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Genentech- DNA- has been the cream of the biotech crop for many years. They developed TPA long ago, and more recently have had a string of very successful chemo drugs. Their stock is now sinking and will likely go much lower.

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The responses to my previous post - Michael Moore and Me - have been very troubling to me for many reasons. I will try to respond to some of these issues here.

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Non-profits aren’t what they used to be. Many colleges and universities get tons of money and waste most of it. Do you really want to give money to support exorbitant salaries and benefits of college and university presidents, vice... Read →

Facebook Apps look like a waste of time and resources to me. Working with the community makes sense, spending lots of resources to develop an app for the community, doesn't. Here are the reasons why.

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Investors need to ignore the frenzied noise from commentators about where stocks traded seven years ago.

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Have you ever even stopped to think about why dimes and quarters (and fifty and one dollar coins) have ridges all around their edge? And, for that matter, why pennies and nickels do not?

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Next time you get change for a dollar, look at the coins. Unlike any other currency, there is something decidely different about our coins. And, ask anyone and they will not have noticed.

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The iPhone doesn't change the playing field. It is all hype and should be sold together with a baseball hat so that those who buy it can get the attention that they seek when they are not using it.

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If you watch TV or read anything these days, it seems everyone is drawing in huge salaries, bonuses, profits, and investment gains. I have been earning decent money, dabling in the market, joining others in trying to take something to... Read →

Here is my satirical analysis of why the stock market beats a casino.

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Here are the five reasons why the world will be a different place in less than 1 week!

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I have been investing for years. A few things you learn from such experience are that the market rarely goes up this fast and this long, that it is time to run when everyone starts talking about happy times continuing -- all those "experts," and that it behoves you to ignore all those who say it is time to throw caution to the wind and get in now inspite of what appears to be an inflated market. This is an interesting time. All of the above is happening. Interest rates are historically high. And, it is only a matter of time, before the market suffers a big fall. I would get out now and enjoy the higher interest rates.

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Humorous lesson on risky and high-flying investments.

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Is Web 2.0 A Bubble?

Many seem to think web 2.0 is an overhyped bubble. But history has proven that wherever the audiences go, so goes the money.

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