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There is RSS reader feeds of the forums. Perhaps if admin exposes those feeds more visibly, you could use an RSS reader with your own customizations to fonts etc.
I used to be one of the moderators of back in 1999. I remained moderator for about 6 years and and am still recognized as ex-Mod on this site. This site software is custom written by the owner. So, the owner of the site had opportunity to customize …
Reply to @johnN: I am also a transplanted Texan.
This guy (Perry) is one of the most disingenuous politicians you could find.
It is crony capitalism. Remember his Trans-Texas corridor which was the largest land grab that even Republicans could n…
Now, after the last change there is a space left after = but not before. Either add a space to both sides of equal signs or none at all.
I still think the forum listing for posts is too crowded and hence taking too much vertical space.
Take a loo…
Hi, I am sure if there was a Lehman type of event, they would do the same things. They still can, would and should function as a lender of last resort.
Now, as for stimulating the economy they may have used much of the "monetary" tools but they are…
Reply to @CathyG: As much as I would like to question the merits of certain stocks in a portfolio, it would be Monday night quarterbacking.
There is a reason you are hiring a fund manager. If you have hired Yacktman, he is doing exactly what he is…
Also, I would like to comment about $1.2T figure. Fed lent this money. Yes, it is a big number. Yes, it got the money back eventually. This is exactly the function of Fed. The lender of last resort. It was doing what it is intended to do.
Also, th…
Reply to @catch22: I am sorry. I might have sounded attacking you but what you said is typically found stuff in blog-sphere.
I would be most curious to find a quote that links inflation and the reluctance of releasing the record of who got what mon…
Fed Chairman did not say it would cause inflation. He said the release of data at that time might cause a bank rush and make matters worse. He did not say it should not be released at any time. But, it does not prevent blogsphere to distort and mis-…
Reply to @Accipiter: This could be something perhaps Vanilla users might find useful. They might incorporate the change into main line.
Alternatively, perhaps it could be made as a Vanilla plug-in. Less intrusive and require less maintenance.
Reply to @Accipiter: I vote for a space between name and the date/time. Also, I think the size of font for title is too large. A slightly smaller font will save vertical space in the list as well and might help avoid some long titles to wrap to two …
I am not so sure about RIM. It could be a value trap. The smart phone market is so competitive right now that in the end there is a high possibility that Apple (iPhone) and Google (Android) could be the dominant players. Nokia (Symbian & Windows…
Reply to @Accipiter: One thing that would be really neat (for logged in users) is that the newer posts in the thread are indicated by an icon. The board software already knows if there is an unread post in a thread so it could indicate so with yello…
Wall street corrupt?
Politicians corrupt?
The above two statements should probably be terminated by a period.
There is an article today detailing how companies that donated to Rick Perry's campaign got rewarded by funds from Texas Enterprise Fund …
I agree with Maurice.
HP seems to have lost its way. I am not sure ditching the personal computer business out now is a successful strategy. It could be a mistake and so far Wall Street is thinking it is not going to save HP. They seem not to know…
Pimco STPZ (1-5 years) is investing in short maturity TIPS. There are actually some 4yr 6mo issues.
I think Pimco is buying the TIPS on the secondary market so time to maturity is shorter. Although the portfolio also seems to hold a bunch of T-Bil…
Reply to @Anonymous:
I hear you are talking about Reagan, Bush-1, Bush-2 among others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_by_U.S._presidential_terms
It's a repost. Yahoo reposts Morningstar articles a couple weeks past its original appearance on M* site. This one appeared on 8/4 and I or someone else posted it as weekly M* Fund Times.
http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=390308
John, with due respect, there is nothing common with these and my article. Could you please post these on your own thread and don't hijack other threads. Thanks.
Thank you for your submission. I generally do agree on you in many respects but as you said we part ways on this one.
I am not going to rebut your submission although I am more than able to do so. I will sum up to one simple paragraph:
First, Aus…
Reply to @Accipiter: I am using Firefox 5.0 on Windows 7. IE 9 on Windows 7 and Safari 5.0 on OSX also has the exact same behavior. Firefox and IE are latest browsers.
I've checked Firefox 3.6 on OSX and it was OK. But... I think I found the probl…
Thanks. I am not that surprised to find Mexican bottled coke in MI. Cost of production + shipping is still lower than cost of producing iconic American drink in the USA.
You have now US domestic brand vehicles assembled in Mexico and Canada havin…
I am going to take issue with your assessment of recent crisis. You said:
"For example, recent government policies and actions have transferred credit eligibility from an earned privilege to an entitlement guarantee. That was the bottom-line cause …
Reply to @Accipiter: The new code seems to insert an additional space between symbol and ticker. work/FSICX. There is no typed space after / and before FSICX. Also the following (ticker on first column) still does not work.
FSICX
I am not worried. It's al human. Some will leave now saying they will never get back. Some of them will change their mind at a later time when they feel everyone is making hand over fist and they are left out. Eventually, they will get back to marke…
There is a couple of problems. It does not work in the first column. This was what I was trying to take care with ^\p{Lu}{3,6}
Ticker in first column
VWESX
Also there are issues of eating parts of the text. See the test cases at: http://www.mutual…
