Monthly Archives: March 2012
Fun With Gas Prices
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The dollar has been relatively the same for a few years….no ? Have we really lost that much ground against other currencies?
Comments »Scientists Get Closer to the Higgs Boson AKA the God Particle
“(Reuters) – Scientists said they have gotten even closer to proving the existence of the elusive Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle” that supplies mass to matter and would complete Albert Einstein’s theory of the universe.
Analyzing data from some 500 trillion sub-atomic particle collisions designed to emulate conditions right after the Big Bang when the universe was formed, scientists at Fermilab outside Chicago produced some 1,000 Higgs particles over a decade of work.
“Unfortunately, this hint is not significant enough to conclude that the Higgs boson exists,” said Rob Roser, a physicist at Fermilab, near Chicago, in explaining the findings being presented on Wednesday at a conference in La Thuille, Italy.
The image scientists have of the short-lived Higgs particles, which almost immediately decay into other particles, is still slightly “fuzzy,” Roser said.
The probability that what physicists detected is not a Higgs boson and is instead a statistical fluke was 1 in 250, which is near the threshold of 1 in 740 that physics has set to establish proof of a sub-atomic particle’s existence.
The hunt for the Higgs boson is significant because it would show the existence of an invisible field thought to permeate the entire universe. The Higgs field was posited in the 1960s by British scientist Peter Higgs as the way that matter obtained mass after the universe was created during the Big Bang.
According to the theory, it was the agent that made the stars, planets and life possible by giving mass to most elementary particles. Some gave it the nickname the “God particle.”
Comments »Never Before Seen 1991 Video Of A Harvard Protest Shows Barack Obama Defending A Radical Law Professor
Andrew Kaczynski of Buzzfeed discovered this little gem of a video, in which then-law student Barack Obama spoke at a protest in favor of Harvard Law Professor Derrick Bell.
Kaczynski explains what the protest was all about.
Bell was the first black tenured professor at the school, and a pioneer of “critical race theory,” which insisted, controversially, on reading issues of race and power into legal scholarship. His protest that spring was occasioned by Harvard’s denial of tenure to a black woman professor, Regina Austin, at a time when only three of the law school’s professors were black and only five women. He told Harvard he would take a leave of absence — a kind of academic strike — “until a woman of color is offered and accepted a tenured position on this faculty,” and he launched a hunger strike to dramatize his point.
Obama was a major figure on campus, the first black president of the Law Review. Some friends, in a prescient joke, just referred to him as “the first black president.” He had a reputation as a conciliatory figure, not a confrontational one like Bell.
Probably the most amazing thing about it is the fact that Obama’s speech-giving style is so little changed since his days at Harvard. Obama has the same soaring cadence, dramatic pauses, and light-hearted jokes that you find in almost every one of his speeches. ”
Comments »Peyton Manning Sheds Some Tears Over Getting Cut From the Colts (video)
The New iPad Debuted @ $499
Wells Fargo Considers Closing Branches to Trim Cost
CNET’s Take on the New $AAPL iPad
via CNET.com
The iPad‘s new screen specs are impressive.
Apple announces the new iPad.
(Credit: Donald Bell/CNET)
That’s really all you need to know about the new iPad. That, and a reminder that pricing still starts at $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model, with 4G starting at $629.
Forget all of the minor tweaks and incremental updates Apple has made to its third-generation tablet. The faster processor, the upgrade to 4G data, the improved camera–it’s all housekeeping. It’s the stuff it had to do. It’s the stuff any manufacturer could have done.
Now, doubling the iPad’s screen resolution to a 2048×1536 resolution that exceeds any current tablet or laptop–that’s a move only Apple has the scale and industry muscle to pull off. At this point, if Apple decides that the next iPad will be made from unicorn tears, I wouldn’t bet against it.
But in this pre-unicorn era, we’re stuck with the new iPad and a design that is virtually indistinguishable from 2011’s iPad 2. The tablet’s glass and aluminum construction is still 9.5 inches tall and 7.31 inches wide. Thickness is now 0.37 inch, weighing in at 1.5 pound.
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This design is not exactly identical to the iPad 2’s, though. Apple knocked the camera quality up to 5-megapixel with 1080p video recording and backside illumination. Apple has yet to release spec information on the front-facing camera, if it’s been changed at all.
The screen
Remember the first time you saw an HD television? You were probably excited about the future but also a little sad that your current TV’s days were numbered. For tablet fans, a glance at the iPad’s new screen may offer this same emotional cocktail of envy and loss.
But what did you expect? You take a product that is 90 percent screen and a company hangs its reputation on making the prettiest products around, and you’re bound to arrived at this: the point when Apple ruins other screens for you.
What else is new?
The iPad’s processor has been upgraded to a A5X. Can you feel the difference? Not really. At least, not in the few minutes I had to play with the tablet. App load times seemed a little faster, but mostly the beefed-up quad-core graphics processor seems to be a necessary measure for juggling twice the pixels of the previous model.
I never felt the idea of Siri on the iPad was as natural a fit as it is for the iPhone. Luckily, Apple feels the same way. While Siri won’t be coming to the iPad, voice dictation will. That said, voice dictation on a tablet still strikes me as weird. I’m assuming you won’t jog with your iPad and while transcribing your every brilliant utterance, the way you would with an iPhone. Also, if someone asks you where to find great Thai food nearby, your phone is likely to be your first point of reference. Still, voice dictation is a welcome addition, and I suspect it will come in handy for dictating e-mails and bypassing the touch-screen keyboard when searching for information online.
I still contend that it’s a bit silly waving a tablet around to capture photos and video, but I understand the counterpoint and I’ll admit that the iPad’s screen makes a better display than any camera or smartphone. Also, if you’re a fan of Apple’s FaceTime video chat, the improved back camera quality is an obvious advantage over the camera in the iPad 2.
And finally, for all of you jet-setting, mobile-data-devouring types, the iPad is now available in a 4G LTE model. Prices for 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB come in at $629, $729, and $829, respectively.
What’s missing?
As far as disappointments go, Apple could have been more aggressive with its processor performance, or perhaps brought the iPads cameras up to iPhone 4S specs. Perhaps it could have gone thinner or done more to extend its lead in battery life.
Heck, let’s also throw in the age-old complaints about Apple’s reluctance to include microSD memory expansion, a dedicated port for video output, or a truly universal charging connection. Oh yeah, and Adobe Flash support while you’re at it.
Personally, there’s really nothing I can point to and say, “Apple has clearly doomed itself.” The company took its already excellent product and updated it with a gorgeous screen.
I suppose the only missed opportunity I can point to is the lack of a Kindle-priced competitor. The rumor mill suggests that Apple may release a smaller tablet later this year, but until then, it seems that Apple’s only answer to the budget tablet craze is its $199 Apple iPod Touch.
Buy it or skip it?
If you have an original iPad, by all means upgrade to the iPad 3. The used market for first-generation iPads is still alive and well and will hopefully afford you at least $100 toward the new iPad that is nearly half the thickness and twice the pixels as the original iPad.
For iPad 2 owners, the question is a little fuzzier. Since the design is virtually unchanged, the question really comes down to how much you’ll appreciate the new screen. If you get a big kick out of showing the latest tech toy, the mew iPad and its industry-first QXGA touch screen should be a crowd-pleaser. If your job involves sales or presentations, the new iPad’s dramatic screen upgrade may also makes sense (as might that 4G connectivity).
The final little push I’ll give it is the same push I’d give to someone considering a better TV or even a new kitchen table: if it’s something you’ll be looking at every day, then spend the money for something that’s going to put a smile on your face. I feel corny saying it, but as a chronic cheapskate, it’s something I have to tell myself often.
Still, cheapskate that I am, if a tablet isn’t already a staple of your daily routine, waiting can’t hurt you. If you’re new to tablets, consider dipping your toe in the water with a $199 Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet.
Final thoughts
I have to admire Apple’s gamesmanship. It was the first to make a tablet people cared about. Then, just when the competition started to feel confident, Apple sliced the iPad to an impossibly thin design. For its third act, Apple has pushed tablet screen expectations to a ludicrous new height.
The competition will inevitably catch up, just as surely as Apple will raise the stakes all over again.
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FLASH: ANDREW BREITBART’S “OBAMA VIDEOS” SET FOR RELEASE
Earlier today, Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith announced on Twitter that video researcher Andrew Kaczynski had released “the mysterious Harvard/Obama/race video that the Breitbart folks have been talking about.”
The video, which Kaczynski says was “licensed from a Boston television station,” shows a young Barack Obama leading a protest at Harvard Law School on behalf of Prof. Derrick Bell, a radical academic tied to Jeremiah Wright–about whom we will be releasing significant information in the coming hours.
However, the video has been selectively edited–either by the Boston television station or by Buzzfeed itself. Over the course of the day, Breitbart.com will be releasing additional footage that has been hidden by Obama’s allies in the mainstream media and academia.
Breitbart.com Editor-in-Chief Joel Pollak and Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro will appear on The Sean Hannity Show to discuss the tape. The full tape will be released tonight on Fox News’ Hannity.
Comments »Market Update
Comments »The major equity averages continue to chop along with modest gains. Despite a slow start, financial stocks have emerged as a source of leadership. Their newfound strength has the sector sporting a 0.7% gain. Shares of diversified financial services stocks like Citigroup (C 32.92, +0.80) and JPMorgan Chase(JPM 39.81, +0.49) are outperforming in the financial space.
Utilities stocks remain at the opposite end of the spectrum, mired in negative territory with a 0.5% loss. Consumer Staples, down 0.2%, is the only other sector in the red. DJ30 +33.56 NASDAQ +16.75 SP500 +4.58 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1595/385 mln/680 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1935/150 mln/870
Dallas Cowboys Linebacker Allegedly Schemed to Hustle Wells Fargo Out of $2 Million
DALLAS COWBOYS STAR SUED You Can’t HIDE from Your $2 Million Debt!!
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Keith Brooking is the mastermind in a diabolical scheme to screw Wells Fargo out of $2 MILLION … this according to a new lawsuit obtained by TMZ.
Brooking — a 13-year NFL vet who signed a 3-year $6 million contract in 2009 — has been sued in federal court in Georgia … where he allegedly took out 2 separate loans in 2008 which totaled $1,996,224.73.
But according to the suit, Brooking “realized he would not be able to meet his obligations” to Wells Fargo … and secretly embarked on a “systematic effort to hinder, delay and defraud” the bank.
WF claims Brooking began to hide all of his substantial assets, including property in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina … so the bank couldn’t go after his homes to satisfy the debt.
According to the lawsuit, the plan was simple … Brooking simply transferred the deeds out of his name to various “insiders, affiliates and relatives.”
The bank is asking the judge to clear a legal path so it can go after Keith’s property.
But a rep for Brooking tells TMZ “There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever to support Wells Fargo’s allegations that Keith transferred any properties … to fraudulently conceal assets.”
The rep adds, “These allegations are completely unfounded and Keith is and will continue to defend himself vigorously against these allegations.”
All-Inclusive Resorts Reinventing Themselves to Be Tonier
PRACTICAL TRAVELER
Including More in All-Inclusives
Brett Affrunti
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Published: March 7, 2012
MENTION the words “all-inclusive resort” and thoughts of bad buffets, watered-down drinks and wristband-wearing guests doing the conga may come to mind. But all-inclusive resorts, which have traditionally included basic accommodations and meals, are reinventing themselves with chic rooms, sophisticated restaurants, butlers and activities all wrapped into one price.
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Many hotel brands are also offering all-inclusive options for travelers who want to know exactly what their vacation will cost. For example, the Fairmont Mayakoba, an upscale resort just south of Cancún, recently introduced its first inclusive meal plan with the “appetite for luxury package,” which starts at $499 a night, per couple, and covers the room, two children five years or younger, bike rentals and unlimited food and beverages.
In the last year, at least two Starwood resorts, the Westin Resort & Spa, Playa Conchal in Costa Rica and the Sheraton Bijao Beach Resort in Panama, have gone completely all-inclusive with meals, accommodations and children’s club all covered under one price — a first for the company. The pricing direction was largely “a response to demand for more vacation packages from our customers,” said Trip Barrett, a vice-president for Starwood’s Latin America properties.
The new breed of all-inclusive resorts can be particularly attractive to travelers looking for one-sum vacations in these uncertain economic times. “There’s a psychological effect here,” said Scott D. Berman, head of the hospitality and leisure division at PricewaterhouseCoopers, “to know your vacation is already paid for and you’re not going to be opening your wallet every five minutes à la carte.”
But travelers need to do their research. While most all-inclusive resort offerings are covered in the price, expect to pay extra for special services and amenities like spa treatments, premium drinks and late-night baby-sitting. And while practically every place claims to have something for everyone, you can still end up feeling out of place if your travel style clashes with other guests. “I’ve been to several cheap all-inclusives that cater to ‘everyone’ — not just families — and I can’t count the number of inebriated pool-goers, partying-all-night-in-the-room neighbors and lap-dancing waitresses I have encountered,” Kyle McCarthy, editor at FamilyTravelForum.com, wrote in an e-mail.
To help you figure out if an all-inclusive might be right for you, here is a sampling of new or recently redone resorts that go beyond the usual buffet spreads and bland accommodations.
FOR FAMILIES
Club Med Sandpiper Bay, Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Standout Features Thirty new rooms designed for families with two bedrooms and one and a half baths, a children’s art studio created with the Pop artist Romero Britto and a Le Petit Sports program, which introduces young children to sports through storytelling and games on pint-size tennis and golf courses.
Beyond the Basics In addition to the usual meals and water sports, you get children’s programs for ages 4 months to 17 years, including a “baby restaurant” and teenagers’ hangout.
What’s Not Included Evening child care; spa treatments at the Club Med Spa by L’Occitane; excursions like airboat rides on Lake Okeechobe.
Cost From $1,064 a person a week to $2,135 a person a week. Children (2 to 16) pay half rate.
FOR THE SPA-OBSESSED
Standout Features A recently renovated skin-care clinic, featuring Thalgo products and a couple’s treatment room, and a newly expanded water-sports center, which offers water-skiing, sailing, tubing, snorkeling and windsurfing. There is also a dive shop with a training center.
Beyond the Basics A daily 50-minute spa treatment, farm-to-table meals, fitness classes and wellness and weight-loss programs ranging from archery to “cellulite flushing.”
What’s Not Included Premium drinks, restaurant specials, scuba diving sessions, specialty spa treatments and appointments on day of arrival or departure and off-site adventures like mountain biking.
Cost From $450 a person a night.
FOR PARTIERS
Standout Feature s Five restaurants, seven bars, including the refurbished Rose Bar, which features Bali beds (day beds with white linen roof coverings) and misting fans, and the Beach Club, with an Infinity pool and D.J. jam sessions. The resort, which became an all-inclusive property last year, hosted the MTV series “Real World” in 2009 and features the Real World Suite with a pool table and removable stripper pole. A corner of the resort was recently designated the Chill Out Zone, a music-free area with large daybeds for guests who simply want to relax.
Beyond the Basic s Live D.J. performances are held each weekend. This spring, popular D.J.’s will periodically host day and night pool parties and D.J. Labs for guests who want to learn the art of spinning.
What’s Not Included Premium coffee and most premium liquors; private beach dinners; beachside Bali beds; off-property excursions like visits to nearby archaeological sites; and with few exceptions (guests staying in suites get a treatment) the spa, which features a coed hydrotherapy zone with whirlpools and showers that shoot water from various angles.
Cost From $298 a night for two people.
FOR ECO-MINDED FAMILIES
Sandos Caracol Eco-Resort & Spa, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Standout Feature s Last year the resort overhauled most guest rooms, installing water recycling systems, solar water heating, low-energy air-conditioning, and wooden furniture made from forests certified as responsibly harvested. A water park with 17 slides uses rain capture and filtration systems to help conserve water.
Beyond the Basic s From May to October guests can participate in a sea-turtle release program. There is also an on-site freshwater swimming hole, mangrove swamps and Mayan ruins to explore just steps from the resort.
What’s Not Included Spa treatments, scuba diving, premium liquor, and off-site excursions like deep-sea fishing.
Cost From $188 a night for two people sharing a room, including all taxes, fees and tips.
FOR COUPLES
Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas
Standout Features After a multimillion dollar renovation in 2010, this property — which was formerly a Four Seasons — offers a milelong private cove beach, seven à la carte restaurants, an 18-hole Greg Norman championship golf course and a 17-acre marina in case you want to bring your yacht.
Beyond the Basics Seaside villas come with private butlers.
What’s Not Included Treatments at the 29,000-square-foot spa, private cabanas, off-site excursions, greens fees and marina slips.
Cost From $770 a person a night.
JUICY DETAILS OF THE “MANHATTAN MADAM” SUBURBAN MOM WHO MADE MILLIONS
via NY POST
She ferried her kids to band practice, attended parent-teacher conferences and cared for the family’s menagerie of rescued dogs and pot-bellied pigs.
But unlike other suburban housewives, Anna Gristina, 44, also allegedly worked as a high-end Upper East Side madam.
The stay-at-home mom of four catered to clientele with no less than $1 million in the bank while raking in piles of cash in more than 15 years in the industry, prosecutors charge.
CALL GIRL SAYS ‘MADAM’S’ LAW-ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TIPPED HER OFF ABOUT BUSTS
A drawn-looking Gristina yesterday was ordered held at Rikers on $2 million bond after prosecutors told a Manhattan Supreme Court judge that she was an extreme flight risk — and it surfaced that she had an alleged female hooker-booker partner, who is now on the lam.
STEVEN HIRSCH
HOW TIMES CHANGE: Accused madam Anna Gristina strikes a more dowdy pose in courtyesterday (above) than in the sexy Facebook picture of her and husband Kelvin Gorr (below).
In a day of explosive developments:
* An NYPD sergeant, Richard Wall, was ordered to appear today before the Internal Affairs Bureau with his memo book logging his work for the past five years after being seen making repeated trips in and out of the East 78th Street building that allegedly housed Gristina’s brothel.
* It was revealed that Gristina had a partner-in-crime, Manhattan “matchmaker” Jaynie Baker, who flew the coop before the two were indicted, sources said. The strawberry-blond Baker, 30, claimed to work for a legitimate Union Square dating service.
* A source said Gristina employed “Penthouse and Playboy models’’ to service clients who “were all millionaires except two billionaires — hedge-funders, CEOs and real-estate moguls.”
* The investment bank Morgan Stanley searched records of visitors at its New York offices to try to track down which of its bankers met with Gristina before her bust last month to allegedly discuss setting up an online prostitution service.
Today, Gristina’s attorney said he never asked her about a so-called black book.
Peter J. Gleason told “Good Day New York” that “as far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t exist.”
He says if the mom of four is found guilty of the charges, “it’s irrelevant to me if there’s a black book or note.”
Gleason says the prosecution has not shared with the defense team information about its allegations that the Monroe, woman peddled underage girls and had police protection.
He says the allegation she promoted sex with children was “a ploy” the police sometimes use “if they have a hostile client that they want to break.”
Sources said the petite, green-eyed Gristina spent years juggling her illicit work with a quiet, unassuming life in the ’burbs.
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Crude Oil Inventories: Prior 41.16 Million Barrels, Actual + 832k
Today’s Money Flows
ISSUE GAINERS SYMBOL EXCH LAST PRICE MONEY FLOW RATIO
(in millions)
CurrencyShs Jpn Yen Tr FXY ARCA 121.61 +37.2 25.86
United Technologies UTX NYSE 82.44 +27.8 4.29
WisTree Tr LC Div DLN ARCA 51.32 +25.5 67.45
Ctripcom Intl CTRP NASD 25.04 +23.3 5.34
Bank Of America BAC NYSE 7.82 +20.5 1.67
Pfizer PFE NYSE 21.52 +15.7 2.52
IBM IBM NYSE 197.95 +15.5 1.84
Intuit INTU NASD 56.75 +14.9 4.16
Microsoft MSFT NASD 31.65 +12.4 1.70
Google GOOG NASD 609.90 +12.3 1.25
Caterpillar CAT NYSE 107.18 +12.0 1.37
Oracle ORCL NASD 29.97 +11.8 2.10
McDonald's MCD NYSE 99.84 +11.8 2.13
ExxonMobil XOM NYSE 85.31 +11.3 1.51
Amazoncom AMZN NASD 184.47 +11.0 1.17
Chevron CVX NYSE 108.52 +9.9 1.58
Select Income REIT SIR NYSE 21.76 +9.8 3.85
Merck MRK NYSE 37.05 +8.1 1.67
iShs Tr S&P Glbl Engy Sec IXC ARCA 40.24 +7.8 15.24
Deere & Co DE NYSE 79.73 +6.4 1.72
ISSUE DECLINERS SYMBOL EXCH LAST PRICE MONEY FLOW RATIO
(in millions)
Apple AAPL NASD 533.34 -123.1 0.82
SPDR Barclays Cap Hi Yld JNK ARCA 39.24 -73.9 0.05
JPMorgan Chase JPM NYSE 39.82 -12.3 0.52
SPDR S&P 500 SPY ARCA 135.12 -11.5 0.93
Procter & Gamble PG NYSE 66.69 -10.6 0.47
Coca-Cola KO NYSE 68.73 -9.9 0.35
Jarden JAH NYSE 36.98 -9.3 0.11
VISA (Cl A) V NYSE 115.18 -9.1 0.51
Johnson & Johnson JNJ NYSE 64.31 -8.5 0.59
Gannett GCI NYSE 14.46 -8.2 0.08
Cisco Systems CSCO NASD 19.47 -7.3 0.46
Mastercard MA NYSE 412.87 -7.2 0.69
Ford Motor F NYSE 12.17 -7.0 0.54
Philip Morris Intl PM NYSE 83.71 -6.7 0.56
AT&T T NYSE 30.72 -6.6 0.48
Hewlett-Packard HPQ NYSE 24.34 -6.3 0.58
Sara Lee Corp SLE NYSE 21.13 -6.1 0.34
Citigroup C NYSE 32.55 -5.8 0.79
Wells Fargo WFC NYSE 30.37 -5.8 0.55
Baidu BIDU NASD 134.40 -5.5 0.83
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Today’s 52 Week highs and Lows
NYSE
New Highs 14 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Amer Vanguard AVD 18.23 85,055 Apollo Residential Mtg AMTG 19.15 603,079 AutoZone AZO 385.99 22,606 Bank of Am Dep ser 4 BMLpJ 22.02 9,130 Bank of America Dep pfd L BMLpL 22.04 15,252 Bank of America Dep pfd 2 BMLpH 20.24 14,050 BlkRk MuniYield MYD 15.78 28,785 Dick's Sporting Goods DKS 47.70 336,084 Douglas Emmett DEI 21.98 649,332 Express EXPR 25.09 202,917 Global Cash Access GCA 6.43 795,401 SL Green Realty 7.875% D SLGpD 25.73 186 Sherwin-Williams SHW 103.88 81,746 Telecom New Zealand NZT 9.48 120,415 New Lows 6 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Alon Hldgs Blue Square BSI 3.34 8,100 Cellcom Israel CEL 12.58 58,300 Exelon EXC 38.52 924,668 France Telecom FTE 14.36 531,015 Matador Resources MTDR 10.99 26,333 Telefonica TEF 16.18 1,099,503
NASDAQ
New Highs 12 COMPANY SYMBOL HIGH VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ Amer Cap Mortgage Invt MTGE 23.70 69,372 Analogic ALOG 59.83 41,926 BioCryst Pharm BCRX 5.95 377,682 Carmike Cinemas CKEC 8.60 9,537 Chefs' Warehouse CHEF 22.19 12,901 Discovery Laboratories DSCO 5.39 6,667,672 EOS Preferred pfD EOSPN 23.79 8,300 Furiex Pharmaceuticals FURX 21.84 4,586 ROI Acquisition Corp. Un ROIQU 12.10 2,500 SBA Comm SBAC 48.27 314,674 Tessco Techs TESS 20.38 11,542 Trans World Entertainment TWMC 2.58 620 New Lows 16 COMPANY SYMBOL LOW VOLUME ------- ------ ---- ------ American Learning ALRN 1.17 700 Ampal-American Israel AMPL 0.21 20,738 BluePhoenix Solutions BPHX 1.51 600 Deckers Outdoor DECK 71.01 912,282 First Solar FSLR 26.75 1,291,464 iSh All Cntry exJap SmCp AXJS 56.44 100 iSh MSCI Emg Mkts Asia EEMA 53.01 1,300 Mannatech MTEX 3.73 1,342 Microvision MVIS 2.27 27,172 National Amer University NAUH 5.80 2,000 Nautilus Marine Acqn Wt NMARW 0.21 200 Seven Arts Entertainment SAPX 0.17 815,909 Sunshine Heart SSH 10.50 475 Superconductor Tech SCON 0.75 144,519 USA Techs USAT 0.93 36,525 ZELTIQ Aesthetics ZLTQ 7.06 133,266Comments »
Today’s Heat Map & A/D Lines
Most Active Options Trades
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE BAC 3/9/12 8.0000 2090 0.0500 up 0.0000 F 3/17/12 13.0000 503 0.0300 up 0.0000 BAC 3/17/12 8.0000 271 0.1200 up 0.0100 PCX 4/21/12 7.0000 270 0.4800 up 0.0400 DIA 3/17/12 131.0000 200 0.1300 dn 0.6500 DIA 3/17/12 128.0000 200 0.9800 dn 1.1600 EP 4/21/12 28.0000 169 0.5700 up 0.0100 AAPL 3/17/12 550.0000 165 5.8500 up 1.2500 AMZN 3/17/12 200.0000 159 0.3100 up 0.0700 FCX 3/17/12 40.0000 115 0.7200 dn 0.1700 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE BAC 5/19/12 8.0000 122 0.6600 dn 0.0800 AA 3/17/12 9.0000 87 0.0600 up 0.0000 AAPL 3/9/12 510.0000 86 1.0000 dn 0.5900 FCX 3/17/12 38.0000 66 0.6800 up 0.0700 GMCR 6/16/12 75.0000 66 14.6500 up 1.9000 GMCR 9/22/12 75.0000 66 17.7000 up 1.7000 MS 4/21/12 18.0000 61 1.3100 dn 0.1600 HON 4/21/12 55.0000 57 1.1100 up 0.0700 AAPL 3/9/12 535.0000 55 8.5000 dn 1.9500 NEM 3/9/12 55.0000 50 0.2100 up 0.0800 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 15064 12495 27559
-CALLS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE VLO 6/16/12 27.0000 3296 1.3900 up 0.2300 LVS 3/17/12 55.0000 1772 0.6600 up 0.1000 AMD 3/17/12 7.0000 1739 0.1700 up 0.0200 AAPL 3/9/12 540.0000 1664 4.5500 up 0.5500 AMD 4/21/12 7.0000 1657 0.4400 up 0.0400 HGSI 3/17/12 8.0000 1488 0.3100 up 0.1000 AAPL 3/9/12 535.0000 1477 6.5000 up 0.7500 DSCO 3/17/12 4.0000 1259 0.9000 dn 0.6500 RPM 3/17/12 25.0000 1246 0.0500 dn 0.1000 P 4/21/12 15.0000 1231 0.0800 dn 1.0200 -PUTS- OPTION EXP.DATE STRIKE PRC. VOLUME LAST S/PRC. NET CHANGE ETFC 4/21/12 9.0000 5000 0.3600 dn 0.0500 VLO 6/16/12 24.0000 3306 1.3800 dn 0.1500 CSCO 6/16/12 14.0000 1487 0.0900 dn 0.0100 DSCO 3/17/12 5.0000 1472 0.5400 up 0.0900 GMXR 8/18/12 3.0000 1268 1.6000 up 0.1500 DSCO 3/17/12 4.0000 956 0.1000 up 0.0000 GE 4/21/12 18.0000 734 0.3500 dn 0.0700 BAC 3/17/12 8.0000 719 0.3100 dn 0.0700 JPM 3/17/12 37.0000 647 0.1200 dn 0.0500 AAPL 3/9/12 530.0000 636 5.7000 dn 1.7500 -VOLUME- CALLS PUTS TOTAL 243830 216810 460640Comments »
A Word From Nigel Farage (video)
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