07/05/2010 – 9:06 am PDT | No Comment

If you’re an American, you’ve probably just finished celebrating Independence Day.  Hopefully, you managed to have a nice picnic filled with friends, family and fireworks, none of which caused you any permanent injuries.  Personally, I …

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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of July 2010
07/03/2010 – 2:06 pm PDT | No Comment

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends’. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at …

Book Review: The Tipping Point
07/03/2010 – 12:30 pm PDT | No Comment

There aren’t that many economists who become celebrities; there’s something about the profession (or perhaps the people who gravitate to the profession) that keeps them from achieving the same level of almost certain celebrity as, …

Hyundai: 20 percent hybrid by 2020
07/03/2010 – 11:56 am PDT | No Comment

Just the beginning

Here come the hybrids
From mild to plug-in, hybrid cars are set to become a much bigger part of Hyundai’s business, and according to company executives, Hyundai should be about 20 percent hybrid by …

California Showdown - Court sides with Schwarzenegger on minimum wage; L.A. council Fires 232 Workers; Illinois Stops Paying Bills Keeps Digging Holes
07/03/2010 – 11:48 am PDT | No Comment

Fortunately a California appellate court came down in favor of sanity and sided with the governor when Schwarzenegger Ordered 200,000 State Workers be Paid Minimum Wage until a budget was passed.
Please consider Court sides with …

House Holds Nose, Passes War Funding Bill after Pressure from Pelosi; Why the Afghan War is Lost
07/03/2010 – 11:12 am PDT | No Comment

I did not vote for President Obama, I wrote in Ron Paul.
Nonetheless, the two things I was confident President Obama would do right were reduce military spending and get us out of Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
I …

Austerity as Insurance?, Frum’s Question and Debt Deflation
07/03/2010 – 10:50 am PDT | No Comment

Megan McArdle argues that those in favor of more stimulus in the short term with reduced budget deficits in the medium and long term are similar to corporate executives at BP not installing remote control …

New Video: Downside targets for the S&P 500
07/03/2010 – 10:25 am PDT | No Comment

In this short video , we share with you the downside targets that we have independently arrived at for this index. This video is short and to the point, but you will see exactly what …

Supercritical Ethanol Liquefaction of Swine Manure to Produce Bio-oils
07/03/2010 – 7:30 am PDT | No Comment

Researchers from North Carolina A and T State University have converted swine manure to bio-oils by using ethanol as a solvent in an autoclave in the reaction temperature range of 240-360 °C without any catalyst. …

US DOE Offers Abengoa Solar a Conditional Commitment for $1.45B Loan Guarantee for Concentrating Solar Power Plant
07/03/2010 – 6:40 am PDT | No Comment

President Obama announced in his weekly video address on 3 July that DOE has offered a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar, Inc. The loan will support the construction and …

US DOE Offers Abengoa Solar a Conditional Commitment for $1.45B Loan Guarantee for Concentrating Solar Power Plant
07/03/2010 – 6:40 am PDT | No Comment

President Obama announced in his weekly video address on 3 July that DOE has offered a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar, Inc. The loan will support the construction and …