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Billionaire investor George Soros have been warning about recessions and financial crisis. He wrote "The current financial crisis was precipitated by a bubble in the US housing market. In some ways it resembles other crises that have occurred since the end of the second world war at intervals ranging from four to 10 years." These are his buys and sells during the 4th quarter of 2007.
George Soros buys MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc., Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras, Baidu.com Inc. ADS, NII Holdings Inc, China Mobile Ltd., NAVIOS MARITIME PTN, FIRST SOLAR, INC., Mechel OAO, Broadcom Corp., ENERGYSOLUTIONS INC, MKT VCTR RUSSIA SBI, iShares MSCI Japan, United Therapeutics Corp., BPZ RESOURCES, INC, Pall Corp., United Parcel Service, Inc., Western Digital Corp., MasterCard Inc., Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc., MSC Software Corp., The GEO Group Inc., Banro Corp., Nalco Holding Company, Support.com Inc., NCR Corp., SOLARFUN POWER HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Convergys Corp., CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., Valassis Communications Inc., Logitech International S.A., InterDigital Inc., FedEx Corp., Shire plc, Nabors Industries Ltd., ACI Worldwide Inc., Pantry Inc., ADC Telecommunications Inc., MercadoLibre Inc., Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., Exelon Corp., GemstarTV Guide International Inc., WalMart Stores Inc., Payless ShoeSource Inc., HewlettPackard Company, CEC Entertainment Inc., YINGLI GRN ENGY ADR, IAMGOLD Corp., Idearc Inc., FPL Group Inc., Altria Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
The Freebase Experience, Part 1: Getting Started
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Shafer Property reportedly interested in buying Inwood Village
A Dallas retail center developer is in talks to buy one of the city's oldest shopping centers. Shafer Property Co. is negotiating to buy the Inwood Village complex, real estate brokers say. Inwood Village, at Lovers Lane and Inwood Road, was built in 1949 and was hailed as the city's first "modern" shopping center. The 235,000-square-foot retail complex has been remodeled several times and is anchored by the historic Inwood Theater. The property – not including the theater – has been owned by pension fund investors for several years. It has tenants that include the Gap, Cantina Laredo, Ann Taylor Loft and St. Bernard Sports. Shafer Property founder Steve Shafer wouldn't confirm or deny interest in the property.
AIAM Statement on Support for EPA's Waiver Decision
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, AIAM reiterated its support for a single federal approach to improving motor vehicle fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by intervening on the side of EPA in a lawsuit brought by the State of California against EPA concerning California's greenhouse gas emissions regulations. "This is not a lawsuit to resist greenhouse gas emissions regulation. Rather, our intervention is focused on only one issue -- who should set those standards," said Michael J. Stanton, President and CEO of AIAM. "We believe that for important policy and legal reasons, it is the federal government that should set those standards." "AIAM has long supported efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy," said Michael J.
A Track Through Time
Richard Petty was a 21-year-old kid when he showed up for the first Daytona 500 in 1959. When he pulled through the tunnel of newly built Daytona International Speedway, he saw a great expanse of nothing. "We inspected the cars in the grass," Petty, 69, said recently. "And then it rained for a couple of days and the cars were actually sitting in water, because that was a swamp to begin with." Today, Daytona ranks among the most famous racing venues in the world. Its crown jewel, the Daytona 500, will be run for the 50th time on Feb. 17, and Petty, who finished 57th in the first 500 before going on to win a record seven times, will be the honorary starter. "In the beginning, Daytona was just another race," Petty said. "Darlington was our biggest race, and it took Daytona two or three years just to get even with Darlington.
Corrections and clarifications
Kohl's Corp. continues to expect same-store sales to be flat to down 2%, not flat to up 2%. 12/7/07 The video column today in the Weekend Cue section incorrectly states that "High School Musical 2" was the most-watched basic cable show ever. The New England-Baltimore NFL game Monday on ESPN was seen by an average of 17.5 million viewers; the premiere of "High School Musical 2" last summer was watched by an average of 17.2 million. Weekend Cue was printed in advance. 12/4/07 An article Wednesday about state Supreme Court Justice Annette K. Ziegler's decision to sit on a tax case stated that former Justice Jon P. Wilcox paid a $10,000 forfeiture over allegations that his campaign illegally coordinated with a pro-school choice group. The payment was a settlement, not a forfeiture.
It Is What It Is … But What Is It?
The instant analysis on ESPN2 yesterday was that Junior's move was somehow like Clemens going to the Yankees, the first time around. But such comparisons are by necessity tortured ones, because there is really no analogue for Dale Jr. Has any other professional sport ever been so dependent on an athlete who wasn't close to being the best in the game? Junior has won a good many races, including the Daytona 500. He's competitive with the top drivers, particularly on short tracks and in restrictor plate races like Daytona and Talladega. But he finished fifth in the Chase last season, and the year before that he didn't even make the cut for NASCAR's playoff. He's never won a championship and is currently 14th in the 2007 standings. To offer my own tortured analogy, he's as famous as Tiger Woods and as good as Scott Verplank.
Home of a giant: Tour Jon Runyan's house in pictures
In his enormous kitchen with the six-burner Viking stove, the colossal Philadelphia Eagle Jon Runyan points to the kitchen cabinets. "You pay all that money for that wood and you put a distressed finish on it," says Runyan, chuckling at the irony. On 23 acres in Mount Laurel -- with 13,000 square feet, 10 bathrooms, five bedrooms and two guest apartments in the making -- Runyan's French chateau-style home is sized for the big man and his family. On the gridiron, Philadelphia's Iron Man is a fierce presence: 6-foot-7 and 330 pounds. Imagine a good-looking, goateed Shrek with consummate athletic skills. On the Eagles' Web site, coach Andy Reid says this about his veteran offensive tackle: "He is going to maul you and beat you up and feel pretty good about doing it .
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