New French leader, Hollande, had some choice words, regarding tonight’s stupid meeting.
‘Britain is against everything’
some countries were totally hostile to Eurobonds. I was not alone in defending Eurobonds
two types of populism. In north citizens do not want to give any more; in south do not want to be subjected to more austerity
Germany did not see Eurobonds as helping growth. I favour it for new debt, not old debt
Comments »Please, I am begging for someone to fact check this. Please do not tell me we’ve been killing Afghan kids for years by dropping our stupid fucking candy bars on them!!! This shit makes me angry as fuck.
Comments »Approximately 1.4 million M&Ms were to be delivered via Container Delivery System in a single package with a weight of 1500 lbs. Due to a malfunction in the static line, the parachute failed to deploy and the container crashed through the roof of a local school at nearly 100 miles per hour.
Upon impact, the force of the rapidly settling candies caused the sides to explode outward, causing what physics professor Dr. Rosella Schwartz described as, “essentially a 360 degree anti-personnel mine full of chocolate flechettes.”
By “flechettes”, Schwartz is referring to the M&Ms’ candy shells, which shattered and spalled upon entering the bodies of the victims and also caused more numerous and severe secondary injuries.
Dr. Manuel Velez of the Red Cross, one of the first medical personnel at the site of the impact, had a similar assessment of the candy shells’ damage.
“I’ve seen a lot of injuries inflicted on civilians by military ordnance, but this was much worse,” Velez said, stooping to change the bandages on one of the victims while pointing out the many blue, green, and yellow splotches.
“The worst were the peanut M&Ms. The soft chocolate acted as a sabot around the peanuts, so basically these things were candy-coated penetrator rounds.”
Facebook is now valued at $84 billion. At the peak of trading on Friday, it’s market cap was $122 billion, equalling a net loss in cap from peak to trough of $39 billion dollars.
Comments »$WFC will double down over the next seven years in overseas mutual fund business.
Comments »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRRjPYPX1EA&feature=g-all-u
Comments »It once promised to redefine music, politics, dating, and pop culture. Rupert Murdoch fell in love with it. Then everything fell apart.
Read the article here.
Comments »Investors are demanding their money back after the NASDAQ botched the opening of the Facebook IPO.
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$FB is trading at $36 and change. $MS will have to defend the stock at the open and level the stock off at $38; the IPO price. Te question is will this become a risk for $MS ?
Comments »Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore are asking traders to defer cargos and – in some cases – defaulting on their contracts, in the clearest sign yet of the impact of the country’s economic slowdown on the global raw materials markets.
Comments »That’s about two months per human fetus.
A British citizen in Bangkok has been arrested after Thai police found six roasted human foetuses packed in his luggage.
Chow Hok Kuen, who is 28 and of Taiwanese origin, was held by police after the grisly discovery was made in Bangkok’s Chinatown district yesterday.
Reports says the six foetuses had been covered in gold leaf after being roasted as part of a black magic ritual.
It is not clear where the bodies came from, but Chow Hok Kuen is believed to have been attempting to smuggle them into Taiwan.
The bodies were reportedly found in a different hotel from the one Chow Hok Kuen was staying at, but were in his luggage.
Comments »Why bother even reporting insider trading when the SEC is so inept at gathering data and prosecution? Law abiding citizens are at the point of begging civil servants to do their jobs.
Read the article here.
Comments »David Faber from CNBC is reporting that NASDAQ reporting delays caused people to step away from buying Facebook. Underwriters came in and supported the $38 bid and everyone lived happily ever after.
Comments »After opening at $42, the stock is now about to break $40, amidst heavy selling by a large retail shareholder base.
The tepid results of FB has smashed the market sentiment, with the Nasdaq now down .66%, reversing earlier gains.
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