Eric made a new comment on:

World business, finance, and political news from the Financial Times - FT.com UK

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Despite the populist reaction and crackdown on the banking bonuses and tax hikes, the way to attract and retain an industry is to create and maintain an attractive tax and infrastructure environment. The U.K. will be forced to backtrack on many of their recent populist moves if it wishes to remain a top financial center.

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UK tax breaks to lure oil and gas sector Move to entice developers to deep Atlantic

Michael Linton made a new comment on:

Fed keeps rates steady, tone brighter - Yahoo! Finance

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I think holding rates steady was the right decision. At least the Fed rightly understands that unemployment is the central issue any recovery faces.

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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates near zero and vowed to keep them there for a while to nurture an economic recovery held back by stubbornly high unemployment.

Michael Linton made a new comment on:

Live Apple “Come see our latest creation” / tablet event coverage – gdgt live

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Great coverage and video of AAPL's new iPad. Looks like their iBooks store will sell books at between $9.99-$14.99

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Is there actually room for a device between smartphones and laptops? That I don’t know — I’ve always been skeptical there’s room for a third category in there. But if there is a contender for this space, the iPad is it.

Michael Linton made a new comment on:

The Apple iPad: starting at $499 -- Engadget

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I believe that AT&T more than any other factor will hurt iPad/iBook sales and adversely affect AAPL long term. If AT&T can't make my cellphone work in a major metro like San Francisco then what will happen when you add iPad bandwidth to the iPhone which already strains their network?

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The 3G version runs on AT&T and comes with new data plans: 250MB for $14.99 and an unlimited plan for $29.99 a month contract-free. Activations are handled on the iPad, so you can activate and cancel whenever you want.

Michael Linton made a new comment on:

Apple unveils $499 tablet with AT&T data plans - Yahoo! Finance

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iPad is sexy no doubt, AAPL stock seems to like it today.

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CEO Steve Jobs says the iPad will be better for reading books, playing games and watching video than either a laptop or a smart phone.

Maximilian made a new comment on:

CNBC Stock Blog — 20% to 25% Correction by May: Market Analyst — CNBC.com Investor News - CNBC

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This is interesting especially since the Dow is currently 10,149.18. I wonder how close this prediction will come to ringing true?

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During April or May, Cook said he expects to see a 20 to 25 percent correction in the markets.

Eric made a new comment on:

World business, finance, and political news from the Financial Times - FT.com UK

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The market is betting that Greece will be able to refinance, and/or the EU will bail them out. Interesting that the yield on this debt has risen and the spreads fallen this far.

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Greek bond yields near nine-year high Finance ministry says no deal reached with China to buy debt

Danielle made a new comment on:

FT.com / Personal Finance / Deal of the Week

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Always some interesting deals posted on FT's Deal of the week page. Think any have been particularly good?

Ray Beauchamp made a new comment on:

Oracle's Ellison Sets New Course - WSJ.com

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Amazing pipeline of $100 million for a company purchased for only $7.4 billion

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Mr. Ellison said that product has a sales pipeline of more than $100 million.

Community Manager made a new comment on:

Free live share price and research data for the London stock exchange - shareprice.co.uk

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