May 12, 2008
links for 2008-05-12
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\”Will we have to disavow our smug dismissal of the project?\”\n
(tags: Music)\n
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he wasn\’t thrilled :)\n
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\”All in all, the image that recurs is that of sucking a wound.\” VERY TRUE\n
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\”most goods it sells there are labor-intensive items needed for daily use\” Hmmmm.\n
(tags: Bloomberg_China)\n
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(tags: Photos)\n
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\”The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday\” INTERESTED TO KNOW RATE OF INFLATION FOR FIRST CLASS POSTAGE OVER LAST 100 YEARS\n
(tags: Econ101)\n
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great project, fascinating to scroll through the tags\n
(tags: Culture)\n
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soulseek.net\n
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\”What doomed the Clinton candidacy is of course, her vote in favor of the Iraq war.\” YES, she\’s a tool of the military/industrial complex and terribly \”status quo\”\n
(tags: Politics)\n
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\”The bank took $10.6 billion in loan losses across the company in 2006 and $17.2 billion last year.\”\n
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\”Meruelo Maddux\’s biggest bet is that people will want to live in downtown LA, where 500,000 work but only 35,000 dwell.\” $200 A BARREL CRUDE WILL HELP\n
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\”I\’ve heard that a bunch of her friends have also given up their iPhones in search of a better texting device which seems to be the one feature they value most.\” YES but note that she wants a RED blackberry — girls still like pretty\n
(tags: Gadgets)\n
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\”Credit Agricole, France\’s third-largest bank by market value, took about 3.4 billion euros ($5.3 billion) of subprime-related writedowns, exceeding those of French rivals BNP Paribas SA, Societe Generale SA and Natixis SA\”\n
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\”A year ago, banks would finance as much as 80 percent of an order, with 12- to 15-year loan terms. Now, financing usually doesn\’t exceed 65 percent, and terms are 10 years or less.
\nPrices have doubled, with even high-quality credit clients paying about\n
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\”There were net-short positions in each of the previous 123 weeks.\” NO MORE, EH?\n
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\”Government debt lost 1.7 percent in April, including reinvested interest, making it the worst month since 2004, according to Merrill Lynch & Co. indexes.\”\n
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\”Buying St. George, which ranks fifth, would allow Kelly to skirt the so-called Four Pillars policy banning Australia\’s four biggest banks from merging with each other.\” ENFORCED OLIGOPOLY\n
(tags: Bloomberg_Most_Read)\n
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