{"id":333,"date":"2009-10-22T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2009\/10\/22\/links-for-2009-10-22\/"},"modified":"2009-10-22T11:08:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T15:08:21","slug":"links-for-2009-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2009\/10\/22\/links-for-2009-10-22\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2009-10-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ajc.com\/political-insider-jim-galloway\/2009\/10\/22\/john-lewis-4-year-olds-are-getting-federal-tax-credits-for-buying-homes\/\">John Lewis: 4-year-olds are getting tax credits for buying homes | Political Insider<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">It\u2019s more than passing strange that, in the U.S. Senate, Johnny Isakson of Georgia has been pushing an expanded tax credit for homebuyers while, in the House, U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta is examining abuse of the same.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/housing\">housing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/fraud\">fraud<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/tax_policy\">tax_policy<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/newsOne\/idUSTRE59L1N620091022\">Reducing deficit key to U.S. rating: Moody&#039;s | U.S. | Reuters<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The United States, which posted a record deficit in the last fiscal year, may lose its Aaa-rating if it does not reduce the gap to manageable levels in the next 3-4 years, Moody&#039;s Investors Service said on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/deficit\">deficit<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/debt\">debt<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/bond_rating\">bond_rating<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/79054d72-be73-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.html\">MySpace abandons race with Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">The new chief executive of MySpace has told the Financial Times that the company is no longer interested in competing with Facebook, effectively conceding defeat in the race to become the largest online social network.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/MySpace\">MySpace<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/Facebook\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/high-growth\/2009\/10\/21\/get-this-stock-while-its-on-sale.aspx\">Get This Stock While It&#039;s on Sale! (PLCM)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">When Cisco Systems announced that it wanted to buy video conferencing expert Tandberg, the market barely shrugged. The largest independent competitor in that space after the Cisco-Tandberg marriage is Polycom, and that stock hardly moved on news that Cisco is moving further into its space in a big way. 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And President Obama said he plans to redirect some of that money to smaller banks and businesses.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/TARP\">TARP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/recovery\">recovery<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/banks\">banks<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/Obama\">Obama<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/story\/10614831\/1\/kass-the-earnings-season-racket.html\">Kass: The Earnings Season Racket | TheStreet.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">While it has been widely advertised by chest-thumping bulls in the media that at least two-thirds of the companies that have reported third-quarter earnings have beaten forecasts, there was less than meets the eye to third-quarter profits as in many cases the &quot;beats&quot; were on lowered estimates.<\/p>\n<p>What is often being ignored is how orchestrated earnings season has become, not only that the beats are from lowered and depressed guidance but that, in many cases, there have been high-profile forward-quarter guide downs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/Doug\">Doug<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/DrDuru\/Kass%2Cearnings\">Kass,earnings<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Lewis: 4-year-olds are getting tax credits for buying homes | Political Insider It\u2019s more than passing strange that, in the U.S. Senate, Johnny Isakson of Georgia has been pushing an expanded tax credit for homebuyers while, in the House, U.S. Rep. 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