Archive - Jul 14, 2010 - Blog entry
PSPIB in a $1.5B-Plus Secondary-Market Sale?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 07/14/2010 20:45 -0500Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board has put a large portfolio of private equity commitments up for sale, in the latest evidence that a long-awaited boom in deal flow on the secondary market has arrived.
A First in the Mainstream Media: Apple’s Flagship Product Loses In a Comparison Review to HTC’s Google-Powered Phone
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/14/2010 18:38 -0500I'm not going to say I told you so, but Apple is on the verge of quickly losing its grip on what is, by far, its most profitable franchise…
Is the Well Integrity Test Failing?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/14/2010 18:15 -0500Updated ...
Well Integrity Test Has Now Started, But Oil Industry Experts Ask "What the Hell Are They Doing?"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/14/2010 17:01 -0500"Surely, I'm missing something here, but all of this seems like reckless rope-a-dope in the tradition of Muhammad Ali in his best rope-a-doping days."
MSM Newsbytes on European Banks, Adjusted for Factual Analysis, This 14th Day of July, 2010
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/14/2010 13:37 -0500As the MSM picks up on what we have been telling you for a year and a half now... All is not well in Euro-banking land, despite what the ECB has been telling you.
How Accurate Can Any BP/Unified Command Info Be?
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 07/14/2010 13:23 -0500We are face to face with the classic "who do you trust" situation, where the company who caused the problem is tasked with fixing it. With the full support of the authorities no less. Who can we believe? And should we?
Confusion As to New Oil Cap ... Relief Wells Halted
Submitted by George Washington on 07/14/2010 12:58 -0500Chaos ...
Don’t Count Microsoft Out of the Ultra-Mobile Computing Wars Just Yet
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 07/14/2010 10:22 -0500Don't be surprised if Microsoft is the one to pull to the lead of the smartphone wars! There's something to be said for being the de facto enterprise standard in productivity, a top server vender, the majority market share in browsers, and owning one of the top gaming platforms. Plus, now their motivated due to Apple and Google taking their lunch money.
What to do About Gold
Submitted by madhedgefundtrader on 07/14/2010 10:02 -0500They call the yellow metal the barbaric relic for a reason. Obama has not suddenly turned into a paragon of fiscal rectitude, and Ben Bernanke still has the keys to the printing presses. Politicians of both parties see the only way to win elections is to inflate. The output of gold has fallen by 12% annually for the past decade, compared to a doubling of production costs to $500/ounce. Barrick Gold (ABX) isn’t opening a new mine at 15,000 feet in the Andes because it likes the fresh air. (GLD), (UGL), (ABX).
Smack Down at the SNB
Submitted by Bruce Krasting on 07/14/2010 09:25 -0500This could get interesting. A disgraced Central Banker. What a novel idea.
