 All-cash buyers cut swath through Napa housing market
By Patrick in RealEstate in Menlo Park CA 94025 5 comments, latest 4 minutes ago:
E-man says Well, it looks like the wealthy folks are looking for a place to park their money. Sometimes return of capital is more important than return on capital. Asset protection anyone? |
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 Bush More Popular than Obama
By zzyzzx in Politics in Baltimore MD 21230 139 comments, latest 25 minutes ago:
sbh says Mark D says pointless. they both steal your money. True, but that doesn't change anything. You've still gotta deal with it. |
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 Big GOP Plan: Abortion Humor to rope in youngsters
By Vicente in Politics in Davis CA 95616 25 comments, latest 27 minutes ago:
sbh says marcus says This is a moderate right country. But their party is dominated by an odd combination of corporate and plutocrat money, combined with the huge evangelical fundamentalist christian segment of the population.... |
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NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled
By Blurtman in Misc 18 comments, latest 38 minutes ago:
Blurtman says "the 100K isnt a Body Count figure but a survey figure.. http://www.rightwingnews.com/c The Right Wind News!! Of course, peer reviewed publications cannot possibly compare to the highly esteemend Right Wing News. It is... |
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6 Indicted for Scam Involving Inflated Appraisals and Kickbacks
By Patrick in RealEstate in Menlo Park CA 94025 posted 39 minutes ago:
http://mortgagefraudblog.com/6 The defendants allegedly used stolen or false identities, false documents including W-2 forms, earnings statements, and bank statements and false credit information to induce lenders to provide residential mortgage loans to the straw buyers. |
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Theres something murky about Chinas housing market
By Patrick in RealEstate in Menlo Park CA 94025 posted 39 minutes ago:
http://qz.com/95247/theres-som |
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Abenomics Mobilizes Japan Homebuyers to Action
By Patrick in RealEstate in Menlo Park CA 94025 posted 41 minutes ago:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg The Susukino district of Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, on June 9, 2013. Japans economy grew more than the government initially estimated in the first quarter, helping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to sustain... |
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US house prices
By Patrick in RealEstate in Menlo Park CA 94025 posted 44 minutes ago:
http://www.economist.com/blogs American history began to deflate, could another be swelling up? Prices in a 20-city index compiled by Standard & Poor's rose 11% in the year to the end of March 2013, and more than 20%... |
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Doctors created doctor shortage
By tovarichpeter in Misc in South San Francisco CA 94080 10 comments, latest 46 minutes ago:
New Renter says Call it Crazy says ducsingle5313 says You are sorely deluded if you think most politicians would make substantially more money if they had pursued a career outside of politics. They COULDN'T make... |
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New book warns against "alternative medicine"
By tovarichpeter in Misc in South San Francisco CA 94080 15 comments, latest 48 minutes ago:
New Renter says Indiana Jones says This is just more propaganda from the American Medical Association (AMA) to discredit holistic health practitioners who use natural methods and focus on prevention. The AMA along with the... |
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 Separating the Fluff from the Fundamentals
By Call it Crazy in RealEstate in Menlo Park CA 94025 39 comments, latest 50 minutes ago:
Bigsby says SoftShell says Yes, I would like that... Thanks for offering... Bigsby says But hey, if you want everyone to proof read every single one of your posts, then carry on. Fine. And presumably... |
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Brown and Dems gut Public Records Access Act
By tovarichpeter in Misc in South San Francisco CA 94080 posted 51 minutes ago:
http://www.mercurynews.com/opi Without the state Public Records Act, we would never have known about the Santa Clara County supervisor who used public funds to feed his gambling habit or the sheriff who issued concealed weapons permits... |
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 Obamaphones sold for drugs...
By CaptainShuddup in Politics 17 comments, latest 57 minutes ago:
sbh says marcus says This is classic captain. Yep, that bitter pustulant victim of modernity; that enemy of nuance; that bastion of denial. |
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 6324 Lillian Way, San Jose
By MsBennet in OpenHouseReviews 11 comments, latest 57 minutes ago:
New Renter says Must be the granite! Its like crack for housebuyers. Anything under $2M is bargain basement compared to rest of the world. |
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AUDIO: Online startup says it can rescue brick-and-mortar florists
By tvgnus in Business posted 1 hour ago:
http://www.centralvalleybusine BloomNation is essentially an online marketplace for flowers, says Mr. Daneshgar. Every flower buyer can go and see the images of the actual products the florists have. No long are they stock photos or... |
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Peets Coffee on Santa Cruz Ave in Menlo Park
By Patrick in Cafes in Menlo Park CA 94025 15 comments, latest 1 hour ago:
Mark D says i don't understand these Starbucks & Peets business. why don't people buy whatever coffee they like and drink them at home? coffee $5 gas $5-20 20 min drive vs $0.50 |
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Super Duper Burger
By Patrick in Cafes in Menlo Park CA 94025 26 comments, latest 1 hour ago:
Patrick says APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says That's a neat piece of technology. Can you set it after a boil and let it stream through? You just put it on the fire, steam builds up in... |
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High-Frequency Trading Bad for Everyone!
By Vicente in Investing in Davis CA 95616 2 comments, latest 1 hour ago:
iwog says A 1 penny per share transaction tax would mean absolutely nothing to the average investor but would destroy the scalpers. |
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Where to find value in today's low interest rate environement!
By LearnBonds in Investing 13 comments, latest 2 hours ago:
chanakya4773 says Tesla is a leader in electric cars...period. i don't think anybody can displace Tesla from that. If you believe electric cars are the future, then look in to Tesla otherwise look elsewhere. disclaimer... |
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Who benefits most from your 401k
By tovarichpeter in Misc in South San Francisco CA 94080 8 comments, latest 2 hours ago:
drew_eckhardt says I do. With historic market returns, no startup liquidity event, and Social Security becoming means tested I'll still be able to retire without changing my cash flow by age 68 and likely pay... |
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