Friday, April 24, 2009

Odd Lots for the Week Ending 04-24-09: What Others are Saying

The official definition of odd lot is a group of shares amounting to less than 100 shares. For purposes of Stockerblog.com, it is a group of short articles about what other bloggers and web sites have come up with. It has nothing to do with being 'odd'.

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Have you Twitted yet? If not, maybe you should jump on the bandwagon. Twitter grew over 130% in March! That’s just one month.

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Speaking of Twitter, the first Twitterer (Tweeter?) arrest was made. An Oklahoma man was arrested for making violent threats against the government on Twitter.

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So you thought spam wastes a lot of your time? Spam wastes over 33 billion kilowatt-hours of energy every year, which is enough to power over 2.4 million homes.

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Check out this video of the San Francisco Mint in downtown San Francisco being painted with HD projectors. Pretty neat.

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The Museum of American Finance in Manhattan has several interesting upcoming events: The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt on April 30, and Women of Wall Street exhibit on June 9.

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The German sexindustry has been hit hard by the recession, so senior citizen discounts, rebates and special promotions are popping up in order to stimulate business.

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By Stockerblog.com

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