Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Economic Concept of the Week: Dark Pools


This video explains that Dark Pools are basically under-the-table stock transactions which are only made public after the fact. The significance of Dark Pools is that over the past several years, they have been growing so quickly that they may soon be larger than the public stock market.

The Purple Martin (Progne subis) is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked.
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Police Confront Broward Judge at Gunpoint | NBC Miami

Police Confront Broward Judge at Gunpoint | NBC Miami

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Economic Concept of the Week: The Shadow Banking System

"By June 2008, the U.S. shadow banking system was approximately the same size as the U.S. traditional depository banking system. The equivalent of a bank run occurred within the shadow banking system during 2007-2008, when investors stopped providing funds to (or through) many entities in the system. Disruption in the shadow banking system is a key component of the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis."

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banking_system

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Pilot Blamed Traffic For Low Flyover - 1380 KCIM

Pilot Blamed Traffic For Low Flyover - 1380 KCIM: "The
jets cleared the Kinnick Stadium scoreboard by 58 feet."

Watch "How to Change Oil in a Lawn Mower - Do It Yourself" on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXvsdWbW5D8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Instapundit » Blog Archive » WELL, IT’S A GOOD THING WE CHANGED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, THEN: Inflation Actually Near 10% Using Old…

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Inflation Actually Near 10% Using Older Measure. "Inflation, using the reporting methodologies in place before 1980, hit an annual rate of 9.6 percent in February, according to the Shadow Government Statistics newsletter." Because if we were using that old system, inflation would be really bad. Thanks, measurement-system-changers!

Tsunami-hit towns forgot warnings from ancestors - Boston.com

http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-06/news/29389325_1_tsunami-sea-walls-leak-of-radioactive-water