| Not in defense of Suze Orman
While I agree with BloggingStocks' Zac Bissonnette that Suze Orman certainly has a place in the financial advice world -- she is not equipped to advise the serious investor. Watching her show on CNBC on the weekends can be entertaining as the callers have unique and unusual problems. Ms. Orman is qualified to advise her callers and readers on insurance matters, home, life and auto. She is certainly qualified to advise her readers to not spend more than they make. Saving money is certainly an admirable quality of life. She has excellent insights into 401k plans and the various rules and regulations surrounding them. Her expertise on how to handle and retire credit card debt is legendary and hopefully many readers have followed her advise. But are you ever going to ask Suze Orman for a stock idea? Can she tell the difference between mutual fund portfolio managers and how they operate? Has she ever analyzed or discussed a company's balance sheet, free cash flow analysis or growth rate vs.
The big blue boundary
Yes, the M57. Is this motorway some sort of mystical boundary that mustn't be crossed? What if we had decided to move to Kirkby before the motorway was built? Why do people consider Huyton, Croxteth and Aintree in Liverpool, yet not Kirkby or Knowsley? How would you feel if Merseyside was called Greater Liverpool? I've been a blue for over 20 years yet have never lived in Liverpool. I don't have an affinity for the city and wouldn't insult most of you by pretending that I do, but I do have an profound affinity for my club. I therefore feel that I am in a situation where I can judge without prejudice and unfortunately I feel that all the talk about staying within the city limits smacks of a desperatly insular attitude. Firstly a city boundary is merely a demographic for administration purposes, if this is how you judge your city, then I suggest you should visit some others.
Set-Top Case Advances By The Associated Press
(Multichannel News) _ The U.S. Supreme Court said it will consider an appeal by an investment group against two cable set-top box vendors that they allege aided Charter Communications in an accounting scandal in 2000. Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta and Motorola will be heard before the Supreme Court during its next session in October. The case, which was previously dismissed by the federal district court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals last year, gained new life after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in an unrelated case ruled that in some instances, third parties can be held liable if they engaged in deceptive conduct. That unrelated ruling stated that secondary parties in fraud schemes can sometime be held liable if "its conduct had 'the principal purpose and Buy Visual FX footage elements HERE! -- ON SALE NOW');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>effect of creating a false appearance of fact' in support of a scheme to defraud," according to a report by the Associated Press.
NZ equities undervalued, says US fund manager
New Zealand investment opportunities have been ripening for 20 years, but Kiwis are too shy about equities and need to get excited about saving, an American investment expert says. William Buechler first visited New Zealand the day before the 1987 sharemarket crash. New Zealand recovered more slowly than any other country. The resulting lack of exposure of investment opportunities had made the country flush with potential, he said on his return last week. "I felt then and I feel now that this is a great place to be investing." Mr Buechler, owner of asset management company Barclay Partners, started putting money into New Zealand seriously about a year ago, after seeing potential in a post-September 11 global marketplace. Since a visit in August last year Mr Buechler has built a hedge fund in Barclay Partners geared toward New Zealand investments, with a small percentage in Australian stocks.
Pietersen charges, Ponting sledges
Umpires Rudi Koertzen and Billy Bowden correctly allowed the batsman to stay because the rules of the game say that a fielder must have "control of the ball and over his own movements" before he can step out of play. England, at the time, was riled by the decision, but skipper Michael Vaughan later said he thought it was a fair decision. "It was a difficult one, but, being honest, he had no control of his waist. We were clutching a bit there," Vaughan said. Scorecard, For the Record -- Page 19 .
Reshuffle in UTV Software's top management team
Mumbai, April 11 (PTI): UTV Software Communications, which is in the process of initiating over 10 broadcasting channels over the next 18 to 24 months, has made three strategic changes in the overall top management of the company. Ronald DMello would take over as CEO of UTV-UK which would house all of UTV's New Media initiatives. He would be responsible for spearheading the growth and strategy of the company, UTV Software informed the BSE. UTV-UK would include the animation business -- UTV Toons, the post production and SFX business, UTV Post as well as the recent controlling investment in the console game development and publishing company, Ignition UK and India Games. UTV Software is in the process of acquiring a controlling interest in India Games, a leading mobile and online gaming company.
Prudential Buys VideoJet Building
WOOD DALE, IL-Prudential Real Estate Investors, based in Parsippany, NJ, has purchased the VideoJet Technologies headquarters building from Wells Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., based in Norcross, GA. Terms for the sale of the 250,000-sf flex building at 1500 Mittel Blvd. were not disclosed. Prudential purchased the property on the behalf of a single client, says Sharon Ward, vice president for dispositions for Wells. Prudential did not respond to a request to be interviewed. Prudential vice president Collete English Dixon represented the company in the transaction. Paul Lundstedt and John Gavin, both with Cushman & Wakefield, assisted Wells in the sale. .
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