Web Hosting : Exchange rates USA vs Canada
Hostgator and Bluehost are our best webhosts and godaddy.com is the best domain registrar. This web hosting thread started by netologist 0n 05 January 2009 I a need dedicated server in Canada, east cost. I want to be billed in Canadian dollars because exchange rates between USA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 10:54:02
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Brazilian history of hyper-inflation, and the resulting propensity to consume
People who have witnessed hyper-inflation may fear that if crisis hits again, they may loose all of the value of their savings… ... the current account deficit, and in turn scares away foreign investors…driving down the exchange rate ... , not in my generation in the USA). While I dont think inflation is a risk in Brazil at the moment (although [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 13:58:29
Tesco Reports Respectable Q-3 International Sales Growth; Weakest UK Sales in 15 Years; Fresh & Easy USA Not One of the International Bright Spots
Analysis - With a special look at Fresh & Easy USAUnited Kingdom-based global retailer Tesco, ... of the Korean Won against Sterling," Tesco said in a statement today."We have seen strong growth in all our European markets, although favourable exchange rate movements have contributed significantly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 01:06:00
2008's best stock market redux
I've had plenty of mailchatter about yesterday's post on the performance of the world's stock markets in 2008 ( ... exchange rates in order to invest in the market there combined with the withdrawal of CANTV ... , Ukraine, Cyprus - all down 70% or moreNext worst -- Australia -43%, Japan -42%, Germany -40%,USA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 14:39:00
Top 2009 Stocks: Great Undiscovered Stocks
The holidays have quickly caught up with us. We are now preparing for the New Year ― and focusing on the potential opportunities ahead. If you spend any amount of time watching the financial sideshows on cable, you might be convinced that the Earth's rotation will come to a grinding halt when the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 05:55:00
Top 2009 Stocks: Great Undiscovered Stocks
The holidays have quickly caught up with us. We are now preparing for the New Year ― and focusing on the potential opportunities ahead. If you spend any amount of time watching the financial sideshows on cable, you might be convinced that the Earth's rotation will come to a grinding halt when the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 05:55:00
Top 2009 Stocks: Great Undiscovered Stocks
The holidays have quickly caught up with us. We are now preparing for the New Year ― and focusing on the potential opportunities ahead. If you spend any amount of time watching the financial sideshows on cable, you might be convinced that the Earth's rotation will come to a grinding halt when the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 05:55:00
A World to Win
Notes for an introduction to perspectives by Rob Petersen This article was presented to a forum in August last year iand was forwarded to History matters by one of our readers. It present a very interesting perspective on the world and South African situation and we hope that you will enjoy read on. 1 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:56:02
Bush/Cheney: Working Overtime to Revise History
Chrysler, Ford Extend Holiday Shutdowns to Save CashUSA TodayAs automakers await a White House decision on federal loans, they took more steps Wednesday to save their dwindling cash and cut production to keep pace slower sales.Chrysler said it would add two weeks to its scheduled two-week holiday shutdown of production facilities — all 30 of its [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 13:58:00
Feeling a Little Depressed? So Does the Economy.
Block print by Frans Masereel.'The discretionary spending sector appears to be in freefall -- as the economy restructures itself at a lower level ... world economy a decade from now. The USA economy is based on an aging population in heavy debt ... based on a big global finance system that uses the dollar as its standard unit of exchange).Here’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 00:36:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
Chronic Illness = 75% of Health Care Spending
Fighting Off Depression By PAUL KRUGMAN - The New York Times“If we don’t act swiftly and boldly,” declared President-elect Barack Obama in his latest weekly address, “we could see a much deeper economic downturn that could lead to double-digit unemployment.” If you ask me, he was understating the case [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:15:00
When Will Lenders Discount 2008 Properties and Should You Take 2008 Capital Gains Profits? Milan Properties
Okay, so there are lots of foreclosures. Many have been listed for sale – but at full ticket prices. When is a Bargain a Genuine Bargain? ... 2008 markets. Perhaps they lent too much money on them in 2006 or didn’t get enough in down ... houses in the package! Money-Making Opportunities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 20:48:13
Have a Good New Year!
A Trillion Dollar Recoveryby Katrina Vanden Heuvel - The Nation / Common DreamsPoverty is on the rise, record numbers of people are relying on food stamps and we've seen no relief for the foreclosure crisis. There are increasing rates of child abuse and domestic violence linked to this recession [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 12:42:00
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/1
Giant investment project to Laos submitted to Government The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) has submitted to the Prime Minister for approval a 1 billion USD project to build a golf course, five-star hotels and hostels in Vientiane , Laos . If approved, it will be Vietnam ’s ever largest investment project abroad [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 11:21:00
Wall Street Journal: People Pulling Up to Pawnshops Today are Driving Cadillacs and BMWs
Occasionally you get a thesis correct, but can't seem to find the horse to profit from. I've been on the pawn shop bandwagon since mid summer since I thought the economy would be far worse than the punditry. [ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 20:05:00
Show 2009-01-10
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. I know many of you, like me, work a full time job for a living. You don’t always have time to catch up with the newspaper or evening news. So at the top of The Russ Belville Show I help you catch up on the week’s hottest news topics [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 22:50:47
Japanese Credit Agency: Japan Should Just Begin Writing Off US Debt
You know things are bad when a Japanese credit agency is saying things are so pathetic in the U.S. that the Japanese ( ... rates to 0.1 percent from 0.3 percent, increased purchases of government debt and announced plans ... ". These guys still have US debt rated AAA! Nov 12: CNBC Europe: USA May Lose its AAA Rating Apr 15 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 18:29:14
The pound is suffering its worst slide since Britain was forced off the gold standard in 1931.
By Edmund Conway and Angela Monaghan Last Updated: 12:27PM GMT 19 Dec 2008 Sterling dipped closer to parity against the euro, ... of England. The fall is sharper than the devaluations in 1992, after leaving the Exchange Rate ... that the Bank of England will follow in the Federal Reserve’s footsteps and cut interest rates [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 15:39:31
Visit my Website
I am more at peace now that I have my online store website up and running on the internet ... up of the shipping rates that is coming out on the checkout. So I need to make sure ... will it really cost to ship in USA so I still cannot do the full international. However, I am starting to submit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 13:43:00
LaRouche - On real economics
This is the complete version of LaRouche's new document ... in U.S.A.-Russia relations; but, the subject, nonetheless, is that immediate fate of humanity as a whole ... dive into a prolonged, planet-wide, “new dark age” of all humanity, four leading nations–the U.S.A. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 17:00:00
Some alternate funding sources
In the spirit of giving to others, and being tight on funds to buy gifts for friends and family, a few topical nuggets on capitalism, crime, and revolution.1. At the Literary Review, Simon Montefiore reviewsSean McMeekin's History's Greatest Heist: The Looting of Russia by the Bolsheviks: [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 14:18:00
Bloomberg Picks a Fight With the Federal Reserve
Information provider Bloomberg has started a fight with the Federal Reserve that may turn some stones in the secretive private organisation that has never been audited. Bloomberg had asked the Fed to see documents concerning the collateral the Fed accepts in exchange for freshly digitized credit in its bailouts. The Federal Reserve first [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 17:11:02
Time to Evaluate the Possibility of a Change of Trend
Quite a number of shrewd American investors have been buying foreign stock these last couple of years, and made good returns in the process ... would certainly be nothing new, to see things turn out in a manner contrary to the book. The foreign [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 01:55:00
Opinion: NZ’s recession - a piece of cake?
By Neville Bennett The forecasted performance of the New Zealand economy is debatable ... shock is headed our way. The Reserve Bank’s interest rates (5%) show that it is more bullish than other central banks. Prevailing rates are: Canada 2.25%; England 2%; Japan 0.1%; European Central Bank [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 22:04:55
News and Opinions
Workers Laid Off, Execs Paid Offby Amy Goodman - The Capital Times / Common DreamsThe global financial crisis deepens, with more than 10 million in the U.S. out of work, according to the Department of Labor.Unemployment hit 6.7 percent in November. Add the 7 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 18:28:00
The Washing Machine That Ate My Sari - Mistakes in Cross-Cultural Design
By Apala Chavan, Douglas Gorney, Beena Prabhu, Sarit Arora _____ "At purchasing power parity exchange rates, the developing countries as a whole would, in recent years and according to growth projections for 2008 and 2009, account for about one-half of global GDP compared to about 37 percent in the early 1960s [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 22:58:59
Video: ZIONIST GOALS, RESOURCES & STRATEGIES
Jump to Comments Before start reading the following article by Tariq Majeed, please watch these videos to understand ZionismThe Philosopy of Zionism and Israel, Who are Zionists? Ted Pike - Zionism and Christianity: Unholy Alliance The Real Terrorism by Zionists - Doctrine of Judaism and Zionism Zionism: The Real Enemy Of The Jews ZIONIST GOALS, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:21:32
Satyam Co - Corporate Frauds in India
e - Voice Of Human Rights Watch - e-news weeklySpreading the light of humanity & freedom Editor: Nagaraj.M.R....vol.5 . issue.03......17/01/2009EDITORIAL : SATYAM CO FRAUD - ARE YOU SINCERELY READY TO CATCH TAX THEIVES , CORPORATE CRIMINALS ?- AN APPEL TO UNIONFINANCEMINISTER & KARNATAKASTATE FINANCE MINISTERCorporate fraud is nothing new to [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 11:45:00
January 8 - Microsoft/IBM Rumors Swirl - Jobless Claims Fall to 467,000 - Lenovo (China)/Dell (Ireland)/TDK (Japan) Layoffs - Spring Global Ends Jobs for 365 - 111 Depart at Trane - 1000 Less Jobs at Schlumberger - Layoff Outrage of the Day: Banks Offshoring IT Jobs -
The Layoff Outrage of the Day: Mike: I thought I would title the daily discussion to save readers any confusion about my intentions, which are simply to highlight a daily kick in the butt to the workers and taxpayers of America. Today I’ll discuss the often mentioned subject of outsourcing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 13:55:13
Bleeding Heartland Year in Review: Iowa politics in 2008
Last year at this time I was scrambling to make as many phone calls and knock on as many doors as I could before the Iowa caucuses on January 3. This week I had a little more time to reflect on the year that just ended. After the jump I've linked to Bleeding Heartland highlights in 2008 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 04:00:00
Press and Media Suffer From a Bias Virus!
The press and media are not likely to print this but this is factual. The only way to stop Hamas is to stop Hamas, by bringing them on their knees. When your adversary is on his knees he becomes more amenable to logic.(See 1 below.)Mississippi wins a questionable prize [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:27:00
Global environmental market expands in 2008
ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet, 01/09/09 11:01Singapore - Taking a look back at the Environment & Building Technologies Industry in 2008 and its market outlook for 2009. The environment market globally has done business worth $US650 million in 2008 and is growing by double digits. The expectation is that it will reach 45% growth by 2015, from 2002 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:14:00
Talking post
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Debutante Barack" went up Sunday ... news that's broken since the snapsot. It's on the mercenaries Blackwater USA. Raheem Salman and Kimi ... a 30-year minimum sentence. A sixth guard negotiated a plea agreement in exchange for offering [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 04:00:00
Key countries face 2009
Will Brown offers a brief survey of the economic prospects facing some key countries in 2009.In a globalised economy, analysing developments country by country can mislead. A quick look at even one large company illustrates this. Toyota, the world’s largest carmaker, employs 320, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 16:33:59
2008 WRAP UP – MOST IMPORTANT POSTS OF THE YEAR, PART 1 (SOLAR CAN BE 10%, PICKENS HAS GOOD AND BAD, EUROPE WILL GET SUPERGRID)
Today NewEnergyNews features its picks for 2008’s 3rd, 4th and 5th most important posts. (Numbers 1 & 2 will come tomorrow.) In 2008's "Most Important Post" #5, IT’S FOR SUN, IT’S FOR WIND, IT’S SUPERGRID!, the announcement of the long-discussed and yet-to-be-built European Supergrid that will link the entire continent's power supply and create [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 15:54:29
2008 WRAP UP – MOST IMPORTANT POSTS OF THE YEAR, PART 1 (SOLAR CAN BE 10%, PICKENS HAS GOOD AND BAD, EUROPE WILL GET SUPERGRID)
Today NewEnergyNews features its picks for 2008’s 3rd, 4th and 5th most important posts. (Numbers 1 & 2 will come tomorrow.) In 2008's "Most Important Post" #5, IT’S FOR SUN, IT’S FOR WIND, IT’S SUPERGRID!, the announcement of the long-discussed and yet-to-be-built European Supergrid that will link the entire continent's power supply and create [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 15:54:29
TradeVestment : A Forex Strategy Report by Kersi Jilla of ForexMetrics.com
A Forex Strategy Report & Forex Commentaries based on Forex Metrics Currency Index, provides currency forecasts, forex predictions, trading signals, currency trends and more. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE FMCI CURRENCY PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE BASKET OF CURRENCIES. January-08-09 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:18:25
I like Zach's Idea on AECOM Technology (ACM); Perini (PCR) Might Also be Back from the Dead
A reader sent me some small water infrastructure stocks (read: Obama thesis) that are absolutely flying earlier in the week, so I am preparing a piece on those. It's all about thesis in 2009 since the facts are going to be so poor. I've owned Flowserve (FLS) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:58:24
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:06:00
News and Commentary
Obama to Face Iran Nuclear Crisis in First Year, Ex US Official WarnsThe Raw StoryIncoming US President Barack Obama will likely face a "serious crisis" over Iran's nuclear ambitions in his first year in office, former US defense secretary William Perry predicted here Thursday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:08:00
January 6 - Microsoft Mum? - Logitech Trims 525 - No Apple for 3000 LA Teachers? - Wind Blows Cold for 20% at DMI - 350 Gone at R.L. Stowe - IRS Files Away 711 - Brunswick Sinks 275 - Alcoa Cans 15,200!
Mike: States throughout the country are facing difficult financial times. Some states are running low on operating funds, such as CA (see below video). States like SC and now MO are exhausting their benefit funds at this early stage of the recession [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:18:38
Rentenmarc to the Rentendollar
Dear CIGAs, The US Dollar will replace the US Dollar come The Revitalized and Modernized Federal Reserve Gold Certificate Ratio, ... available to back the currency. Therefore the Rentenbank, which issued the Rentenmark, mortgaged land and industrial goods worth 3.2 billion Rentenmark to back the new currency. The Rentenmark [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:00
Shipping industry gears up to ride another storm
Technorati Tags: Baltic Dry Index,Baltic Dry Indices,Ship Chartering,Shipchartering,Voyage Fixtures,Time Charter Fixtures,Panamax,Capesize,Handymax,Handysize,Supramax,Dry Cargo Fixtures,Bulk Cargo Fixtures,Baltic Exchange,Freight Review,Maritime Baltic Index,Mercator,Pacific International Lines Thursday, 08 January 2009 The year ahead [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 04:32:00
Questions - Obama-Biden Health Care Discussion - Jack Herer
The people are talking about hemp, but not the government ... , who inspired Richard M. Davis, the founder and curator of the USA Hemp Museum and millions of others.Here ... wing of the USA Hemp Museum, a private museum with a virtual wing.)4. Should public policy promote [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 22:15:00
Recession - how it all started?
Motivation:Off late, most of the talks in cafes and restaurants are centered around this particular topic - Recession ... situation, are quite important to appreciate the explanations I am providing here. In the USA [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 16:09:00
ATM Bank Machine Exchange Rate
ATM Bank Machine Exchange Rate Money Travel Tip What exchange rate do you get when you use an ATM Machine, ... ---------------------------------- World Exchange Rates can change rapidly, therefore to test the exchange rate of an ATM ... Quetzals the money of Guatemala. I then got on my favorite internet site that computes exchange rate [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 13:41:27
Business Page
Introduction Today’s Business Page looks back not over the past year but to some fifteen years ago when on January 8, 1994, Ram & McRae ( ... levels of economic development. In the metropolitan countries most notably the USA and the United [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 09:13:17
