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Silicon Wafer Shipments Grow in Third Quarter 2009 (SEMI) Steve Buehler & Dan Tracy November 4, 2009 Silicon Wafer Shipments Grow in Third Quarter 2009 SAN JOSE, Calif. –November 4, 2009 – Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased significantly during the third quarter 2009 when compared to the second quarter 2009 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon...

FDIC announces [b]124th bank failure[/b] State regulators shutter Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida. Closure will cost the FDIC $23.6 million. By Hibah Yousuf, CNNMoney.com staff reporter Last Updated: November 20, 2009: 5:33 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- State regulators shuttered Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, Fla., Friday night, bringing the 2009 national tally to 124. Customers of Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida...

Another 5 corp debt issuers defaulted, 3X '08 Post from another board. Another five corporate debt issuers defaulted this week, bringing the year-to-date total to 247, nearly triple the number a year earlier, according to Standard & Poor's.

U.S. Housing Recovery Delayed to 2010 as Market Wanes Kathleen M. Howley and John Gittelsohn Nov. 20, 2009 Bloomberg [b]A recovery in U.S. housing will have to wait at least until next year.[/b] The outlook for the home market dimmed this week as residential construction and mortgage applications fell and loan delinquencies reached a record. “I don’t think the housing crisis is over,” Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody’s...

These sound like serious money investors who were probably in when GS could have gone BR so they got something coming now. GS was supposed to be the class act of inv. banks and they act like 3rd rate bank robbers wanting to split up the loot outside the bank after every job. And Blankfein declares record earnings when 90% of the country got a haircut & going to get another one. Then tops it off with record bonuses. And is an arrogant...

The Washington establishment suffers a serious defeat BY GLENN GREENWALD Something quite amazing happened yesterday in Congress: the House Finance Committee -- in a truly bipartisan and even trans-ideological vote -- defied the banking industry, the Federal Reserve, the Democratic leadership, and mainstream Beltway opinion in order to pass an amendment, sponsored by GOP Rep. Ron Paul and Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson, mandating a genuine and...

Thanks Alex G for the post... I don't know Sullivan but I like him/her. Crystal clear and laser beam spot on.

Steve Case just keeps hitting them out... American Express to buy Revolution Money for $300M

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Is Gold About To Disconnect From The Dollar? http://siliconinvestor.advfn.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=26107066 From: SliderOnTheBlack 11/17/2009 7:30:27 PM 3 Recommendations of 20019 Is Gold About To Disconnect From The Dollar? After a down open, gold, silver and pm stocks all rallied into the face of a positive US dollar and closed up for the day. While a day doesn't a trend make, I believe that gold and PM's are about to disconnect from...