Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:53am EST
These video were taken in the city of Daraa, Syria.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bO7DWRLoGY&feature=youtu.be 616 500]
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GoKA-9nlf4 616 500]
Apparently, Syrian forces indiscriminately killed up to 7 people, and injured scores more, at a mosque.
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Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:49am EST
With oil prices on the rise, investors have been upping their appetite for risk, buying up shares of small cap energy stocks.
Here are some of today’s winners.
1 CHGS 62%
2 SHZ 29%
3 REE 25%
4 ROYL 20%
5 LEI 18%
6 MCP 17%
7 HNR 14%
8 RAME 13%
9 GMET 12%
10 PDO 12%
11 SYMX 11%
12 MXC 11%
13 DEJ 10%
14 FTK 9%
15 CXPO 9%
16 QBC 8%
17 LNG 8%
18 ICO 7%
19 CBEH 6%
20 FPP 6%
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Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:13am EST
Sadly, this was predictable.
“Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign.”
Read the rest here.
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Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:09am EST
Via BBC:
0359: The Pentagon says that of Tuesday, the US military had flown 212 aerial missions over Libya, while 124 had been flown by other coalition forces. A total of 108 air strikes had been carried out and 162 Tomahawk missiles had been fired, it adds.
162 tomahawks at $569,000 per.
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:07pm EST
Japan -1.5%.
Hong Kong -.33%
Australia unch
Singapore +.4%
China +.4%
S&P futs -4
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:45pm EST
Apparently things are not running along smoothly at nuke plant #2. High levels of radiation are forced an evacuation.
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:52pm EST
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coming in @ $0.47-$0.54 per share as opposed to estimates of $0.56 per share….
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:08pm EST
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:47pm EST
They must pay $125 million to settle and possibly have a chance to build the library with authors choosing to sign up rather than requesting to opt out…..
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:41pm EST
People reporting first hand accounts of Syrian troops indiscriminately firing on people in the city of Daraa.
UPDATE: It’s being reported that Syrian troops have opened fire on people inside the Omari mosque.
UPDATE II: It’s also being reported that opposition leader, Taher Masalmeh, was killed.
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:35pm EST
Joining other publicly traded private equity firms KKR, FIG and BX, Apollo Global intends on raising $417 million in an ipo, giving it a market cap of $7 billion.
Related: Carlyle Group may file for an ipo later this year.
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:19pm EST
Rough estimates to enforce the Libyan no fly zone are about a billy.
However, exogenous events, like $150 milly F-15’s falling from the sky, can put the price tag exponentially higher.
Related: the afghan war costs $9 billion per month, ballpark.
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Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:40pm EST
This is odd.
“When Sirius needed Stern, it promised him a share in any success that the company achieved,” according to the suit. “But now that Sirius has conquered its chief competitor and acquired more than 20 million subscribers, it has reneged on its commitment to Stern, unilaterally deciding that it has paid him enough.”
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