Brutal one-week whipsaws in DUG and ERY ... interestingly, SCO has never even come close to reversing.
Links for 2014 11 28
HONG KONG BANKS CUT YUAN DEPOSIT RATES AS STOCK CONNECT DISAPPOINTS
China's Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICBC) signed a pact with the Los Angeles city government to promote
cross-border yuan trade and set up an offshore renminbi centre in California, the bank said on Saturday.
China Merchants Bank Hong Kong branch completed its sale of a 2 billion yuan dim sum bond, which was priced at
3.95 percent for the 3-year tranche and 4.05 percent for the 5-year tranche.
The Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, will launch
three metal mini-futures denominated in the yuan on Dec 1. The contract size for aluminium, zinc and copper futures
will be 5 tonnes.
BNP Paribas (China) announced on Wednesday that it had further expanded its presence in the Shanghai Free Trade
Zone with the opening of a new branch.
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CHOPPY VIDEO? "pretty confrontng moment" ... IS THAT AN AUSTRALIANISM?
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Beijing Restos To Visit (Again) -- not reviewed
brick & wood
okra
jing ya tang
yotsuba
mercante
huang ting (peninsula set lunch)
starfish
the rug
vin vi
mare
chef too
cru steakhouse (marriott)
the pho laboratory
phonominal
man fu lou
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The Olympic Impact: The Reform Fantasy
By James Mann
979 words
5 August 2008
The Wall Street Journal Asia
For decades, as the Chinese economy has advanced, Western presidents and prime ministers have been putting forward one ve...
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The rich scent of freedom | The Economist
"An unsettling possibility for America is that China could grow richer and yet remain authoritarian. In his book, “The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China”, James Mann, an American journalist, argues that his countrymen like to believe they are changing China and that the Chinese are becoming Americanised. “These assumptions have never been borne out in the past,” he writes. American political debate tends to concentrate on two scenarios: the gradual liberalisation of China and, occasionally, the possibility of political upheaval there. A third, highly plausible scenario—that there will be no real political change—is also worth considering, says Mr Mann. American officials have often said that their country’s trade and engagement with China would help to change it politically, but they may have been mistaken.
Unchanged, and yet changing
Mr Mann may have understated the extent of recent changes in China. Its political institutions and its treatment of organised opposition to the party remain unaltered. But property rights, which hardly existed in China until the 1990s, have widely taken hold. Citizens protest against forced evictions from their homes to make way for development. A new army of private lawyers take on the state in court (and usually lose, but at least they try). The middle class, armed with the internet (users of which remain a step ahead of censors), demands, and sometimes gets, redress for abuses of power by local governments."
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"Yet one needs to be cautious not to overestimate China's ability to fulfill its potential. Anyone who believes otherwise would benefit from reading James Mann's "The China Fantasy" and Minxin Pei's "China's Trapped Transition." They might be wrong in their predictions, but I find them convincing."
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"The sceptics, anchored by polemics such as James Mann's The China Fantasy, look at Singapore and Russia. They see cosy ties between business and government and a bought-off bourgeoisie whose memories of hunger and fear of both chaos and the government keep them in line. No liberalisation is on the horizon. Life is better than ever, so why rock the boat?"
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China won't bow down - Los Angeles Times
In "The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression," James Mann also scorns the Washington think tanks (one of which he works for).
But he hints that free trade advocates who pushed for China's admission to the World Trade Organization in 2000 misled the public.
"Across the United States, factories have closed and millions of Americans have been put out of work as the result of our decision to keep our markets open to Chinese goods. Meanwhile, the American people have been informed repeatedly that the reasons for our policy were not merely economic -- helping American companies that do business with or in China -- but political. Free trade was going to lead to political liberalization," he writes.
A former columnist and Beijing correspondent for The Times, Mann says it's too late to undo what was done.
"We need to stop assuming that we are going to integrate China into an American-led community," says Mann. But that doesn't mean that the United States has to quietly accept China's system of government.
"The United States ought to take a strong and forthright stand on human rights," says Mann.
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The Media Kowtow | The Weekly Standard
"James Mann, the Los Angeles Times’s former Beijing bureau chief, was so bothered by this state of affairs that a few years ago he wrote The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression. The book is a taxonomy of all the transparently misleading buzz words, tropes, and justifications that brought us to the point where we “assume repression as a baseline,” says Mann. The argument is skillfully presented and damning, which perhaps explains its lack of impact. The book has, however, made navigating the sidewalks of Washington, D.C., a little easier for Mann. “There are now people that cross the street when they see me,” he says."
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Search Engine ART PINE Art Pine 833 words 8 February 2010
For years, U.S. policymakers have generally left human rights issues on the back burner in dealing with China. The rationale has been that Beijing's autocrats eventually would become more democratic o...
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A special report on China: Rising power, anxious state | The Economist
China is likely to disappoint those who believed that the country’s embrace of globalisation would usher in greater political freedoms over the next few years. James Mann, an American journalist, gave warning of this in a 2007 book, "The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China", suggesting that a quarter of a century from now China’s "current system of modernised, business-supported repression could well be vastly more established and entrenched". A lot can happen in 25 years, but the line-up for next year’s change of leadership does not give cause for optimism.
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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION FORMUM ENTITLED "CHINA'S INTERNAL DILEMMAS," ROUNDTABLE
FEBRUARY 25, 2011
SPEAKERS: ELIZABETH ECONOMY, C.V. STARR SENIOR FELLOW AND DIRECTOR FO...
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The day's keynote speaker is Ambassador Richard Solomon, president of the United States Institute of Peace and former assistant secretary of state for East Asia. He will be interviewed by James Mann, author of "Rise of the Vulcans" and "The China Fantasy."
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Candidates Debate Rise of China; China Debates Reform
Bill Bishop
By BILL BISHOP
863 words
22 October 2012
NYT Blogs
"In his 2007 book"The China Fantasy" (Viking), James Mann criticized the argument that trade and engagement would bring l...
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In China, Weighing Economic and Political Freedoms
"In 2007, James Mann wrote “The China Fantasy,” a short book arguing that Western elites had misrepresented the benefits of engagement with China, and that prosperity and capitalism would not necessarily bring democracy to the country. Mr. Mann asked:
“What if China manages to continue on its current economic path, yet its political system does not change in any fundamental way? What if, twenty-five or thirty years from now, a wealthier, more powerful China continues to be run by a one-party regime that still represses organized political dissent much as it does today, while at the same time China is also open to the outside world and, indeed, is deeply intertwined with the rest of the world through trade, investment and other economic ties? Everyone assumes that the Chinese political system is going to open up — but what if it doesn’t? What if, in other words, China becomes fully integrated into the world’s economy, yet it remains also entirely undemocratic?”
That is the question many may now be focused on. As much as we in the West would like to assume that more prosperity will make China “more like us,” is there actually solid evidence to support that belief?
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China's 'political status quo' to continue despite economic rise: U.S. expert - Yahoo News India
"Over the last six years, I have been impressed by Chinese middle class concerns in three areas. The first is pollution and air quality, which is really bad. The second is food quality, or product quality. Even basic milk is tainted in China, and people are importing milk from Hong Kong and overseas because they cannot trust anything they buy. The third is internet censorship, which is viewed as a daily annoyance and insult for middle class people," Prof. Mann opined.
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“The main, single, ferocious idea of the party is that there is not going to be a Chinese Gorbachev,” said James Mann, author of “The China Fantasy,” a book that aims to explode the assumption that economic progress inexorably leads to democracy.
“They are committed to a collective leadership, where nobody can get too far out in front of the others,” he said. “They are not open to restraints on the power of the party.” There was no reason to think Xi wanted to relax the party’s hold on power, Mann added. “And if he did, he wouldn’t be allowed to.”
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China’s road to democracy blocked by rulers | Boston Herald
LOCKED UP ... QUOTES MANN
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Communist China: Facing up to modern Mao - The Globe and Mail
“Countries generally seem to feel that they can't just say this is a big, tough, nasty government, but we have to deal with it," said James Mann, the author of The China Fantasy, which respected China watcher Bill Bishop has called “the most important and prescient American book on China of the 21st century."
RESPECTED CHINA WATCHER, EH?
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Capitalism Is Making China Richer, But Not Democratic : Parallels : NPR
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Capitalism Is Making China Richer, But Not Democratic : Parallels : NPR
MANN GETTING SOME LOVE
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Amazon.com: MindWare KEVA Contraptions: Toys & Games
"And an 18 page idea book with project photos and quick start instructions"
ALREADY HAVE LOTS OF KEVA PLANKS ... JUST NEED THE IDEA BOOK ;-)
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Amazon.com: Tenzi Game dice color may vary .: Toys & Games
"I saw these hanging around a toy store full of overpriced "education" and "creative" toys."
WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD OF THIS BEFORE?
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ARDBEG FOR BLOG POST
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Ernie Button » Vanishing Spirits – The Dried Remains of Single Malt Scotch
BUT IS IT CAPITAL A.R.T. ART?
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Mother Of 4 Wakes Up Early To Make Creative Breakfasts For Her Kids | Bored Panda
JAPANESE MOM OF COURSE ... BORED AND FRUSTRATED AT HOME BUT NOT WATCHING THE SOAPS
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Can you steal the best pricing techniques from restaurants?
"Take Off That Dollar Sign from Your Prices"
"Add An Expensive Steak To Your Proposal"
"Do Not Underestimate Your Customers" i.e., NEVER ROUND YOUR PRICES
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HOW MANY HAS HE DONE?
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Animalium (Welcome to the Museum): Jenny Broom, Katie Scott: 9780763675080: Amazon.com: Books
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NICE IDEAS
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Forgotify | Discover a previously unheard Spotify track
"4 million songs on Spotify have never been played.
Not even once. Let’s change that."
SURPRISED IT'S NOT 40 MILLION
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New Works by Brock Davis | iGNANT.de
LOVE IT BUT IS IT CAPITAL A.R.T. ART?
Links for 2014 11 27
The Gender Pay Gap Revealed in Tech; Glassdoor Report | Glassdoor Blog
NOT AS BIG AS YOU'D THINK
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THX TOM
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Officer Darren Wilson's story is unbelievable. Literally. - Vox
WE KNOW KID WAS UNARMED, THAT'S ALL
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PUBLIC FORUM
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The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel
FRAU NEIN
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UNTIL MB AND HIS FAMILY HAS JUSTICE OR HAVE JUSTICE?
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HOW MANY SHOTS IN THE BACK? THIS IS A KEY QUESTION ... DID THE FEDS CONDUCT A SEPARATE AUTOPSY?
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HELPFULLY COMPETENT
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STATS NERDS
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A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA | Rolling Stone
"Jackie was just starting her freshman year at the University of Virginia when she was brutally assaulted by seven men at a frat party."
INCREDIBLY COMMON, I'M SURE, NUMBER OF DATE RAPES I KNEW ABOUT WAS STAGGERING
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Berkshire Hathaway
Wells Fargo & Company
Visa Inc
Walt Disney Company
Pepsico Inc
Abbvie Inc. Common Stock
Mastercard Inc
Unitedhealth Group Inc
Celgene Corp
Honeywell International Inc
Medtronic Inc
Actavis Inc
Costco Wholesale Corp
Express Scripts
Covidien Plc.
American Tower Corp
Ace Limited
Liberty Global
Liberty Global
Stryker Corp
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.
Cardinal Health
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
Equity Residential
Becton Dickinson and Company
The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc
Avago Technologies
Mylan Inc
Avalonbay Communities
Amerisourcebergen Corp
Reed Elsevier Plc
Nxp Semiconductors N.V.
Fidelity National Information Services
Reed Elsevier Nv
SBA Communications Corp
Kinder Morgan Management Llc
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Credicorp Ltd
Lam Research Corp
Carefusion Corp
Henry Schein
Hanesbrands Inc
Tim Hortons Inc
Hospira Inc
Pall Corp
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Equifax Inc
Varian Medical Systems
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Medivation Inc
Sensata Technologies Holding N.V.
Coty Inc
Extra Space Storage Inc
Sei Investments Company
Ingredion Inc
Leggett & Platt Inc
Partnerre Ltd
Keysight Technologies Inc. Comm
Hain Celestial Group
Teleflex Inc
Michaels Companies Inc.
Graco Inc
SS&C Technologies Holdings
Erie Indemnity Company
Swift Transportation Company
Teledyne Technologies Inc
Verint Systems Inc
Validus Holdings
Paramount Group Inc.
Brinker International
First American Corp
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc
Catalent Inc.
Post Properties
Euronet Worldwide
Cavium Inc
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc
Bank of The Ozarks
La Quinta Holdings Inc.
J2 Global Communications Inc
Knight Transportation
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd
Epam Systems Inc
Impax Laboratories
Dupont Fabros Technology
Caci International
J & J Snack Foods
Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd
Monolithic Power Systems
Cantel Medical
Examworks Group
Ambarella Inc
Fidelity & Guaranty
Hollysys Automation Technologies
Paycom Software Inc.
Dplo
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Abaxis Inc
Inc Research Holdings Inc.
Sunoco L.P.
Rentrak Corp
Cato Corp
Hawaiian Holdings
Sage Therapeutics Inc.
Fcb Financial Holdings Inc.
Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc.
Omeros Corp
Performance Sports Group Ltd.
Civitas Solutions Inc.
Ovascience Inc
Boot Barn Holdings Inc.
Jth Holding Inc
IGI Laboratories
Zafgen Inc.
Ardelyx Inc.
Global Telcom & Technology Inc
US Concrete
Re/Max Holdings Inc
Covenant Transportation Group
Vitae Pharmaceuticals Inc
Vectrus Inc. Common Stock
Triumph Bancorp Inc.
Allied Motion Technologies
Affimed Therapeutics B.V.
Flanigan's Enterprises
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Twitter Starting to Track List of Users’ Apps on Mobile Devices bloom.bg/15Akhn1
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Churning and Burning: The Day I Lost a Sh*t-ton of Money, Part I
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The Few, the Rich: Chinese Who Like Uncle Sam atfp.co/1229FL7
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the United States is the go-to immigration destination for Chinese millionaires, who cite children's education, fear of environmental pollution, and food safety issues as the primary motivations for leaving China.
The Magnetic Fields' Channel
First 50+ tracks generated by the Pandora algo. Now you can easily make a playlist on Spotify.
- The Magnetic Fields -- Strange Powers
- The Cure -- Just Like Heaven
- The 6ths -- Aging Spinsters
- The Velvet Underground -- Pale Blue Eyes
- The Magnetic Fields -- Josephine
- The Knifes -- Heartbeats (Live)
- She & Him -- Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
- Pixies -- Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
- The Magnetic Fields -- When You're Old And Lonely
- The Blow -- True Affection
- Belle & Sebastian -- The State I Am In
- The Cure -- In Between Days
- The Magentic Fields -- Lovers From The Moon
- Camera Obscura -- Keep It Clean
- Fugazi -- I'm So Tired
- The Cure -- Boys Don't Cry
- Peter Bjorn and John -- Young Folks
- Elliott Smith -- Say Yes
- The Postal Service -- Nothing Better
- Echo & The Bunnymen -- The Killing Moon
- David Bowie -- Starman (BBC Radio Version)
- Elliott Smith -- Ballad Of Big Nothing
- The Blow -- Parentheses
- Belle & Sebastian -- The Boy With An Arab Strap
- Pavement -- Here
- The xx -- Intro
- Yo La Tengo -- Stockholm Syndrome
- Wilco -- Heavy Metal Drummer
- Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros -- Home
- Camera Obscura -- Roman Holiday
- When In Rome -- The Promise
- Belle & Sebastian -- Stay Loose
- The Dodos -- Winter
- Beirut -- Rhineland (Heartland)
- The Freelies -- Let's Go
- New Order -- Love Vigilantes
- The Magnetic Fields -- I Don't Want To Get Over You
- Modern English -- I Melt With You
- Belle & Sebastian -- Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
- The Smiths -- Panic
- The Magnetic Fields -- My Only Friend
- Belle & Sebastian -- Winter Wookskie
- The Knife -- Heartbeats
- STRFKR -- Rawnald Gregory Erickson The Second
- The Magnetic Fields -- The Flowers She Sent & The Flowers She Said She Sent
- The Smiths -- The Headmaster Ritual
- Beirut -- Elephant Gun
- Belle & Sebastian -- Judy And The Dream Of Horses
- Mirah -- Sweepstakes Prize
- Neutral Milk Hotel -- Communist Daughter
- ....
- Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground -- Sunday Morning
- Stars -- Sleep Tonight (Junior Boys Remix)
- The Shins -- Gone For Good (Alternate Version)
- Beirut -- My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
- Johnyoko & Lali Puna -- Papa Was A Rodeo
SquareSpace Doesn't Play Well With Old Browsers
@maoxian We optimise our platform for the latest releases of each browser so using an older version can cause errors.
This means I can't update the blog from the office computer since I can't update Chrome on the office computer (a miracle I got it installed in the first place without admin rights).
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- November 24, 2014
More reversals, more money lost. That October plunge and massive rebound really messed with Fuzzy's head.
Links for 2014 11 26
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This Teacher Taught His Class A Powerful Lesson About Privilege
"“The closer you were to the bin, the better your odds. This is what privilege looks like. Did you notice how the only ones who complained about fairness were in the back of the room? People in the front of the room were less likely to be aware of the privilege they were born into. All they can see is 10 feet between them and their goal.”
WE CALL IT BEING BORN ON THIRD BASE
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SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONED THIS STUFF RECENTLY
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Rohinni's Lightpaper Is Incredibly Thin, And Printable ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community
"The big problem with the product's current, version one, is how it places the LEDs when printed. Right now, they aren't distributed evenly on the printed surface. "
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Stop packing so much: The minimalist packing list — Medium
"The Roost laptop stand is one of my favourite bits of kit."
SUGRO TOO
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Who Rules the Social Web? | Information Is Beautiful
LOOK AT ALL THE CHICKS ON TUMBLR (all those fashionistas?)
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Apple Inc
Berkshire Hath Hld B
Visa Inc
Union Pacific Corp
Abbvie Inc. Common Stock
Mastercard Inc
Celgene Corp
Honeywell International Inc
21St Century Fox Class A
Medtronic Inc
Actavis Inc
Lowe's Companies
Blackrock
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
Covidien Plc.
Tjx Companies
American Tower Corp
CSX Corp
Ace Limited
Liberty Global
Norfolk Southern Corp
Liberty Global
Stryker Corp
Raytheon Company
V.F. Corp
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.
Air Products and Chemicals
Kroger Company
Northrop Grumman Corp
AON Plc
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
Becton Dickinson and Company
Western Digital Corp
L Brands Inc
Avago Technologies
Macy's Inc
Delphi Automotive Plc
Humana Inc
Amerisourcebergen Corp
Parker-Hannifin Corp
Reed Elsevier Plc
O'Reilly Automotive
Charter Communications
Nxp Semiconductors N.V.
Fidelity National Information Services
Reed Elsevier Nv
Amphenol Corp
Roper Industries
Genuine Parts Company
SBA Communications Corp
Whirlpool Corp
Nordstrom
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc
Dollar Tree
Tiffany & Co.
Kinder Morgan Management Llc
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc
Carmax Inc
Carefusion Corp
Burger King Worldwide
Henry Schein
Tim Hortons Inc
Hanesbrands Inc
Stericycle Inc
Pall Corp
Signet Jewelers Limited
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Quest Diagnostics Inc
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Wabtec Corp
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Mettler-Toledo International
Sensata Technologies Holding N.V.
Everest Re Group
Dentsply International Inc
Meadwestvaco Corp
Coty Inc
Valspar Corp
Old Dominion Freight Line
Synopsys Inc
W.R. Berkley Corp
Sei Investments Company
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings
Zayo Group Holdings Inc.
Allison Transmission Holdings
Ingredion Inc
CDW Corp
Global Payments Inc
HD Supply Holdings Inc
Leggett & Platt Inc
Keysight Technologies Inc. Comm
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
Ryder System
Teleflex Inc
Graco Inc
Tfs Financial Corp
Dun & Bradstreet Corp
Wex Inc
Lennox International
Springleaf Holdings Inc
Erie Indemnity Company
Teledyne Technologies Inc
Swift Transportation Company
HSN Inc
Validus Holdings
Servicemaster Global Holdings I
Iesi-Bfc Ltd
Landstar System
Brinker International
Vwr Corporation
First American Corp
Cst Brands Inc. Common Stock
Catalent Inc.
Berry Plastics Group Inc
Burlington Stores Inc
Buffalo Wild Wings
Columbia Sportswear Company
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Euronet Worldwide
Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
La Quinta Holdings Inc.
Knight Transportation
Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc
Shell Midstream Partners L.P.
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor
Heartland Express
Asbury Automotive Group Inc
Trinet Group Inc
Group 1 Automotive
Werner Enterprises
Caci International
Dupont Fabros Technology
American Realty Capital Healthc
Chesapeake Lodging Trust
Dineequity Inc
Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd
Fidelity & Guaranty
Sonic Corp
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Dplo
G&K Services
Clubcorp Holdings Inc
Healthequity Inc.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc.
Abaxis Inc
Ellie Mae Inc
Mimedx Group Inc
The Navigators Group
Cato Corp
Hawaiian Holdings
Zs Pharma Inc.
Fcb Financial Holdings Inc.
Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc.
Servisfirst Bancshares Inc.
Square 1 Financial Inc
Ovascience Inc
Douglas Dynamics
Boot Barn Holdings Inc.
Zafgen Inc.
Global Telcom & Technology Inc
Covenant Transportation Group
Ocular Therapeutix Inc
Reading International Inc
Vectrus Inc. Common Stock
Triumph Bancorp Inc.
Quotient Limited
Upland Software Inc.
Willdan Group
Flanigan's Enterprises
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Links for 2014 11 25
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/25/us/evidence-released-in-michael-brown-case.html
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Notice: New York-bound Kits
23andMe is currently unable to process saliva samples collected in or mailed from the state of New York. The New York Department of Health considers our Personal Genome Se...
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I understand I am purchasing ancestry reports and uninterpreted raw genetic data from 23andMe for $99. I understand I will not receive any reports about my health in the immediate future, and there is...
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23andMe - Genetic kit for ancestry | DNA Service
"enhance your experience with relatives"
NOT INCL ALL THE MILKMAN'S CHILDREN
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SINA WAS $140 ONCE UPON A TIME
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"The Lap Of Luxury" Cheese Collection
Sevre & Belle Sainte-Maure Caprifeuille (France), Delice de Bourgogne Petit (France), Ubriaco Moscato (Italy), Roncal (Spain), and a jar of Marcona Almonds in Rosemary Honey (4.6oz - from Spain).
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Zabar's Cheese Plate Of the Week
Danish Blue -
Rolf Beeler's Hoch Ybrig
Morbier
La Tur
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Camembert Calvados From Normandy, France 9oz. Petit Basque from the French Pyrenees 11oz. Drunken Goat, Spanish semi soft cheese 12oz. Dalmata fig Spread, made with Adriatic figs 8.5oz. Volpe Pinot Grigio Salami 8oz. Divina Country Olive Mix, assortment of classic green and black Greek olives 8oz. The Accidental baker's hearty Roasted Garlic & Rosemary Artisan Flatbreads 5oz.
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Le Grand Caprin Chevre
Piave
Iberico
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Zabar's Cheese Plate of The Week
Chatelain Brie
Pont l'Eveque
Istara
Piave
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The BEST Gourmet Food Stores in NYC (PHOTOS)
SLIDESHOW FREED
Eataly
Zabar's Grocery
Murray's Cheese Shop
Citarella
Lobel's Butcher
Russ & Daughters
Dean & Deluca
Despana
Agata & Valentina
Fairway Market
Wild Edibles
Garden of Eden Market
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European Soaps - Purveyors of fine bath and body care products
In central Africa, the karité tree flourishes remarkably amid harsh, arid conditions. Sometimes called the “tree of life” for its many beneficial uses, it yields a nut containing the natural fat, (butyrospermum parkii) shea butter. One of nature’s most effective moisturizers, shea butter is ultra rich yet gentle, providing deep healing, moisturizing and protection of skin, hair, cuticles and lips. Pré de Provence® is proud to make natural shea butter a key ingredient in many of our products, offering a soothing, softening gift from nature.
SHEA BUTTER IS THE GOOD SHIT, NOT OILY NOT HARD, JUST THE RIGHT CONSISTENCY
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Wild Ophelia - Chocolate With All-Natural Ingredients From American Farms & Food Artisans
ARTISANS! LOOKS GIMMICKY
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Some eyewitnesses said Brown was shot as he raised his hands in surrender. Police said he attacked Wilson while the officer was in his patrol car.
WELL WHICH IS IT?
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Interactive Brokers Launches Information System, IBIS | StockBrokers.com
"September 30, 2011 at 9:47 am"
THREE YEARS OLD?
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"Interactive AnalyticsSM and IB Options AnalyticsSM—We offer our customers state-of-the-art tools, which include a customizable trading platform, advanced analytic tools and sophisticated order types such as guaranteed combination trades. IB also provides real-time option analytics, an arbitrage meter (a tool that illustrates the extent of the premium (or discount) of the lead month futures price above (or below) its fair future value with respect to the index price) and various combinations of charts and other analytical tools."
"Interactive Brokers Information System—The Interactive Brokers Information System is a comprehensive and customizable market information workspace. Subscribers to this research platform receive real-time market data, research, news services, analytics, stock scanners, charts and alerts. "
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"We also provide information services through the Interactive Brokers Information System (“IBIS”). IBIS offers subscribers and our brokerage customers a robust suite of informational tools at a fraction of the cost of traditional research platforms. It includes live quotes, newswire feeds, calendars of economic and earnings events, fundamental research data, charts and more in an interface that can be configured to customers’ needs."
HOW MUCH OF ESIGNAL'S BIZ LOST HERE?
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TweetDeck App For Chrome Is Awesome - Techie Buzz
By Keith Dsouza on December 7th, 2010
"If you haven’t done it yet, go ahead and download the TweetDeck app for Chrome from here."
FOUR YEARS AGO?!?
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Tweetdeck for Chrome: 7 Features That Disappeared
December 22, 2011
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Apple Inc
Berkshire Hath Hld B
Wells Fargo & Company
Visa Inc
Pepsico Inc
Amgen Inc
Union Pacific Corp
Abbvie Inc. Common Stock
CVS Corp
3M Company
Celgene Corp
Nike Inc
Honeywell International Inc
Medtronic Inc
Lowe's Companies
Express Scripts
Danaher Corp
Blackrock
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
Fedex Corp
General Dynamics Corp
Mckesson Corp
Covidien Plc.
Hdfc Bank Limited
American Tower Corp
Ace Limited
Illinois Tool Works Inc
CSX Corp
The Travelers Companies Inc
Stryker Corp
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Raytheon Company
V.F. Corp
Air Products and Chemicals
PPG Industries
Allstate Corp
Northrop Grumman Corp
Intuit Inc
AON Plc
Equity Residential
Chubb Corp
Ameriprise Financial Services
Sherwin-Williams Company
Macy's Inc
Seagate Technology.
Delphi Automotive Plc
Dollar General Corp
Amerisourcebergen Corp
Parker-Hannifin Corp
Reed Elsevier Plc
Ross Stores
Nxp Semiconductors N.V.
Fidelity National Information Services
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
Genuine Parts Company
SBA Communications Corp
Nordstrom
Whirlpool Corp
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc
Dollar Tree
Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Netease Inc
Autodesk Inc
Credicorp Ltd
C.R. Bard
Lam Research Corp
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc
Carefusion Corp
Burger King Worldwide
Tim Hortons Inc
Pall Corp
ING US Inc
Signet Jewelers Limited
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Tesoro Petroleum Corp
Quest Diagnostics Inc
Palo Alto Networks Inc
Jarden Corp
Airgas Inc
Wabtec Corp
Navient Corporation
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Mettler-Toledo International
Sealed Air Corp
Everest Re Group
Petsmart Inc
Dentsply International Inc
Meadwestvaco Corp
Alleghany Corp
Old Dominion Freight Line
Synopsys Inc
W.R. Berkley Corp
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc
RPM International Inc
Allison Transmission Holdings
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings
Reinsurance Group of America Inc
Ingredion Inc
Carlisle Companies Inc
Zayo Group Holdings Inc.
Global Payments Inc
CDW Corp
Leggett & Platt Inc
HD Supply Holdings Inc
Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc
Keysight Technologies Inc. Comm
Gentex Corp
Axis Capital Holdings
Domino's Pizza Inc
Sirona Dental Systems
Teleflex Inc
Brookfield Renewable
Tfs Financial Corp
Wex Inc
Michaels Companies Inc.
Lennox International
SS&C Technologies Holdings
Erie Indemnity Company
Swift Transportation Company
HSN Inc
Validus Holdings
Verint Systems Inc
Servicemaster Global Holdings I
Landstar System
First American Corp
Vwr Corporation
Caseys General Stores
Receptos Inc
Catalent Inc.
Burlington Stores Inc
Post Properties
Buffalo Wild Wings
Berry Plastics Group Inc
Euronet Worldwide
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Big Lots
La Quinta Holdings Inc.
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd
Knight Transportation
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor
Heartland Express
Impax Laboratories
Trinet Group Inc
Group 1 Automotive
Werner Enterprises
Caci International
Dupont Fabros Technology
Mueller Industries
Dineequity Inc
China Biologic Products
Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd
Fidelity & Guaranty
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Sonic Corp
Apogee Enterprises
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Paycom Software Inc.
Clubcorp Holdings Inc
Cyberark Software Ltd.
Dplo
Bluebird Bio Inc
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc.
Healthequity Inc.
Ellie Mae Inc
Inc Research Holdings Inc.
The Navigators Group
Cato Corp
Universal Electronics Inc
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit]
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
New Media Investment Group Inc.
Boot Barn Holdings Inc.
Zafgen Inc.
America's Car-Mart
US Concrete
Strattec Security Corp
Covenant Transportation Group
P.A.M. Transportation Services
Reading International Inc
Triumph Bancorp Inc.
Quotient Limited
Allied Motion Technologies
Willdan Group
Scynexis Inc
Nv5 Holdings Inc
Coastway Bancorp Inc.
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'Being poor is a full-time job...and it's expensive.' @KillerMartinis wbur.fm/1BVmXde
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Seadrill Sinks
Suspends the dividend ... had been paying out $4 a share, I believe. Anyway, if you understood how surprised the market was, you could have made money on the short side (as a day trader).
Links for 2014 11 24
The Company distributes its Retail Investor services via the Internet, via
mainframe-to-mainframe transmission, via mainframe-to-PC download and via
communication devices that rely on FM subcarriers, satellite transmission, cable
television systems or telephone lines. Subscribers to Internet-delivered
services, mainframe-to-mainframe transmissions and mainframe-to-PC downloads
download the data directly to their computers.
EARLY DAYS, NO NUMBERS
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2001 INTERACTIVE DATE CORPORATION 10-K
After a decline in subscribers through the end of September 2001, the Company experienced net growth in each of the final three months of 2001, and this growth has continued in 2002. The Company expects the introduction of European real-time streaming financial market data to help enhance the prospects for eSignal in this region.
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2003 Interactive Data Corporation 10-k
eSignal services are sold primarily to active retail investors and professional traders. As of December 31, 2003, eSignal had over 52,000 subscribers. The target market for eSignal consists primarily of individuals who make their own investment decisions, trade frequently and earn a substantial portion of their income from trading.
Within our Retail Investor Services segment, revenues grew by $1,258 or 2.9% from $44,020 to $45,278, which includes an expected 58.6% decline in the Broadcast business amounting to $2,626. This anticipated decline in the Broadcast business is expected to continue as the remaining customers migrate to alternative information sources including eSignal’s Internet based service. Excluding Broadcast, revenue for eSignal’s Internet delivered services grew $3,884 or 9.8%. The number of eSignal subscribers grew by 44% in 2003 to just over 52,000. The lower revenue growth, as compared to the subscriber growth, is due to the majority of the subscriber growth arising from our provision of data feeds to active trader tools, which increases subscriber levels but at a lower monthly subscription rate. We include subscribers who subscribe to the active trader tools to whom we provide data feeds in the total count of eSignal subscribers.
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Active Trader Services
Each of the core Active Trader Services offerings, including online advertising on our financial websites, is marketed by sales and product support specialists within eSignal. These offerings are supported by eSignal through the conventional promotional campaigns discussed above as well as through third-party developer relationships which market eSignal’s Internet-delivered services to their customers. eSignal also invites third-party software developers to write trading system software that is compatible with eSignal’s systems and asks trading educators to consider use of eSignal services in their seminars. In addition to direct sales, distribution channel partners have been an important source of new subscribers in recent years.
eSignal provides streaming, real-time financial market information and access to decision-support tools to active traders, individual investors and investment community professionals, and operates financial websites.
The financial data available to eSignal subscribers includes equities, options, derivative instrument data, single stock futures, indices, market depth from various exchanges including from the NASDAQ Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, as well as ECN and foreign exchange market information, fixed income data, mutual fund data and money market data. In addition, eSignal subscribers receive access to decision-support tools including historical databases, technical
charting, customizable analytics, back testing, portfolio tracking and news and commentary. As of the end of 2006, this business had 61,725 direct subscription terminals, of which approximately 12,100 were Quote.com-related terminals which were acquired earlier in the year.
eSignal also operates financial websites that provide investors with free financial information and news about global equities, options, futures and other securities. These financial websites generate revenue through online advertising.
eSignal’s information is delivered via a sophisticated network infrastructure with an advanced Internet protocol multicast backbone and multiple, geographically dispersed computer server farms. eSignal services include its eSignal and FutureSource® line of workstations; its QCharts® and LiveCharts® family of market data platforms and related analytics; its wireless product, QuoTrek®; an advanced analytics package, Advanced GET®; streaming, real-time, web-based quotes and charting services, MarketCenter LIVE™; financial websites, FutureSource.com, Quote.com and RagingBull.com; and its seminar offering, eSignal Learning.
This business seeks to expand its portfolio of services and enhance its existing offerings by broadening the content offered across its services and websites, and adding new features and capabilities.
In 2004, this business finalized the phase out, which began in 2001, of its satellite broadcast-based services. Broadcast-based technology services declined significantly year-to-year, declining 81.5% from 2003 to 2004, 58.6% from 2002 to 2003, and 55.9% from 2001 to 2002, as customers migrated to alternative delivery sources, including eSignal’s Internet-based services.
2004 43.7 2005 45.8 2006 61.7
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Active Trader Services
Challenging conditions in the active trader market have impacted our eSignal business in recent years. Expansion of the eSignal business is partly dependent on the growth in online trading accounts managed by active traders. Stock market volatility is an important trend that can influence active trader subscriptions. During periods when the major stock markets are less volatile, we have experienced that active traders tend to trade less frequently and that cancellations of eSignal’s services typically increase and new subscriptions slow. Periods of declines in the major stock markets also have greater potential to lead to an increase in cancellations of eSignal’s services by traders who are unable or unwilling to withstand losses. In addition, online brokerage firms continue to upgrade the features and tools they provide to their active trader clients, a trend that is resulting in intensified competition to acquire new subscribers. Related to these dynamics, we have experienced period-over-period declines in eSignal’s direct subscriber base in recent quarters and as a result, a decline in subscription-related revenue. Although major stock markets experienced a meaningful recovery in 2009, this recovery has yet to translate into a meaningful increase in the number of our active trader direct subscribers and it is unclear if or when it will do so. Factors such as price, ease of use and range of services, including the ability to directly execute their trades, are factors active traders consider when selecting a financial information service provider. Despite these challenges, eSignal’s base of direct subscribers grew modestly in 2009 as a result of deployments by institutional customers during the year. eSignal’s online advertising revenue declined in 2009 as a result of difficult market conditions. More specifically, businesses that advertise online continue to reduce such spending and there is intensifying competition to attract online advertisers. Other factors that may affect eSignal’s ability to grow include increasing adoption of its offerings by financial institutions, the effectiveness of its redistribution network, price increases and changes in demand for its suite of real-time market data terminals, which vary in price.
We believe that eSignal’s future growth is dependent on expanding its direct subscriber base for its offerings with both active traders and financial institutions. In particular, we believe that the combination of vendor consolidations and increased cost pressures is creating an opportunity for adoption of eSignal’s desktop solutions by financial institutions in the wealth management market.
NO NUMBERS?
eSignal’s information is delivered via a sophisticated network infrastructure with an advanced Internet protocol multicast backbone and multiple, geographically dispersed computer server farms. eSignal services include its financial websites: Quote.com®, RagingBull.com and FutureSource.com; subscription services aimed at active traders: its eSignal-branded workstation and related offerings such as eSignal®, eSignal Market ScannersSM, eSignal, and Advanced GET® Edition; eSignal OnDemand; LiveCharts® and QCharts® market data platforms; and QuoTrek® for wireless access to real-time streaming market data; trading education services aimed at active traders through its seminar offerings, eSignal Learning; and real-time market data platforms designed for investment community professionals: eSignal Pro®, the FutureSource® line of workstations and the web-based Market-QSM desktop solution.
Our eSignal business provides real-time financial market information and access to decision-support tools that assist active traders, individual investors and investment community professionals in their analysis of securities traded on major markets worldwide. As of the end of 2009, this business had 56,492 direct subscription terminals, compared with 54,870 and 61,347 at the end of 2008 and 2007, respectively (the number of direct subscription terminals for 2008 and 2007 reflects the reclassification of certain product sales that had been inadvertently included as direct subscriptions in prior periods). Although active traders have historically been the primary target market for eSignal’s offerings, in 2009, we experienced increased institutional interest in certain offerings developed by eSignal. eSignal also operates financial websites that provide investors with free financial information and news about global equities, options, futures and other securities. These financial websites generate revenue through online advertising.
YES NUMBER
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Active Trader Services
Our Desktop Solutions business, formerly known as eSignal, has been impacted by challenging conditions in the active trader market in the past several years. Expansion of this business is partly dependent on the growth in online trading accounts managed by active traders and the trend in stock market volatility. During periods of low volatility in the major stock markets, our active trader clients tend to trade less frequently, and cancellations of our services increase and new sales slow. Periods of declines in the major stock markets also have greater potential to lead to an increase in cancellations of desktop solutions by customers. In addition to factors such as price and ease of use, active traders consider the range of services, including the ability to directly execute their trades, when selecting a financial information desktop solutions service provider. The competition to acquire new subscribers remains intense and is impacted by online brokerage firms continuing to upgrade the features and tools they provide to their active trader customers. If our subscribers can obtain the financial information services we offer directly from the brokerage firms that use to execute trades, they are less likely to contract with us. Although major stock markets have recovered in recent quarters, this recovery has not translated into a meaningful increase in the number of our active trader direct subscribers and it is unclear if or when it will do so. Increased trading activity in the energy and commodities sectors has benefited certain of our offerings, including our FutureSource® Workstation and Market-QSM products, which are used by financial institutions and corporations, as well as active traders.
The combination of all of these trends has impacted our ability to grow our direct subscriber base. As of December 31, 2010, Desktop Solutions supported approximately 54,000 direct subscription terminals, a 3.6% decline from approximately 56,000 direct subscription terminals as of December 31, 2009. In addition, the mix of subscribers may shift slightly from period to period, which can also impact revenue. At the same time, we are positioning certain products, such as Market-Q and eSignal®, to target the wealth management operations of financial institutions including financial advisors, stock brokers and other investment community professionals.
Across each of our businesses, regardless of business segment, our offerings are contracted with customers through fixed fee subscriptions (on either a multi-year, annual, quarterly or monthly basis), variable fee based on usage or a combination of fixed fee subscription and usage-based fees. In addition, some of our services generate one-time or non-recurring revenue, such as one time purchases of historical data or installations (including installations of product upgrades). Our contracts typically renew automatically unless canceled by one of the parties.
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As of December 31, 2011, our workstations and related services supported approximately 83,000 total subscribers worldwide.
Within our Trading Solutions segment, we report the total number of global subscribers across our range of workstations. As of December 31, 2011, we supported approximately 83,000 total subscribers worldwide, which was essentially unchanged from the same period last year. Subscriber declines primarily within our active trader platforms were offset by subscriber growth for our wealth management workstations. In our prior filings, the number of subscribers we reported was limited to direct subscription terminals within our historical Active Trader segment. Period-to-period changes in the total number of global subscribers, as well as shifts in the mix of subscribers by service type can also impact future revenue.
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As of December 31, 2012, our workstations and related services supported approximately 81,000 total subscribers worldwide, compared with approximately 85,700 total subscribers as of December 31, 2011. Please note that the total number of subscribers now includes certain subscribers who use modified versions of our workstations which offer fewer features and limited content (these subscribers had not been included in prior quarterly or annual filings during 2011 or 2012).
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NEW PRODUCTS TO ME FROM ESIGNAL
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Market-Q A powerful browser-based workstation for financial professionals
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WATCH THE TRAINING VIDEOS LATER
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eSignal, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek
Company Overview
eSignal, Inc., an interactive data company, provides streaming, real-time financial market data, news, analytics, and decision-support tools for professional and individual traders. The company offers eSignal, a trading software for traders and investors; eSignal OnDemand, a delayed intraday and daily market data and charting package; and eSignal, Advanced GET Edition, which offers users with predictive and proprietary indicators, as well as the Advanced GET Scanner for catching the signature GET trade set-ups. It also provides LiveCharts that provides a Web-based access to market quotes, charts, and news; QuoTrek, a real-time mobile tool that offers streaming quotes, charts, and news from the markets; and eSignal scanners, which provide real-time scans of the stock market. In addition, the company offers eSignal Pro, a global market data and analytics platform for broker-dealer, institutional trading, and sell-side community; FutureSource Workstation, a real-time market data and decision support software for commodities, financial futures, and foreign exchange trading communities; and Market-Q, a market data solution for financial services professionals. Further, it offers integration solutions. eSignal, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Hayward, California. The company has additional offices in Bedford and Boxborough, Massachusetts; Chicago and Lombard, Illinois; New York, New York; London, United Kingdom; Paris, France; Geneva, Switzerland; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Sydney, Australia; Hong Kong; and Singapore. eSignal, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Interactive Data Corporation.
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IDC Interactive Data Corp Latest Form 10-K
"Corporate History
On February 29, 2000, Interactive Data Corporation was created through the merger of Data Broadcasting Corporation, which included the eSignal suite of workstations and the BondEdge fixed income analytics offerings, and the business then known as Interactive Data Corporation, which included historical and end-of-day pricing, evaluations and financial information, an entity which has been in the financial data business for over 45 years. On July 29, 2010, we were acquired by investment funds managed by the Sponsors (the “Merger”).
Since the merger of Data Broadcasting Corporation and Interactive Data Corporation in 2000 through January 2010, we have completed a dozen acquisitions of varying sizes. Acquisitions such as ComStock in 2003, IS. Teledata in 2005 and 7ticks in 2010 enabled us to enter adjacent real-time markets. Acquisitions such as Merrill Lynch’s Securities Pricing Service in 2002, FutureSource in 2004, Xcitek in 2007 and NDF in 2008 strengthened and expanded our existing pricing, reference data and active trader services by bringing to us, among other things, complementary content and capabilities, new customers, and broader distribution capabilities in certain geographic regions."
WHAT SPONSORS?
"We also market a range of workstations that primarily target the wealth management, energy and commodity and active trader sectors. Our workstations help our customers analyze and make investment decisions about financial instruments traded on major markets worldwide, including equities, futures and commodities. Our primary wealth management workstations are PrimeTerminal and Market-Q, which are hosted market data workstations sold in Europe and North America, respectively. Along with our web-based hosted solutions, these workstations aggregate content that may be sourced from both the customer and from a number of information providers, including us, and then tailor the visual display of the content to the needs and specifications of clients. By using a software as a service (“SaaS”) business model for our web-based hosted solutions, we enable customers to lower expenses by reducing the need for owning and maintaining costly IT infrastructures and managing market data volumes. Under our eSignal® and FutureSource® brands, we provide workstations and related offerings that deliver real-time financial market information and provide decision-support tools that address the needs of active traders, energy and commodity professionals, and other investors. These workstations are complemented by services for wireless access to real-time streaming market data. As of December 31, 2013, our workstations and related services supported approximately 81,700 total subscribers worldwide, compared with approximately 81,000 total subscribers as of December 31, 2012."
NO GROWTH
"Added new content and analytic capabilities for our range of workstations (FutureSource, Market-Q, eSignal and PrimeTerminal);"
"intensified competition for active trader subscribers have potential to adversely impact our future revenue."
"Within our Trading Solutions segment, we report the total number of global subscribers across our range of workstations. As of December 31, 2013, our workstations and related services supported approximately 81,700 total subscribers worldwide, compared with approximately 81,000 total subscribers as of December 31, 2012. Please note that the total number of subscribers now includes certain subscribers who use modified versions of our workstations that offer fewer features and limited content (these subscribers had not been included in prior quarterly or annual filings during 2011 or 2012). The total number of subscribers as of December 31, 2012 was updated so as to be comparable to December 31, 2013. Period-to-period changes in the total number of global subscribers, as well as shifts in the mix of subscribers by service type can also impact future revenue."
INCLUDING ALL THE POOR LIVECHARTS SUBS TO KEEP THE NUMBERS UP?
"The revenue performance within our Trading Solutions segment in recent years has been impacted by challenging market conditions, which have continued to affect the segment’s new sales and cancellation levels to varying degrees across both product areas. During 2013, we have experienced extended sales cycles, particularly for larger, more strategic engagements, while cancellations have increased in certain product areas, such as hosted web applications, due in part to cost pressures facing certain clients resulting in the business being shifted to lower priced alternatives or a decision to host the web application internally. In our workstations product area, our success in expanding the subscriber base for our workstations in the North American wealth management sector in recent quarters has helped to offset challenges in retaining subscribers for our workstations targeting the active trader segment. Growth in our Trading Solutions segment is dependent, in large part, on a combination of the following: increasing real-time feeds sales, driving continued adoption of our trading infrastructure managed services, expanding our presence in the wealth management sector, attracting new subscribers for our active trader, and energy and commodity workstations, and strengthening overall customer retention."
LIKE MAKING IT VERY HARD TO CANCEL
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HE DOESN'T WANT TO BEAT HELL OUT OF SPIDERMAN
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WOULDN'T FILL YOU WITH CONFIDENCE
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China blinks as economic downturn deepens - AmBevPritch
"a return to the bad old ways of credit-driven growth"
NAH, QUOTES CHOVANEC SO YOU CAN BE SURE IT ISN'T RIGHT
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VHS TAPE CONVERSION! ;-)
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DNS Cache Poisoning in the People's Republic of China - Research - ViewDNS.info
LATEST OUTAGE THE WORST I'VE EVER SEEN IT ... EDGECAST THING?
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Google launches Contributor, a crowdfunding tool for publishers — Tech News and Analysis
"On Thursday it starts rolling out a new one called Google Contributor, which is designed to allow web users to pay sites that they visit a monthly fee, and in return see no Google ads when they visit those sites."
I USE ADBLOCK AND HAVEN'T SEEN AN AD IN 20 YEARS
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CUTE, AND NOT MOM
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There's a Suicide Epidemic in Utah — And One Neuroscientist Thinks He Knows Why - Mic
" often attributing gun use, low population density and the area's heavy Mormon influence as potential factors. But Renshaw thinks he's identified a more likely cause for the Utah blues: altitude."
ALTITUDE NOT ATTITUDE
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EASY, TAKE ANOTHER BONG HIT
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Kim Possible on Twitter: "1970s lego had the right idea http://t.co/NaaKo2kger"
"A LOT OF QUEER BOYS LIKE DOLLS HOUSES"
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APIs.io - the API search engine
NICE
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"I try to instill this into the rest of the team but certainly I feel that what we have right now is just a giant piece of shit."
GEN X SMARTASS, ONCE MARRIED TO THAT FABULOUS FAKE
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Apple Inc
Berkshire Hath Hld B
Visa Inc
Pepsico Inc
Amgen Inc
Union Pacific Corp
Abbvie Inc. Common Stock
3M Company
Nike Inc
Honeywell International Inc
Medtronic Inc
Lowe's Companies
Costco Wholesale Corp
Express Scripts
Danaher Corp
Blackrock
Fedex Corp
General Dynamics Corp
Covidien Plc.
Hdfc Bank Limited
American Tower Corp
Ace Limited
Illinois Tool Works Inc
CSX Corp
Reynolds American Inc
The Travelers Companies Inc
Stryker Corp
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Raytheon Company
V.F. Corp
Air Products and Chemicals
PPG Industries
Kroger Company
Allstate Corp
Northrop Grumman Corp
Marathon Petroleum Corp
Intuit Inc
AON Plc
Becton Dickinson and Company
Chubb Corp
Ameriprise Financial Services
L Brands Inc
Sherwin-Williams Company
Brf-Brasil Foods S.A.
Macy's Inc
Seagate Technology.
Delphi Automotive Plc
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.
Dollar General Corp
Parker-Hannifin Corp
Monster Beverage Corp
Constellation Brands Inc
Ross Stores
Fiserv Inc
Nxp Semiconductors N.V.
Fidelity National Information Services
Spectra Energy Partners LP
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
Genuine Parts Company
SBA Communications Corp
Nordstrom
Whirlpool Corp
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc
Dollar Tree
Netease Inc
Autodesk Inc
Fleetcor Technologies
C.R. Bard
Access Midstream Partners L.P.
Carefusion Corp
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP
Hanesbrands Inc
Tim Hortons Inc
Buckeye Partners L.P.
Enbridge Energy L.P.
Pall Corp
ING US Inc
Church & Dwight Company
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Waters Corp
Tesoro Petroleum Corp
Varian Medical Systems
Ashland Inc
Jarden Corp
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Wabtec Corp
Navient Corporation
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Mettler-Toledo International
Footlocker Inc
Sealed Air Corp
Snap-On Inc
Everest Re Group
Petsmart Inc
Dentsply International Inc
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Alleghany Corp
Valspar Corp
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Old Dominion Freight Line
Synopsys Inc
W.R. Berkley Corp
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc
RPM International Inc
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings
Reinsurance Group of America Inc
Ingredion Inc
Carlisle Companies Inc
Zayo Group Holdings Inc.
Global Payments Inc
Leggett & Platt Inc
Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc
Keysight Technologies Inc. Comm
Gentex Corp
Hcc Insurance Holdings
Axis Capital Holdings
Domino's Pizza Inc
Sirona Dental Systems
Trident Performance Group
Teleflex Inc
Brookfield Renewable
Tfs Financial Corp
Dun & Bradstreet Corp
Michaels Companies Inc.
SS&C Technologies Holdings
Swift Transportation Company
HSN Inc
Validus Holdings
Verint Systems Inc
Servicemaster Global Holdings I
Landstar System
First American Corp
Cst Brands Inc. Common Stock
Caseys General Stores
Receptos Inc
Catalent Inc.
Burlington Stores Inc
Berry Plastics Group Inc
Euronet Worldwide
Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Big Lots
Nice-Systems Limited
La Quinta Holdings Inc.
J2 Global Communications Inc
Knight Transportation
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor
Heartland Express
Impax Laboratories
Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd
Hillenbrand Inc
Group 1 Automotive
Werner Enterprises
J & J Snack Foods
Mueller Industries
Dineequity Inc
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Apogee Enterprises
Paycom Software Inc.
Dplo
Global Partners LP
Healthequity Inc.
Pra Health Sciences Inc.
Ellie Mae Inc
Inc Research Holdings Inc.
The Navigators Group
Cato Corp
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
New Media Investment Group Inc.
Q2 Holdings Inc
Boot Barn Holdings Inc.
US Concrete
Strattec Security Corp
Covenant Transportation Group
P.A.M. Transportation Services
Reading International Inc
Kona Grill
Triumph Bancorp Inc.
Quotient Limited
Allied Motion Technologies
Willdan Group
Scynexis Inc
Nv5 Holdings Inc
Flanigan's Enterprises
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Exclusive: China ready to cut rates again on fears of deflation - sources | Reuters
RATE CUT AS GOOD AS SIGNAL AS ANY THAT YOU NEED TO BEWARE, MAKE SERIOUS CONTINGENCY PLANS
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Meet Alibaba's Woman of Mystery in Los Angeles
"At Harvard, Zhang was one of a dozen students from China who had left the country after the 1989 crackdown on dissidents, described in a Newsweek profile in 2000 as part of an influential "Tiananmen Generation" who had received American educations and were debating whether to accept lucrative offers from U.S. companies or return to help build the Chinese economy. " ... AROUND MY AGE ... ALL THE CHINESE IVY LEAGUE WOMEN OF THAT GENERATION ARE LIHAI
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China’s Central Bank Comments on Interest Rate Cut (Translation) - Bloomberg
TRANSLATION ... TURNOVER AT BBG SO HIGH I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE CHINESE STAFF ANYMORE
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央行有关负责人就下调人民币贷款及存款基准利率<br/>并进一步推进利率市场化改革答记者问－中国人民银行
INTEREST RATE CUT EXPLAINER
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TweetDeck by Twitter - Chrome Web Store
UM HOW DO I LAUNCH THIS IN FUTURE?
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"while China’s geopolitical status is rising rapidly, alongside its economic might, the US continues to squander its global leadership, owing to the unchecked greed of its political and economic elites and the self-made trap of perpetual war in the Middle East."
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SAIS GRAD TO UNDERSTAND HOW DISASTROUS THE NEOCON WARS HAVE BEEN FOR AMERICA (AND GREAT FOR CHINA)
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My latest: A closer look at the MIT Billion Prices Project jpkoning.blogspot.ca/2014/11/not-yo…
SHIITAKE
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