The snippet below comes courtesy of Casey’s Daily Dispatch.

“One of our esteemed editors, Shannara Johnson, sent me this fantastic picture yesterday.

“Here we see House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk (standing on far right) speaking while colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert, D-Milford, and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport, play Solitaire as the House convenes to vote on a new budget.

“Also, you’ll notice the guy sitting in front of these two to the right is on Facebook and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.

“I suppose it’s possible that this photo was doctored. But I don’t believe so. I have too much faith in our politicians. They are certainly smart enough to play Solitaire and figure out how they are going to waste more of our

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MetroPCS (PCS), a leading provider of unlimited pre-paid wireless service in the US, has reportedly expanded its New York City area service to include additional markets in the Tri-State region. The company has extended its unlimited service footprint to include Long Island, North Central New Jersey, White Plains and New Rochelle in New York, and Stamford and Bridgeport in Connecticut. This expansion represents a part of MetroPCS’ ongoing initiative to increase its penetration in the lucrative Northeast region. The company entered Las Vegas and Philadelphia during 2008 and launched its low-cost unlimited wireless service in New York and Boston in February 2009, representing a major business expansion. MetroPCS (PCS) offers a broad range of wireless broadband services (under the MetroPCS brand) in the selected metropolitan areas in the US, leveraging its proprietary code division multiple access (CDMA) technology based network. The company sells its products ...

DrStockPick.com Stock Report!

Monday August 24, 2009

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Residents of the Tri-State area now have a new alternative to costly traditional wireless service plans. MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS), the nation’s leading provider of unlimited, flat-rate, no signed contract wireless communications service, announces the expansion of its New York City area service to include Long Island, North Central New Jersey, White Plains and New Rochelle, N.Y., Stamford and Bridgeport, Conn. This expansion includes two MetroPCS company-owned retail stores, 50 authorized dealer locations and fifteen Best Buy stores. MetroPCS’ expansion will bring 250 jobs to the area. For more information on MetroPCS and coverage areas, please go to www.metropcs.com.

Shiner International,

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Leslie Norton, Barron’s analyst/journaist recommended People’s United Financial, as a winner in the credit crunch:

Track her picks at:

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a.  The cash-rich Bridgeport, Conn.-based regional stands out for the strength of its balance sheet, lack of subprime-mortgage exposure and prospects for still-stronger returns. People’s is so well-capitalized that it’s hunting for acquisitions, as other lenders are watching their share prices and franchises shrink.

b. The stock slid as low as 14.58 after the company bought a Vermont bank, Chittenden, for $1.9 billion. That purchase made it the largest New England regional, with $21 billion in assets and 300-plus branches.

c. People’s has one of the highest capital ratios around; Tier One capital (equity and unredeemable preference shares) was a whopping 16.5% of assets — 2.75 times what the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. deems “well-capitalized. This puts the bank’s total cash holdings at $2.5 billion, or

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