c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 1 Dear Mr. President
Advice from seven Nobel laureates on fixing the economy.
Katie Paul
NEWSWEEK
As grim financial predictions dominate the news, it seems everyone is
scrambling to become an expert on the economy. With the presidential
election right around the corner, the pressure to craft a coherent narrative
on the country's financial woes is especially high in Washington. It's been
called a perfect storm; the combination of volatile markets, looming energy
crises and high-stakes politics has |
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发帖数: 469 | 2 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=aDJkIbQuQxFc
开始向FED借钱了，内部消息是全面收缩。从buffett跳出来买GE我就觉得不对，这他妈
哪像捞底，明显是救命嘛。
GE Capital Financing Woes
I have a source at GE Capital who writes "Sales personnel are not allowed to
make any more loans this year, and are being told to try to get their
customers to pay off their loans. All prepayment penalties are waved for
closing loans and GE Capital is about to launch a new incentive scheme for
the salespeople that makes it worth their while to get t |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 4 【 以下文字转载自 Automobile 讨论区 】
发信人: catcher (Can I?), 信区: Automobile
标 题: Breaking News：WSJ 对Toyota盖棺定论 - 致命核打击
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Feb 10 01:35:45 2010, 美东)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704820904575055733096312238.html
Toyota's woes have roots in 2002's redesigned Camry sedan, which featured a
new type of gas pedal. Instead of physically connecting to the engine with a
mechanical cable, the new pedal used electronic sensors to send signals to
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发帖数: 8363 | 5 PUTin told Greece to relax, "You ain't a pig. You are a beauty compared
w/ US."
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin played down Greece's economic woes on
Tuesday, telling his visiting Greek counterpart that the United States were
no better than Greece in handling its debt and fiscal deficit.
“As we all know, the global economic crisis started neither in Greece, nor
in Russia, nor in Europe,” Mr. Putin told a news conference a |
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W*******d
发帖数: 63 | 6 Q&A
| TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010
Airline Stocks That Can Take Off
By MIRIAM GOTTFRIED | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR(S)
A veteran transportation analyst discusses her favorite plays
in a famously turbulent industry.
AS U.S. AIRLINES CONTINUE the search for a silver bullet for
their financial woes, the familiar strategy of consolidation
has once again come to the forefront in recent weeks.
United Airlines' parent company UAL Corp. (ticker: UAUA) began
talks a week and a half ago with US Airways Group (LC |
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c**2
发帖数: 8496 | 7 woe, just found the real-time price fell below $1.99 already, so I won't
change my price of 1.8 and see if it will go that low. |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 8 "...continue to deteriorate in Greece and other countries," |
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发帖数: 909 | 9 The Sovereign-Debt crisis had been broiling since the Dubai crisis last
November. Now, the market felt the blunt impact from it. Let's wait and
see whether this is going to match the financial crisis in 2008.
There were so many talks about double-dip in 2009, yet the market kept on
ignoring it so that most people started to question whether it is just a 杞
人忧天. hope it is true and the V-shape recovery will continue.....
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发帖数: 8363 | 10 BEIJING (Reuters) – Europe's debt crisis has laid bare the fragility of
global finances and the United States, too, must tame its fiscal deficit, a
senior Chinese official said on Thursday, spelling out Beijing's concerns
before talks with Washington.
With China facing U.S. criticism for yoking its currency to a de facto
dollar peg, Assistant Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao shifted attention to
Beijing's own worries about the euro zone's woes and Washington's rising
indebtedness, ahead of the two |
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j*****7
发帖数: 4348 | 11 Blackstone's Hilton Woes Will Weigh on Workers
News 04-01-2010
Private equity operator Blackstone, "has good reason to be nervous about
Hilton." They're not alone; the enormous leverage taken on to finance the
buyout at the height of the debt bubble now weighs heavily on the more than
one hundred thousand Hilton employees around the world, on the wider
financial system, and on the US Treasury, and therefore US taxpayers. Here's
why.
In July 2007, Blackstone bought the Hilton Hotels Corporation ( |
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c**s
发帖数: 3796 | 12 Bank of America's (NYSE:BAC) recent woes due to uncertainty surrounding home
foreclosures and mortgage repurchases have led to increasing weakness in
the shares of BAC. That inspired a note from Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) this
morning suggesting that shareholders should continue to stay long the stock
as fundamentals do matter and that the fears surrounding the reps and
warranties costs have become temporally overwhelming.
The firm believes that BAC "has the earnings power to meet these challenges... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1064 | 13 LONDON (MarketWatch) — The Irish rescue isn’t about Ireland.
Any deal between the Irish government and the European Union and
International Monetary Fund to resolve Ireland’s financial crisis is
ultimately aimed at cutting short the turmoil in sovereign bond markets that
policy makers fear could one day price Portugal or even Spain out of global
credit markets.
Portugal, which like Ireland is a small economy with a relatively illiquid
debt market, is seen as the next country likely to find itsel... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8363 | 14 By Jim Willie
By the way, notice how Bank of America quietly is approaching the funeral
parlor. Word from my sources tell of Wall Street buying heavily the Credit
Default Swap contracts for Irish and Portuguese Govt debt, in order to lift
the bond yields enough to create a renewed crisis.
That accomplishes two goals. EU financial distress creates some selling
pressure for the Euro currency, thus supporting the USDollar. But a buoyed
buck did not soften the gold price!! Sabotage of PIIGS sovereig... 阅读全帖 |
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K*****n
发帖数: 1406 | 15 shrug off job market woes...
牛！！！ 坐等爆头！！！ |
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发帖数: 7948 | 18 http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2011/04/19/mcdonalds-aim
McDonald's aims to fill 50,000 jobs in a day
Washington – McDonald's Corp. is challenging lingering economic woes in
the United States with a National Hiring Day, aiming to fill 50,000
positions nationwide by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.
All types of jobs at the fast-food chain need to be filled, from the most
basic work cleaning the restaurants and making french fries to higher-level
positions such as office managers and payroll managers.
T... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 19 U.S. Debt Rating in Limbo as Treasury Finds Math Mistake by S&P in Downgrade
Warning
A mathematical error discovered late Friday by Treasury Department officials
has thrown into limbo — at least temporarily — plans by ratings firm
Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the top-notch AAA credit rating the U.S. has
held for 70 years, people familiar with the matter said.
The wild back and forth between the Treasury Department and S&P Friday
afternoon illustrated the dramatic stakes at play as the rating f... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 20 U.S. Debt Rating in Limbo as Treasury Finds Math Mistake by S&P in Downgrade
Warning
A mathematical error discovered late Friday by Treasury Department officials
has thrown into limbo — at least temporarily — plans by ratings firm
Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the top-notch AAA credit rating the U.S. has
held for 70 years, people familiar with the matter said.
The wild back and forth between the Treasury Department and S&P Friday
afternoon illustrated the dramatic stakes at play as the rating f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2276 | 21 WASHINGTON — Anger at the nation's leaders for taking so long to strike a
debt-ceiling deal has turned into high ANXIETY over jobs and the economy
amid growing fears of a new recession.
1. The news that credit rating agency Standard & Poor's DOWNGRADED the
nation's credit for the first time ever only added to the tension.
2. stock markets around the world tumbled during the week as grim new
economic figures suggested the U.S. recovery has STALLED and as debt default
tensions climbed in Europe.
3... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10098 | 22 Market Pulse Archives
Aug. 7, 2011, 6:46 p.m. EDT
U.S. stock futures drop in Asian trading
U.S. stock futures were trading sharply lower in Asian trading hours on
Monday after rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered its rating on U.S. debt
to AA+ from AAA late Friday. In addition, Europe is continuing to struggle
to contain its sovereign debt woes and said over the weekend it will
actively implement its bond-buying program in an effort to calm markets. Dow
Jones Industrial Average futures were d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8441 | 23 Sharp fall in German economic growth
By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt
German economic growth slowed to a near standstill in the second quarter of
this year, dealing a further, unexpected blow to eurozone prospects.
The surprise deceleration in activity in Europe’s largest economy will add
to fears of a global slowdown and possible double-dip recession in some
countries – and will complicate the challenge facing eurozone policymakers
as they seek to combat the region’s escalating debt crisis.
More
On... 阅读全帖 |
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M*****8
发帖数: 17722 | 24 Is It 1937 All Over Again?
Background:
Have global events begun to look and sound too familiar in 2011 to a
previous era in the 1930s? In 1937, economic conditions were surprisingly
similar to those at present. Commodity prices were rising, people worried
about inflation and deficits, and so they acted -- and paid the price. Many
who remember history ask: how does the recent stall in major economies
compare to 1937? At that time, the US economy had been growing rapidly for
three years, thanks in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 37 | 25 Copper Traders See Rally Ending as China Use Slows: Commodities
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Copper traders and analysts are forecasting an end to
the biggest weekly rally since at least 1986 on concern demand will slow in
China while Europe’s lingering financial crisis limits growth.
Eleven of 23 people surveyed by Bloomberg say copper will drop next week,
eight predicted a gain, and four said prices will be little changed. The
last time respondents were mostly bearish, on Sept. 23, the metal slumped... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 15326 | 26 Markets pare gains as Greek debt talks flounder
ReutersReuters – 6 minutes ago
Head of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Charles Dallara (L)
and his colleague Jean Lemierre leave the Greek Prime minister's office in
Athens January 20, 2012. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis
Head of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) Charles Dallara (L)
and his colleague Jean Lemierre leave the Greek Prime minister's office in
Athens January 20, 2012. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis
By Chikako Mogi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 20645 | 27 Hiring has slowed, economic growth has eased, inflation is tame and millions
of Americans remain unemployed. In short, the recovery is stalling.
But after more than three years of trying to stimulate the economy, what
else is the Federal Reserve to do?
That's the predicament Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his crew will face this
week, as the Federal Open Market Committee meets in D.C. Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Should they chose to act soon, here are some options on the table:
1. Extend Operation Twi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10738 | 28 Santa Clara chip giant Intel (INTC) reported quarterly sales in line with
analysts' expectation and its earnings per share were slightly better than
anticipated, but the company warned that the soured economy is hampering its
business.
"As we enter the third quarter, our growth will be slower than we
anticipated due to a more challenging macroeconomic environment," said CEO
Paul Otellini in a prepared statement, though he added the company is "well
positioned for this year and beyond."
The compa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2883 | 29 LOL ....
这个John Schappert 就是个Joke啊。。。
Among Zynga’s recent woes is a lawsuit by EA over the company’s recent
release “The Ville,” which EA claims is copied from its “Sims Social”
game. Schappert was mentioned in the lawsuit as having “detailed, internal
strategic plans and development information related to EA’s effort to bring
The Sims franchise to Facebook,” though other EA executives who had been
hired by Zynga were mentioned too. |
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l*****7
发帖数: 2844 | 32 请问您得看盘能不能把那些非常意外但是很重要的因素
象地震，战争，已经如今的fiscal cliff，debt ceiling， european woe 三重奏看出来
同时加进去考虑，当您判断大盘走势的时候
我非常尊重您的经验，只是好奇，只是看历史数据，过去的大盘得出的结论
如何把突发却极度重要的新闻考虑进去
我是新人，作为炒股。非常greeen
但是在美国呆了很久了，一直看美国的政治经济，算是了解共和党的conservative的
mentle set，习惯，价值观念，我都能看出只要fiscal cliff不解决，大盘就是象带了
手刹开车，只会跌，或者猪，但是不会涨，所以放心的买3倍bear ETF
每次早上开盘的涨，都是我补仓faz，tza，sds的时候。
我在obama当选的星期二，卖了所有的JPM
但是还是亏了些在AIG上，不过很快在33割肉了
暴风雨来临的感觉非常强烈啊 |
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发帖数: 4170 | 33 呵呵，好好看看新闻吧：
Penney’s woes have been another black mark in the retail investment record
for Mr. Ackman, a hedge fund manager who won big with his bet on the mall
operator General Growth Properties, but missed badly on investments in the
Borders Group and Target. His hedge fund, Pershing Square Management, first
built up its now nearly 18 percent stake in Penney in late 2010 at an
average cost of $29.50 a share. On Tuesday, shares of J. C. Penney closed at
$13.93, down 12.2 percent on the day.
It ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16092 | 34 If you climb the highest mountain,
Cross the river deep,
Maybe you'll find it's never as easy
As it first appears, as it first appears
Just remember not to worry,
Or get down at heart
Never lose faith in positive thinking
You'll be amazed when you achieve
All the things you start,
all the things you start. So,
Chorus:
Never, never, never give up even though the going's tough
Don't stop trying, when you're tiring, and you're out of puff
No, never, never, never give up even though you're feeling r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1540 | 35 今天WSJ明显地方的这个新闻：Global Growth Woes Hamper U.S. Economy。 这早是旧
文了吧，市场都回来了，还挂在那儿干嘛？ 可是想象一下再风吹草动爆跌一次，这新
闻就又不知道煽动多少人了。 |
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发帖数: 1619 | 36 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/goldman-dont-freak-out-over-gl
Published: Oct 22, 2014 12:21 p.m. ET
No major drag on U.S. growth
Shutterstock/Semmick Photo
By
WILLIAM
WATTS
REPORTER
U.S. investors shouldn’t freak out over slowing global economic growth,
says Goldman Sachs.
Worries about the eurozone sliding back into recession as policy makers
struggle to overcome deflation fears and a slowdown in China have
contributed to volatility in U.S. stocks. The Wall Street Journal on
Wednesday feat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3048 | 37 China could be the next Greece and its debt woes may even exceed the
European country’s in the next few years, predicts prominent hedge-fund
manager Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates.
“I joke to my Chinese friends, somewhat half-seriously, another three-four
years they are going to be like my homeland Greece,” said Chanos in an
interview, which will air this weekend on Wall Street Week, a syndicated
business-news show hosted by Anthony Scaramucci, co founder of investment-
management firm SkyBrid... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 165 | 38 China May Become the Next Greece
China could be the next Greece and its debt woes may even exceed the
European country’s in the next few years, predicts prominent hedge-fund
manager Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates… The perennial China bear pointed
to China’s debt-to-GDP ratio of nearly 300% and projected that the ratio is
likely to balloon to 400% over the next few years… ‘The problem is the
credit story,’ Chanos said. ‘China’s banking system is bloated and it’s
basically taking on more and mor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 196 | 40 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/green-card-backlog-may-eas
om-china-and-india.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
In a rare show of bipartisan comity on the angrily contested issue of immigr
ation, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that tweaks the
visa system to allow more highly skilled immigrants from India and China to
become legal permanent residents.
The bill, originally offered by Representatives Jason Chaffetz, a conservati
ve Republican from Utah, and Lamar Smith, a... 阅读全帖 |
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l********e
发帖数: 89 | 41 今天给律师发信简述了你的case，请他们电话咨询，结果被hr批了个狗血淋头，口口声
声怪我过于焦虑，情况没有什么不正常的。原话如下：
“I don’t know who is telling you tales of woes about USCIS, but this is
not how we manage cases. Everyone’s situation is different and yours is no
exception. I had a discussion with the law firm regarding your case, and we
both agreed that nothing warrants an inquiry with USCIS at this time. ”
没想到eb1b搞得这么郁闷，人在屋檐下，真有一种我为鱼肉的感觉。
能做的只有真诚祝福自己、祝福大家都顺利披绿！ |
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发帖数: 3634 | 42 I agree with this prediction (Mar bulletin: Jan 2011 current)... but not
because I have Dec 2010 PD (or maybe ;)). Looking forward to March bulletin.
Facts have been stated multiple times & others (read EB3 that are suffering
due to broken US immigration system) can deny them but it's true:
1. Demand for EB1 and EB2 in general has been lower in 2008 - 2010 period.
CO's own report confirms this.
2. July 2007 was a big mistake but lessons learnt & CO is cautious in moving
dates forward.
3. We will... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2459 | 43 Robots to revolutionize farming, ease labor woes
Illegal有市场是因为成本低,一旦成本提高,对于农业来说,将来必染被机器取代.
Summary: From the text below: "If you can put a man on the moon," Sandoval
said, "you can figure out how to pick fruit with a machine."
Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:35 am | Updated: 1:03 pm, Sun Jul 14, 2013.
Associated Press | 0 comments
On a windy morning in California's Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a
wheeled, refrigerator-sized contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce
plants. Engineers f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 750 | 44 收到律师回复了。。比较详细。
什么时候match?
Under immigration law, a misrepresentation of a material fact is considered
a fraudulent representation. In every PERM case, the employer recruits for
the “open” position at the wage it represents it is willing to pay—which
wage is the (determined) prevailing wage. When is it required to do so?
From a ‘credibility’ stance and to ensure that the employer is never
accused of engaging in misrepresentations, we would recommend that the
employer would pay such wage or close... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 45 peer (vi): " to look searchingly at something difficult to discern"
All English definitions are from www.m-w.com.
Martin Fackler and Steve Lohr, U.S. Hears Echo of Japan’s Woes; Striking
Parrells Seen in Economic Slump. New York Times, Oct. 30, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/world/asia/30japan.html?src=twrhp&scp=1&sq=fackler%20japan&st=cse
Window in the print: Economists are looking to see how the US can avoid the
deflation trap.
Note:
(a) Hiroshi KATO 加藤 寛
Founded by 嘉悦 孝 (Taka KAETSU)... 阅读全帖 |
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d*****z
发帖数: 13 | 46 "朋友问我，你天天恨什么？
我说我恨，我恨共产党不够强硬，我恨政府太软弱，
我想念毛泽东主席，如果毛主席在世，他老人家会让我们受这么大的委屈麽？？？"
It's interesting. Converting to Jesus Christ, then you'll have love not hate.
But from 1978 to now, Chinese always curse 毛泽东主席 who should not be
cursed. I do believe someday the cost will be paid back. Woe to.. |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 47 (1) Tell me then, what is wrong? That is what I asked in my first posting of
this series.
I see nothing. And the Ma administration can not prove any wrongdoing,
either.
The Ma administration wants to try the first family in a media circus, in a
court of public opinion, instead of a court of law. It is seeking to divert
attention, away from its woes to the Chens.
Certain KMT members and Executive Yuan call for Pres. Chen to "be a man" and
not to blame his wife. This is as silly as
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 48 Keith Bradsher, Real Estate Woes Spread to China. New York Times, Sept. 11,
2008, at page C1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/business/worldbusiness/11yuan.html?scp=2&sq=china&st=cse
A quote: "'It’s collapsing; it’s unbelievable, and most of it is from
mortgages — I don’t see how the housing sector is going at all,' said
Nicholas R. Lardy.
My comment:
(1) I had hard time determining what the economist (Lardy) means by the
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