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howardrgold

  1. Greed, hubris, and caution by retail investors made the #Facebook #IPO a dud for everyone but the insiders: ow.ly/b2VIT
  2. #FacebookIPO prices @$38, top end of range. I say it will close at around $50, but it may trade higher. What do you think?
  3. #Talk of another debt-limit fiasco shows #Congress is hopelessly broken. Here's why, plus some ideas on how to fix it: ow.ly/aYkeP
  4. When even some #Germans are balking at #austerity, how can the rest of us be expected to tighten our belts? ow.ly/aWX7X
  5. #JamieDimon needs to make one personnel and one policy move to restore #JPMorgan's credibility: ow.ly/aTgat
  6. Political chaos in #Greece may spur new #EuroZone crisis this summer, possibly imperiling #PresidentObama's reelection: ow.ly/aQI9k
  7. New #Israel coalition gives #Netanyahu a free hand, and that may make attack on #Iran slightly more likely this year: ow.ly/aOkhK
  8. #FrenchElection raises red flags for #PresidentObama and #MittRomney. Here are some lessons they should learn: bit.ly/IRViIO
  9. #FrenchElection: #EiffelTower is still standing, #Seine hasn't overflowed after #Socialist #FrancoisHollande's victory: bit.ly/J7q5Eg
  10. #FrenchElection: #Socialist #FrancoisHollande didn’t wow voters with his program, but they didn't like #NicolasSarkozy and wanted him out.
  11. #FrenchElection: 80% of French eligible voters cast ballots Sunday. Highest US post-WWII voter turnout was 63%. Turnout was 57% in 2008.
  12. #FrenchElection: #FrancoisHollande victory margin of 52% to 48% over #NicolasSarkozy is narrower than polls had predicted, but still enough.
  13. #FrancoisHollande beats #NicolasSarkozy in 2nd round of election—52% to 48%. He's first #Socialist president since #Mitterand left in 1995.
  14. Second straight weak #JobsReport has to be disappointing to #PresidentObama,although there are some glimmers of hope: ow.ly/aHwcr
  15. April #JobsReport:Behind the numbers--workforce participation shrinks steadily as people lose unemployment benefits & boomers retire early.
  16. April #JobsReport: Behind the numbers--8.1% #UnemploymentRate lowest since Jan 2009, but U6--unemployed & underemployed--stuck @ 14.5%.
  17. April #JobsReport: Behind the numbers--job growth in Feb. and March revised up 53K, so unseasonably warm winter boosted job growth early on.
  18. April #JobsReport: Manufacturing, retail, services, health #jobs grow, but local govt. & transportation jobs shrink.
  19. April #JobsReport: #PrivateSector #jobs grew 130,000 over March, vs.178,000 projection--26th consecutive month of private sector job growth.
  20. Weak April #JobsReport: Nonfarm payrolls add 115K new jobs, vs. 163K consensus, but #unemployment rate falls to 8.1% as labor force shrinks.