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Forget about the stupid IPOs, stocks, economy,…it’s baseball time in this baseball town.
St. Louis Cardinals is playing NLDS (National League Division Series) against LA Dodgers. Here is the local (St. Louis area) TV schedule.
Gm 1 STL @ LAD Wed 10/7 9:37 TBS Chris Carpenter v Randy Wolf
Gm 2 STL @ LAD Thu 10/8 6:07 TBS Adam Wainwright v Clayton Kershaw
Gm 3 LAD @ STL Sat 10/10 6:07 TBS Vicente Padilla v Joel Piniero
Gm […]

I remember once my Accounting instructor told his father bought him a Kansas ulility stock when he was a kid (maybe 10 years old or so). The interesting part is everyday he would read the stock section of newspaper and check the price of his stock. One reason he chose accounting as his profession. I […]

From: David Stern
To: Referees in NBA playoff and finals
Subject: new rule on elbow
If Kobe elbows somebody, don’t call him foul. See YouTube video below. And a fan’s story here.

Else (if ordinary guy like Anthony inadvertently elbows somebody like Williams), call him foul.
My comment
Superstar got super nice treatment, it’s just a matter of life. Now that […]

Yesterday, the jocky it sponsors, Kent Desormeaux won the Belmont, one of the triple crown in horse racing.

(source: http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/120965).
Today, Roger Federer, its spoke person, won the French Open. The Ad below is a bit old, but Netjets released a new Ad shortly after the win, which is a bit funny.

Netjets is a subsidiary of […]

It’s payback time. Now that “green shoots” are everywhere, many banks, big or small, want to return the TARP money. It seems to me this government effort rescuing the financial system is pretty much like miracle, only 6 months ago, I remember it was like the sky was falling. Now everyone is healthy, at least […]

(Update Apr 2). April Fool’s day was yesterday but Financial Fool’s day continues. FASB just lifted the strict mark to marke rule (business week; market watch).
(Original) This is NOT what I am saying, but this is essentially the bankers and their friends in congress are saying these days. Tomorrow FASB will vote on fasb […]

I sold my remaining BRK.B share last week, and got some US bank (NYSE: USB) shares instead. The main reason I sold BRK.B is:
1) I don’t really understand the valuation of the business, which is 50% insurance + 50% manufacturing, housing, retailing etc. I have no idea for insurance and the whole thing is too […]

(update) CNNMoney appears to agree with me. When did I sound like MSM (main stream media)?
Obviously, that’s how the US goverment thinks. When bailing out the AIG, they were saying AIG is a systematic important institution, and they just could not let it fail. And here is the bailout (handout details).

As many people already noticed, […]

This is the T. Rowe Price TV commercial I saw today.

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And this is the Franklin Templeton TV commerical which has been run for a while.

Are they use the same Ad. agent? Or creative minds think alike

(Update 2: March 11) Cramer shot back, Stewart responds.
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(Update) Correct the name (from Steward to Stewart).
link here.

Seriously, I think Jon revealed some of the problems […]