Haha - my first thought was "so true"... next thought was "not!" However, in "farmimg" profits appreciation of the property (land) plays a very...
It's a lucky coincidence that this happened at the time Chinese economy got liberalized, which sparked unprecedented growth. As a result New...
On the Dell subject. Read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/technology/29dell.html "After the math department at the...
That's interesting. I have always been under impression that what we casually call "the Fed" is actually "The Board of Governors of the Federal...
I'm sure these large brokers (Charles Schwab, T.D. Ameritrade, E*Trade, and Interactive Brokers) were given assurance that the music would keep...
I thought opposing Zionism was perfectly "cool" on ET. Such opposition is not racist or offensive in any way unless I am seriously missing...
"Vampire Squid"... I haven't seen this article before. Thanks for the link! If you are recommending it, it should be a good read :)
I haven't paid attention to the term "Squid" before... Can you elaborate on what it actually means?
Also people who have more time tend to have more sex. Apparently, rolling blackouts help birth rate too.
Inflation-adjusted cost of "war on terror" is still below the cost of WW2. However, we shouldn't forget that a large part of expenses during...
Soros is not new to this kind of risks. 10 years back he got near wiped out in Russia. There was no need for "masses to rise up". Just desire of...
America is a "free" country. So, everyone thinks first and foremost about their own bottom line. To make the matters worse, giving job to...
The "shock" is happening right now. From the article: "The main reason for U.S. farmers' unlikely recovery is as familiar as the outcome is...
I think the OP and a few others use "mission critical" and "high perfomance" as interchangeable terms. "Mission critical" first of all means...
This means the broker cannot be a member of an exchange in the US, directly or via subsidiaries. This narrows it down to: 1) Brokers who offer...
More on Greece. The article draws threatening parallels with Argentinian crisis 10 years ago...
I was replying to RobtF and he was talking of the corporate tax rate. The charts show it indeed "was over 50% under Eisenhower". I posted charts...
Your counterparty is always IB, same as with equity and futures trades. IB doesn't allow any single currency order to be larger than US$5mln in...
At the moment there is already legislation that can land people involved in downloading or sharing copyrighted material without a proper license....
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