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What are some good websites or software programs that help with stock investing? Stock market investing: websites, software

Does stock investing software work? I hear a lot of TV and radio ads about different seminars which lead to buying software. Do any of these programs work or able to teach u anything? If so, which ones. Thanks

what is the best stock investing software for a newbie?

Which Stock investing Software should I use- Etrade, Scottrade ect...? I want to get into trading, but what software should I use? Give me the pros and cons, please!

How useful is the AptiStock software for the lay person investing in the Indian stock markets? By lay person I mean someone who understands how the stock markets function as a semi-active trader / passive investor, and wants to understand and profit from the technical side of things. How useful would a free technical analysis tool like AptiStock be to a person like this?

I am considering stock investing. Does anyone know of a good computer program that would help? stock investing computer program or software

can any one suggest technical software for stock trading in Indian stock mkt ? i m interested to buy technical software to trade/ and invest in indian stock market, can i get demo? pl, suggest. thanks

Investing Software - AOL? Several years ago (mid-90s) I had AOL. On AOL there was an DOS based investing software program called "Stock Market Tracker." It required you to enter the closing numbers for the Dow, S&P500, NYSE Advancing and Decling issues each week and then enter the stock price. It gave me pretty good results. Does anyone have a copy of this software or know where it can be found? At the time I got it it was free. Now it is no longer on AOL.

Which software is the best tool for stock market investment ? I have Option made easy ,not bad but also is not good enough for predicting and analysing. I am thinking to buy Investools. Any recomendations which are the best software to invest ?

software for investing in stocks? i wanna know was are the best FREE softwares that can help me when i start investing in stocks

is there a computer software that will keep a running basis of my stock, when i re-invest my dividends? of my stock when i also re-invest my dividends.

How exactly in the world do you trade stock? Where can I go on the internet or in person to learn how to do stock? It looks like a good thing to invest in, maybe I can even become rich off of it. Right now, I am just stock and confused as to getting knowledge about stock exchange. Please let me know of a good source and stock trading software. Thanks! Is there something user-friendly and straight-forward? :-). I'm kinda confused reading the technical talk at the moment. I need the real beginners guide or a personal step-by-step instruction. Where do I read/learn basic stock? I need straightforward lesson and something to easily understand.

Is there any software that will analyze your funds/ETFs and tell you your overall sector/stock allocation? I have several mutual funds as well as some market and sector ETFs. Is there any software that I can put all these securities into that will tell me exactly how I'm invested? I know I can look at the prospectus for the securities to see the top holdings and sectors, but its tough to manually try and see how I'm distributed.

Can someone make a decent living by day trading. What is the best way to get started. Software programs? I will be losing my job in May (plant closure). I have about 15 years experience in investing (stock, mutual funds) mostly long term investments. I would like to retire in about 5-6 years.

What are the differences between e-filing on the IRS website and tax software like Turbotax? I've tried filing income tax via the IRS website for many years; it has been free. My friend uses Turbotax. My question is how could tax softwares benefit me? Why do people spend a lot of money for these softwares? p.s. Mine is simple. I do not own any property, but invests in stocks.

Where should I go to learn about stocks? I want to learn about stocks. Like what age I have to be to buy them, what I should look for, where should I buy stocks from, all the stuff that people who work with stocks know. I like to read, so anything long will be good. I want to start investing, and what about stock trading software? What is that?

Day Trading Investing Stocks I Need Two Or Three Proven Strategies? Hi I have been Daytrading the Nasdaq, Amex, Nyse, BB and PK stocks using Etrades level 2 software. I have had success trading news stories, earnings Good/bad, Share Buybacks, gaps up and down, buyouts and FDA news approvals and non approved. I have read dozens of books and been on courses regarding day Trading but the best trades I have made I have figured out myself. I Am Looking for more specific Individual ideas that others may have found successful. For instance I watch the news feeds all day looking for key words in news that will trigger a price move or I'll spot a loser and follow it for 2-3 days till it's almost dead and then buy it as it bounces back, another good one is following the top 10 risers of the day till 10.10 am and then buy one that carries on it's rise. So anybody got any Good Individual ideas I will appreciate it.

what is the best trading systems and books? I know all the so called no brainer investing software kits are absolute ripoffs but I want to know a good book to study and good software program that would help me pick good stocks. There is one that seems ok using the CANSLIM program from Investors Business weekly then there are the the motley fool's newsletters which are rather pricey at $199 a year subscription (for just one of their mulititude of newsletters) So help me out stock investors: what do you recommend?

what points to be taken into consideration while investing in shares? what type of movement can be seen in upcoming two monthss in the software industry? how will be the stock mkt will react to that?

Realistic Stock Trading Market With Fake Money? Looking for a game that gets updated by real stocks like google and Walmart. And you get fake money to invest buy and sell... Website or software let me know!

Does anyone know where i can get stock market simulation game at? im looking for software that will help train me for investing.

Does anybody know a good investing forum? Forum should be about Stocks, funds, etf, bonds, etc. I don't want a forum that promotes a software or spam or asks for money and I would like to be able to ask general questions. Thanks!

share market analysis of malaysian stock market? software and tips on investing in the malaysian stock market

Are there cases where you can benefit with dollar cost averaging for purchasing volitile stocks? I understand how DCA works, and I've read several websites which describe that you would have a decreased risk at the expense of a decreased rate of return. Anyway I wrote a simple stock simulation software which showed this, but I noticed with "stocks" that have high volitility as compared with the average rate of growth, you can actually increase the number of shares invested versus investing it all at the beginning. For example, if a stock is at $10 and you have $1500, and you could buy 150 shares, but if the stock goes 10,15,5,15,5,15,5,15,5,10 and you bought 15,10,30,10,30,10,30,10,30,15 shares, you would have a total of 190 shares. So it seems that although the average stock price over the period was $10, you could buy more with $150 blocks than investing it all at the beginning. Seems like in the short run, DCA can help for volitile stocks with a high standard dev and low growth. Maybe DCA could benifit over short time scales? Thoughts? Missing something and is this addressed?

is there a stock price program that will alert me when any stock exceed a certain price ie 40 week floating av just read a book for novices that explains the concept of floating averages and how investing when current prices are above the floating average then a stragy of investing in profitability is maintainted. I am therefore looking for a software application that might calculate the average for a specific period and alert me when any stocks exceed their average, ie a rising trend. Any

How do you know when and where to invest your money? I've never invested money before and I'm wondering is there anything out there that can help me with it. Is there like a software which is connected to the stock market and is constantly updated that tells you when you should invest and what you should invest in?

Should a person go to school for passion or business? what I'm trying to debate is right now I work in a cubical doing software work. I barely get paid what I thought I would when going to school for this. I think I am going to school for business this time. I want to go to school for culinary arts even if I dont be rich or anything not like im getting it from computers but its definately not what everybody thinks, beleive it or not alot of competition is out there and alot of people go to school for computers, they don't pay us as much as I thought is all I am saying. I also didn't think I would be in a cubical like this. Anyway I'm going back to school I am 23 about to be 24 and sick of this. I've changed to 3 companies and been here for a year. IT's boring, I just hate when people mislead other people of an education is everthing, When really you waisted so much money you could have saved and invested in stocks. Yet now I either want to go back for business for investing education,or culinary arts, which should i go?

How do I start investing? Hey, I live in the UK but I know nothing at all about investing or trading. I wan't to start buying and selling stock to make some money but im not sure about how to go about doing this. I have done a bit of research and found out that i can download software distributed by banks. But how does this work? Do I just make an account, put money into it, invest it into something which I feel can make me money and then sell it? If I invest money into something how fast will I get it back? When I choose to sell the stock which I brought is it sold immedietly? Who is this stock sold too? I mean I have always wondered where the stock goes if its value is decreasing. How much money can actually be made out of trading in a week on average? For example if i choose to invest £1000 in a company and the price of its shares goes up by 25% will I get £1250 back (excluding the price it took to make the transaction) Thanks for reading guys. Im looking forward to your answers.

What is good stock technique? I started investing and I am pretty much open to anything. Most of the software thats out now is to much money. I do a little research on my own like msn.com analyst but I am looking for something a little more direct, like it tell me when to buy and when to sell

Executive Summary We design and deliver the systems, software and services that drive next-generation communic? Executive Summary We design and deliver the systems, software and services that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, we use our strengths in mobility, optical, access, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for our customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Our customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. We have three segments organized around the products and services we sell. The reportable segments are Integrated Network Solutions (“INS”), Mobility Solutions (“Mobility”) and Lucent Worldwide Services (“Services”). INS provides a broad range of software and wireline equipment related to voice networking (primarily consisting of switching products, which we sometimes refer to as convergence solutions, and voice messaging products), data and network management (primarily consisting of access and related data networking equipment and operating support software) and optical networking. Mobility provides software and wireless equipment to support radio access and core networks. Services provides deployment, maintenance, professional and managed services in support of both our product offerings as well as multi-vendor networks. Beginning in fiscal 2001, the global telecommunications market deteriorated, resulting from a decrease in the competitive local exchange carrier market and a significant reduction in capital spending by established service providers.This trend intensified during fiscal 2002 and continued into fiscal 2003. Reasons for the market deterioration included general economic slowdown, network overcapacity, customer bankruptcies, network build-out delays and limited availability of capital. We believe that the market for telecommunications equipment has stabilized and is starting to grow in certain areas. The growing demands of enterprises and consumers for additional services tailored to their needs is creating the need for a new convergence of networks, technologies and applications. Required 1. Using the Consolidated Balance Sheets for Lucent Technologies for September 30, 2004 and 2003, prepare a common-size balance sheet. 2. Evaluate the asset, debt, and equity structure of Lucent Technologies, as well as trends and changes found on the common-size balance sheet. 3. What concerns would investors and creditors have based on only this information? 4. What additional financial and nonfinancial information would investors and creditors need to make investing and lending decisions for Lucent Technologies? LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in Millions, Except per Share Amounts) September 30, September 30, 2004 2003 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,379 $ 3,821 Marketable securities 858 686 Receivables 1,359 1,511 Inventories 822 632 Other current assets 1,813 1,213 Total current assets 8,231 7,863 Marketable securities 636 — Property, plant, and equipment, net 1,376 1,593 Prepaid pension costs 5,358 4,659 Goodwill and other acquired intangibles, net 434 188 Other assets 928 1,608 Total assets $ 16,963 $ 15,911 Liabilities Accounts payable $ 872 $ 1,072 Payroll and benefit-related liabilities 1,232 1,080 Debt maturing within one year 1 389 Other current liabilities 2,361 2,393 Total current liabilities 4,466 4,934 Postretirement and postemployment benefit liabilities 4,881 4,669 Pension liabilities 1,874 2,494 Long-term debt 4,837 4,439 Liability to subsidiary trust issuing preferred securities 1,152 1,152 Other liabilities 1,132 1,594 Total liabilities 18,342 19,282 Commitments and contingencies 8.00% redeemable convertible preferred stock — 868 Shareowners’ Deficit Preferred stock—par value $1.00 per share; authorized shares: 250; issued and outstanding: none — — Common stock—par value $.01 per share;Authorized shares: 10,000; 4,396 issued and 4,395 outstanding shares as of September 30, 2004,and 4,170 issued and 4,169 outstanding shares as of September 30, 2003 44 42 Additional paid-in capital 23,005 22,252 Accumulated deficit (20,793) (22,795) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (3,635) (3,738) Total shareowners’ deficit (1,379) (4,239) Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and shareowners’ deficit $ 16,963 $ 15911

The following is a excerpt from Lucent Technologies Management? Executive Summary We design and deliver the systems, software and services that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, we use our strengths in mobility, optical, access, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for our customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Our customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. We have three segments organized around the products and services we sell. The reportable segments are Integrated Network Solutions (“INS”), Mobility Solutions (“Mobility”) and Lucent Worldwide Services (“Services”). INS provides a broad range of software and wireline equipment related to voice networking (primarily consisting of switching products, which we sometimes refer to as convergence solutions, and voice messaging products), data and network management (primarily consisting of access and related data networking equipment and operating support software) and optical networking. Mobility provides software and wireless equipment to support radio access and core networks. Services provides deployment, maintenance, professional and managed services in support of both our product offerings as well as multi-vendor networks. Beginning in fiscal 2001, the global telecommunications market deteriorated, resulting from a decrease in the competitive local exchange carrier market and a significant reduction in capital spending by established service providers.This trend intensified during fiscal 2002 and continued into fiscal 2003. Reasons for the market deterioration included general economic slowdown, network overcapacity, customer bankruptcies, network build-out delays and limited availability of capital. We believe that the market for telecommunications equipment has stabilized and is starting to grow in certain areas. The growing demands of enterprises and consumers for additional services tailored to their needs is creating the need for a new convergence of networks, technologies and applications. Required 1. Using the Consolidated Balance Sheets for Lucent Technologies for September 30, 2004 and 2003, prepare a common-size balance sheet. 2. Evaluate the asset, debt, and equity structure of Lucent Technologies, as well as trends and changes found on the common-size balance sheet. 3. What concerns would investors and creditors have based on only this information? 4. What additional financial and nonfinancial information would investors and creditors need to make investing and lending decisions for Lucent Technologies? LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in Millions, Except per Share Amounts) September 30, September 30, 2004 2003 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,379 $ 3,821 Marketable securities 858 686 Receivables 1,359 1,511 Inventories 822 632 Other current assets 1,813 1,213 Total current assets 8,231 7,863 Marketable securities 636 — Property, plant, and equipment, net 1,376 1,593 Prepaid pension costs 5,358 4,659 Goodwill and other acquired intangibles, net 434 188 Other assets 928 1,608 Total assets $ 16,963 $ 15,911 Liabilities Accounts payable $ 872 $ 1,072 Payroll and benefit-related liabilities 1,232 1,080 Debt maturing within one year 1 389 Other current liabilities 2,361 2,393 Total current liabilities 4,466 4,934 Postretirement and postemployment benefit liabilities 4,881 4,669 Pension liabilities 1,874 2,494 Long-term debt 4,837 4,439 Liability to subsidiary trust issuing preferred securities 1,152 1,152 Other liabilities 1,132 1,594 Total liabilities 18,342 19,282 Commitments and contingencies 8.00% redeemable convertible preferred stock — 868 Shareowners’ Deficit Preferred stock—par value $1.00 per share; authorized shares: 250; issued and outstanding: none — — Common stock—par value $.01 per share;Authorized shares: 10,000; 4,396 issued and 4,395 outstanding shares as of September 30, 2004,and 4,170 issued and 4,169 outstanding shares as of September 30, 2003 44 42 Additional paid-in capital 23,005 22,252 Accumulated deficit (20,793) (22,795) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (3,635) (3,738) Total shareowners’ deficit (1,379) (4,239) Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and shareowners’ deficit $ 16,963 $ 15911

What are stock/share markets...? What are stock/share markets...? Am from India...Do i need to invest money...i heard about www.indiabulls.com....but if i open the site..am unable to understand...i wanna earn money through stock.share market...Please tell me in detail...what's the procedure...how to buy...how to sell the product...and what's the software should i use...

Business and Finance Graduate Looking For A Job? I have had a difficult time trying to break into the Finance arena. I have a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Finance from Binghamton University (Top NY State School). I graduated in December 2004 (3.0 GPA). I have managed my personal and my family's portfolios since I was 14. I have invested in Stocks/Stock Options/Mutual Funds, etc. I love researching and watching the stock market moved, and have learned a great deal about the market and the economy. Also since I was 16, I have owned and operated my own small computer repair business. I have taught people how to use software, as well as build cutomized computers and fix any hardware or software problem. Through my own business I have learned communication skills (written and oral), and also how to interact with customers and people. i am very responsible, detail oriented, analytical, and I know how to manage my time. I will add in the next writing. I am out of room.

How can an average guy like me with $420 extra monthly learn to invest money from home and make a profit? I believe what goes up must come down and vice versa so with the state of the market I would like to start investing and I am asking about all areas possible. Is $420 a month too small to go to a financial advisor and and ask for help? Is it really possible to learn from home with store bought software how to invest in stocks, bonds, and the market to produce a return / how much of a return can I make? I'm thinking low to medium risk, sure and steady returns. I'm not greedy. A10% return or better is good for me.

How can I be the financially successful man? Hi, I need to know how can I find which stocks are good or which ones are long term and short term buy. which companies or industries should I invest : metals, gold, technologies, scientific? Also, I need to know which software is good on this planet that can easily be used for a small or medium home based business. simply accounting or quick book? I need a very good advice.

Is not responding to a stockholder by a corporation a crime? What about Directors fiduciary responsibilities? My question of 3 months ago got serious answers and off-the-point answers. Thanks in all cases. The link to corporate status in Nevada may be current but no response to this "angel investor" is forthcoming. I am told a corporate officer complained about this posting. Criminal? How do I find a corporation I have bought stock in that isn't returning calls? A certain business developing text translation software incorporated in California and I bought $15,000 in shares. Early "angel" investor. Another person I am connected with invested $50,000. We became suspicious of the credibility of the company but it continued to promise a major development which continually did not happen. Later it moved from CA to Reno, Nv and now is in either Va of Fl. Web site email link isn't getting me response and phone calls not answered. President is known to some. Name is Sam Habib. Any suggestions to see if there is an ongoing company and corporation and that it is not cheating others in a scam?

Why are these lowly "paralegals" driving a better car than me? Do they make more money? I'm noticing a lot of hot-looking women in my office building that work at the law firms. They can't possibly be lawyers, they aren't dressed like lawyers and don't have that "smart" look to them. They also don't sound smart either... But they are rolling to work in nice rides; Lincoln Navigators, volvo s40's, 3series BMW, etc. How can they afford this ****? Or are they the type of people that work hard in their 20's and by the time they hit early 30's they believe they're entitled to a BMW since they now make 50k/year? What retards. FYI, i work upstairs and i make 80k as a software engineer. I'm also only 23. I get nervous when i see these ditsy girls rolling in with a car as nice as a my Subaru WRX STi. I also inherited 300k which i have well invested in stocks/bonds and i will use it to buy a house once the market bottoms out in 2-3 years. These bitches aren't even a fraction of how "big time" I am and they should be driving a Kia to reflect this fact. Some of you girls will respond by reminding me that these women aren't looking twice at me. Well my response: they ain't even looking once bitch I'm sure. But i don't care, i'll just hire them out as escorts once their lose their job and need to make a payment on the benz! HEHE God when i read my material I crack myself up This is for you idiots that falsely believe Subarus are cheap http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/06/23/134049.1-lg.jpg My car was 35 grand new you fa*got.

Stocks questions, and other investments? Now that I will have my tax rebate come in I wanted to do invest it and make money off of it. Its not much, only a $1000 that I will be able to use but still something. So I have a couple of questions investing. First of all where do I buy stocks? Is software like e-trade any good, is there a fee to use it? If I buy a stock do I have to wait a certain period of time before selling it or can I do it whenever I want? Do I have to have a license to buy stocks? If I buy a stock of a certain company where it is know that it is producing a product, that will sell really well, will the stock price of that company increase when they start actually selling their product or as soon as they announce that they are working on that product? What are some other things I can do with my $1000 to get something out of it?

Should I quit eBay now and start my own website? I've been running a shop on eBay for about a yr & have had so many problems - dodgy customers buying & not paying, trying 2 access my accounts (unsuccessfully I hasten to add!), dishonest customers & low prices due 2 everyone looking 4 a bargain. I've got a fantastic website designed on paper but do I take the plunge now? I'm gonna have to invest in £2k more stock & am looking to buy a house with my partner in a couple of months! eBay is very disheartening & I also have loads of problems with their Turbo Lister software which is vital for running a shop. Plus it seems like I'm doing more work for smaller results as naming your price on eBay doesn't seem to go well! I've had to close the shop for the last month due to buying 3 faulty laptops in a row & not being able to access the internet as a result. DON'T buy a Lenovo laptop, they may be cheap but there's a reason! Buy HP! So, do I take the plunge and just go for it? eBay is making me unhappy and really isn't my dream!!!

Business and Finance Graduate Looking for Job? I have had a difficult time trying to break into the Finance arena. I have a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Finance from Binghamton University (Top NY State School). I graduated in December 2004 (3.0 GPA). I have managed my personal and my family's portfolios since I was 14. I have invested in Stocks/Stock Options/Mutual Funds, etc. I love researching and watching the stock market moved, and have learned a great deal about the market and the economy. Also since I was 16, I have owned and operated my own small computer repair business. I have taught people how to use software, as well as build cutomized computers and fix any hardware or software problem. Through my own business I have learned communication skills (written and oral), and also how to interact with customers and people. i am very responsible, detail oriented, analytical, and I know how to manage my time. I will add in the next writing. I am out of room.

At home software that tracks your stock activity? I have invested in stocks for years now. I was wondering is there a software that I can purchase that will allow me to track each individual stock from teh time I invested in it to the current price. My investments are with several different banks so in order for me to check I need to go to each bank to look them up seperately. I would like to be able to track them with one software..........are there any available? Thanks for your time!!

What are stock/share markets...? What are stock/share markets...? Am from India...Do i need to invest money...i heard about www.indiabulls.com....but if i open the site..am unable to understand...i wanna earn money through stock.share market...Please tell me in detail...what's the procedure...how to buy...how to sell the product...and what's the software should i use...

What is your point of view on investing using Fundamental Analysis compare to Technical Analysis? There are 2 main groups of Investors. The first group make research solely on Fundamental Analysis. They learn and study everything about the company, product, management, financial reports, analysis reports and etc......including news. The second group research only on the Technical Charts of the stock. They based their findings on the Candlesticks, Indicators and sometimes charting softwares as well. Both have their own pros and cons from the research itself. I have known some Traders make money from only one kind of research and wouldn't want to go the extra mile to research the other. What is your point of view?

Why are these paralegals driving better cars than me? Do they make more? 'm noticing a lot of hot-looking women in my office building that work at the law firms. They can't possibly be lawyers, they aren't dressed like lawyers and don't have that "smart" look to them. They also don't sound smart either... But they are rolling to work in nice rides; Lincoln Navigators, volvo s40's, 3series BMW, etc. How can they afford this ****? Or are they the type of people that work hard in their 20's and by the time they hit early 30's they believe they're entitled to a BMW since they now make 50k/year? What retards. FYI, i work upstairs and i make 80k as a software engineer. I'm also only 23. I get nervous when i see these ditsy girls rolling in with a car as nice as a my Subaru WRX STi. I also inherited 300k which i have well invested in stocks/bonds and i will use it to buy a house once the market bottoms out in 2-3 years. You could say that i'm in the early stages of becoming "big time" HAHA! Oh and i KNOW these ditzes aren't giving me second looks. But thats okay though, i'll just hire them as escorts once their forced to whore themselves to keep up with their benz payments. BAHAHA

Stock Shares??SUE??Need your advice???? Henry Budget is a research analyst at Goldman & Silverman, a premier Wall Street investment bank. His area of expertise is the technology industry and one of the companies he covers is Pink Hat Software Inc. Just before Pink Hat was about to hit the market with an IPO in January 2000, Budget issued a research report stating that the company had excellent business prospects and that the IPO would be oversubscribed. He rated it a "Strong Buy." A few days after that Budget exchanged a series of emails with his colleagues at Goldman & Silverman, disparaging Pink Hat and in one of the emails he wrote (before the shares were issued) that "Pink Hat's shares can be used as toilet paper." Joe Pensioner, a former auto worker invested his retirement funds in Pink Hat after reading Budget's report at the then price of $256.25 per share. It is currently trading at $3.75. Joe Pensioner wants to sue Budget and Goldman. Will he succeed?

okay experts....advice please? i have a homework assignment in re investments. we are suppose to give a 5 min presentation of an investment in stock. i chose to invest in demensia meds or software (electronic health information - due to the new health care act that the president just signed). can you give me some ideas on either one of these 2 investments? like, a pharmacutical company that makes a specific demensia med and a little info on it. i could really use the help. any advice is appreciated. thank you!

Diligence Works or Vertical Financial Group? They teach you how to manage your own money by investing it into stocks but without the use of advisors...so you're your own boss. They provide the training, software and support. Just wanted to know if anyone has heard of them...the good and the bad. Here's their website: www.diligenceworks.com

Why do lowly "paralegals" drive a nicer car than I do? Do they make more? I'm noticing a lot of hot-looking women in my office building that work at the law firms. They can't possibly be lawyers, they aren't dressed like lawyers and don't have that "smart" look to them. They also don't sound smart either... But they are rolling to work in nice rides; Lincoln Navigators, volvo s40's, 3series BMW, etc. How can they afford this ****? Or are they the type of people that work hard in their 20's and by the time they hit early 30's they believe they're entitled to a BMW since they now make 50k/year? What retards. FYI, i work upstairs and i make 80k as a software engineer. I'm also only 23. I get nervous when i see these ditsy girls rolling in with a car as nice as a my Subaru WRX STi. I also inherited 300k which i have well invested in stocks/bonds and i will use it to buy a house once the market bottoms out in 2-3 years. These bitches aren't even a fraction of how "big time" I am and they should be driving a Kia to reflect this fact. For you idiots that think my car isnt nice http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/06/23/134049.1-lg.jpg WRX Sti 300hp/300ft-lbs torque Sticker was ~ 34k on mine I'm not a misogynist, I'm a hate-everyone-ist You all suck

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can you help me with math please? LOG OFF My Homepage My Courses Student # 50457691 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examination Number 986034RR CONSUMER MATH, PART 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you have completed your exam and reviewed your answers, click Submit Exam. Answers will not be recorded until you hit Submit Exam. If you need to exit before completing the exam, click Cancel Exam. Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. 1. Jane Marko buys a car for $11,400.00. In three years, the car depreciates 48% in value. How much is the car worth in three years? A. $4,788.00 B. $5,472.00 C. $5,928.00 D. $3,800.00 2. The Emerson First National Bank is lending you money to buy a new car. The loan agreement will probably state that you must carry _______ insurance. A. no-fault B. medical C. collision D. liability 3. On which of the following types of policies is it a certainty that the insurance company will have to make payment? (We have assumed that the policy has been kept current, payments have been made, and the insurance company remains in business.) A. Life insurance B. Medical insurance C. Comprehensive car insurance D. Liability insurance 4. Jane has a checkbook balance of $68.00. She then writes two checks, one for $5.00 and one for $62.50. She also deposits $75.00. She then uses her calculator to determine her new balance. Which of the following is the correct series of keys she should press? A. 6 8 + 7 5 – 5 – 6 2 . 5 0 B. 6 8 + 7 5 – 6 2 5 0 – 5 = C. ON/C 6 8 – 5 – 6 2 . 5 0 + 7 5 = D. ON/C 6 8 + 7 5 = 5 = 6 2 . 5 0 5. Marlin Davies buys a truck for $28,000. In three years, the car depreciates 48% in value. How much is the car worth in three years? A. $12,005 B. $27,052 C. $14,000 D. $14,560 6. Which of the following is intended primarily to enhance a person's tax advantage and retirement income? A. IRA B. Money market fund C. Growth fund D. U.S. Savings Bond 7. Which one of the following items is an example of software? A. Mouse B. Word-processing program C. Printer D. Keyboard 8. The Waverly Brush Company issued 4,000 shares of common stock worth $200,000.00 total. What is the par value of each share? A. $400 B. $40 C. $50 D. $500 9. The coverage included in an automobile insurance policy that covers property damage is _______ insurance. A. major medical B. term C. liability D. supplemental 10. A share of stock in the Lofty Cheese Company is quoted at 25 1/4. Suppose you hold 30 shares of that stock, which you bought at 20 1/4. If you sell your stock at 25 1/4, which one of the following statements would be true? A. You'll suffer a loss of $150. B. You'll suffer a loss of $15. C. You'll make a profit of $15. D. You'll make a profit of $150. 11. Car insurance that pays for your injuries when you're in an accident in your car is _______. A. comprehensive B. liability C. medical D. collision 12. The Hamilton Brush Company issued 2,500 shares of common stock worth $100,000.00 total. What is the par value of each share? A. $40.00 B. $250.00 C. $25.00 D. $400.00 13. All insurance is based on a principle called A. investment premiums. B. cash value coverage. C. division of risk. D. premium earnings. 14. Which of the following best describes term life insurance? A. The insured pays the premium until his or her death. B. The insured can borrow or collect the cash value of the policy. C. The insured pays a premium for a specified number of years. D. The insured is covered during his or her entire lifetime. 15. Which of the following devices imparts ownership in a corporation? A. Stock B. Savings account C. Bond D. U.S. Treasury Bill 16. If you have earned income, which of the following retirement devices must you contribute to, by law? A. Pension plan B. Social security (FICA) C. Vesting plan D. IRA 17. In a health insurance policy, a statement that an applicant won't be covered for a certain pre-existing condition is called a/an A. supplement. B. waiting period. C. major medical coverage. D. exclusion. 18. _______ health insurance coverage pays for at least part of hospital costs and fees. A. Major medical B. PPO C. HMO D. Basic 19. A master plan is devised for A. investments. B. short-term goals. C. long-range goals. D. emergencies. 20. A _______ is invested by managers in a diversity of stocks, bonds, and other securities. A. preferred stock B. promissory note C. series EE bond D. mutual fund If you experience technical difficulty while taking this exam, wait a few minutes and follow the instructions on the FAQ. Copyright & Terms | Privacy Policy

Why don`t people research leaders and only accept the given thought of the mass media? Austin, Texas... Politex's for BUSH FAMILY SKELETONS ...www.bushwatch.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bush Watch... abortion... archives... autobiography... books... brasin's beat... bush league... blacks... blurbs... california... cartoons... charter schools... cocaine... comedy... culture... de lay... education... environment... executions... exploitation... family... foreign policy... free speech... funeralgate... gays... guns... health... insider trading... iowa... jews... justice... latinos... lotterygate... media... millions... pat... personality... press kit... quizgate... rankings... religion... schedule... songs... talk... taxes... tobacco... triangulation... welfare... end... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUSH FAMILY MACHINATIONS, 1918-2000 1918 Prescott Bush Sr., leads a raid on a Indian tomb to secure Geronimo's skull for Skull & Bones. 1937 Prescott Bush's investment firm sets up deal for the Luftwaffe so it can obtain tetraethyl lead. 1942 Three firms with which Prescott Bush is associated are seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act. 1953 George Bush and the Liedtke brothers form Zapata Petroleum. Zapata's subsidiary, Zapata Offshore, later becomes known for its close ties to the CIA. 1954 The Bush family buys out the Liedtke brothers. 1955 George Bush sets up a Mexican drilling operation, Permago, with a frontman to obscure his ownership. The frontman later is convicted of defrauding the Mexican government of $58 million. 1959 Manuel Noriega recruited as an agent by the US Defense Intelligence Agency. 1960 Some investigators believe George Bush spent part of this year and the next in Miami on behalf of the CIA, organizing rightwing exiles for an invasion of Cuba. Is said to have worked with later Iran-Contra figure Felix Rodriguez. 1961 According to the Realist, CIA official Fletcher Prouty delivers three Navy ships to agents in Guatemala to be used in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Prouty claims he delivered the ships to a CIA agent named George Bush. Agent Bush named the ships the Barbara, Houston and Zapata. Bay of Pigs invasion fails. Right-wingers blame Kennedy for failure to provide air cover. CIA loses 15 men, another 1100 are imprisoned. George Bush invites Rep. TL. Ashley -- a fellow Skull & Boner -- down to Texas for a party in order to meet "an attractive girl." Bush writes that "she may be accompanied by an Austrian ski instructor but I think we can probably flush him at the local dance hall." Bush notes that he's had to unlist his phone because "Jane Morgan keeps calling me all the time." [From a letter in the Ashley archives uncovered by Spy magazine.] Zapata annual report boasts that the company has paid no taxes since it was founded. 1963 John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Internal FBI memo reports that on November 22 "reputable businessman" George H. W. Bush reported hearsay that a certain Young Republican "has been talking of killing the president when he comes to Houston." The Young Republican was nowhere near Dallas on that date. According to a 1988 story in The Nation, a memo from J. Edgar Hoover states that "Mr. George Bush of the CIA" had been briefed on November 23rd, 1963 about the reaction of anti-Castro Cuban exiles in Miami to the assassination of President Kennedy. George says it ain't him, admits he was in Texas but can't remember where. 1964 George Bush runs as a Goldwater Republican for Congress. Campaigns against the Civil Rights Act. 1966 Bush, runs as a moderate Republican, gets elected to Congress. Robert Mosbacher chairs Oil Men for Bush. Apache leader Ned Anderson meets with the Skull & Bones lawyer and George Bush's brother Jonathan who attempt to return the skull Prescott Bush had looted in 1933. Anderson refuses the skull because he says it isn't Geronimo's. 1968 George W. Bush joins Skull & Bones at Yale 1970 Bush loses Senate race to Lloyd Bentsen, despite $112,000 in contributions from a White House slush fund. Jim Baker is campaign chair. Bush later claims to have reported correctly all but $6000 in cash --which he denies he got. A 1992 story in the New York Times says the $6000 was listed in records of Nixon's "townhouse operation" which was designed in part to make GOP congressional candidates vulnerable to blackmail. 1971 Bush is named UN Ambassador by Nixon. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs finds enough evidence of Noriega's involvement in drug dealing to indict him, but US Attorney's office in Miami considers grabbing Noriega in Panama for trial here to be impractical. State Department also urges BNDD to back off. 1972 Bill Liedtke gathers $700,000 in anonymous contributions for the Nixon campaign, delivering the money in cash, checks and securities to the Committee to Re-Elect the President (the infamous CREEP) one day before such contributions become illegal. Bill says he did it as a favor to George. 1973 Bush is named GOP national chair. Brings into the party the Heritage Groups Council, an organization with a number of Nazi sympathizers. Bush, according to Lowell Weicker, inquires as to whether records of the "townhouse operation" should be burned. Robert Mosbacher wins an offshore drilling concession from Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Watergate tapes indicate concern by Nixon and aide HR Haldeman that the investigation into Watergate might expose the "Bay of Pigs thing." Nixon also speaks of the "Texans" and the "Cubans." and mentions "Mosbacher." In another tape, Nixon decides following his re-election to get signed resignations from his whole government so he can centralize his power. Says Nixon to John Erlichman: "Eliminate everyone, except George Bush. Bush will do anything for our cause." 1974 Bush is named special envoy to China. 1975 DEA report notes Noreiga's involvement in drug trade. George W. Bush graduates from Harvard Business School 1976 Jerry Ford names George Bush CIA director, his fourth political patronage job in a little over five years. Bush later claims this is the first time he ever worked for the CIA. At his confirmation hearings, Bush says, "I think we should tread very carefully on governments that are constitutionally elected." Bush holds first known meeting with Noriega. Noriega starts receiving $110,000 a year from the CIA. Noriega found to be working for Cubans as well, but keeps his CIA gig. Bush sets up Team B within the CIA, a group of neo-conservative outsiders and generals who proceed to double the agency's estimate of Soviet military spending. Senate committee headed by Frank Church proposes revealing size of the country's black budget -- intelligence spending that, in contradiction to the Constitution, is kept secret even from the Hill. According to journalist Tim Weiner, Bush argues that the revelation would be a disaster and would compromise the agency beyond repair. By a one vote margin the matter is referred to the Senate. It never reaches the floor. Chilean dissident Orlando Letelier is assassinated by Chilean secret police agents. CIA fails to inform FBI of pending plot and of assassins' arrival in US. CIA claims the hit was the work of left-wingers in search of a martyr. Bush writes internal CIA memo asking to see cable on Jack Ruby visiting Santos Trafficante in jail. In 1992, Bush will deny any interest in the JFK assassination while CIA head. Bush claims nuclear war is winnable. 1977 Philippine dictator Marcos buys back Robert Mosbacher's oil concession. Mosbacher claims he was swindled. Philippine officials say they never saw any expenditures by Mosbacher on the project. 1978 Bush, Mosbacher and Jim Baker become partners in an oil deal. From a Washington Post article by Bob Woodward and Walter Pincus: "According to those involved in Bush's first political action committee, there were several occasions in 1978-79, when Bush was living in Houston and traveling the country in his first run for the presidency, that he set aside periods of up to 24 hours and told aides that he had to fly to Washington for a secret meeting of former CIA directors. Bush told his aides that he could not divulge his whereabouts, and that he would not be available." Former CIA chief Stansfield Turner denies such meetings took place. George W. Bush declares his candidacy for the Midland Congressional district. He wins the Republican primary and loses in the general election. George W. Bush begins operations of his oil firm, Arbusto Energy. With the help of Jonathan Bush, he assembles several dozen investors in a limited partnership including Dorothy Bush, Lewis Lehrman, William Draper, and James Bath, a Houston aircraft broker 1980 Bush becomes Reagan's vice presidential candidate. Runs as a rightwinger again. Mosbacher becomes chief fundraiser for Bush's presidential campaign. Forms a millionaire's club of 250 contributors, each of whom cough up $100,000. William Casey forms a working group to prepare for possible Carter October political surprise. In early October, an Iranian official meets with three top Reagan campaign aides. All three deny memory of the meeting in subsequent proceedings. On October 21, Reagan hints he has a secret plan to release the hostages. This is right around the alleged date of a Paris meeting at which the so-called "October Surprise" was settled. Some allege that at this meeting it was agreed to end the arms embargo against Iran if Iran would release its hostages after the election. While Bush's presence at this meeting has been denied by the House committee investigating the October Surprise, Bush's whereabouts at this critical time remain in doubt. The White House, in fact, has leaked conflicting stories. Rep. Dan Quayle goes on a Florida golfing vacation with seven other men and Paula Parkinson -- an insurance lobbyist who later posed nude for Playboy. Parkinson describes Quayle as a husband on the make, but says she turned him down because she was already having an affair with another congressman. Marilyn Quayle says, "anybody who knows Dan Quayle knows he would rather play golf than have sex." The Reagan-Bush campaign receives stolen copies of Carter's briefing books. Bush's campaign manager, James Baker, forces the dismissal of Bush aide Jennifer Fitzgerald, described in a 1982 Time story as having "much to say about where Bush goes, what he does and whom he sees." Bush continues to pay Fitzgerald out of his own pocket. 1981 Reagan-Bush inaugurated. Hostages released moments before. Shortly thereafter, arms shipments to Iran resume from Israel and America. In July, an Argentinean plane chartered by Israel crashes in Soviet territory. It is found to have made three deliveries of American military supplies to Iran. In a 1991 story in Esquire, Craig Unger quotes Alexander Haig as saying "I have a sneaking suspicion that someone in the White House winked." Says Unger: "This secret and illegal sale of military equipment continued for years afterwards." James Baker named Reagan's chief of staff. SEC filings for Zapata Oil for 1960-66 are found to have been "inadvertently destroyed." Reagan authorizes CIA assistance to Contras. 1982 CIA director William Casey begins Operation Black Eagle to expand US role in Central America. Urges use of "selected Latin American and European governments, organizations and individuals" in the project. Inslaw, a computer software company, signs a $10 million contract to install a case-tracking program in 94 US Attorney's offices. Four months later, after obtaining a copy of Inslaw's proprietary version of the program, the government cancels the contract and begins an aggressive campaign to force the company into bankruptcy. Later sources claim that the program was installed by the CIA and sold to various foreign intelligence agencies. After $3 million is poured into Arbusto with little oil and no profits, just tax shelter George W. Bush changes the company name to Bush Exploration Oil Co. Subsequently he is kept afloat by an investment from Philip Uzielli, a Princeton friend of James Baker III. For the sum of $1 million, Uzielli bought 10% of the company at a time in 1982 when the entire enterprise was valued at less than $400,000. Subsequently, to save the company George W. Bush merges with Spectrum 7, a small oil firm owned by William DeWitt and Mercer Reynolds. DeWitt had graduated from Yale a few years earlier than Bush and was the son of the former owner of the Cincinnati Reds. Bush becomes president of Spectrum 7. He also gets 14% of the Spectrum's stock. Meanwhile, 50 original investors in Arbusto get paid off at about 20 cents on the dollar. 1983 Noriega meets again with George Bush. Bush presents an autographed photo to a WWII Ukrainian leader under the Nazis, whose regime killed 100,000 Jews. KAL 007 crashes under circumstances that remain suspicious to this day. Bush promotes Jennifer Fitzgerald from appointments secretary to executive assistant. Seven staffers resign in protest. Fitzgerald tells the New York Post: "Everyone keeps painting me as this old ogre. I really don't worry about it. All these bizarre things just simply aren't true." Neil Bush forms his first oil company. He puts in $100, his partners contribute $160,000 and Neil is named president of the firm, JNB Exploration. Jeb Bush's business partner, Alberto Duque, goes bankrupt, is eventually convicted of fraud and is sentenced to 15 years in prison. 1984 Jeb Bush lobbies the Department of Health & Human Services on behalf of Cuban--American businessman Miguel Recarey, Jr., whose medical firm later collapses. Recarey, who was close to mobster Santos Trafficante, later disappears with at least $12 million in federal funds. George Bush takes part in meetings to plan increased "third country" aid to the Contras.. CIA mines Nicaraguan harbors. 1985 Jennifer Fitzgerald is sent to work on Capitol Hill after stories arise linking her romantically with George Bush. Stuart Spencer's public relation firm starts receiving over $350,000 from Panama to improve Noriega's image. CIA starts using BCCI as a conduit. George Bush thanks Oliver North for "dedication and tireless work with the hostage thing, with Central America." Bush will later deny knowing about the Contra effort until late 1986. Neil Bush joins the board of Silverado S&L, serves until 1988. Silverado loans his partners in JNB $132 million which they never repay. Silverado will eventually collapse at a taxpayer cost of $1 billion. 408 TOW anti-tank missiles are shipped from Israel to Iran. A day later, US hostage Benjamin Weir is released. 1986 VP Bush goes to Honduras to promote support for the Contras. Takes along baseball players Nolan Ryan and Gary Carter. Contra figure Felix Rodriguez meets with Donald Gregg, Bush's national security advisor, to complain about Iran-Contra operatives skimming funds from the Contras. Bush may have made several secret visits to Damascus between 1986-88 according to a 1992 report in Time, which said two senior GOP senators were pressing for a probe. The allegation is that Bush went to negotiate the release of hostages in Lebanon but in fact stonewalled Syria, "playing for campaign timing. Republicans want to get to the bottom of intelligence-community suspicions that the US somehow blew a chance to free Terry Anderson and his fellow captives." Iranian arms runner Manucher Ghorbanifar proposes "diversion" of profits from Iran arms sales to Contras. George W. Bush and partners receive more than $2 million of Harken Energy stock in exchange for a failing oil well operation, which had lost $400,000 in the prior six months. After Bush joined Harken, the largest stock position and a seat on its board were acquired by Harvard Management Company. The Harken board gave Bush $600,000 worth of the company's publicly traded stock, plus a seat on the board plus a consultancy that paid him up to $120,000 a year. When Harken runs short of cash it hooks up with investment banker Jackson Stephens of Little Rock, Arkansas, who arranges a $25 million stock purchase by Union Bank of Switzerland. Sheik Abdullah Bakhsh, who joins the board as a part of the deal, is connected to the infamous BCCI. 1987 Bush's former chief of staff, Daniel Murphy, flies to Panama with South Korean influence peddler Tongsun Park on a private plane owned by arms dealer Sargis Soghnalian to meet with Noriega. Murphy later tells a Senate subcommittee that he informed Noriega that he need not resign before the 1988 election despite the Reagan administration public pressure to the contrary. Bill Casey dies. Lee Atwater accuses Robert Dole of spreading stories about Bush and Jennifer Fitzgerald. An agreement is worked out, as reported by Sidney Blumenthal in the Washington Post: "The Dole people didn't spread any rumors and promised not to do it again. And the Bush people haven't spread rumors about the Dole people spreading rumors and won't do it again." Harken Energy project gets rescued by aid from the BCCI-connected Union Bank of Switzerland in a deal brokered by Jackson Stephens, later to show up as a key supporter of Bill Clinton. 1988 Dan Quayle is named VP candidate. Stuart Spencer is assigned to improve Dan Quayle's image, the same job he handled for Noriega and Nixon. Quayle embarrasses campaign by such statements as "[The Holocaust] was an obscene period in our nation's history," adding that "I didn't live in this century." Prisoner who claimed he sold marijuana to Quayle is put into solitary confinement by the head of federal prisons, aborting a planned news conference shortly before the election. Silverado S&L goes under after receiving 126 cease & desist orders in past four years from the Topeka office of the Office of Thrift Supervision. These orders found conflict of interests, insider abuse and other violations. Dwight Chapin, ex-Nixon dirty trickster, gets job in Bush campaign. Rudi Slavoff becomes head of Bulgarians for Bush. In 1983, Slavoff organized an event honoring Austin App, promoter of the theory that the Holocaust was a hoax. Slavoff joins other GOP ethnic leaders in the Coalition of American Nationalities co-chaired by Edward Derwinski. Among them is a former member of an Hungarian pro-Nazi party. After press revelations, eight of the leaders accused of anti-semitism resign from the campaign. Bush says: "Nobody's giving in... These people left of their own account." GOP flier warns that "all the murderers, rapists and drug pushers and child molesters in Massachusetts vote for Michael Dukakis." Bush establishes Team 100, which will eventually grow to 249 individuals who contribute nearly $25 million in soft money to help the GOP cause. The contributions also apparently help the contributors, various of whom get ambassadorial appointments, legislative favors, and intervention on regulatory and criminal matters. Bush denies knowledge of Noriega's involvement in drug dealing. The Willie Horton ad is aired. Credit for similar tactics is given to campaign guru Lee Atwater, whose PR firm had represented drug-connected Bahamian prime minister Oscar Pinding and the Philippines' Marcos. Atwater himself had represented UNITA, the CIA-backed Africa rebel group. Fred Malek, ex-Nixon aide, resigns from the Bush campaign after it's revealed that he compiled a list of Jews in the Labor Dept. as part of a Nixon investigation of a "Jewish cabal." A few days before the supposedly surprise arrest of five BCCI officials, some of the world's most powerful drug dealers quietly withdraw millions of dollars from the bank. Some government investigators believe the dealers were tipped off by sources within the Bush administration. Although Felix Rodriguez, former leading cop under Batista, claims he left the CIA in 1976, Rolling Stone reports that he is still going to CIA headquarters monthly to receive assignments and get his bulletproof Cadillac serviced. Bankruptcy judge George Bason Jr. concludes that the government stole Inslaw's software through "trickery, fraud and deceit." Stock market drops 43 points on false rumor that Washington Post was about the publish the Bush-Fitzgerald story. 1989 Bush inaugurated. Aides tell the press that the new administration would rather "stay one step behind than be one step ahead." Bush authorizes CIA support to Noriega's opposition, giving Noriega an excuse to annul Panama's elections. Bush claims executive privilege to avoid testifying in the Oliver North trial, thus becoming first president to use this power to keep his acts as vice president under wraps. Dan Quayle declares changes in Soviet Union "just a public relations extravaganza." Bush brother Prescott flies to Shanghai after the Tiananmen Square massacre to close a deal for an $18 million resort there, despite his brother's ban on high-level Chinese contacts. Prescott says, "We aren't a bunch of carrion birds coming in to pick the carcass. But there are big opportunities in China, and America can't afford to be shut out." Prescott Bush also visits Japan, searching for consulting contracts just ten days before his brother arrives on a presidential tour. The Japanese firm that paid Prescott a quarter-million dollar consulting fee comes under investigation for exchange law violations and links to the Japanese mob. C. Boyden Gray, the president's top ethics official, corrects his 1985 and 1986 financial disclosure forms. He forgot to include $98,000 in income. George Bush signs the S&L bailout bill promising that "these problems will never happen again." The Chicago Tribune reports: "After 14 fishing outings, the President has failed to catch a single fish." At White House behest, the DEA lures drug dealer to Lafayette Park to make arrest in front of presidential home for the benefit of Bush's upcoming drug speech. At first, drug dealer is dubious, asks DEA agent, "Where the fuck is the White House?" Defense secretary nominee John Tower runs into confirmation troubles when it is revealed that he has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees from defense contractors. Runs into more trouble with revelations of womanizing and drinking. His nomination is rejected. The sale of three communications satellites to China is announced. Prescott Bush is a $250,000 consultant in the deal. GOP memo is leaked implying that House Speaker Tom Foley is a homosexual. President Bush signs a top-secret directive ordering closer ties with Iraq, which opens the way for $1 billion in new aid just a little more than a year before Bush goes to war against that country. The agricultural credit allows Saddam Hussein to use his hard currency for a massive military buildup. A second judge concurs that the government stole Inslaw's software. The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published by the US government, reports that the GNP of East Germany during the 1980s was greater than that of West Germany. The figures come from the CIA. Bahrain officials suddenly break off offshore drilling negotiations with Amoco and decide to deal with Harken Energy, George Bush Jr.'s firm. Harken has had a series of failed ventures and no cash, so the Bass brothers are brought in to finance Harken's efforts at a cost of $50 million. Neil Bush bails out of JNB Exploration, the firm where he became president with a $100 ante, leaving his partners to worry about its debt. Days earlier he forms Apex Energy with a personal investment of $3000. The rest of the money -- $2.7 million -- comes from an SBA program designed to help "high risk start-up companies." Like JNB, it proves to be just that. Apex will later go belly-up with no assets. Two months after his father's inauguration, George W. Bush announces that he and a syndicate of investors have purchased the Texas Rangers. The investors are Edward "Rusty" Rose, Richard Rainwater, Bill DeWitt, Roland Betts (a former Yale frat brother) and Tom Bernstein (Bett's partner in a film investment concern). While Bush appears to lead the group, Rainwater makes clear that Rose is to control how the business is run. Bush's stake in the $86 million deal is 2%, financed with a $500,000 loan from a Midland Bank of which he had been a director and $106,000 from other sources. Rainwater and Rose put up 14.2 million, Betts and Bernstein invested about $6 million and the balance comes from smaller investors and loans. Bush will eventually sell his share for $15 million. 1990 Federal regulators give Bush son Neil the mildest possible penalty in the $1 billion failure of the Silverado S&L. The deal is so good that Bush drops his appeal. Among other things, Neil, as a Silverado director, voted to approve over $100 million in loans to his business partners. January: Bahrain awards exclusive offshore drilling rights to Harken Oil. This is a surprise as Harken is in very shaky financial condition, has never drilled outside of Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma and had never drilled undersea at all. The Bass brothers are brought in by Harken for sufficient equity to proceed with the effort. Harken's stock price increases from $4.50 to $5.50. George W. Bush sells two-thirds of his Harken Energy stock at the top of the market for $850,000, a 200% profit, but makes no report to the SEC until March 1991. Bush Jr. says later the SEC misplaced the report. An SEC representative responds: "nobody ever found the 'lost' filing." One week after Bush's sale, Harken reports an earnings plunge. Harken stock falls more than 60%. Bush uses most of the proceeds to pay off the bank loan he had taken a year earlier to finance his portion of the Texas Rangers deal. August: Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait. Harken's stock price drops substantially. Two months after Bush sells his stock, Harken posts losses for the 2nd quarter of well over $20 million and is shares fall another 24 %, by year end Harken is trading at $1.25. Bush has insisted that he did not know about the firm's mounting losses and that his stock sell-off was approved by Harken's general counsel. George W. Bush is asked by Carlyle Group to serve on the board of directors of Caterair, one of the nation's largest airline catering services which it had acquired in 1989. The offer is arranged by Fred Malek, long time Bush associate who is then an advisor to Carlyle. October: Arlington, Texas Mayor Richard Greene signs a contract that guarantees $135 million toward the new Texas Ranger Stadium's estimate price of $190 million. The Rangers put up no cash but finance their share through a ticket surcharge. From the team's operating revenues, the city will earn a maximum of $5 million annually in rent, no matter how much the Rangers reap from ticket sales and television (a sum that will rise to $100 million a year). Another provision permitts the franchise to buy the stadium after the accumulated rental payments reached a mere $ 60 million. The property acquired so cheaply by the Rangers includes not just a fancy new stadium with a seating capacity of 49,000 but an additional 270 acres of newly valuable land. Legislation is passed and signed that authorizes the Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority with power to issue bonds and exercise eminent domain over any obstinate landowners. Never before had a Texas municipal authority been given the license to seize the property of a private citizen for the benefit of other private citizens. A recalcitrant Arlington family refuses to sell a 13 acre parcel near the stadium site for half its appraised value. The jury awards more than $4 million to the family. Fred Malek returns to power with ambassador status to head up planning for the economic summit. S&L industry is losing money at the rate of $3 million a minute. Bailout chief estimates total cost at $325-500 billion. Some 200 young soccer players have their games canceled for security reasons because Bush wants to go fishing on the Potomac nearby. Says one seven-year-old player: "We had a tough soccer game and he's just going fishing. He could play somewhere else." Bush son Jeb gets the federal government to pay off the $4 million he owed to a failed Florida thrift. Bush brother Jonathan's east coast brokerage fined in two states for violating laws and Jonathan is barred from public trading in Massachusetts. Bush's attorney general, Richard Thornberg, is warned about BCCI but does nothing. Federal court of appeals throws out the Inslaw case on the grounds that it did not belong in bankruptcy court. Bush says, "The economy is headed in the right direction." 1991 Former top aide to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu goes to work for a prominent figure in the BCCI scandal less than a month after leaving the Bush administration. Edward Rogers Jr. signs a $600,000 contract to give legal advice to Sheik Kamal Adham, an ex-Saudi intelligence officer who is being investigated for his role in BCCI's takeover of First American Bancshares. The Miami acting US Attorney is allegedly rebuffed by the Justice Department in his efforts to indict BCCI and some of its principal officers on tax fraud charges. Justice Department later denies this occurred. Danny Casolaro, a reporter investigating the Inslaw story, is found dead in a motel room bathtub, the day after he met a key source. The death was ruled a suicide. Perhaps he is despondent over the loss of his briefcase, which is missing from the room. George Bush spends three nights in a Houston hotel so he can claim Texas residency. Texas has no income tax. Neil Bush bails out of Apex Energy after collecting $320,000 in salary plus expenses. Bill Daniels, cable-TV magnate who has been lobbying against regulation of the cable industry, offers Neil a job. According to a representative, he "thought Neil deserved a second chance." 1992 New York Times reports that three of Bush's top fundraisers are being sued in connection with bank failures and another pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with an S&L. These men include the GOP national finance chair, vice chair and two co-chairs of the President's Dinner, which raised $9 million for Republican causes. Former US Attorney General Elliot Richardson, representing the owners of Inslaw, tells Mother Jones, "I don't know any case where the government has stonewalled like this." First of Harken Energy's wells off Bahrain comes up dry. George W. Bush takes a leave of absence from the firm to work in his father's campaign, saying "I don't want to involve this company in any kind of allegations of conflicts or whatever may arise." Village Voice reports that President Bush has taken at least 76 partisan flights during his term, at a cost to the taxpayers of over $6 million. Nixon's Jew hunter Fred Malek is back as Bush's campaign manager. Campaign sells photo opportunities with the president at a fundraiser for $92,000 each. Washington, DC, loses $52,000 in taxes because Bush claims to be a Texas resident. Donald H. Alexander contributes $100,000 to Team 100; shortly thereafter he's named ambassador to the Netherlands. Bush says: "I will do what I have to do to be reelected." 1993 With the new Ranger stadium being readied to open the following spring, George W. Bush announces that he would be running for governor. He is says his campaign theme will be self-reliance and personal responsibility rather than dependence on government. 1994 George W. Bush is elected Governor of Texas, defeating Ann Richards 53 to 46 %. 1999 George W. Bush executes his 99th prisoner. George W. Bush celebrates the Martin Luther King holiday by staying inside the Governor's Mansion with the windows closed so he wouldn't hear the thousands of Martin Luther King celebrants listening to speeches right outside his window on the Texas capitol grounds [across the street]. Bush claims to be reading four serious books while campaigning for president. Total pages of the four books: 1,762 * "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them and it was clear who them was. Today we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there." -- Texas Gov. George W. Bush, presidential candidate. * "Food on the family." -- George W. Bush listing one of the priorities of his future administration. * "This is Preservation month. I appreciate preservation. This is what you do when you run for president. You've got to preserve." -- George W. Bush to several hundred children at an elementary school in Nashua that was celebrating what it called Perseverance Month (not Preservation Month). * "Is your children learning?" -- George W. Bush on education. * "Some people have too much freedom." -- George W. Bush * "The Grecians." -- George W. Bush on Greek people. * "What I'm against is quotas. I'm against hard quotas, quotas that basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think, vulcanize society." -- George W. Bush, meaning to say "balkanize," not "vulcanize" -- we think -- and something about quotas (Austin American-Statesman 3/23/99). * "Sitting down and reading a 500-page book on public policy or philosophy or something." -- George W. Bush when asked to name something he isn't good at (Talk magazine, September 1999). * "Please! Don't kill me." -- George W. Bush to Larry King, mocking what Karla Faye Tucker said when asked "What would you say to Governor Bush?" prior to her execution by lethal injection (as reported by Talk magazine, September 1999). * "Tell them I have learned from mistakes I may or may not have made." -- George W. Bush 2000 "Jeb's the smart one" -- George Bush Sr. to dinner partner Former President George Bush tries to block Gen. Manuel Noriega's release from a US prison because he fears the Panamanian strongman wants to kill him. Noriega attorney Frank Rubino says the assertion was made by Assistant US Attorney Pat Sullivan, who represented the government at a parole hearing for Noriega. Copyright 2000 The Progressive Review Also,'Sam Smith's Great American Political Repair Manual' is published by WW Norton. 2000 (continued) Al Gore gets more popular votes than George W. Bush in the November presidential elections, but a winner is unable to be declared because the outcome depends upon a state of Florida recount that must made, according to Florida law, since the eventual winner will have a majority of less than 1% of the vote. Many of the counties do not do a recount, but simply re-report their first results. Other counties decide to accept late overseas ballots, contrary to Florida law. Bush enlists James Baker to oversee his post-campaign Florida campaign. Although Jeb, as Florida governor, recuses himself from official state participation in the recount, phone records later made public lead observers to question that statement. The Florida Supreme Court directs that the entire state must physically recount all of the votes, but the U.S. Supreme Court overrules, declaring George W. Bush the victor in order to protect our tradition of the smooth transition of power. The vote was 5-4. Although the court ruled that the decision could never be used as precedent in any future legal case, it was determined that allowing the State of Florida to recount its votes, even though it is legally required to do so, would not be in the best interest of George W. Bush's presidential aspirations. On the basis of the Supreme Court's decision, Bush was declared the victor in Florida, thus winning the majority of electoral votes and thus being elected the nation's 43rd president. 2001 Bush is sworn in as president and Dick Cheney, Sec. of Defense under Poppy, is sworn in as vice-president. Numerous key members of the Regan-Bush and Bush-Quayle administrations, including those who left under a Contra cloud, are brought back into the new administration. With Bush as front man and Cheney as the brains behind the throne, Bush begins to consolidate power with fast-track plans to weaken government regulations of corporations, begin drilling on previously out of bounds environmentally fragile sites, place greater world trade powers in the White House, establish formal governmental funding of religions, allow greater civil rights discrimination in the name of freedom, shift more of the nation's wealth away from the middle class and into the hands of the wealthy through changes in the tax laws, further establish military dominance in the world and in space through missile defense, and weaken international compacts protecting the environment and controlling small arms. 79 year old Andrew Marshall, a colleague of Herman "Dr. Strangelove" Kahn at the Rand think tank in the 50's appointed head of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment and major speechwriter of Bush's Missle Defense System speeches. Taking a cue from the Bush Administration, Japan deals with Iran to provide oil field studies, indicating that the Clinton Sanctions Act will no longer be enforced against Iran. 2000-2001 Updates by Politex

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