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To: TobagoJack who wrote (59228)	1/21/2005 9:28:37 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

There isn't and there is inflation: Manufactured goods, deflation. Commodities inflation. From Google's 4.500 online news sources: 16,200 for inflation news.google.com but only 1,030 for deflation. news.google.com That's because everybody loves inflation albeit everybody hating its consequences.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (59228)	1/21/2005 10:56:14 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Steel is a barbarous relic... Zoltek Wins Major Contract for Reinforcing Concrete With Carbon Fiber Monday January 17, 5:04 pm ET ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zoltek Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZOLT - News) today reported that it has signed a multiyear supply agreement with TechFab, LLC that marks the start of commercial shipments of carbon fiber for an application of considerable potential: the use of carbon fibers as a reinforcing material that will add strength and provide dramatic weight savings in concrete components and structures that are far less bulky than conventional steel-reinforced structures. Using Zoltek carbon fiber, TechFab, LLC of Anderson, South Carolina, has developed a patented carbon reinforcing grid (known as C-GRID (TM)) that can deliver up to seven times the tensile strength of steel reinforcement by weight. That allows designers and engineers to build streamlined structures from precast concrete that are just as strong as conventional steel reinforced sections, but weigh less than half as much with improved corrosion resistance, durability and insulation properties. In addition, the reduced weight contributes to lower shipping and erection costs, and possible substructure savings. New architectural, industrial and residential precast products incorporating C-GRID are now possible. biz.yahoo.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (59228)	1/22/2005 4:48:01 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Jay I don't want you to lose your underwear! <<Powell to Step Down at F.C.C. After Pushing for Deregulation>> <<His successor faces a number of difficult challenges. The commission has to decide how it will regulate the newly emerging telephone services being offered over the Internet. >> Sounds interesting. Even sounds like Skypes. Read on: <<Administration officials and industry executives said that two leading contenders had emerged to succeed Mr. Powell as chairman. One is Kevin J. Martin, a Republican commissioner and former White House official who several times foiled Mr. Powell's attempts to deregulate broadcasters and telephone companies. The other is Becky A. Klein, a senior policy adviser to George W. Bush when he was governor of Texas and a former chairwoman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. She lost a Congressional bid two months ago. Her campaign received a large amount of financial support from executives at telecommunications companies who expected she would be a top contender for the F.C.C. >> Want to lose your underwear!!! Go short telcos. Go! nytimes.com In the telco business the foxes are in charge of the chickens!!!