What inspires a billionaire? In the case of Bill Gates, it’s a 500-year-old manuscript penned by Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci. And at $30.8 million, it was probably a bargain to the Microsoft founder, who considers it a priceless symbol of knowledge. Charlie Rose talks to Gates about the historic document — the world’s most valuable — for a 60 Minutes story to be broadcast Sunday, May 12 at 7 [...]
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May 9th, 2013 | Tags: 30 Million, 60 Minutes, Bargain, Bill Gates, Billionaire, Broadcast, Charlie Rose, Genius, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo Vinci, Microsoft, Microsoft Founder, Old Manuscript, Priceless | Category: All | Leave a comment
“It’s not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth.” The White House has released limited excerpts of President Obama’s State of the Union Address: “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class. “It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country – the idea that [...] February 12th, 2013 | Tags: Bargain, Economic Growth, Excerpt, Excerpts, Middle Class, Priorities, State Of The Union, State Of The Union Address, True Engine, White House | Category: All | Leave a comment
from silverdoctors: “Quantitative Easing is not the only bullish factor for gold,” says January’s Metal Matters Monthly from bullion-bank Scotia Mocatta. “The financial system is drowning in debt and there seems no end in sight to ongoing massive budget deficits…Confidence in the financial system and in the fiat government paper that facilitates it will remain low.” “The physical market has already responded positively to that price fall, with bargain hunting appearing in a number [...] January 10th, 2013 | Tags: Ahead, Bargain, Budget Deficits, Bullion, Buying Gold, Chinese New Year, Confidence, Debt Ceiling, Drowning In Debt, Fiat, Gold Prices, Government Paper, Hunting, London Market, Massive Budget, New Year, Price Of Gold, Quantitative Easing, Reason, Regions | Category: All | Leave a comment
WEST LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Retailers are concerned that bargain-hunting shoppers may be growing increasingly aggressive when it comes to the start of the Christmas shopping season. KNX 1070?s John Brooks reports local stores are boosting security ahead of what could be a rowdy – and record-setting – Black Friday.
Analysts are predicting a 3.1 percent jump in sales from over a year ago when stores open the day after – or even as early [...] November 15th, 2012 | Tags: Bargain, Best Buy, Best Buy Store, Black Friday, Camping, Christmas, Christmas Shopping, El Cajon, Hunting, John Brooks, Local Stores, Losangeles, Nbsp, Rowdy, Shoppers, Store Location, Store Managers, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Holiday | Category: All | Leave a comment
Oh no. Global warming’s on the move again. You heard me right. Our President told us so today. When he was asked about NYC Mayor Michael “Nanny” Bloomberg’s belief that Obama would do more to fight global warming, Obama made it clearhe’d hold up his end of that bargain. In fact, he went so far as to say that temperatures are rising even faster than predicted just ten years ago. Here’s what [...] November 15th, 2012 | Tags: Bargain, Belief That, Global Warming, Michael Bloomberg, Nanny, Nyc Mayor, Temperatures | Category: All | Leave a comment
By Michael The election results made it abundantly clear that taxes are going to be going up, and right now a lot of wealthy people all over America are trying to figure out how to best position themselves for the hit that is coming. There are a whole host of tax cuts that are set to expire on December 31st, and many analysts are now speculating that we could see a [...] November 13th, 2012 | Tags: All Sorts, Amp, Bargain, Capital Gains, Congress, Election Results, Financial Assets, Incomes, Investors, January 1st, Landslide, Lot, Moving Average, Pay Taxes, Perc, Politicians, Specifics, Stocks, Tax Cuts, Tax Increases, Tax Rate, Technical Signs, Truth | Category: All | Leave a comment
from Capital Account: This weekend Athens passed a new austerity budget for 2013 with public sector cuts and privatization measures. November 12th, 2012 | Tags: Athens, Austerity, Bargain, Betting, Bonanza, Brink, Budget, Capital Account, Greece, Measures, Privatization, Public Sector | Category: All | Leave a comment
From Pragmatic Capitalism: I really like the way this article describes how Warren Buffett thinks about cash. I think of it similarly (see below), but I never thought of it as a call option. It says: Ms. Schroeder argues that to Mr. Buffett, cash is not just an asset class that is returning next to nothing. It is a call option that can be priced. When he thinks that option is cheap, [...] September 25th, 2012 | Tags: Asset Allocation Decisions, Asset Class, Assets, Bargain, Bonds, Call Option, Capitalism, Essence, Expiration Date, Fundamental Insight, Important Things, Investor, Investors, Low Interest Rates, Mr Buffett, Optionality, Schroeder, Scoop, Stocks, Warren Buffett | Category: All | Leave a comment
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A costly error for an airline leads to a great deal for many air travelers. A glitch on the website for Israeli airline El Al posted airfares for about 75 percent off this week. And some very lucky travelers got in on the deal before the airline fixed it. New York-to-Tel Aviv fares typically go for $1,600 to $1,900. WCBS 880?s Alex Silverman reports
“I said, $350, it’s cheaper than [...] August 8th, 2012 | Tags: Air Travelers, Airfare, Airline Airfares, Airline Deal, Alex, Bargain, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Resident, Costly Error, Flights, Glitch, Going To Florida, Israeli Airline, Joey, Leads, Newyork, Oy, Tel Aviv, Thanksgiving, Wcbs 880 | Category: All | Leave a comment
Detroit mayor imposes worker benefit, pay cuts “Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said on Wednesday he has imposed 10 percent pay cuts and other contract adjustments to the city workers in an bid to save the cash-strapped city $102 million a year. The Detroit City Council on Tuesday had rejected by a 5-4 vote Bing’s plan for the cuts. But as part of an April consent deal that gave the state of Michigan [...] July 18th, 2012 | Tags: Bargain, City Council Approval, Contracts, Dave Bing, Detroit City Council, Detroit Mayor, Fire Companies, Fire Insurance, Fires, Insurance, Insurance Companies, Mayor Dave, Mcnamara, Proposals, Response Time, State Of Michigan, Vote, Worker Benefit | Category: All | Comments are closed
http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2012/06/investors-with-ties-to-buffett-soros-obama-plan Buffett Extends Real-Estate Bet With ResCap Pursuit: Mortgages http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-18/buffett-extends-real-estate-bet-with-rescap-pursuit-mortgages.html Hot new filing claims internal docs show rating agencies lied on MBS http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/ViewNews.aspx?id=51259&terms=%40ReutersTopicCodes+CONTAINS+%27ANV%27
A Huge Housing Bargain — But Not for You http://www.thestreet.com/story/11224917/a-huge-housing-bargain%E2%80%94but-not-for-you.html
(Warren Buffet’s) Wells Fargo Partnered With Insurers To Rip Off Homeowners Class Action Lawsuit Alleges http://www.propublica.org/article/banks-colluding-with-insurers-to-rip-off-homeowners-lawsuit-alleges http://blogs.reuters.com/rolfe-winkler/2009/08/04/buffetts-betrayal/
- LMAOLORI July 5th, 2012 | Tags: Amp, Banks, Bargain, Bet, Betrayal, Bloomberg, Buffett Soros, Class Action Lawsuit, Communism, Eminent Domain, Investors, Legal News, Mortgages, Obama, Reuters, Thestreet Com, Ties, Warren Buffet, Wells Fargo, Winkler | Category: All | Leave a comment
by Angela Colley, Money Talks News | Before I started working from home, I worked for a mortgage company – in an office right next to a Starbucks. Every weekday for a year, I bought a Grande Caramel Macchiato for $4.55 and a boxed lunch from a deli for $6.95. I thought that was a bargain. But at the end of the year, I added up my lunch money and discovered I had spent (drumroll) $1,288.50 on [...] April 29th, 2012 | Tags: Accounting Principals, Bargain, Boxed Lunch, Caramel Macchiato, Coffee, Desk, Drumroll, Gift Certificates, Lunch Money, Making Money, Math, Money Talks, Mortgage Company, Period Of Time, Restaurants, Retirement Nest Egg, Sandwiches, Starbucks, Weekday, Working From Home | Category: All | Leave a comment
In cities such as New York and San Francisco $500 might cover your monthly rent whereas in Detroit the same amount can buy you a detached three bedroom house. New research has revealed the drastic differences in costs of buying property in different cities in the country – and shown that Michigan’s largest city has the most affordable homes by a considerable margin. Detroit, famed as a one-time industrial city, has the lowest real [...] April 25th, 2012 | Tags: Affordable Homes, Barclays, Bargain, Commerce Department, Cost Per Square Foot, Dating, Economist, February Sales, Housing Construction, Housing Market, Initial Estimate, Inventory Level, Median Sales Price, New Homes, Pace, Real Estate Prices, Rent, San Francisco, Signs, Spring Sales | Category: All | Leave a comment
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/04/02/toronto-cheap-gas-eastern-avenue_n_1396267.html Toronto Motorists Line Up For Cheap Gas It’s a gas of a bargain for motorists, but it won’t last long. A Toronto travel company launched a cheap gas promotion this morning, offering fuel for 50 cents a litre, and cars began lining up at 6 a.m. ET. By 7 a.m., several police officers had arrived to help direct traffic. The promotion runs from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m., or until the Eastern Avenue gas [...] April 2nd, 2012 | Tags: 50 Cents, Bargain, Cars, Gas Station, Greater Toronto Area, Huffingtonpost, Litre, Morning Offering, Motorists, Police Officers, Toronto Cheap Gas, Toronto Travel, Traffic, Travel Company | Category: All | Leave a comment
Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com David Morgan on The Current Gold Massacre : There are more reasons to be in gold than ever so why has gold pulled back so much? More of a bargain than it was! I’m not holding it for a couple of weeks or months, I’m in it for the long term (like most people)! Now that Silver has dropped below even the low of the May crash, conveniently [...] December 28th, 2011 | Tags: Bargain, Dave Morgan, David Morgan, Foxbusiness, Gold Watch | Category: All | Leave a comment
Many 2012 vehicle models are an incredible bargain compared to prior years. Some base model prices have been slashed. Others have loaded up on features while holding the line on price. For instance, the Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo is $3,220 cheaper this year than last. Toyota Camry models will be up to $2,000 cheaper – and offer 8% better fuel efficiency. Volkswagen’s Passat has a turbo diesel engine option rated at 31 [...] December 2nd, 2011 | Tags: Bargain, Base Model, Diesel Engine, Grand Cherokee, Jeep, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota, Vehicle Models, Volkswagen | Category: All | Leave a comment
In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Herman Cain said he supports the “right” for public employees to bargain collectively. In other words, he is in favor of unions on the taxpayer dime. Cain also said federal workers have unions, meaning the right to collectively bargain, but they do not. On the issue of collective bargaining, Cain said he supported the right of public employees to bargain collectively. “But not collective [...] November 15th, 2011 | Tags: Bargain, Collective Bargaining, Herman Cain, Hijacking, Instances, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Public Unions, Workers Unions | Category: All | Leave a comment
The largest transfer of wealth from the public to private sector is about to begin. The federal government will be bulk-selling the massive portfolio of foreclosed homes now owned by HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private investors — vulture funds. These homes, which are now the property of the U.S. government, the U.S. taxpayer, U.S. citizens collectively, are going to be sold to private [...] October 3rd, 2011 | Tags: Bargain, Conglomerates, Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Foreclosed Homes, Private Investor, Thestreet Com | Category: All | Leave a comment
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is interviewed by ABC News’ David Muir. (ABC News) From ABC: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner didn’t dispute a Harvard economist’s estimate that each job in the White House’s jobs plan would cost $200,000, but said the pricetag is the wrong way to measure the bill’s worth. And he also pointed out, in an interview today with ABC News’ David Muir, that there is no [...] September 26th, 2011 | Tags: Bargain, Bipartisan Support, Good Chance, Harvard Economist, House Plan, Inaction, Martin Feldstein, Pricetag, Proposals, Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary, Wrong Way | Category: All | Leave a comment
http://www.kitco.com/ (Kitco News) - December Comex gold futures in late-morning trading Thursday have rebounded well off the daily low of $1,705.40 on cautious investor bargain-hunting buying, but prices remain below unchanged on the day. Investor risk appetite in the market place has pulled back a bit Thursday as the U.S. stock market sells off amid some rumors coming out of Germany. There were rumors that Germany’s [...] August 26th, 2011 | Tags: Bargain, Cautious Investor, Comex Gold Futures, Credit Rating, Hunting, Investor Risk, Risk Appetite, U S Stock Market | Category: All | Leave a comment
If you watch financial television, you’ll hear frequently that “stocks are cheap.” The S&P 500, analyst after analyst will tell you, is trading at about 15 times this year’s earnings (and even less on projected earnings), which is just below the long-term average. So you may think that if you buy stocks today, you are getting a bargain. But be careful! Professor Robert Shiller of Yale University, who wrote the book [...] June 15th, 2011 | Tags: 1990s, Bargain, Business Cycle, Buy Stocks, Financial Television, Irrational Exuberance, Methodology, Next Decade, Peak Years, Price Earnings Ratio, Professor Robert, Robert Shiller, Stock Market Bubble, Stock Price, Trough, Yale University | Category: All | Leave a comment
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Unpaid bloggers’ lawsuit versus HUFFINGTON POST tossed
(Reuters) – AOL Inc on Friday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by unpaid bloggers who complained they were deprived of their fair share of the roughly $315 million that the company paid last March to buy The Huffington Post website.
U.S. District Judge John Koeltl rejected claims by social activist and commentator Jonathan Tasini and an estimated 9,000 other bloggers that they deserved $105 million, or about one-third, of the [...]