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• 01Sep

  Oil rallies nearly 3% to $73.91 in biggest one-day gain since early August

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  Oil rallies nearly 3% to $73.91 in biggest one-day gain since early August

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• 31Aug

  Obama: “Operation Iraqi Freedom is over”

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  U.S. President Barack Obama declared the U.S. combat mission in Iraq ended on Tuesday, but said the U.S. commitment to Iraq has not ended as he urged its leaders to quickly form an inclusive government.
  He also said in a White House speech that the United States is able to apply more resources in Afghanistan because of the change in Iraq, and that the pace of the U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan will depend on conditions on the ground, but start on schedule in July 2011.

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• 26Aug

  Rally?

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  Stockshakers bought FAS yesterday along with GLD the day before.

  Financials may rally here on the job numbers.

  For the most part this may just be short covering rally.

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• 22Aug

  The IBD 100 Top 10 for the week of August 23

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  NFLX, JKS, MELI, BIDU, PCLN, VIT, IDSA, FFIV, PPO, VMW  The IBD 100 Top 10 for the week of August 23

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• 19Aug

  Mexico Under Siege

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  Mexico Under Siege

  MONTERREY, Mexico

  A surge of drug violence in Mexico’s business capital and richest city has prompted an outcry from business leaders who on Wednesday took out full-page ads asking President Felipe Calderón to send in more soldiers to stem the violence.
  ‘Es momento de hacer un alto y decidir sobre la mejor forma de responder a las bandas de criminales que … buscan establecer un nuevo parámetro de terror.’
  ‘It’s time to stop and decide the best way to respond to criminal bands … looking to establish a new boundary of terror.’

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• 19Aug

  Mortgage Rates Hit Another Record Low: Freddie Mac

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  Mortgage Rates Hit Another Record Low: Freddie Mac
  Mortgage rates fell in the past week to the latest in a series of record lows amid concerns about the state of the U.S. economy, according to a survey released on Thursday by Freddie Mac, the second-largest U.S. mortgage finance company.

  Rock-bottom rates should continue to spur demand for home loan refinancing, putting extra cash into consumers’ hands that they can save, use to pay off existing debt or funnel into the economy through extra spending.

  Interest rates on U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most widely used loan, averaged 4.42 percent for the week ended August 19, down from the previous week’s 4.44 percent and its year-ago level of 5.12 percent, according to the survey.

  Thirty-year mortgage rates have fallen to fresh lows for nine straight weeks. Freddie Mac started the survey in April 1971.

  Meanwhile, 15-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.90 percent, down from 3.92 percent last week, the lowest since Freddie Mac began surveying this loan type in 1991. Fifteen-year mortgage rates have hit fresh lows in six straight weeks.

  “Investors in long-term bonds appear very confident that inflation will remain in check, and as a result long-term fixed mortgage rates have continued to fall,” Amy Crews Cutts, Freddie Mac deputy chief economist, said in a statement.

  Mortgage rates are linked to yields on Treasuries and yields on mortgage-backed securities.

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• 15Aug

  IBD 100 Top Ten for the week of August 16

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  NFLX, BIDU, MELI, PCLN, IDSA, JKS, PPO, FFIV, VMW, CXO, HMIN The IBD 100 Top Ten for the week of August 16:
  Netflix (NFLX), Baidu (BIDU), MercadoLibre (MELI), Priceline.com (PCLN), Industrial Services of America (IDSA), JinkoSolar (JKS), Polypore (PPO), F5 Networks (FFIV), VMware (VMW), Concho (CXO)

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• 11Aug

  The VIX is up 14%

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  The VIX is up 14%. Volatility returns with great force!

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• 10Aug

  Fed says economic recovery likely to be more modest in near-term

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  Fed says economic recovery likely to be more modest in near-term

  Fed to keep constant holdings of securities at current level

  Fed expects exceptionally low funds rate for extended period

  Fed announcement cuts market losses

  Fed to buy long-term Treasury debt, keeps target rate unchanged

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• 10Aug

  Apple licenses super-tough “Liquidmetal” technology

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  Apple licenses super-tough “Liquidmetal” technology

  Apple has acquired a license to use the intellectual property developed by Liquidmetal Technologies.

  There was no official announcement, the information was uncovered in an SEC filing by AppleInsider.

  On August 5, 2010, Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Liquidmetal”), entered into a Master Transaction Agreement with Apple Inc., a California corporation (“Apple”), pursuant to which (i) Liquidmetal contributed substantially all of its intellectual property assets to a newly organized special-purpose, wholly-owned subsidiary (the “IP Company”), (ii) the IP Company granted to Apple a perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusive license to commercialize such intellectual property in the field of consumer electronic products in exchange for a license fee, and (iii) the IP Company granted back to Liquidmetal a perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusive license to commercialize such intellectual property in all other fields of use (together with all ancillary agreements, the “Master Transaction Agreement”).

  Liquidmetal is interesting stuff. According to the website, the characteristics of the material is as follows:

  •High Yield Strength
  •High Hardness
  •Superior Strength/Weight Ratio
  •Superior Elastic Limit
  •High Corrosion Resistance
  •High Wear-Resistance
  •Unique Acoustical Properties
  Liquidmetal also exhibits excellent strength and elastic properties:

  Liquidmetal could make for some interesting portable products.

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