage of the reprieve, push your people to do more with less, and innovate to set your company up for rapid growth and success when times get better. They always do.br /br /Copyright  © 2009 Andrew S. Winston co-author with Daniel C. Esty of a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470393742?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0470393742"Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0470393742" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /br /br /span style="font-style:italic;"span style="font-weight:bold;"Author Bio/spanbr /Andrew S. Winston, co-author with Daniel C. Esty of a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470393742?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0470393742"Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0470393742" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /, advises some of the world's leading companies on how to profit from environmental thinking.  He is also a highly respected and dynamic speaker, exploring the business benefits of going green with audiences around the world.  Andrew's earlier career included corporate strategy at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in marketing and business development at Time Warner and MTV./spanbr /br /span style="font-style:italic;"Article printed courtesy of the publicist./spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Steve Jobs Autobiography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/5154585/when-is-the-steve-jobs-autobiography-coming-out" target="_blank"rumor/a going around Silicon Valley that Steve Jobs, the founder and head of Apple (AAPL), is writing an autobiography. The closest book to a live story on Jobs was the unauthorized biography a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471787841?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0471787841"iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=0471787841" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /, which Jobs had removed from all the Apple Stores.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Bill Gates Invests in Trash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T9VXVyuEITg/SZ-DCaZzwZI/AAAAAAAAAok/P7rr5rbRkgc/s1600-h/trash.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T9VXVyuEITg/SZ-DCaZzwZI/AAAAAAAAAok/P7rr5rbRkgc/s320/trash.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305102963536282002" //abr /The investment vehicle of Bill Gates, Cascade Investments, has a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bill-Gates-Bags-More-barrons-14422478.html" target="_blank"invested over $500 million/a in the country's second largest trash collector, Republic Services (RSG). They have purchased more than 21 million shares in the company during the last seven months.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Warren Buffett&#8217;s Berkshire Hathaway Closes at Lowest Level in 5 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A), run by noted billionaire Warren Buffett, closed at $77,000, the lowest price in over five years. It is still the highest priced share of all the stocks in the United States. Check out the article on highest priced shares at a href="http://wsnn.com"WallStreetNewsNetwork.com/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>JetBlue Offers Ticket Refunds to Laid Off Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JetBlue (JBLU) is offering a special to customers who purchase flights between Feb. 1 and June 1, 2009, and lost their jobs on or after Feb. 17 of this year. They are able to get a a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/JetBlue-Flies-to-Laid-off-Workers-Rescue.html" target="_blank"refund/a for themselves and up to nine customers traveling on their reservation.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Buy This Dip</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm normally not the kind of guy that posts sensational headlines but I'm going to make an exception this time.  I would shamelessly recommend that investors in the renewable energy sector begin increasing their exposure to leading stocks RIGHT NOW.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Investor &#8211; Sector Close- Up of Green Stock Market Movers February 19, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Delta B.C., February 19, 2009 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, one of the first online investor resources for renewable energy and green stocks presents a sector close- up of green stock market movers for February 19, 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Investor Ideas Marketplace Matching Accredited Investors and Business Updates Current Listings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Delta B.C., February 19, 2009 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leading online global investor resource, updates the Investor Ideas Global Marketplace and the Global Green Marketplace for green and renewable energy companies]]></description>
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		<title>Spire Initiates &#8220;Come to America&#8221; Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEDFORD, Mass. - Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, today announced that it has initiated its "Come to America" program to assist foreign manufacturers of PV modules to establish manufacturing operations in the United States (U.S.).]]></description>
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		<title>Global Chinese Financial Forum to Feature Mantra Venture Group&#8217;s electro-reduction of carbon Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE, WA, Feb. 19 - Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is scheduled to continue positioning itself at the forefront of pioneering sustainability initiatives through its attendance at the 10th Annual Vancouver Conference 2009 held by the Global Chinese Financial Forum (GCFF).]]></description>
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		<title>Suntech Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results- &#8211; Full year 2008 total shipments of solar products grew 36.0% year-over-year to 497.5 MW.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO and WUXI, China, Feb. 18 2009- Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Sciences Files First Patent Application for Its Breakthrough Technology to Transform CO2 Into Fuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA BARBARA, CA - Feb 19, 2009 - Carbon Sciences Inc. (OTC BB: CABN.OB), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, announced the filing of the first in a series of patent applications protecting the company's novel and highly scalable biocatalytic process to transform CO2 into liquid fuels.]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Out Pepsi and Coke! Get Ready for the Cow Urine Soft Drink</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knows how popular the a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090212/od_nm/us_urine_drink_odd;_ylt=AozEaMgPhz37tDDtqzTwQrHtiBIF" target="_blank"cow urine soft drink/a will be, and if it will take market share away from Coca Cola (KO) and Pepsi (PEP). But it is expected to be distributed in India, and will include gooseberries and aloe vera. Anybody thirsty?div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>General Motors Asking for $51 per Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T9VXVyuEITg/SZw3N55WJTI/AAAAAAAAAoc/KVs5yHy0HeA/s1600-h/Cadi-1903.jpg"img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T9VXVyuEITg/SZw3N55WJTI/AAAAAAAAAoc/KVs5yHy0HeA/s320/Cadi-1903.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304175173154776370" //abr /General Motors (GM) may ask the Treasury Department for up to $30 billion. Yet the stock only has 610.46 million shares outstanding. This works out to $51.53 per share. And the stock only trades for way less than $3 per share. What's wrong with this picture?br /br /And why does Congress keep calling in the CEO's of banks and auto companies? Are these CEO's going to allow clawbacks of their own previous bonuses? Why doesn't the government bring in the Boards of Directors, especially the outside members of the Boards. They are supposed to be the ones in ultimate control of the companies.br /br /By a href="http://Stockerblog.com"Stockerblog.com/adiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Questions and Answers for Borrowers about the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[span style="font-weight:bold;"Borrowers Who Are Current on Their Mortgage Are Asking:/spanbr /br /    * What help is available for borrowers who stay current on their mortgage payments but have seen their homes decrease in value?br /br /Under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, eligible borrowers who stay current on their mortgages but have been unable to refinance to lower their interest rates because their homes have decreased in value, may now have the opportunity to refinance into a 30 or 15 year, fixed rate loan.   Through the program, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow the refinancing of mortgage loans that they hold in their portfolios or that they placed in mortgage backed securities.br /br /    * I owe more than my property is worth, do I still qualify to refinance under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan?br /br /Eligible loans will now include those where the new first mortgage (including any refinancing costs) will not exceed 105% of the current market value of the property.   For example, if your property is worth $200,000 but you owe $210,000 or less you may qualify.  The current value of your property will be determined after you apply to refinance.br /br /    * How do I know if I am eligible?br /br /Complete eligibility details will be announced on March 4th when the program starts.  The criteria for eligibility will include having sufficient income to make the new payment and an acceptable mortgage payment history.  The program is limited to loans held or securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.br /br /    * I have both a first and a second mortgage.  Do I still qualify to refinance under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan?br /br /As long as the amount due on the first mortgage is less than 105% of the value of the property, borrowers with more than one mortgage may be eligible to refinance under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.  Your eligibility will depend, in part, on agreement by the lender that has your second mortgage to remain in a second position, and on your ability to meet the new payment terms on the first mortgage. br /br /    * Will refinancing lower my payments?br /br /The objective of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is to provide creditworthy borrowers who have shown a commitment to paying their mortgage with affordable payments that are sustainable for the life of the loan.  Borrowers whose mortgage interest rates are much higher than the current market rate should see an immediate reduction in their payments.  Borrowers who are paying interest only, or who have a low introductory rate that will increase in the future, may not see their current payment go down if they refinance to a fixed rate.  These borrowers, however, could save a great deal over the life of the loan.  When you submit a loan application, your lender will give you a "Good Faith Estimate" that includes your new interest rate, mortgage payment and the amount that you will pay over the life of the loan.  Compare this to your current loan terms.  If it is not an improvement, a refinancing may not be right for you.br /br /    * What are the interest rate and other terms of this refinance offer?br /br /The objective of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is to provide borrowers with a safe loan program with a fixed, affordable payment.  All loans refinanced under the plan will have a 30 or 15 year term with a fixed interest rate.  The rate will be based on market rates in effect at the time of the refinance and any associated points and fees quoted by the lender.  Interest rates may vary across lenders and over time as market rates adjust.  The refinanced loans will have no prepayment penalties or balloon notes.  br /br /    * Will refinancing reduce the amount that I owe on my loan?br /br /No.  The objective of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is to help borrowers refinance into safer, more affordable fixed rate loans.  Refinancing will not reduce the amount you owe to the first mortgage holder or any other debt you owe.  However, by reducing the interest rate, refinancing should save you money by reducing the amount of interest that you repay over the life of the loan.br /br /    * How do I know if my loan is owned or has been securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac?br /br /To determine if your loan is owned or has been securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and is eligible to be refinanced, you should contact your mortgage lender after March 4, 2009.br /br /    * When can I apply?br /br /Mortgage lenders will begin accepting applications after the details of the program are announced on March 4, 2009.   br /br /    * What should I do in the meantime?br /br /You should gather the information that you will need to provide to your lender after March 4, when the refinance program becomes available.  This includes:br /br /          o information about the gross monthly income of all borrowers,  including your most recent pay stubs if you receive them or documentation of income you receive from other sourcesbr /          o your most recent income tax returnbr /          o information about any second mortgage on the housebr /          o payments on each of your credit cards if you are carrying balances from month to month, andbr /          o payments on other loans such as student loans and car loans.br /br /span style="font-weight:bold;"Borrowers Who Are at Risk of Foreclosure Are Asking:/spanbr /br /    * What help is available for borrowers who are at risk of foreclosure either because they are behind on their mortgage or are struggling to make the payments?br /br /The Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan offers help to borrowers who are already behind on their mortgage payments or who are struggling to keep their loans current.  By providing mortgage lenders with financial incentives to modify existing first mortgages, the Treasury hopes to help as many as 3 to 4 million homeowners avoid foreclosure regardless of who owns or services the mortgage.br /br /    * Do I need to be behind on my mortgage payments to be eligible for a modification? br /br /No.  Borrowers who are struggling to stay current on their mortgage payments may be eligible if their income is not sufficient to continue to make their mortgage payments and they are at risk of imminent default.  This may be due to several factors, such as a loss of income, a significant increase in expenses, or an interest rate that will reset to an unaffordable level.   br /br /    * How do I know if I qualify for a payment reduction under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan?br /br /In general, you may qualify for a mortgage modification if (a) you occupy your house as your primary residence; (b) your monthly mortgage payment is greater than 31% of your monthly gross income; and (c) your loan is not large enough to exceed current Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits.  Final eligibility will be determined by your mortgage lender based on your financial situation and detailed guidelines that will be available on March 4, 2009.br /br /    *  I do not live in the house that secures the mortgage I’d like to modify.  Is this mortgage eligible for the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan?br /br /No.  For example, if you own a house that you use as a vacation home or that you rent out to tenants, the mortgage on that house is not eligible.  If you used to live in the home but you moved out, the mortgage is not eligible.  Only the mortgage on your primary residence is eligible.  The mortgage lender will check to see if the dwelling is your primary residence.br /br /    * I have a mortgage on a duplex.  I live in one unit and rent the other.  Will I still be eligible?br /br /Yes.  Mortgages on 2, 3 and 4 unit properties are eligible as long as you live in one unit as your primary residence.br /br /    * I have two mortgages.   Will the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan reduce the payments on both?br /br /Only the first mortgage is eligible for a modification.br /br /    * I owe more than my house is worth.  Will the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan reduce what I owe?br /br /The primary objective of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is to help borrowers avoid foreclosure by modifying troubled loans to achieve a payment the borrower can afford.  Lenders are likely to lower payments mainly by reducing loan interest rates.  However, the program offers incentives for principal reductions and at your lender’s discretion modifications may include upfront reductions of loan principal.br /br /    * I heard the government was providing a financial incentive to borrowers.  Is that true?br /br /Yes.  To encourage borrowers who work hard to retain homeownership, the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan provides incentive payments as a borrower makes timely payments on the modified loan.   The incentive will accrue on a monthly basis and will be applied directly to reduce your mortgage debt.  Borrowers who pay on time for five years can have up to $5,000 applied to reduce their debt by the end of that period.br /br /    * How much will a modification cost me?br /br /There is no cost to borrowers for a modification under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.  If you wish to get assistance from a HUD-approved housing counseling agency or are referred to a counselor as a condition of the modification, you will not be charged a fee.  Borrowers should beware of any organization that attempts to charge a fee for housing counseling or modification of a delinquent loan, especially if they require a fee in advance. br /br /    * Is my lender required to modify my loan?br /br /No.  Mortgage lenders participate in the program on a voluntary basis and loans are evaluated for modification on a case-by-case basis.  But the government is offering substantial incentives and it is expected that most major lenders will participate.br /br /    * I'm already working with my lender / housing counselor on a loan workout.  Can I still be considered for the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan?br /br /Ask your lender or counselor to be considered under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.br /br /    * How do I apply for a modification under the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan?br /br /You may not need to do anything at this time.  Most mortgage lenders will evaluate loans in their portfolio to identify borrowers who may meet the eligibility criteria.  After March 4 they will send letters to potentially eligible homeowners, a process that may take several weeks.   If you think you qualify for a modification and do not receive a letter within several weeks, contact your mortgage servicer or a HUD-approved housing counselor.  Please be aware that servicers and counseling agencies are expected to receive an extraordinary number of calls about this program.br /br /    * What should I do in the meantime?br /br /You should gather the information that you will need to provide to your lender on or after March 4, when the modification program becomes available.  This includesbr /br /          o information about the monthly gross income of your household including recent pay stubs if you receive them or documentation of income you receive from other sourcesbr /          o your most recent income tax returnbr /          o information about any second mortgage on the housebr /          o payments on each of your credit cards if you are carrying balances from month to month, andbr /          o payments on other loans such as student loans and car loans.br /br /    * My loan is scheduled for foreclosure soon.  What should I do?br /br /Contact your mortgage servicer or credit counselor.  Many mortgage lenders have expressed their intention to postpone foreclosure sales on all mortgages that may qualify for the modification in order to allow sufficient time to evaluate the borrower's eligibility.  br /span style="font-style:italic;"br /Info courtesy of the Whitehouse./spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>SEC Charges Research in Motion and Four Senior Executives With Stock Option Backdating</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Limited (RIMM) and four of its senior executives for stock option backdating.br /br /The SEC's complaint alleges that Ontario, Canada-based RIMM, its former Chief Financial Officer Dennis Kavelman, former Vice President of Finance Angelo Loberto, and Co-Chief Executive Officers James Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis illegally granted undisclosed, in-the-money options to RIMM executives and employees by backdating millions of stock options over an eight-year period from 1998 through 2006.br /br /"As alleged in our complaint, RIMM and its highest level executives engaged in widespread backdating of options which provided them and other employees with millions of dollars in undisclosed compensation," said Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "This enforcement action underscores the SEC's resolve to assure full and accurate disclosure to U.S. investors by foreign issuers."br /br /Antonia Chion, Associate Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, added, "Companies and executives who attempt to conceal their fraudulent conduct from investors and regulators will be held accountable."br /br /The SEC's complaint alleges that the defendants made false and misleading disclosures about how RIMM priced and accounted for options. In addition, according to the complaint, the backdating violated the terms of RIMM's stock option plan and a listing requirement of the Toronto Stock Exchange. RIMM's stock is listed on both the NASDAQ Stock Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange.br /br /Specifically, the SEC's complaint alleges that Kavelman, Loberto, Balsillie and Lazaridis backdated option agreements and offer letters, which concealed the fact that the options were granted in-the-money. The complaint also alleges that Kavelman and Loberto took steps to hide the backdating from regulators, RIM's independent auditor and outside lawyer. For instance, Kavelman and Loberto usually picked low strike prices within reporting periods and in some instances avoided the lowest price so regulators would not detect the backdating. On one occasion, Kavelman asked a manager not to document improper pricing in e-mails. Kavelman wrote, "FYI, it is a major breach of protocol to be discussing (and documenting via email) using option pricing other than that allowable by the Ontario Securities Commission and the SEC in the US."br /br /The complaint further alleges that after all four executives were aware of backdating issues that had come to light at other companies, they attended RIMM's July 2006 annual shareholder meeting where Kavelman misled investors by denying that RIMM was backdating options.br /br /All defendants have agreed to settle this matter, without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC's complaint, on the following terms:br /br /RIMM consented to the entry of an order permanently enjoining it from violating the antifraud, reporting, books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws. The settlement with RIMM takes into account RIMM's cooperation during the SEC's investigation.br /br /Kavelman and Loberto consented to an order permanently enjoining them from violating the antifraud, internal controls, books and records and misrepresentation to auditors provisions and from aiding and abetting RIM's violations of the reporting, books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws. Kavelman also consented to an order permanently enjoining him from violating the certification provision of the federal securities laws. Kavelman and Loberto agreed to be barred for a period of five years from serving as officers or directors of any issuer that has a class of securities registered with the SEC or that is required to file reports with the SEC. In addition, Kavelman and Loberto agreed to resolve an anticipated administrative proceeding by consenting to an SEC order prohibiting them from appearing or practicing before the SEC as accountants for five years.br /br /Balsillie and Lazaridis consented to the entry of an order permanently enjoining them from violating certain antifraud provisions (specifically Sections 17(a)(2) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933), and the internal controls and books and records provisions and from aiding and abetting RIM's violations of the reporting, books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws.br /br /The individual defendants will pay penalties in the following amounts: $500,000 for Kavelman; $425,000 for Loberto; $350,000 for Balsillie; and $150,000 for Lazaridis. The individual defendants also agreed to disgorge the in-the-money value of backdated options they had exercised ($132,914.60 for Kavelman, $47,950.56 for Loberto, $334,250 for Balsillie and $328,300 for Lazaridis) plus interest. Their disgorgement will be deemed satisfied by their previous payment of these amounts to RIMM.br /br /The settlements in the civil injunctive action are subject to the approval of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.br /br /On Feb. 5, 2009, the Ontario Securities Commission brought a related settled action against RIM, Balsillie, Lazaridis, Kavelman, Loberto and certain other directors which included the total payment in Canadian dollars of $76.85 million and other sanctions. The SEC acknowledges the assistance of the Ontario Securities Commission in this matter.br /span style="font-style:italic;"br /Info courtesy of the SEC./spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>A Solar Powered Cell Phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TradingGoddess discovered a a href="http://tradinggoddess.blogspot.com/2009/02/awesome-recycled-phone-that-is-solar.html" target="_blank"solar powered recycled cell phone/a. Samsung (SSNLF.PK), which trades on the Pink Sheets in the US, came out with a cell phone that has a solar panel on the back and is made from recycled plastic. Thanks TG.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Guest Article: Where is the Bottom in the Dow? Does it matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we looking at trends and how important they are in trading.br /br /In particular, we’re going to be looking at the DOW (DJI) and how it has continued to trend since June of ‘08.br /br /I have watched with amusement, as several “GURUs” have been trying to pick a bottom in this index. As I have stated many time before, it’s not over till it’s over and trying to pick bottoms is not a smart thing to do.br /br /The negative trend for the DOW is intact and remains in place. In this a href="http://www.ino.com/info/294/CD3111/dp=0l=0campaignid=3" target="_blank"new video/a, I will share with you a simple trick that will help you to avoid the temptation of trying to pick a bottom. In fact, I will show you step-by-step why the DOW is still in a negative trend.br /br /The video is free of charge and there is no need to register to watch this short educational trading video.br /br /a href="http://www.ino.com/info/294/CD3111/dp=0l=0campaignid=3" target="_blank"http://www.ino.com/info/294/CD3111/dp=0l=0campaignid=3/abr /br /All the best,br /br /Adam Hewisonbr /President, a href="http://www.ino.com/info/294/CD3111/dp=0l=0campaignid=3" target="_blank"INO.com/abr /Co-creator, MarketClubdiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>SOUTHERN, MASSEY ENERGY AND CHEVRON AMONG NINE &#8220;CLIMATE WATCH&#8221; COMPANIES TARGETED BY INVESTORS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON, MA - February 18, 2009 - Leading U.S. investors today named nine companies to a Climate Watch List, citing concerns that the firms are lagging behind their industry peers and are potentially undermining their long-term competitiveness in responding to the business challenges from global climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Department of Energy and Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures Update Energy Cooperation Agreement at Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eilat, Israel - 18 February, 2009 - The Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference (www.eilatenergy.com) kicked off yesterday with the launch and update of the Unites States - Israel Energy Cooperation Act, an international collaboration aimed at creating a renewable energy storage initiative to reduce the world's oil dependence.]]></description>
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		<title>GWS Technologies, Inc. Announces Improvements to Its Renewable Energy Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.- GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC) an alternative energy company developing and marketing solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions, today announced that it has added several new interactive features to its website www.greenwindsolar.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to XsunX, Inc. Shareholders Offering a Summary of the Shareholder Conference Call Held February 12, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/letter-to-xsunx-inc-shareholders-offering-a-summary-of-the-shareholder-conference-call-held-february-12-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 18 -- XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX), On February 12, 2009 the Company held a shareholder conference call allowing the executive management the opportunity to address questions pertaining to the Company's 2008 annual report and efforts to establish its TFPV manufacturing presence.]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus legislation small step forward in addressing water needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER, CO - February 17, 2009 - President Barack Obama today signed into law an economic stimulus bill that provides $2 billion for drinking water projects and $4 billion for wastewater projects. ]]></description>
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		<title>Top Green Financial News Feeds at Investor Ideas: Renewable Energy and GreenTech Business and Stock News, Green IPO Watch and Renewable and Solar Energy Perspectives with J. Peter Lynch</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/top-green-financial-news-feeds-at-investor-ideas-renewable-energy-and-greentech-business-and-stock-news-green-ipo-watch-and-renewable-and-solar-energy-perspectives-with-j-peter-lynch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POINT ROBERTS, WA -Feb 18, 2009, Investorideas.com, one of the first financial and investing sites to cover renewable energy investing reports on its top green financial news feeds.]]></description>
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		<title>SEC Charges R. Allen Stanford, Stanford International Bank for Multi-Billion Dollar Investment Scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies for orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme centering on an $8 billion CD program.br /br /Stanford's companies include Antiguan-based Stanford International Bank (SIB), Houston-based broker-dealer and investment adviser Stanford Group Company (SGC), and investment adviser Stanford Capital Management. The SEC also charged SIB chief financial officer James Davis as well as Laura Pendergest-Holt, chief investment officer of Stanford Financial Group (SFG), in the enforcement action.br /br /Pursuant to the SEC's request for emergency relief for the benefit of defrauded investors, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor entered a temporary restraining order, froze the defendants' assets, and appointed a receiver to marshal those assets.br /br /"As we allege in our complaint, Stanford and the close circle of family and friends with whom he runs his businesses perpetrated a massive fraud based on false promises and fabricated historical return data to prey on investors," said Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "We are moving quickly and decisively in this enforcement action to stop this fraudulent conduct and preserve assets for investors."br /br /Rose Romero, Regional Director of the SEC's Fort Worth Regional Office, added, "We are alleging a fraud of shocking magnitude that has spread its tentacles throughout the world."br /br /The SEC's complaint, filed in federal court in Dallas, alleges that acting through a network of SGC financial advisers, SIB has sold approximately $8 billion of so-called "certificates of deposit" to investors by promising improbable and unsubstantiated high interest rates. These rates were supposedly earned through SIB's unique investment strategy, which purportedly allowed the bank to achieve double-digit returns on its investments for the past 15 years.br /br /According to the SEC's complaint, the defendants have misrepresented to CD purchasers that their deposits are safe, falsely claiming that the bank re-invests client funds primarily in "liquid" financial instruments (the portfolio); monitors the portfolio through a team of 20-plus analysts; and is subject to yearly audits by Antiguan regulators. Recently, as the market absorbed the news of Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, SIB attempted to calm its own investors by falsely claiming the bank has no "direct or indirect" exposure to the Madoff scheme.br /br /According to the SEC's complaint, SIB is operated by a close circle of Stanford's family and friends. SIB's investment committee, responsible for the management of the bank's multi-billion dollar portfolio of assets, is comprised of Stanford; Stanford's father who resides in Mexia, Texas; another Mexia resident with business experience in cattle ranching and car sales; Pendergest-Holt, who prior to joining SFG had no financial services or securities industry experience; and Davis, who was Stanford's college roommate.br /br /The SEC's complaint also alleges an additional scheme relating to $1.2 billion in sales by SGC advisers of a proprietary mutual fund wrap program, called Stanford Allocation Strategy (SAS), by using materially false historical performance data. According to the complaint, the false data helped SGC grow the SAS program from less than $10 million in 2004 to more than $1 billion, generating fees for SGC (and ultimately Stanford) of approximately $25 million in 2007 and 2008. The fraudulent SAS performance was used to recruit registered investment advisers with significant books of business, who were then heavily incentivized to reallocate their clients' assets to SIB's CD program.br /br /The SEC's complaint charges violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act, and registration provisions of the Investment Company Act. In addition to emergency and interim relief that has been obtained, the SEC seeks a final judgment permanently enjoining the defendants from future violations of the relevant provisions of the federal securities laws and ordering them to pay financial penalties and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest.br /br /The Commission acknowledges the assistance and cooperation of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in connection with this matter.br /br /The SEC's investigation is continuing. FINRA independently developed information through its examination and investigative processes that contributed significantly to the filing of this enforcement action.br /br /span style="font-style:italic;"Info courtesy of the SEC./spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Investorideas.com Green Investor Content of Green Investor Audio Series, Renewable Energy Stocks Directory adds New Green Jobs Listings</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/investorideascom-green-investor-content-of-green-investor-audio-series-renewable-energy-stocks-directory-adds-new-green-jobs-listings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POINT ROBERTS, Wash. February 16, 2008 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, one of the first online investor resources providing in-depth information on renewable energy, greentech and water, has added a new section for the global green investment community for "Green Jobs".]]></description>
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		<title>Investing In Water Stocks &#8211; Climate Change and Water</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/investing-in-water-stocks-climate-change-and-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC -February 16, 2009 - Investorideas.com and its Water-stocks.com portal update the current directory of publicly traded water stocks for 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>How Many NYSE Stocks Trade Below $1 per Share?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a trivia question for you. How Many NYSE Stocks Trade Below $1 per Share?br /a. zerobr /b. 7br /c. 12br /d. 90br /br /The answer is d. 90. Yes, there are actually 90 New York Stock Exchange stocks that trade for less than a dollar a share. Here are a few examples:br /br /Rite Aid Corp. (RAD)  28 centsbr /Six Flags, Inc. (SIX) 31 centsbr /Pier 1 Imports Inc. (PIR) 32 centsbr /Vonage Holdings Corporation (VG) 41 centsbr /Borders Group, Inc. (BGP) 54 centsbr /Unisys Corp. (UIS) 69 centsbr /Avis Budget Group, Inc. (CAR) 70 centsbr /br /If you like cheap stocks, check out below book high yield stocks and stocks selling below cash per share at a href="http://wsnn.com/"wsnn.com/a. br /br /span style="font-style:italic;"Author does not own any of the above. No recommendation expressed or implied./spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Ford a Likely Survivor of the Auto-Industry Fallout</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faisal Laljee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is no surprise that Chrysler, GM and Ford F – the former Big 3, now the “Barely Surviving 3”, keep reporting abysmal sales month after month, while mounting their losses into the billions. Their stocks are at levels not seen since the 1970’s...]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Goes Retail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a major copycat of Apple (AAPL) move, Microsoft (MSFT) has decided to a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7889099.stm" target="_blank"open retail outlets to sell software/a and computers with Microsoft software already installed. The retail division will be run by David Porter, a former executive with Wal-Mart (WMT).div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Market and Solar Outlook for 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most disconcerting things facing investors in 2008 was the "crazy" market and the violent swings BOTH ways that seemed to go on throughout the year. With that in mind I decided to do some research on where 2008 stood in annals of stock market history.]]></description>
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		<title>Green IPO Watch at Renewableenergystocks.com; Changing World Technologies IPO</title>
		<link>http://www.straightstocks.com/current-market-news/green-ipo-watch-at-renewableenergystockscom-changing-world-technologies-ipo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Van Zant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC- Feb 15, 2009 - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, reports the Changing World Technologies IPO of 2, 750,000 shares has been postponed due to market conditions. The stock had been assigned trading symbol ( CWL )on the NYSE Alternext.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Life Under the Corporate Microscope: A Maverick&#8217;s Irreverent Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are thousands of books written about thousands of publicly traded companies. This is probably due to the fact that much of the info on these companies is a matter of public record. But when it comes to private companies, it is rare to find info on large privately held companies. Enterprise Rent-A-Car is the largest rental car company in North America, and is the 16th largest private company in the United States, according to Forbes. Larry Underwood, the author of a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1432733931?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1432733931"Life Under the Corporate Microscope: A Maverick's Irreverent Perspective/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=1432733931" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /, gives an exceptional and extraordinary account of his career with Enterprise, and a unique insight into how large companies operate, especially the private ones, and primarily this one. br /br /This is a guy who started out as a grunt, working behind the counter renting cars to people, who worked his way up the corporate ladder, eventually becoming a multimillionaire earning almost $4 million per year, and retiring before the age of 49, thanks to the unique compensation arrangement at Enterprise. And the amazing thing was, Underwood never even reached the rank of Vice President. br /br /Underwood gives the reader his very opinionated views of how corporations should be run and what the best management style is. Here is just one of his recommendations.br /blockquote"The fact that the three top guys didn't quite have everything figured out, except for the fact that they wanted to make me General Manager, exemplifies the gold old fashioned "fly by the seat of your pants" business plans that entrepreneurial companies put together. As far as I was concerned, that way of doing business suited me just fine; it seemed to me that the people who were most successful in the company weren't afraid to make a few mistakes along the way; they always seemed to have a backup plan ready to go, and eventually, things usually worked out just fine."/blockquotebr /The book is filled with humor, with hilarity on every other page. Underwood used humor extensively when he was on the job and fortunately his sense of humor was still intact when he wrote the book. If you don't laugh by the time you reach the bottom of page 16, then it means that you are probably offended by the earthy and course language used throughout. In this time of economic stress and gloominess, we can use a little humor; as a matter of fact, we could use a lot of humor. At an annual rental managers meeting, he discusses how all the Enterprise city managers were required to give a short speech. br /blockquote"Actually nobody I talked to thought this was such a good idea; and in fact, many of the future orators were so nervous, the supply of toilet paper in St. Louis suddenly became dangerously low."/blockquotebr /If you are planning on working for a large corporation, if you are currently working up the corporate ranks, if you run a corporation, or if you just want a page-turner about life in the big private corporate world, then a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1432733931?ie=UTF8tag=antiquestocka-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=1432733931"Life Under the Corporate Microscope: A Maverick's Irreverent Perspective/aimg src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=antiquestocka-20l=as2o=1a=1432733931" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" / is for you.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>List of Bernard Madoff&#8217;s Clients</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has posted a list of all of the so far a href="http://projects.nytimes.com/creditcrisis/madoff_clients/table" target="_blank"known clients of Bernie Madoff/a. The list is updated on a regular basis.br /br /Don't forget to check out the article on the a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/bernie-madoff-postage-stamps-yes-they.html"Bernie Madoff Postage Stamps/a.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Bernie Madoff Postage Stamps (yes they are genuine)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now I've seen everything. There are now a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0202091madoff1.html"genuine United States postage stamps with a picture of Bernard Madoff on them/a, that can actually be used to send mail. Madoff is the money manager who has been accused of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. The stamps were created by a customer of Zazzle, which allows the personalization of postage stamps for a fee above the basic postage.div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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		<title>Second Death Connection to Madoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Fuld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously in December, we had written about a money manager who had a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/madoff-investor-commits-suicide.html"invested $1 billion with Bernie Madoff/a and had committed suicide. Now a noted British Army veteran who reportedly a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090214/ts_nm/us_madoff_britain" target="_blank"lost his life savings/a investing in hedge funds that invested in Madoff's fund has committed suicide by gunshot.br /br /Did you see the New York Times list of a href="http://stockerblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/list-of-bernard-madoffs-clients.html"Madoff clients/a?div class="blogger-post-footer"div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'
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