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The 1930s Redux

July 31, 2009 by Wall Street · Leave a Comment 

I found something really interesting about the similarities of some of the news headlines in July to that of the 1930s. Here’s news from July 24 2009 and July 24 1930. The news from today’s Wall Street Journal has been inserted and bolded to show the similarities. History doesn’t repeat, but does it rhyme? Thursday, July 24, 1930: Dow 239.33 +5.03 (2.1%) Market commentary: Market opened with large buy orders for major industrials. Many majors in early trading reached highest point of

Week in Tweets Ending Saturday 2009-08-01

July 31, 2009 by Wall Street · Leave a Comment 

Official Google Checkout Blog: Start selling online with the Google Checkout store gadget http://ow.ly/iHN1 # 200 Free Exclusive Vector Icons: Primo’ | Webdesigner Depot http://ow.ly/iId7 # Wall Street Journal Creating New LinkedIn Killer Called WSJ Connect http://ow.ly/iH6x # Web Page Optimization Components 5 By Jim Corbett How To Rise In The SERPs and add zero’s to [...]

FAA probes American Air over maintenance - WSJ

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NEW YORK, July 31 - Federal aviation regulators are investigating whether American Airlines failed to promptly alert them about potential safety problems affecting the aluminium skins of some Boeing 737 jets, the Wall Street Journal reported on its ...

MSM Explains Obama’s Plummeting Poll Numbers

July 31, 2009 by Wall Street · Leave a Comment 

You just gotta love the predictability of the MSM. This Washington Post story says it all; it's no secret that President Obama's poll numbers are tanking. His overall approval rating is dropping and of course his individual numbers per issue have been taking a nose dive. But leave it up to the Post to throw a cog in the wheel, and try to say what really is happening isn't really happening at all. There are several new polls out over the past 24 hours that show more problems for President Obama.

Nikkei Rises to 2009 High - Wall Street Journal

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Asian markets rose sharply Friday to build on their weekly and monthly gains, with Japanese shares ending at their highest level this year as better-than-expected corporate results outweighed data showing the country still faced major economic ...

Bradley takes risk for hometown fight vs. Campbell

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Bradley takes risk for hometown fight vs. Campbell Timothy Bradley’s 140-pound WBC title belt will be at stake Saturday night in the high California desert. New York - Venue News: This Week: Steve Wynn Eyeing Aqueduct… Casino mogul Steve Wynn is bidding on the Aqueduct Racetrack development, which state officials still hope to turn into a gaming complex with video slot machines. Casino staff sifted through 52000 applications for 1000 jobs - Bizjournals.com

Security patch released for iPhone 3G, 3GS - San Francisco Chronicle

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Telegraph.co.uk Security patch released for iPhone 3G, 3GS San Francisco Chronicle After a lot of hype and alarm, Apple released Friday an update for the iPhone 3G and 3GS that patches a security vulnerability that could be exploited to take control of the smart phone remotely. Security experts explained Thursday at the Black Hat ... Jailbreaking software already works for 3.0.1 iphone update CNET News Apple Releases Fix for iPhone SMS Vulnerability PC Magazine

News from around the web: 2009-07-31

July 31, 2009 by Wall Street · Leave a Comment 

Sorry for the lack of posts today. I have been travelling. Have a great weekend. Edward. Vacancy rate for offices reaches an 18-year high – Independent.ie CRE is a major problem in Ireland too HSBC May Post Loss on $15 Billion Bad Loan Provisions – Bloomberg.com That Household International deal is looking ghastly. Wall Street banks on state aid pay out million dollar bonuses – Telegraph Business as usual. Japan logs record deflation as demand slides | Reuters Lots here on Japan

China Launches Action at WTO to Keep U.S., EU Markets Open - Wall Street Journal

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China filed two WTO complaints, trying to keep its markets open to exports. Above, a laborer at a steel plant in Shenyang. The targets of its two complaints are high EU import tariffs on Chinese screws and a U.S. ban on the import of Chinese poultry ...

FCC opens investigation into Apple’s rejection of Google Voice apps

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FCC has begun investigating Apple’s rejection of Google’s official Google Voice application and the subsequent removal of similar third-party apps from the App Store. You know the story by now — Google submitted the app, it was rejected, third-party GV apps were then pulled, everyone was pissed, somehow heat was deflected on ATT, ATT called BS and so on. Well apparently the FCC has decided to step in. The WSJ reports that letters were sen

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