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To: TobagoJack who wrote (28063)1/21/2008 7:42:31 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217545
 
more orders than it can fill, despite a slowing U.S. economy. No workers!

Homeland Security chasing away the ones who want to work!

"I'd hire 10 machinists right now if I could," said John Dalrymple, president of the company, which makes high-end parts for military helicopters and nuclear submarines. "That's eight to 10 percent of our workforce."

How can you create a export juggernaut on those conditions? I think all working capacity is in Wall Street in the financial sector.

No wonder the industry migrate to emerging markets.

"Help Wanted" highlights skills drain in U.S.
reuters.com



To: TobagoJack who wrote (28063)1/22/2008 10:39:01 PM
From: pezz  Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 217545
 
<<I may buy some gold,>>
after
<<I just sold all of my HK-based certificate gold,>>
....
after
<<buygold
one of few assets still available at 1981 price>>

<<serendipitously discovered that my dear dad-in-law has transferred....HK shares that he had purchased at HKD 12 a few years back. The free shares are now valued at 185/share. >>

the rich just get richer......sigh...

<<Gold?,Platinum?... Why is it different now than a year ago, two or three years ago?......Still don't see it........Maybe someday>>

Ahhhh...I don't remember that...who ever said sucha silly thing?

<<i may be paralyzed by fear, distilled, and by terror, crystalized>>

Ya well I donno about you but I'm lookin for a job whilist I await the return of the bull. Damned if I'm gonna sell what i got at depressed prices an eating an rent money has become a concern.