Fraud.  Fraud has a lot to do with it too.

and if the financial system of the US collapses under the weight of our debt, they will be much richer than you are.

"Zuckerman likes the institutional class of an actively managed commodities fund, Pimco Commodity Real Return Strategies ".   Take a look at the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year charts for this dog.  All down.  And all for the low, low, 1.39% load.   What a ripoff.  Zuckerman must like it because he gets a kickba...more

I'd sum up the article is "well, I liked it, but then after it went IPO, I realized I didn't know what I was saying before, so then I told you to dump it, but you couldn't because the machines broke".   That is very useful, Jimbo

I think FB will have a hard time "monetizing the mobile users" because, well, it isn't "cool" to be monetized.  Once the 25 and under crowd gets tired of the attempts to be monetized, there will be a vast exodus from FB and something "cooler" will have emerged in its place.  I don't think FB will ever see $30 again.

It speaks to the ultimate self-destruction that is capitalism.  All companies, in order to either maximize profits or compete in the marketplace, must minimize their costs.  All costs are ultimately labor costs (either your direct labor costs or the costs of your suppliers) or profit.  So, when a company becomes more e...more

Might as well join the party.  MSN doesn't seem to care:   SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM........

Maybe the increase in spending was on rising food costs.  The article indicated autos, gas, and building materials were exempted, but not food

And Obama never served a day of anything in his life.  And he sat in his good 'ol Christian church and sat idly by while the great reverend Wright spilled racial hate from the pulpit.  Saw nothing wrong with it until it was time to go on the national stage.  That isn't conscience, that is transparent lack of character.