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...sucker rally. There are only suckers. In the long bull market that stretched over nearly four years, many investors who made five or six times their initial investment did not cash out in 2007. Some did not take even a small part of their gains and put them into CDs or yen futures. They just let the money ride which means that they assumed that the market was due to double again...
...Indonesia mall, the hip craft store, art gallery and café-restaurant has quickly become the default place to which expats send out-of-town visitors in search of souvenirs. But Indonesians themselves are the real target audience for the rich displays of batiks, paintings, jewelry, ornaments, books and CDs...
...More than 40 years after Walt's death, his successors at the Disney Channel haven't forgotten how to fashion/manipulate/stoke/corrupt/enhance the young imagination. They've made culture-spanning franchises of High School Musical, Hannah Montana and the Jonases: on TV and CDs, in concert and on the movie screen. Early box office returns for the Jonas boys' movie indicate they're not yet in the Miley Cyrus empyrean. JB 3D, which analysts had said would gross $30-40 million, took in just $4.8 million on Friday, for a projected $15-18 million weekend total. Compare that with the Hannah Montana/Miley...
With obscure LP covers, CDs, and music posters plastering its windows, Weirdo Records’ new storefront at 844 Mass. Ave. serves as an appropriate foretaste for the music haven that lies inside. The retail space—which opened its doors on Feb. 6—is the first for the business that began in owner Angela Sawyer’s bedroom in 2006. Primarily an online store until now, Weirdo sells new and used music, DVDs, books, and magazines. “I would like Weirdo to be a home for people who like weird stuff, who have...
...Here's the catch: If the bonds Strata insured against go bad, Strata is on the hook for the losses. And in a twist on regular insurance, the buyer of a CDS contract [i.e., the insured] doesn't actually have to own the bond. If the bond goes belly up, they get paid as if they had, pocketing the insurance payout as a profit, which of course would be a loss for the owners of Strata...